GRIFFIN AS 13

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.

Griffin Class Submarine Tender Keel Laid (Date unknown) as "SS MORMACPENN" Launched 11 October 1939 - Acquired by U.S. Navy 13 December 1940 USS GRIFFIN AS-13 Commissioned 31 July 1941 - Decommissioned 12 October 1945 GRIFFIN AS-13 "In Service" through the 1950s and 1960s tending submarines in reserve Struck from Naval Register 1 August 1972 Sold 9 April 1973 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Griffin AS-13 Covers Page 1    (1941-1944)

 

Postmarks

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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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Post Office Established 31 July 1941 - Disestablished 30 April 1946

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / MAIL" (No year in dial)

1941-08-25

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / MAIL"

1941-08-25

First Day Postal Service, cachet by Mae Weigand

 

Locy Type FDPS 9efw

1941-08-25

First Day of Postal Service.

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-08-17

Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "COLUMBUS / DAY"

1941-10-12

Columbus Day, signed by Marvin M. Taylor, NMC. Patriotic cachet by Jacques Minkus

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

c1942-10-29

Note:

 

Locy Type 9v

1946-02-12

Valentines Day, add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

Locy Type 9efw

1946-02-12

Valentines Day, add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

Locy Type 9x

1945-12-21

Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

Other Information

USS GRIFFIN earned the American Defense Service Medal (with Sea Clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Robert Stanislaus Griffin, USN (September 27 1857 - February 21 1933)
Griffin graduated from the Naval Academy in 1878. He served in USS TENNESSEE ACR-10, USS PHILADELPHIA C-4, and USS VICKSBURG PG-11, and took part in the Cuban blockade of 1898 in gunboat USS MAYFLOWER PG-183. Griffin rose from Fleet Engineer, North Atlantic Fleet, in 1904 to Engineer in Chief and head of the Bureau of Steam Engineering in 1913. Until 1921, Rear Admiral Griffin performed outstanding service in designing, building, and maintaining ship machinery, and in converting captured German vessels. He was awarded The Distinguished Service Medal by the President. Rear Admiral Griffin died February 21 1933 at Washington, D.C

 

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