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Gato Class Submarine<br/> | Gato Class Submarine<br/> | ||
Keel Laid October | Keel Laid 5 October 1940 - Launched 21 August 1941<br/><br/> | ||
<li>'''USS GATO SS-212'''<br/> | <li>'''USS GATO SS-212'''<br/> | ||
Commissioned December | Commissioned 31 December 1941 - Decommissioned 16 March 1946<br/><br/> | ||
<li>'''GATO SS-212'''<br/> | <li>'''GATO SS-212'''<br/> | ||
Placed in service as a Naval Reserve Training vessel at New York<br/> | Placed in service as a Naval Reserve Training vessel at New York<br/> | ||
Placed in service as a Naval Reserve Training vessel at Baltimore<br/> | Placed in service as a Naval Reserve Training vessel at Baltimore<br/> | ||
Placed out of service March | Placed out of service 1 March 1960<br/><br/> | ||
Struck from Naval Register March | Struck from Naval Register 1 March 1960<br/> | ||
Sold July | Sold 25 July 1960 for scrap | ||
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<li>[[USS GATO SS-212_Covers_Page_1 | USS Gato SS-212 Covers Page 1 ]] (1940- | <li>[[USS GATO SS-212_Covers_Page_1 | USS Gato SS-212 Covers Page 1 ]] (1940-1941)</li> | ||
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Locy Type<br/>FDPS 3z (BBT) | |||
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1942-01-02 | |||
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First day of Postal Service. Collector request from George Hill with his handwritten "GATO" note. From the Bob Reisinger collection. | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:54, 23 January 2022
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.
Keel Laid 5 October 1940 - Launched 21 August 1941 |
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This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- USS Gato SS-212 Covers Page 1 (1940-1941)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Post office established January 16 1942 - Disestablished March 27 1945
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Locy Type |
1942-01-02 |
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First day of Postal Service. Collector request from George Hill with his handwritten "GATO" note. From the Bob Reisinger collection.
Other Information
USS GATO earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 13 battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - A species of small catshark found in waters along the west coast of Mexico
Two submarines of the US Navy have borne the name GATO - USS Gato SS-212 and USS Gato SSN-615
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