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Shown in DATE ORDER 1962
USS Richard E Byrd
DDG-23
Seattle, WA
Launching
FEB 6/?130PM/1962
Prototype for numbered series.
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USS Buchanan
DDG14
Commission
FEB/7/1962/P.M.
Prototype for numbered series.
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Scan not available
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USS James Madison
SSBN-627
Keel Laid
MAR 5/930 AM/1962
Prototype for numbered seriesScan courtesy of
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USS English
DD-696
Mercury 7
MAY/24/1962/A.M.
First MWB Space.
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USS John R Pierce
DD-753
Mercury 7
MAY/24/1962/P.M.
Prime Recovery. Shown in Cartier's Book. Issued
only to CREW.
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USS Hoel DDG-13 This cover was also part of the numbered series as
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USS Lake Champlain
CVS-39
Sigma 7 RS
OCT/3/A.M./1962
Printed address front
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1963
USS Thresher
SSN-593
Portsmouth, NH
Memorial Cover.
29 Apr 1963 3:30
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USS Joseph Strauss
DDG-16
Commission
APR/20/1963
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USS Joseph Strauss DDG-16. This cachet was also part of the
numbered series as number 354. |
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USS John Paul Jones Visits Foreign Ports
Port call and cachet date is rubber stamped.
Similar to printed cachet B305 of the numbered series.
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USS Truxtun
DLGN-35
Camden, NJ
Keel Laid
JUN 17/1-PM/1963
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USS John Paul Jones
DD-932
Change of Command
JUL/10/1963/A.M.
Unusual Beck printed name on reverse of cover. |
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USS Andrew Jackson
SSBN-619
Panama Canal
14 Aug 1963
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USS Andrew Jackson
SSBN-619
Patrick AFB, FL
First Polaris Firing Blue Crew
OCT 3/10 AM/1963
Ships cachet on reverse
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USS Barb
SSN-596
Balboa Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Oct 7/1 PM/1963
A similar cachet design was used by Beck for USS Barb
Commissioning. Beck cover number 368
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USS Andrew Jackson
SSBN-619
Patrick AFB, FL
First Polaris Firing Gold Crew
OCT 18/11 AM/1963
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