S-21 SS 126

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.

S-18 Class Submarine (Holland-type) Keel Laid 19 December 1918 - Launched 18 June 1920 USS S-21 SS-126 Commissioned 24 August 1921 - Decommissioned 31 March 1922 Recommissioned 14 September 1923 - Decommissioned 1 June 1939 Recommissioned 1 September 1940 - Decommissioned 14 September 1942 HMS P-553 Transferred to Great Britain 14 September 1942 and redesignated Returned to U.S. Navy 11 July 1944 Sunk as target 23 March 1945 off northern New England

Naval Covers

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1. USS S-21 SS-126 Covers Page 1     (1930-41)

 

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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning 14 September 1923 to 1 June 1939

Post Office Established 10 March 1925 - Post Office Closed 1 December 1928
 

Locy Type 3 (A)

1927-05-25

From the Paul Huber collection.

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Locy Type SLKos (55x10)

1930s

From the Paul Huber collection.

 

Locy Type SLKb (56x13)

1940-09-01

Cachet by George V. Sadworth, sponsored by Robert J. Parry. From the Paul Huber collection.

 

Locy Type SLts

1942-08-22

From the Paul Huber collection.

 

Other Information

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Thomas Baxter.

 

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