A History of the Submarines Built at the
Mare Island Naval Shipyard

Exhibit by Steve Shay
Frame 2, Page 8

USS Springer SS-414
Balao class (No reported postmarks)
Launched August 3, 1944

Commissioning cover, unknown cachet design artist, Type Fz shipyard shore cancel.

Cover 673: Springer SS 414, October 18, 1944

Made 3 war patrols in the Pacific during World War II. Sunk 4 ships for 3,940 tons. Decommissioned 1947 at Mare Island. Modernized and recommissioned September 1960. Decommissioned January 1961 and transferred to Chile. Recommissioned as Thomson, SS-22. Decommissioned 1972 and salvaged for spare parts.

 

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