GRAYLING SS 209
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.
Keel Laid 15 December 1939 - Launched 4 September 1940 |
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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.
- USS Grayling SS-209 Covers Page 1 (1939-42)
Postmarks
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.
>>> 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 |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1941-03-20 |
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First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Gow C. Ng.
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Locy Type |
1941-03-20 |
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First Day Postal Service
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Locy Type |
1941-03-20 |
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Add-on cachet by William Frederick. (Patterned after a Loring W. Stannard cachet)
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Locy Type |
1941-05-06 |
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Deep Dive. Cachet by George V. Sadworth, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS
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Locy Type |
1942-07-06 |
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Censored, WWII use
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USPS CDS |
1983-09-12 |
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"On Eternal Patrol". Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington
Other Information
Credited with sinking...
The 6243-ton Japanese Merchant Ship RYUJIN MARU, April 13 1942 off Japan
An Un-named Japanese Sailing Vessel. December 3 1942, Netherlands East Indies
The 749-ton Japanese Merchant Ship USHIO MARU, January 26 1943 Verde Island Passage
The 4103-ton Japanese Transport Ship SHANGHAI MARU, April 9 1943 off Dumali Point
The 5480-ton Japanese Transport Ship MEIZAN MARU, August 27 1943 off Mindoro
NAMESAKE - A fresh water game fish closely related to the trout.
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