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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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Gato Class Submarine<br/>
Keel Laid 2 February 1942 - Launched 16 October 1942<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS JACK SS-259'''<br/>Commissioned 6 January 1943 - Decommissioned 8 June 1946<br/>
Recommissioned 20 December 1957 for modifications<br/><br/>
<li>'''HHMS AMFITRITI S-17''' (Greek Naval Service)<br/>
Loaned to the Royal Hellenic Navy 21 April 1958<br/>
Prefix HHMS (His Hellenic Majesty's Ship) or RHNS (Royal Hellenic Navy Ship) are used by English language authors<br/>
Returned to US Navy custody 1967<br/><br/>
Sunk as a target by the US 6th Fleet 5 September 1967<br/>
Struck from Naval Register 1967
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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<li>[[JACK_SS_259_Covers_Page_1 | USS Jack SS-259 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1942-1987)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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Locy Type F<br/><br/>"JACK SUB /<br/>COMMISSIONED"
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1943-01-06
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Commissioning, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_William_S_Linto_ | William S. Linto]]. Postmark by the [[OtherUS_Atlantic_Fleet_Service_School_ | Atlantic Fleet Service School, Virginia Beach VA]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS JACK earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 7 Battle stars) and the World War II Victory Medal during her US Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - JACK - Named for the Jack, any of various fishes—young pike, green pike or pickerel, or large California rockfish.<br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - AMFITRITI - Sea nymph and goddess of the Mediterranean.<br/><br/>
Two submarines of the US Navy have borne the name JACK - USS Jack SS-259 and [[JACK_SSN_605_ | USS Jack SSN-605]].<br/><br/>
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Frances B. Seely, an Electric Boat Company Employee.
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