REQUIN SS 481

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.

Tench Class Submarine Keel Laid 24 August 1944 - Launched 1 January 1945 USS REQUIN SS-481 Commissioned 28 April 1945 Converted to a Radar Pickett Submarine at         Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH 1946 USS REQUIN SSR-481 Reclassified (SSR) 20 January 1948 Converted to the Fleet Snorkel configuration, at         Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, SC USS REQUIN SS-481 Reclassified (SS) 15 August 1959 Decommissioned 3 December 1968 REQUIN SS-481 Placed in service and assigned St. Petersburg, FL., as a Naval Reserve Training Ship REQUIN AGSS-481 Reclassified (AGSS) on 29 June 1968 REQUIN IXSS-481 Reclassified (IXSS) on 30 June 1971 Placed out of service 20 December 1971 Struck from the Naval Register 20 December 1971 Sold 13 June 1972 to Nicolai Joffe for $83,710.00. Sale Cancelled & Trans. to Tampa Florida         Chamber of Commerce for tourist attraction until 1986. Removed 24 May 1990 & towed to Pittsburgh, PA. Arrived 4 September 1990 at Carnegie         Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA, in 1990, and again open for public viewing.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Requin SS-481 Covers Page 1     (1953-67)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2(n) USS USS Arcturus AF 52

1963-03-03

N/A

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A species of sand shark.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Slade D. Cutter.

 

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