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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>Tambor Class Submarine<br/>
Keel Laid July 19 1939 - Launched October 2 1940<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS TUNA SS-203'''<br/>
Commissioned January 2 1941 - Decommissioned December 11 1946<br/>
Served as target ship during 1946 Atomic Bomb tests at Bikini Atoll<br/><br/>
Sunk September 28 1948 off the California Coast<br/>
Struck from Naval Register October 21 1948
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[[Image:TUNA 203 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.
<ol>
<li>[[Tuna_SS_203_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]    (1940-41)</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 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/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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MARE ISLAND<br/>STATION<br/><br/>Vallejo, Calif.
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1940-10-02
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[[Image:JonBurdett tuna ss203 19401002.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett tuna ss203 19401002 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Launching

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Locy Type<br/>FDPS 3r<br/><br/>"FIRST DAY /<br/>POST SERVICE"
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1941-02-03
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Tuna_SS203_19410203_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Tuna_SS203_19410203_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
First Day of Postal Service, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Gow_C_Ng_ | Gow C. Ng]]




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Locy Type<br/>3r (A-BTB)<br/><br/>"MARE ISLAND /<br/>NAVY YARD"
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1941-04-08
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Tuna_SS203_19410408_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Tuna_SS203_19410408_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Submarine Mail cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth_ | George V. Sadworth]]




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Locy Type<br/>3r (A-BTB)<br/><br/>"USS GUDGEON /<br/>FIRST DAY"
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-04-21
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Tuna_SS203_19410421_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Tuna_SS203_19410421_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Commissioning of [[GUDGEON_SS_211_ | USS Gudgeon SS-211]]<br/>Cachet by - [[Cachet_Maker_Martin_R_Aden_ | Martin R. Aden]]




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Locy Type<br/>3r (A-BTB)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-10-27
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Tuna_SS203_19411027_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Tuna_SS203_19411027_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Navy Day<br/>Cachet by - [[Cachet_Maker_Wilfred_R_Cyr_ | Wilfred R. Cyr]], Sponsored by the ANCS Argonauts and Alex R. Hesse (R/S marking on back)

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<h3>Other Information</h3>
TUNA received seven battle stars for her World War II service<br/><br/>
Credited with sinking...<br/>
The 805-ton Japanese Transport TOYOHARU MARU, May 15 1942 off Korea<br/>
The 4697-ton Japanese Transport KUROHIME MARU, March 30 1943 off Manus<br/>
The 5484-ton Japanese Troop Transport TOSEI MARU, December 12 1943 off Halmahera<br/>
The 89-ton Japanese Guardboat TAJIMA MARU, May 4 1944 off Wake<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Any of numerous large, vigorous, spiny-finned fishes including some highly esteemed for sport and food




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