HARDER SS 568

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.

Tang Class Submarine Keel Laid 30 June 1950 - Launched 3 December 1951 USS HARDER SS-568 Commissioned 19 August 1952 - Decommissioned 20 February 1974 Struck from the Naval Register 29 February 1974 ROMEO ROMEI S-516 (Italian Naval Service) Sold to Italy 29 February 1974 and renamed Commissioned 18 August 1974 - Decommissioned 31 May 1988 Struck by the Italian Navy 31 May 1988 Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Harder SS-568 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.

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

 

USPO Machine Postmark Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

1954-01-02

Note:

 

Locy Type 2(n+)(USS,"DE") USS Connole DE-1056

1974-02-20

N/A

Decommissioning.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A fish of the mullet family found off South Africa.

The ships sponsor was Kay Logan Cole, the widow of Lieutenant S.M. Logan, executive officer of Harder (SS-257) lost during World War II.

Two submarines of the US Navy have borne the name HARDER - USS Harder SS-257 and USS Harder SS-568.

 

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