CAVALLA AGSS 244

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 March 4 1943 - Launched November 14 1943 USS CAVALLA SS-244 Commissioned February 29 1944 - Decommissioned March 16 1946 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London Group Recommissioned August 10 1951 - Decommissioned September 3 1952 Redesignated Hunter-Killer Submarine (SSK) February 18 1953, While in reserve USS CAVALLA SSK-244 Recommissioned July 15 1953 USS CAVALLA SS-244 Reverted to (SS) August 15 1959 USS CAVALLA AGSS-244 Reclassified Auxiliary Submarine (AGSS) July 1963 Decommissioned December 30 1969 Struck from Naval Register December 30 1969 Donated January 21 1971 to Seawolf Park, Galveston, TX as permanent display

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

 

Groton CT Machine

1943-11-14

Launching

 

Groton CT Machine

1943-11-14

Twin launching with USS BARBEL SS-316

 

Locy Type CD-Z5

1943-11-14

Launching

 

Groton CT Machine

1944-02-29

Commissioning

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Other Information

CAVALLA earned 4 Battle Stars (WWII)
* 1st War Patrol May 31 1944 eastern Philippines
* 3rd War Patrol November 1944

Credited with Sinking...
The 25675-ton Japanese Aircraft Carrier SHOKAKU, June 19 1944 Philippines
The 3700-ton Japanese Destroyer SHIMOTSUKI, November 25 1944 west of Borneo
The 909-ton Japanese Auxiliary Netlayer KANKO MARU, January 5 1945 Java Sea
The 971-ton Japanese Auxiliary Netlayer SHUNSEN MARU, January 5 1945 Java Sea

Earned Presidential Unit Citation

CAVALLA SS-244 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender ceremony

NAMESAKE - A salt water fish of the pompano family inhabiting waters off the eastern coast of the Americas from Cape Cod to Rio de la Plata

 

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