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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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<ol>Gato Class Submarine<br/>
Keel Laid May 29 1942 - Launched January 24 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS RATON SS-270'''<br/>
Commissioned July 13 1943 - Decommissioned March 11 1949<br/>
Redesignated Radar Picket Submarine (SSR) July 18 1952<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS RATON SSR-270'''<br/>
Recommissioned September 21 1953<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS RATON AGSS-270'''<br/>
Reclassified Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) July 1 1960<br/>
Decommissioned June 28 1969<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register June 28 1969<br/>
Sold December 10 1973 to American Ship Dismantlers Corp. for scrap
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[[Image:RATON SS PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
[[Image:Raton_AGSS270_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner).
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
<ol>
<li> Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)</li>
</ol>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




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<h4>1st Commissioning July 14 1943 to March 11 1949</h4>




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USPO<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>Manitowoc WI
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1943-07-14
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Raton_SS270_19430714_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
No Image
</td></tr></table>
Commissioning. Cachet by "ECK"




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPO<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>Manitowoc WI
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1943-01-24
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Raton_SS270_19430124_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
No Image
</td></tr></table>
Launching. Cacheted

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<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
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NO RATON POSTMARKS<br/>AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
DATE FROM
<br/>to<br/>
DATE TO
</td><td align="center" width="320">

</td><td align="center" width="120">

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Note:







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<h3>Other Information</h3>
RATON received 6 battle stars for her World War II service<br/><br/>
Credited with sinking...<br/>
The 6667-ton Japanese Ammunition Ship ONOE MARU, November 26 1943 off Bismarck Archipelago<br/>
The 2811-ton Japanese Troop Transport KAMOI MARU, November 26 1943 off Bismarck Archipelago<br/>
The 6787-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship HOKKO MARU, November 28 1943 off New Guinea<br/>
The 5346-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship YURI MARU, November 28 1943 off New Guinea<br/>
The 5578-ton Japanese Troop Transport HEIWA MARU, December 3 1943 off Halmahera<br/>
The 168-ton Japanese Small Merchant Ship KOSHIN MARU, May 23 1944 off Borneo<br/>
The 870-ton Japanese Frigate IKI, May 24 1944 off Singapore<br/>
The 745-ton Japanese Corvette KAIBOKAN 15, June 6 1944 off French Indo-China<br/>
An Un-named Japanese Sampan, June 13 1944 Java Sea<br/>
The 3812-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship TAIKAI MARU, October 18 1944 South China Sea<br/>
The 4739-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship SHIRANESAN MARU, October 18 1944 South China Sea<br/>
The 2841-ton Japanese Merchant Tanker UNKAI MARU No. 5, November 14 1944 off Luzon<br/>
The 2371-ton Japanese Supply Ship KURASAKI (damaged previous day), November 15 1944 off Luzon><br/>
The 1992-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship TORYU MARU, May 2 1945 Yellow Sea<br/>
The 1311-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship REKIZAN MARU, May 12 1945 Yellow Sea<br/>
The 2456-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship EIJU MARU, May 16 1945 Yellow Sea<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A polynemoid fish inhabiting semitropical waters off the Pacific coast of America




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[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
editing this page.
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