GRAYBACK SS 208
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 3 April 1940 - Launched 31 January 1941 |
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- USS Grayback SS-208 Covers Page 1 (1941, 1983)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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
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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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Post Office Established 30 June 1941 - Disestablished 21 June 1944
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1941-06-30 |
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Manuscript ship's name of the front of the cover. First Day of Commission. Cachet by Louis S. Pentel
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1941-06-30 |
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First Day in Commission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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1941-10-27 |
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Navy Day cachet by Wilfred R. Cyr and the ANCS Argonauts. Insert from R. A. Weiss
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1941-08-26 |
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Manuscript ship's name of the front of the cover. Cachet by M. Fay Muridge. R/S on back from William R. Welch
Other Information
USS GRAYBACK received two Navy Unit Commendations and eight battle stars for her World War II service
NAMESAKE - Name given to several species of fish from North America, such as the alewife, cisco and Menominee whitefish.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Wilson Brown, wife of Rear Admiral Wilson Brown.
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