S-22 SS 127

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.

S-22 Class Submarine (Holland-type) Keel Laid 6 January 1919 - Launched 15 July 1920 USS S-22 SS-127 Commissioned 23 June 1924 - Decommissioned 19 June 1942 HMS P-554 Transferred to Great Britain 19 June 1942 and redesignated Returned to U.S. Navy 11 July 1944 Struck from Naval Register August 1945 Sold 16 November 1945 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS S-22 SS-127 Covers Page 1     (1926-1930)

 

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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Commissioned 23 June 1924 - Decommissioned 19 June 1942

Post Office Established 14 November 1925 - Disestablished 1 December 1928

 

Locy Type 3

(Undated)

From the Paul Huber collection.

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Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-75 (Cannot decipher killer bar wording)

1932-10-27

"Figure S-75 is a standard Type 5hks cancel for the Submarine Detachment at Pearl Harbor; the mail clerk used wording similar to that shown for several boats there. The exact
arrangements of wording in the killer bars varies. The use of a ship's name in the killers technically would make this a Type P postmark if it had actually been used aboard the boat.
Both cancels (S-74 & S-75) indicate the submarine division to which the boat was attached, noted as "Sub Div" in the listings. For convenience, these postmarks are listed under the
boats in question. Both markings are very elusive." From the Paul Huber collection.

 

Locy Type SLKbs (29x3)

c1930

Note:

 

Locy Type SLKbs (74x11)

1936-12-14

From the Paul Huber collection.

 

Other Information

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Mark C. Bowman.

 

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