F 4

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.

F Class Submarine Keel Laid 21 August 1909 as "SKATE" - Renamed (F-4) 17 November 1911 Launched 6 January 1912 USS F-4 (Submarine) Commissioned 3 May 1913 Sunk by mechanical failure, foundered off Honolulu, HI, 25 March 1915 21 Sailors lost their lives in the sinking Raised 29 August 1915 Struck from the Naval Register, 31 August 1915 Designation SS-23 likely assigned on July 17, 1920 after being lost Final Disposition, in 1940 the remains of F-4 were buried as fill in a trench off Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor.

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

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c 1913

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Postcard. From the Paul Huber collection.

 

Locy Type 2r (AC) USS Alert AS-4

1913-11-10

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Sailor Mail. From the Paul Huber collection.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "F-4 SUNK / 1915" USS Brooks DD-232

1933-03-25

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Memorial. Add-on cachet by Michael F. Hebert (Mh Cachets). From the Paul Huber collection.

 

USPS Type 9 "Main Office" Honolulu HI

2015-03-25

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Memorial. Cachet by Ronald Reeves. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

USPS CDS "Arlington National Cemetery" Arlington VA

2017-05-20

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Memorial. Cachet by David Lorms. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

USPS CDS "Arlington National Cemetery" Arlington VA

2018-05-19

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Memorial. Cachet by David Lorms. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

Other Information

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