TAMBOR SS 198

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.

Tambor Class Submarine Keel Laid January 16 1939 - Launched December 20 1939 USS TAMBOR SS-198 Commissioned June 3 1940 - Decommissioned December 10 1945 TAMBOR SS-198 Placed In Service 1947 at Naval Reserve Training Center Detroit, MI Out of Service 1959 Struck from Naval Register September 1 1959 Sold December 5 1959 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1940-45)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "NEW LONDON / CONNECTICUT" USS SEALION SS-195

1939-12-20

Launching

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "ANNAPOLIS / MARYLAND" USS SEADRAGON SS-194

1939-12-26

Hutnick Launching Cachet
Six days late

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Locy Type FDC 3r "COMMISSION- / ING DAY"

1940-06-03

First Day in Commission
Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

 

Locy Type FDC 3r "COMMISSION- / ING DAY"

1940-06-03

First Day in Commission
Cachet by Robert V. Walton and George V. Sadworth.
Sponsored by Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / N.H."

1940-10-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB) "KEEP / WRITING"

1943-06-28

Note:

 

Other Information

TAMBOR received 11 battle stars for her World War II service

Credited with sinking...
The 394-ton Japanese Stores Ship KITAMI MARU, April 16 1942 off New Ireland
The 891-ton Japanese Auxiliary Netlayer SHOFUKU MARU, August 7 1942 off Marshall Islands
The 2928-ton Japanese Collier SHINSEI MARU No. 6, August 21 1942 off Ponape Island
The 2461-ton Japanese Merchant Ship CHIKUGO MARU, November 3 1942 Tonkin Gulf
An Un-named Japanese Sampan, November 10 1942 Sulu Sea
The 2558-ton Japanese Merchant Ship FUKKEN MARU, December 29 1942 (Tambor Mine) Hainan Island
The 2486-ton Japanese Merchant Ship EISHO MARU, May 29 1943 South China Sea
The 1248-ton Japanese Transport EIKA MARU, June 2 1943 South China Sea
The 1972-ton Japanese Merchant Ship TEIKIN MARU, July 27 1943 (Tambor Mine) off Hainan Island
The 2254-ton Japanese Merchant Ship SHUNTAI MARU, January 29 1944 off Okinawa
The 8469-ton Japanese Tanker GOYO MARU, February 3 1944 off Shanghai
The 5149-ton Japanese Tanker ARIAKE MARU, February 3 1944 off Shanghai
The 2735-ton Japanese Tanker RONSAN MARU, February 12 1944 East China Sea
The 300-ton Japanese Guardboat SHINKU MARU No. 3, April 18 1944 off Wake Island
The 657-ton Japanese Stores Ship CHIYU MARU, May 26 1944 Mariana Islands
The 2324-ton Japanese Transport TOEI MARU, August 13 1944 Sea of Okhotsk
The 95-ton Japanese Guardboat TAKASHIRO MARU, November 16 1944 off Torishima

NAMESAKE - The red rock fish of the Pacific coast

 

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