FLIER SS 250

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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.

    Gato Class Submarine
    Keel Laid 30 October 1942 - Launched 11 July 1943

  1. USS FLIER SS-250
  2. Commissioned 18 October 1943
    SUNK 13 August 1944 by a floating mine in Balabac Strait, Philippines

    Struck from the Naval Register 23 September 1944.
    The wrecked remains of the USS FLIER were found on 1 February 2009.

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Flier SS-250 Covers Page 1     (1942-1943,1983)

 

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
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Postmark Image
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Cover Image


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

"USS FLIER /
KEEL LAYING"

Groton CT

1942-10-30

Keel Laying. Cachet by Henry S. Wright. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Other Information

USS FLIER earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 battle star for her World War II service.

NAMESAKE - The round sunfish widely known in the United States.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. A. S. Pierce.

 


 

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