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Gato Class Submarine<br/>
Gato Class Submarine<br/>
Keel Laid March 1 1941 - Launched December 22 1941<br/><br/>
Keel Laid 1 March 1941 - Launched 22 December 1941<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS GRUNION SS-216'''<br/>
<li>'''USS GRUNION SS-216'''<br/>
Commissioned April 11 1942<br/>
Commissioned 11 April 1942<br/>
Last report July 30 1942<br/>
Last report 30 July 1942<br/>
Reported overdue October 5 1942<br/>
Reported overdue 5 October 1942<br/>
All hands assumed lost<br/><br/>
All hands assumed lost<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register November 2 1942<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register 2 November 1942<br/><br/>
In August 2007 the discovery of a wreck believed to be the Grunion was found<br/>
In August 2007 the discovery of a wreck believed to be the Grunion was found<br/>
In October 2008, the U.S. Navy verified the wreck as Grunion
In October 2008, the U.S. Navy verified the wreck as Grunion
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<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:Grunion_SS216_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:Grunion_SS216_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
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range for covers on that page.
range for covers on that page.
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<li><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1941-42)</li>
<li>[[USS GRUNION SS-216_Covers_Page_1 | USS Grunion SS-216 Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1941-1983)</li>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<!-- ============== -->
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<!-- Keel Laying -->
<!-- Postmarks from 1st Post Office Period        -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<hr/>
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
<h4>Post office established 11 April 1942 - Disestablished 21 September 1942</h4>
USPO 4-bar<br/><br/>Naval Hospital<br/>League Is. Br.<br/><br/>Philadelphia PA
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-03-01
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett grunion ss216 19410301.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett grunion ss216 19410301 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Keel Laying, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]
<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
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<!-- Launching -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPO<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>Groton CT
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-12-22
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Grunion_SS216_19411222_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
N/A
</td></tr></table>
Launching, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]
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<!-- Commissioning  -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Groton CT<br/>Machine
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1942-04-11  
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett grunion ss216 19420411.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett grunion ss216 19420411 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Commissioning<br/>Light blue Streeter Cachet
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<!-- Commissioning  -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Groton CT<br/>Machine
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1942-04-11
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett grunion ss216 19420411-1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett grunion ss216 19420411-1 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Commissioning<br/>Dark blue Streeter Cachet
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<hr>
 
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>FDC P<br/><br/>"USS GRUNION /<br/>FIRST DAY"<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. G-32
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1942-04-11
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Grunion_SS216_19420411_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Grunion_SS216_19420411_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Commissioning. Add-on Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Alton_(Budd)_M_Arrington_ | Alton (Budd) M. Arrington]]
<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
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<!-- Type FDC P -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>FDC P<br/><br/>"USS GRUNION /<br/>FIRST DAY"<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. G-32
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1942-04-11
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Grunion_SS216_19420411_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Grunion_SS216_19420411_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Commissioning. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_K_E_Streeter_ | K. E. Streeter]]
<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
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<!-- Type FDC P -->
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Commissioning, Censored
Commissioning, Censored
<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
<hr>
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<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 3z<br/><br/>"LOST IN /<br/>ACTION"<br/><br/>Groton, CT
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1942-11-11
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Grunion_SS216_19421111_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
N/A
</td></tr></table>
Memorial cachet for USS Grunion SS-216.
<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
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<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPO<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>Groton, CT
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1942-12-07
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Shark_SS174_19421207_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
N/A
</td></tr></table>
Memorial cachet for the four submarines on Eternal Patrol since Dec 7 1941. [[PERCH_SS_176_ | USS Perch SS-176]], [[SEALION_SS_195_ | USS Sealion SS-195]], USS Grunion SS-216 and [[SHARK_SS_174_ | USS Shark SS-174]].
<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
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<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>3z(BBT)<br/><br/>"1ST YEAR OF /<br/>WORLD WAR2"<br/><br/>Groton, CT
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1942-12-07
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Shark_SS174_19421207_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
N/A
</td></tr></table>
Electric Boat Submarine cachet includes the four submarines on Eternal Patrol since Dec 7 1941. [[PERCH_SS_176_ | USS Perch SS-176]], [[SEALION_SS_195_ | USS Sealion SS-195]], USS Grunion SS-216 and [[SHARK_SS_174_ | USS Shark SS-174]].
<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
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<!-- On Eternal Patrol -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2<br/><br/>[[FULTON_AS_11_ | USS Fulton AS-11]]
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1983-07-30
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Grunion_SS216_19420730_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
No Image
</td></tr></table>
"On Eternal Patrol". Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Alton_(Budd)_M_Arrington_ | Alton (Budd) M. Arrington]]
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
GRUNION received one battle star for World War II service<br/><br/>
USS GRUNION received the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal w/ one battle star for her World War II service.<br/><br/>
Credited with sinking...<br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A small fish of the silversides family, indigenous to the western American coast.<br/><br/>
The 460-ton Japanese Submarine Chaser CH-25, July 15 1942 off Kiska<br/>
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Stanford C. Hooper, wife of Rear Admiral Hooper.
The 460-ton Japanese Submarine Chaser CH-27, July 15 1942 off Kiska<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A small fish of the silversides family, indigenous to the western American coast.
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Latest revision as of 14:51, 5 June 2020

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Gato Class Submarine
    Keel Laid 1 March 1941 - Launched 22 December 1941

  1. USS GRUNION SS-216
    Commissioned 11 April 1942
    Last report 30 July 1942
    Reported overdue 5 October 1942
    All hands assumed lost

    Struck from Naval Register 2 November 1942

    In August 2007 the discovery of a wreck believed to be the Grunion was found
    In October 2008, the U.S. Navy verified the wreck as Grunion

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Grunion SS-216 Covers Page 1     (1941-1983)

 


Postmarks

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Postmark Type
---
Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date		 Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image		 Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image

Post office established 11 April 1942 - Disestablished 21 September 1942


 

Locy Type
FDC P

"USS GRUNION /
FIRST DAY"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-32

1942-04-11

Commissioning, Censored

 

Other Information

USS GRUNION received the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal w/ one battle star for her World War II service.

NAMESAKE - A small fish of the silversides family, indigenous to the western American coast.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Stanford C. Hooper, wife of Rear Admiral Hooper.

 

 

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