BLUEBACK SS 326

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 July 29 1943 - Launched May 7 1944 USS BLUEBACK SS-326 Commissioned August 28 1944 - Decommissioned May 23 1948 Struck from Naval Register May 23 1948 TCG 2 INÖNÜ D-2 (Turkish Naval Service) Transferred to Turkey & Commissioned May 23 1948 TCG 2 INÖNÜ S-18 (Turkish Naval Service) Renumbered 1955 TCG 2 INÖNÜ S-331 (Turkish Naval Service) Renumbered 1959 Decommissioned from Turkish Navy November 30 1973 Returned to U.S. custody for disposition.

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1948)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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

 

Groton CT Machine

1943-07-29

Keel Laying

 

Groton CT Machine

1943-07-29

N/A

Keel Laying, cachet by P. Williams

 

Locy Type CD-Z5 Section Base Post Office New London CT

1943-07-29

N/A

Keel Laying, cachet by P. Williams

 

Groton CT Machine

1944-05-07

Launching

 

Groton CT Machine

1944-08-28

Commissioning

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus B-101

1948-05-09

Franked with France Sc. #527 Coat of Arms stamp x2

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus B-101a

1948-05-09

This postmark is used as the cachet.

 

Other Information

BLUEBACK earned 2 Battle Stars (WWII)
* 2nd War Patrol March 4 1945 South China Sea
* 3rd War Patrol May 12 1945 Java Sea

Credited with sinking...
An Un-named small Japanese Vessel March 12 1945 South China Sea
An Un-named small Japanese Vessel March 22 1945 South China Sea
Three Un-named small Japanese Vessels March 30 1945 South China Sea
An unidentified Japanese Vessel May 28 1945 off Netherlands Indies
An Un-named Japanese Fishing Vessel June 3 1945 Java Sea
An Un-named Japanese Sampan June 3 1945 Java Sea
The 266-ton Japanese Sub Chaser CH-2 June 27 1945 off Netherlands Indies

NAMESAKE - Blueback is a salmon.

 

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