RAY SSR 271

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 20 July 1942 - Launched 28 February 1943 USS RAY SS-271 Commissioned 27 July 1943 - Decommissioned 12 February 1947 Towed to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for conversion 1950 Reclassified Radar Picek Submarine (SSR) 3 January 1951 USS RAY SSR-271 Recommissioned 13 August 1952 - Decommissioned 30 September 1958 Struck from Naval Register 1 August 1960 Sold 18 December 1960 for scrap

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).

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.

1. USS Ray SS-271 Covers Page 1     (1943-1944)

 

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.

 

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

 

USPO Machine Cancel Manitowoc WI

1943-02-28

No Image

Launching

 

USPO Machine Cancel Manitowoc WI

1943-07-27

No Image

Commissioning

---

---

1st Commissioning 27 July 1943 to 12 February 1947

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-04-14

Censored WWII use.

 

Locy Type SLKb(n) (57x6) Locy Type 2z*

1945-10-27

Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

---

2nd Commissioning 13 August 1952 to 30 September 1958

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-40

1952

Note: "R-40 was a cachet used occasionally as a postmark." (USCS Postmark Catalog)

 

Locy Type 2tnu USS ORION AS-18

1953-10-03

Note: "R-40 was a cachet used occasionally as a postmark." (USCS Postmark Catalog)

 

Other Information

USS RAY earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 7 Battle stars), the World War II Victory Medal and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A fish, characterized by a flat body, large pectoral fins, and a whiplike tail

The ships sponsor was Mrs. S. C. Loomis.

Two submarines of the US Navy have been named RAY - USS Ray SS/SSR-271 and USS Ray SSN-653

 

---

 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum