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Number Ship/Location Hull Number Cachet/ Event Cancel Date Comments

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570 USS O'Callahan DE-1051 Launching OCT 20/PM/1965
 
571 USS Canopus AS-34 Commission NOV/4/1965/P.M.
 
572 USS Davidson DE-1045 Commission DEC/7/1965
 
573 USS Brooke DEG-1 Commission MAR/12/1966/A.M.
 
574 USS Duluth LPD-6 Commission December 18, 1965 Cover with this date not observed.
Correct Commissioning date is December 18, 1966.
574

CREW

 USS Duluth LPD-6 Commission JAN/13/1966
Correct Commissioning date is December 18, 1966.  CREW
574

CREW

 USS Duluth LPD-6 Commission HB-JAN/13/1966 and #9- DEC/18/1965
This cover has #9 cancel with correct Comm Date.  CREW
574

CREW

 USS Duluth LPD-6 Commission APR/12/1966/A.M.
Correct Commissioning date is December 18, 1966.  CREW
575 USS Mariano G Vallejo SSBN-658 Launching OCT/23/1PM/1965
 
576 USS Benjamin Franklin SSBN-640 Commission OCT 22/PM/1965
Slogan US Coast Guard
577 USS Simon Bolivar SSBN-641 Commission OCT 29/PM/1965
Slogan Christening of USS JFK
578 USS Whale SSN-638 Launching OCT 14/AM/1966
 
579 USS Ponchatoula AO-148 Gemini 6 DEC/16/A.M./1965
 
580 USS George Mackenzie DD-835 Gemini 6 DEC/16/1965/P.M.
PM Cancel
580 USS George Mackenzie DD-835 Gemini 6 DEC/16/1965/A.M.
AM Cancel
580
Boerger Cachet		 USS George Mackenzie DD-835 Gemini 6 DEC/16/1965/A.M.
Front.  Boerger printed cachet

Back. Beck B580.  Note that the flap is tucked in.

For Reference: Logo on Flap
581 USS Cochrane DDG-21 Gemini 6 DEC/16/A.M./1965
 
581

CREW

 USS Cochrane DDG-21 Gemini 6 DEC/16/A.M./1965

NEW Listing 11/05
Previously Unlisted

Thanks to the late Karl Hass for sending in this scan.


Beck cover without number. CREW.  Only one observed.  Could be one of a kind. 
Est. Val $30-50+
581
Boerger Cachet		 USS Cochrane DDG-21 Gemini 6 DEC/16/A.M./1965
Front. Boerger printed cachet

Back. B581. Note that the flap is tucked in.
582 USS Rupertus DD-851 Gemini 6 DEC/17/1965
 
583 USS Renshaw DD-499 Gemini 6 DEC/16/A.M./1965
Some cachets have RS CANCELLED
584 USS Wasp CVS-18 Gemini 6 DEC 16/PM/1965
Machine Cancel
Prime Recovery Ship.  Hand Cancel version also exists. Rare
584 USS Wasp CVS-18 Gemini 6 DEC/16/P.M./1965 Prime Recovery Ship.  This Hand Cancel version exists.  See Cartier Book.
584

CREW

 USS Wasp CVS-18 Gemini 6 DEC 16/PM/1965

Prime Recovery Ship.   See Cartier's book.  No Beck number = CREW

This very important cover is from the collection of Steve Durst and is only the second one we have seen. Est. Value $50-125
585 USS Aucilla AO-56 Gemini 6 P.M./16/DEC/1965
Very scarce
585 USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr DD-850 Gemini 6 DEC/16/A.M./1965
Very scarce
585 USS Power DD-839 Gemini 6 DEC/16/1965/A.M.

Correct Cover for this Number.  Most Cancels are of poor quality
585 USS Waldron DD-699 Gemini 6 DEC/16/A.M./1965
Very scarce HT
585 USS Waldron DD-699 Gemini 6 DEC/16/1965/A.M. Scan not available
Very scarce HB
586 USS Borie DD-704 Gemini 6 OCT/25/A.M./1965

Some cachets have rubber stamp added saying  "CANCELLED"
587 USS Basilone DD-824 Gemini 6 OCT/26/A.M./1965

Some cachets have rubber stamp added saying  "CANCELLED"
588 USS Aucilla AO-56 Gemini 6 P.M./25/OCT/1965
All cachets observed to date have RS CANCELLED
589 USS Noa DD-841 Gemini 6 OCT/25/1965/A.M.

Very poor cancels.  Some have RS CANCELLED
590 USS Stickell DD-888 Gemini 6 OCT/25/1965/A.M.
Poor cancels. All cachets observed have RS Red CANCELLED
590 USS Stickell DD-888 Gemini 6 NOV/4/1965/A.M.
Date Variety.  Only one example observed.
591 USS Richard E Kraus DD-849 Gemini 6 / /OCT/25/1965 

Some cachets have rubber stamp added saying  "CANCELLED"
591 USS Richard E Kraus DD-849 Gemini 6 December 6 1965 Reported but not observed.
592 USS Massey DD-778 Gemini 6 OCT/25/A.M./1965

Some cachets have rubber stamp added saying  "CANCELLED"
593 USS Queenfish SSN-651 Launching FEB 25/PM/1966
594 USS Lewis and Clark SSBN-644 Commission DEC 22/PM/1965
595 USS Talbot