A History of the Submarines Built at the
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Exhibit by Steve Shay
Frame 2, Page 8
USS Springer SS-414
Balao class (No reported postmarks)
Launched August 3, 1944
Commissioning cover, unknown cachet design artist, Type Fz shipyard shore cancel.
Made 3 war patrols in the Pacific during World War II.
Sunk 4 ships for 3,940 tons.
Decomissioned 1947 at Mare Island.
Modernized and recommissioned September 1960.
Decommissioned January 1961 and transferred to Chile.
Recommissioned as Thomson, SS-22.
Decommissioned 1972 and salvaged for spare parts.
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Last Updated: March 24, 2002
Copyright 2002 Steve Shay (used with permission)