COBIA AGSS 245

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 17 March 1943 - Launched 28 November 1943 USS COBIA SS-245 Commissioned 29 March 1944 - Decommissioned 22 May 1946 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet Recommissioned 6 July 1951 - Decommissioned 19 March 1954 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet USS COBIA AGSS-245 Redesignated Auxiliary Submarine (AGSS) 1 December 1962 while in reserve Struck from Naval Register 1 July 1970 On permanent display at The Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, WI

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. USS Cobia SS-245 Covers Page 1     (1943-1967)

 

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

 

Locy Type 3z "USS COBIA / KEEL LAID" Groton CT

1943-03-17

N/A

Keel Laying

 

USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT

1944-03-29

Commissioning

 

Locy Type CD-Z5

1945-10-27

Collector modified postmark, this is not from the submarine. Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner.

 

Locy Type SLbn (57x5) USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Br." New London CT

1952-07-25

Straight-Line Marking. Cachet by Emil W. Bilka.

 

Locy Type SLb(n) (57x5) USS Orion AS-18

1958-01-23

Straight-Line Marking. Collectors request. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS COBIA earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 Battle Stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A food fish found in warm waters.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. C. W. Magruder.

 

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