DOLPHIN SS 169

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.

Dolphin Class Submarine Authorized as V-7 SF-10 Redesignated V-7 SC-3 (Date unknown) Keel Laid as V-7 (SC-3) 14 June 1930 - Launched 6 March 1932 Named DOLPHIN SS-169 (Date unknown) USS DOLPHIN SS-169 Commissioned 1 July 1932 - Decommissioned 12 October 1945 Struck from the Naval Register 24 October 1945 Sold 26 August 1946 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Dolphin SS-169 Covers Page 1    (1932-1943)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDC 5hks "PORTSMOUTH / N.H."

1932-06-01

First Day in Commission, add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type FDPS 5hks "FIRST DAY / "

1932-06-14

First Day of Postal Service.

 

Locy Type 2z

1943-11-20

Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type 5hks "COLUMBUS / DAY"

1932-10-12

Columbus Day

 

Locy Type 5hsu "FIFTH / BIRTHDAY"

1937-06-01

5th Anniversary. Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill, and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Memorial Station" Pearl Harbor HI

1977-06-01

45th Anniversary of Commissioning. Cachet by the Arizona Memorial Museum Foundation.

 

Other Information

USS DOLPHIN earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 Battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

USS DOLPHIN was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 at The Pearl Harbor Submarine Base.

NAMESAKE - A gregarious aquatic mammal having a pointed muzzle, and found in most oceans.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Edward D. Toland of St. Paul’s School, Concord, N. H.

Seven ships of the US Navy have borne the name DOLPHIN - USS Dolphin (1777 Cutter), USS Dolphin (1821 Schooner), USS Dolphin (1836 Brig), USS Dolphin PG-24, USS Dolphin SP-318, USS Dolphin SP-874, USS Dolphin SS-169
and USS Dolphin AGSS-555.

One Cutter of the US Coast Guard bears the name DOLPHIN - USCGC Dolphin WPB-87354.

 

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