BUSHNELL AS 15

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.

Fulton Class Submarine Tender Keel Laid 23 December 1941 - Launched 14 September 1942 USS BUSHNELL AS-15 Commissioned 10 April 1943 - Decommissioned 30 April 1948 Recommissioned 21 February 1952 - Decommissioned 30 June 1970 BUSHNELL AS-15 Placed In Service - Out of Service July 1975 Struck from Naval Register 15 November 1980 Sunk 1 June 1983 as target

Naval Covers

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1. USS Bushnell AS-15 Covers Page 1    (1943-68)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post office established April 26 1943 - Disestablished January 12 1948

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1947-02-02

N/A

Facing slip from the BUSHNELL

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1947-08-14

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 2z

1943-12-15

Censored, WWII use

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-08-13

Censored, WWII use

 

Locy Type 9efsu

1948-01-10

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Post office reestablished March 18 1952 - Disestablished May 1 1970

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1952-03-18

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2

1952-06-20

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1968-10-04

USS Mackerel SST-1 return address, postmarked on the BUSHNELL. Add-on cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1958-09-22

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Locy Type 2t(nu) (USS)

1962-04-10

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Locy Type 7t(nu) (USS)

1968-09-02

Labor Day, cachet by the Admiral Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS

 

Locy Type 9efu

1952-05-31

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Locy Type 9fu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-97

1958-09-22

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Other Information

USS BUSHNELL earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - David Bushnell (c1742 - 1824)
A graduate of Yale University in 1775, Bushnell managed to explode gunpowder underwater which is thought to have suggested to him the idea of a submarine mine or torpedo. In 1775 he completed a man-propelled, wooden submarine boat, on the outside of which was attached a powder magazine with clock mechanism enclosed for igniting it. Bushnell's vessel was unsuccessful in her attempts to blow up British vessels in 1776-77. Bushnell commanded the Corps of Engineers at West Point in 1783; later became the head of a private school in Georgia.

 

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