BONITA SS 552

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.

Barracuda Class Hunter-Killer Submarine Keel Laid 29 May 1950 - Launched 21 June 1951 USS K-3 SSK-3 Commissioned 11 January 1952 USS BONITA SSK-3 Renamed Bonita 15 December 1955 - Decommissioned 7 November 1958 USS BONITA SS-552 Hull number changed 15 August 1959 while in reserve Struck from the Naval Registration in 1965

Naval Covers

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1. USS Bonita SS-552 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 Slogan Machine Cancel "Mare island Sta." Vallejo CA

1951-06-21

N/A

Launching, cachet by Martin R. Aden

 

Segmented killer cancel

1952-01-11

The ship had no postal facilities. First day of Commission.

 

US Navy 4-bar Postmark 17012 Branch Pearl Harbor, HI

1953-06-02

N/A

The ship had no postal facilities. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

US Navy Machine Postmark 17012 Branch Pearl Harbor, HI

1954-08-24

N/A

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Locy Type 2 USS Hooper Island ARG-17

1958-05-12

N/A

Cacheted.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Bonita is a species of fish allied to the mackerel.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. James Seerley Clark, widow of Commander James S. Clark (perished while commanding Golet (SS-361)

 

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