DARTER SS 227
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 20 October 1942 - Launched 6 June 1943 LOST (Grounded) on Bombay Shoal off Palawan 24 October 1944 Scuttled by her crew. |
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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).
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- USS Darter SS-227 Covers Page 1 (1942-1943, 1983, 2014)
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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THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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1943-09-07 |
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Commissioning, Censored, cachet by George V. Sadworth. From the Bob Reisinger collection.
USPS Pictorial Postmark
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2014-10-24 |
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70th Anniversary of Loss, cachet by Robert Jank. From the George Marcincin collection.
Other Information
USS DARTER earned Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 Battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Any of many small American fresh-water fishes, closely related to the perch family.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Edwin B. Wheeler;, wife of Mr. Edwin B. Wheeler, Shipbuilding Manager of Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
Two submarines of the US Navy have borne the name DARTER - USS Darter SS-227 and USS Darter SS-576.
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