This unique cover commemorates the last day in commission of the USS Sam Houston SSBN-609, which served in the United States Navy. The cover features a cachet autographed by the commanding officer and was postmarked on September 27, 1991.
USS
Sam Houston
(SSBN-609/SSN-609)
, an
Ethan Allen
-class
submarine
, was the second ship of the
United States Navy
to be named after
Sam Houston
(1793–1863), president of the
Republic of Texas
(1836–1838, 1841–1844).
Sam Houston
was the US Navy's seventh
ballistic missile
submarine