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USS KAMEHAMEHA SSN-642 USN Submarine Color Cachet 1993 SEALConversion Handstamp

USS KAMEHAMEHA SSN-642 USN Submarine Color Cachet 1993 SEALConversion Handstamp

$ 2.58

Availability: 77 in stock
  • Type: NAVAL COVER
  • Country: United States
  • Modified Item: No
  • Cachetmaker: Alvin Eckert
  • State: Hawaii
  • Event: Naval
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Condition: New
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Cancellation Type: Handstamped
  • Topic: Ships, Boats
  • Year of Issue: 1993
  • Branch: U S Navy
  • Country of Manufacture: United States
  • Quality: New

    Description

    USS Kamehameha SSN-642 submarine SEAL transport conversion cover with a postmark from Mare Island, CA on July 21, 1993. Color drawing printed on Saginaw Chapter cachet #101 by Capt. Bob Rawlins USN, USCS. Cover franked with a 29 cent tulip stamp #2524.
    This, a 425 foot long missile submarine, was named for the famous Hawaiian King. The vessel was commissioned on 10 December 1965 and her home-port was Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. See her web pages for the details of her design, construction, conversion to a SEAL transport and service history. She was formally SSBN-642 and converted to a dry-deck shelter/ swimmer delivery platform in 1993.
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