TAUTOG SS 199

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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.

    Tambor Class Submarine
    Keel Laid 1 March 1939 - Launched 27 January 1940

  1. USS TAUTOG SS-199
    Commissioned 3 July 1940 - Decommissioned 8 December 1945

    Assigned to Naval Reserve Training Center, Milwaukee, WI. from 1947-59
    Struck from Naval Register 11 September 1959
    Sold 15 November 1959 for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Tautog SS-199 Cover Page 1    (1940-1945)

 

Postmarks

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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
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Post Office Established 3 July 1940 - Disestablished 19 April 1943


 

Locy Type
FDC 3r (A-TBT)

"COMMISSION- /
ED TODAY"

1940-07-03

First Day in Commission, add-on cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington


 

Locy Type
3r (A-TBT)

"MACKEREL /
COMM'D"

1941-03-31

Commissioning of USS Mackerel SS-204, cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

Other Information

USS TAUTOG earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the American Defense Campaign Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 14 Battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for a small edible sport fish, also called blackfish or oysterfish, found on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Richard S. Edwards.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name TAUTOG - USS Tautog SS-199 and USS Tautog SSN-639

 


 

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