RATON AGSS 270

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 RATON SS-270
Commissioned July 13 1943 - Decommissioned March 11 1949
Redesignated Radar Picket Submarine (SSR) July 18 1952
USS RATON SSR-270
Recommissioned September 21 1953
USS RATON AGSS-270
Reclassified Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) July 1 1960
Decommissioned June 28 1969

Struck from Naval Register June 28 1969
Sold December 10 1973 to American Ship Dismantlers Corp. for scrap

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)

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

1st Commissioning July 14 1943 to March 11 1949

USPO
Machine Cancel

Manitowoc WI

1943-07-14

No Image

Commissioning. Cachet by "ECK"

USPO
Machine Cancel

Manitowoc WI

1943-01-24

No Image

Launching. Cacheted

NO RATON POSTMARKS
AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

DATE FROM
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Other Information

RATON received 6 battle stars for her World War II service

Credited with sinking...
The 6667-ton Japanese Ammunition Ship ONOE MARU, November 26 1943 off Bismarck Archipelago
The 2811-ton Japanese Troop Transport KAMOI MARU, November 26 1943 off Bismarck Archipelago
The 6787-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship HOKKO MARU, November 28 1943 off New Guinea
The 5346-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship YURI MARU, November 28 1943 off New Guinea
The 5578-ton Japanese Troop Transport HEIWA MARU, December 3 1943 off Halmahera
The 168-ton Japanese Small Merchant Ship KOSHIN MARU, May 23 1944 off Borneo
The 870-ton Japanese Frigate IKI, May 24 1944 off Singapore
The 745-ton Japanese Corvette KAIBOKAN 15, June 6 1944 off French Indo-China
An Un-named Japanese Sampan, June 13 1944 Java Sea
The 3812-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship TAIKAI MARU, October 18 1944 South China Sea
The 4739-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship SHIRANESAN MARU, October 18 1944 South China Sea
The 2841-ton Japanese Merchant Tanker UNKAI MARU No. 5, November 14 1944 off Luzon
The 2371-ton Japanese Supply Ship KURASAKI (damaged previous day), November 15 1944 off Luzon>
The 1992-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship TORYU MARU, May 2 1945 Yellow Sea
The 1311-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship REKIZAN MARU, May 12 1945 Yellow Sea
The 2456-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship EIJU MARU, May 16 1945 Yellow Sea

NAMESAKE - A polynemoid fish inhabiting semitropical waters off the Pacific coast of America

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