GRENADIER SS 525

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.

Tench Class Submarine Keel Laid 8 February 1944 - Launched 15 December 1944 Construction suspended in 1946 USS GRENADIER SS-525 Completed as a Guppy type submarine and Commissioned 10 February 1951 Decommissioned 15 May 1973 Struck from the Naval Register 15 May 1973 ARV PICUA S-13 (Venezuelan Naval Service) Sold to Venezuela 15 May 1973 and renamed Decommissioned 16 November 1978 Stricken 1 January 1980 Sold 18 June 1981 to Verlome Shipyard Brazil

Naval Covers

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1. USS Grenadier SS-525 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.

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.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Cancel Charleston SC

1961-03-25

N/A

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Locy Type 2(n+)(DDR) USS O'Hare DDR 889

1966-05-11

N/A

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A soft-finned deep sea fish with a long, tapering body and short, pointed tail.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. John A. Fitzgerald, wife of LCDR John Allison Fitzgerald, the USS Grenadier SS-210 last skipper.

Two submarines of the US Navy have borne the name GRENADIER - USS Grenadier SS-210 and USS Grenadier SS-525

 

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