GATO SS 212: Difference between revisions

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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.

USS GATO SS-212
Commissioned December 31 1941 - Decommissioned March 16 1946
GATO SS-212
Placed in service as a Naval Reserve Training vessel at New York
Placed in service as a Naval Reserve Training vessel at Baltimore
Placed out of service March 1 1960

Struck from Naval Register March 1 1960
Sold July 25 1960 for scrap

Naval Covers

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.

USS Gato SS-212 Covers Page 1 (1940-41)

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 --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

Post office established January 16 1942 - Disestablished March 27 1945

USPO
Machine Cancel

Groton CT

1940-10-05

N/A

Keel Laying, cachet by Edgar P. Simmons

Other Information

USS GATO earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 13 battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A species of small catshark found in waters along the west coast of Mexico

Two submarines of the US Navy have borne the name GATO - USS Gato SS-212 and USS Gato SSN-615

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

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 range for covers on that page.
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+<li>[[USS GATO SS-212_Covers_Page_1 | USS Gato SS-212 Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1940-41)</li>
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+<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
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+<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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-NO GATO POSTMARKS<br/>AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
+USPO<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>Groton CT
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+Keel Laying, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Edgar_P_Simmons_ | Edgar P. Simmons]]
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 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-GATO received the Presidential Unit Citation and 13 battle stars for her service in World War II.<br/><br/>
+USS GATO earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 13 battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
-Credited with sinking...<br/>
-The 4575-ton Japanese Transport KENKON MARU, January 21 1943 off Bougainville<br/>
-The 2723-ton Japanese Transport NICHIUN MARU, January 29 1943 off Bougainville<br/>
-The 991-ton Japanese Stores Ship SURUGA MARU, February 15 1943 in Bougainville Strait<br/>
-The 5617-ton Japanese Troop Transport COLUMBIA MARU, November 30 1943 off Manus<br/>
-The 2926-ton Japanese Troop Transport TSUNESHIMA MARU, December 20 1943 off Manus<br/>
-The 36-ton Japanese Guardboat TAIYO MARU No. 3, February 15 1944 off Rabaul<br/>
-The 5255-ton Japanese Troop Transport DAIGEN MARU, February 26 1944 off Hollandia<br/>
-An un-named Japanese Trawler, March 9 1944 off Biak<br/>
-The 871-ton Japanese Transport OKINOYAMA MARU No. 3, March 12 1944 off New Guinea<br/>
-The 745-ton Japanese Corvette KAIBOKAN 9, February 14 1945 Yellow Sea<br/>
-The 2325-ton Japanese Merchant Ship TAIRIKU MARU, February 21 1945 off Korea<br/><br/>
 '''NAMESAKE''' - A species of small catshark found in waters along the west coast of Mexico<br/><br/>
-Two submarines of the US Navy have been named GATO - USS Gato SS-212 and [[GATO_SSN_615_ | USS Gato SSN-615]]
+Two submarines of the US Navy have borne the name GATO - USS Gato SS-212 and [[GATO_SSN_615_ | USS Gato SSN-615]]
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