CERO AGSS 225

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 August 24 1942 - Launched April 4 1943 USS CERO SS-225 Commissioned July 4 1943 - Decommissioned June 8 1946 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet Recommissioned February 4 1952 - Decommissioned December 23 1953 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet Redesignated Auxiliary Submarine (AGSS) December 1 1962, While in reserve Struck from Naval Register June 30 1967 Sold June 30 1967 for scrap Donated to National Museum of Transport, St. Louis, MO for display

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. 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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Groton CT Machine

1942-08-24

Gow Ng Keel Laying Cachet

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT) "USS CERO / KEEL LAID"

1942-08-24

Keel Laying

 

Groton CT Machine

1943-04-04

Launching

 

Groton CT Machine

1943-07-04

Commissioning

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NO CERO POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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Other Information

CERO earned 7 Battle Stars (WWII)
* 3rd War Patrol February 4 1944 Caroline Islands area
* 4th War Patrol April 3 1944 Palau Islands
* 5th War Patrol June 26 1944 Philippines
* 6th War Patrol September 19 1944 off Mindanao, Philippines
* 7th War Patrol March 31 1945 off Honshu and Hokkaido
* 8th War Patrol June 27 1945 off Honshu, Japan

Credited with sinking...
The 1086-ton Japanese Troop Transport JOZAN MARU February 17 1944 between Truk and New Ireland
The 2825-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship TAIJUN MARU May 23 1944 north-east of Morotai
The 10450-ton Japanese Oiler TSURUMI August 5 1944 off Philippines
The 74-ton Japanese Guardboat ISUZU MARU No. 3 April 19 1945 south of Honshu
The 107-ton Japanese Guardboat AJI MARU April 22 1945 west of Tori Jima
The 6925-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship TAISHU MARU April 29 1945 off Kamaishi, Japan
The 884-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship SHINPEN MARU May 4 1945 off Yamada Bay
The 1025-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship SHINNAN MARU May 13 1945 off Todozaki, Honshu
The 377-ton Japanese Merchant Whaler SEKI MARU No. 5 May 20 1945 east-south-east of Kinkazan, Japan

NAMESAKE - A large food and game fish of the mackerel family, found chiefly in the West Indies

 

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