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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>Balao Class Submarine<br/>
Keel Laid January 15 1943 - Launched August 17 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS TANG SS-306'''<br/>
Commissioned October 15 1943<br/>
SUNK (own torpedo) October 24 1944 off Turnabout Island near Taiwan<br/>
Only 9 survived the sinking<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register February 8 1945
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[[Image:TANG PATCH.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 incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
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<li> Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)</li>
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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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
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>>> 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
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Close-Up Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Full Cover Image</th>
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NO TANG POSTMARKS<br/>AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
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DATE FROM
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DATE TO
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Note:

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Locy Type 2<br/><br/>FPO AP 98674-1295<br/><br/>[[O_KANE_DDG_77_ | USS O'KANE DDG-77]]
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2004-10-24
</td><td align="center" width="320">[[Image:GregCiesielski_OKane_DDG77_20041024_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_OKane_DDG77_20041024_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Remembering the Loss of the USS Tang SS-306<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_Dan_Goodwin_ | Dan Goodwin]]


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
TANG earned 4 battle stars for WWII service<br/><br/>
Credited with sinking...<br/>
The 6854-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship GYOTEN MARU, February 17 1944 off Truk<br/>
The 5184-ton Japanese Merchant Tanker KUNIEI MARU, February 17 1944 off Truk<br/>
The 3581-ton Japanese Auxiliary Gunboat FUKUYAMA MARU, February 22 1944 off Saipan<br/>
The 6777-ton Japanese Repair Ship YAMASHIMO MARU, February 23 1944 off Saipan<br/>
The 2424-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship ECHIZEN MARU, February 24 1944 off Saipan<br/>
The 1790-ton Japanese Fleet Tanker CHOKO MARU, February 25 1944 off Saipan<br/>
The 6780-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship TAMAHOKO MARU, June 24 1944 off Nagasaki<br/>
The 1937-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship KENNICHI MARU, June 24 1944 off Nagasaki<br/>
The 4399-ton Japanese Merchant Tanker NASUSAN MARU, June 24 1944 off Nagasaki<br/>
The 3175-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship TAINAN MARU, June 24 1944 off Nagasaki<br/>
The 5705-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship NIKKIN MARU, June 30 1944 Yellow Sea<br/>
The 878-ton Japanese Fleet Tanker TAKATORI MARU No. 1, July 1 1944 off Korea<br/>
The 998-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship TAIUN MARU No. 1, July 2 1944 off Korea<br/>
The 6886-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship ASUKASAN MARU, July 4 1944 Yellow Sea<br/>
The 6932-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship YAMAOKA MARU, July 4 1944 Yellow Sea<br/>
The 1469-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship DORI GO, July 6 1944 Yellow Sea<br/>
The 3328-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship ROKO MARU, August 11 1944 off Honshu<br/>
The 116-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship NANSATSU MARU No. 2, August 22 1944 off Mikizaki Japan<br/>
The 1859-ton Japanese Cargo Ship TSUKUSHI MARU, August 22 1944 off Hamamatsu Japan<br/>
The 834-ton Japanese Merchant Tanker NANKO MARU No. 8, August 25 1944 off Mikizaki Japan<br/>
The 1658-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship JOSHU GO, October 11 1944 Formosa Strait<br/>
The 711-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship OITA MARU, October 11 1944 Formosa Strait<br/>
The 1915-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship TOUN MARU, October 23 1944 Formosa Strait<br/>
The 1944-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship TATSUJU MARU, October 23 1944 Formosa Strait<br/>
The 1920-ton Japanese Troop Transport WAKATAKE MARU, October 23 1944 Formosa Strait<br/>
The 1339-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship KORI GO, October 23 1944 Formosa Strait<br/>
The 7024-ton Japanese Tanker MATSUMOTO MARU, October 24 1944 Formosa Strait<br/>
The 6957-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship EBARA MARU, October 24 1944 Formosa Strait<br/>
During this attack TANG is struck and lost by one of her own circling torpedoes<br/><br/>
Cdr. Richard Hetherington O'Kane, the TANG's commander and 8 other survivors were picked up by Japanese escort and became POW's. Upon his return to the U.S. Cdr. O'Kane was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on March 27 1946<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Any surgeonfish, especially of the several West Indian species




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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
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