PIPEFISH SS 388

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.

Balao Class Submarine Keel Laid May 31 1943 - Launched October 12 1943 USS PIPEFISH SS-388 Commissioned January 22 1944 - Decommissioned March 19 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet Reclassified Auxiliary Submarine (AGSS) December 1 1962, While in reserve Struck from Naval Register March 1 1967 Sold February 4 1969 to Zidell Explorations, Inc. Portland, OR for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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

 

Kittery ME Machine

1943-10-12

Launching

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Locy Type 2z

1944-01-22

First Day in Commission
USCS Catalog does not list this mark as FDC

 

Other Information

PIPEFISH received six battle stars for World War II service

Credited with sinking...
The 1018-ton Japanese Auxiliary Vessel HAKUTETSU MARU, September 12 1944 off Japan
The 740-ton Japanese Corvette KAIBOKAN No.64, December 3 1944 South China Sea

NAMESAKE - A long, narrow fish with straight, tubular snout; bony scaled; has extraordinary powers of concealment in vegetation; found in Panama

 

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