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US Stamp Sc# 805 USS GRAMPUS Naval Cover 1st Day in Commission May 23, 1941 SUNK
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- United States
- Catalog Number
- 805
- Stamp Type
- General Issue
- Condition
- Cover (Postal History)
- Stamp Format
- Single
- Year of Issue
- 1938
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Condition:USS GRAMPUS SS-207 Submarine Sunk in WWII with All Souls Lost. Huinick Cachet. Light toning.US Stamp Sc# 805 USS GRAMPUS Naval Cover 1st Day in Commission May 23, 1941 SUNKUSS GRAMPUS SS-207 Submarine Sunk in WWII with All Souls Lost
USS _GRAMPUS_ (SS-207)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships of the same name, see USS Grampus.
Career
Builder:
Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1]
Laid Down:
14 February 1940[1]
Launched:
23 December 1940[1]
Commissioned:
23 May 1941[1]
Struck:
21 June 1943
Fate:
Possibly sunk by Japanese destroyers in Blackett Strait, 5 March 1943[2]
General Characteristics
Class & Type:
_Tambor_ class diesel-electric submarine[2]
Displacement:
1,475 long tons (1,499 t) standard, surfaced[3]
2,370 tons (2,408 t) submerged[3]
Length:
307 ft 2 in (93.62 m)[3]
Beam:
27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3]
Draft:
14 ft 7 1⁄2 in (4.458 m)[3]
Propulsion:
4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators[2][4]
2 × 126-cell _Sargo_ batteries [3]
4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears [2]
two propellers [2]
5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[2]
2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[2]
Speed:
20.4 knots (38 km/h) surfaced[3]
8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[3]
Range:
11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3]
Endurance:
48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[3]
Test Depth:
250 ft (76 m)[3]
Complement:
6 officers, 54 enlisted[3]
Armament:
10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
(six forward, four aft)
24 torpedoes[3]
1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun[3]
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
USS _GRAMPUS_ (SS-207), a _Tambor_-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for a member of the dolphin family (Delphinidae): _Grampus griseus_, also known as Risso's dolphin.
Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 23 December 1940 (sponsored by Mrs. Clark H. Woodward) and commissioned on 23 May 1941 at New London, Connecticut, with Lieutenant Commander Edward S. Hutchinson in command. _Grampus_ received three battle stars for World War II service. Her first, fourth, and fifth war patrols were designated successful.
Contents
* 1 Operational history
* 1.1 Pacific
* 1.2 Sinking
* 2 References
* 3 External links
Operational History
Pacific
After shakedown in Long Island Sound, _Grampus_ sailed to the Caribbean Sea with _Grayback_ (SS-208) on 8 September to conduct a modified war patrol, returning to New London, Connecticut, on 28 September. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor found _Grampus_ undergoing post-shakedown overhaul at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, but soon ready for war on 22 December, she sailed for the Pacific, reaching Pearl Harbor on 1 February 1942, via the Panama Canal and Mare Island.
On her first war patrol from 8 February to 4 April 1942, _Grampus_ sank an 8636-ton tanker, the only kill of her short career, and reconnoitered Kwajalein and Wotje atolls, later the scene of bloody but successful landings. _Grampus'_ second patrol en route to Fremantle, Australia, and her third patrol from that base were marred by a heavy number of antisubmarine patrol craft off Truk Lagoon and poor visibility as heavy rains haunted her path along the Luzon and Mindoro coasts.
Taking aboard four coast watchers, _Grampus_ sailed from Fremantle on 2 October 1942 for her fourth war patrol. Despite the presence of Japanese destroyers, she landed the coast watchers on Vella Lavella and Choiseul islands while conducting her patrol. This patrol, during the height of the Guadalcanal campaign, took _Grampus_ into waters teeming with Japanese men-of-war. She sighted a total of four enemy cruisers
and 79 destroyers in five different convoys. Although she conducted a
series of aggressive attacks on the Japanese ships, receiving 104 depth
charges for her work, _Grampus_ was not credited with sinking any ships. On 18 October 1942 _Grampus_ even scored a direct hit on the _Yura_, but the torpedo failed to explode. She returned to Australia on 23 November.
_Grampus'_ fifth war patrol, from 14 December 1942 to 19 January
1943, took her across access lanes frequented by Japanese submarines
and other ships. Air and water patrol in this area was extremely heavy
and although she conducted several daring attacks on the 41 contacts she
sighted, _Grampus_ again was denied a kill.
Sinking
In company with _Grayback_, _Grampus_ departed Brisbane
on 11 February 1943, for her sixth war patrol from which she failed to
return; the manner of her loss still remains a mystery. Japanese
seaplanes reported sinking a submarine on 18 February in _Grampus'_ patrol area, but _Grayback_ reported seeing _Grampus_ in that same area 4 March. On 5 March 1943, the Japanese destroyers _Minegumo_ and _Murasame_ conducted an attack preceding the Battle of Blackett Strait, near Kolombangara island. A heavy oil slick was sighted there the following day, indicating that _Grampus_
may have been lost there in a night attack or gun battle against the
destroyers. The Japanese destroyers had by then already been sunk in a
night action with U.S. cruisers and destroyers.
When repeated attempts failed to contact _Grampus_, the submarine was declared missing and presumed lost with all hands. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 21 June 1943.
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