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.
Keel Laid March 17 1943 - Launched November 28 1943 |
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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).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- Covers Page 1 (1943)
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.
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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type 3z |
1943-03-17 |
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N/A |
SS-245. Keel Laid
Other Information
Earned 4 Battle Stars (WWII)
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1st War Patrol June 26 1944 Bonin Islands
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3rd War Patrol November 30 1944 South China Sea
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4th War Patrol February 18 1945 Java Sea
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5th War Patrol May 9 1945 Gulf of Siam
Credited with sinking...
The 138-ton Japanese Guardboat TAKAMIYA MARU July 6 1944 off Ogasawara-Gunto
The 2813-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship TAISHI MARU July 13 1944 off Bonin Islands
The 851-ton Japanese Auxiliary Gunboat UNKAI MARU No. 10 July 18 1944 off Chichi Jima
The 7785-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship NISSHU MARU July 18 1944 off Chichi Jima
The 193-ton Japanese Auxiliary Submarine Chaser YUSEN MARU No. 3 July 20 1944 off Ogasawara-Gunto
The 62-ton Japanese Auxiliary Submarine Chaser KAIO MARU No. 2 July 20 1944 off Ogasawara-Gunto
The 495-ton Japanese Transport Ship YAYOI MARU August 5 1944 off Bonin Islands
The 720-ton Japanese Minelayer YURIJIMA January 14 1945 off Malaya
Two Un-named Japanese small vessels February 26 1945 Java Sea
The 6799-ton Japanese Survey Ship (Transport) KAHUSA June 8 1945 off Indo-China
The 834-ton Japanese Tanker NANSHIN MARU No. 22 June 8 1945 off Indo-China
NAMESAKE - A food fish found in warm waters.
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