CROAKER IXSS 246

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 April 1 1943 - Launched December 19 1943 USS CROAKER SS-246 Commissioned April 21 1944 - Decommissioned May 15 1946 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London Recommissioned May 7 1951 - Decommissioned March 18 1953 USS CROAKER SSK-246 Recommissioned Hunter Killer Submarine (SSK) December 11 1953 USS CROAKER SS-246 Reverted to (SS) August 1959 USS CROAKER AGSS-246 Reclassified Auxiliary Submarine (AGSS) May 1967 Decommissioned April 2 1968 Struck from Naval Register December 20 1971 Reclassified Miscellaneous Unclassified Submarine (IXSS) December 1971, While in reserve Serving as a museum ship at Buffalo, NY

Naval Covers

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).

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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.

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

 

Locy Type CD-Z5 Section Base Post Office New London CT

1943-04-01

No Image

Keel Laid

 

New London CT Machine

1943-12-19

Launching

 

Locy Type CD-Z5 Section Base Post Office New London CT

1943-12-19

No Image

Launching

 

USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT

1943-12-19

No Image

Launching, cachet by Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT

1944-04-20

No Image

Commissioning, cachet by Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. Postmarked one day early from the actual Commissioning date.

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Other Information

CROAKER earned 3 Battle Stars (WWII)
* 1st War Patrol July 19 1944 East and South China Seas
* 2nd War Patrol September 23 1944 East and South China Seas
* 5th War Patrol May 15 1945 Java Sea

Credited with sinking...
The 5700-ton Japanese Light Cruiser NAGARA, August 1 1944
The 1289-ton Japanese Ex-Gunboat DAIGEN MARU No. 7, August 14 1944
The 6862-ton Japanese Cargo Ship SANAHO MARU, August 17 1944
The 2211-ton Japanese Cargo Ship SHINKI MARU, October 9 1944
The 887-ton Japanese Cargo Ship BYAKURAN MARU, October 23 1944
The 2761-ton Japanese Cargo Ship MIKAGE MARU, October 24 1944

Earned Navy Unit Commendation

NAMESAKE - Any of various fishes which make croaking noises

 

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