HAKE AGSS 256

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 November 1941 - Launched 17 July 1942 USS HAKE SS-256 Commissioned 30 October 1942 - Decommissioned 13 July 1946 USS HAKE SS-256 Placed In Service as Naval Reserve Training Vessel at Philadelphia, PA. USS HAKE AGSS-256 Reclassified Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) 6 November 1962 Placed Out of Service 19 April 1968 Struck from Naval Register 19 April 1968 Sold 5 December 1972 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Hake SS-256 / AGSS-256 Covers Page 1    (1941-1964)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "U.S.S. HAKE / KEEL LAID" USS GRIFFIN AS-13

1941-11-01

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Keel Laid, Cachet by K. E. Streeter

 

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

1941-11-03

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Keel Laid, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. Postmarked 2 days late.

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT) "BEST WISHES / TO O.P.R" Groton CT

1942-07-17

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Launching, cachet by V. C. Greene.
O. P. R. - "Office of Price Regulation," a government agency whose job was to keep down prices and prevent profiteering from the disruptions that the war caused.

 

USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT

1942-10-30

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Commissioning

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Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1944-05-19

SS-256. Censored WWII use

 

Other Information

USS HAKE earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 7 Battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.

USS HAKE SS-256 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese Surrender

NAMESAKE - Named for a salt water fish similar to cod

The ships sponsor was Mrs. F. J. Fletcher, wife of Rear Admiral Fletcher.

 

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