BOARFISH SS 327

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 August 12 1943 - Launched May 21 1944 USS BOARFISH SS-327 Commissioned September 23 1944 - Decommissioned May 23 1948 Struck from Naval Register May 23 1948 TCG SAKARYA S-332 (Turkish Naval Service) Transferred to Turkey as "Grant-in Aid" Commissioned May 23 1948 Decommissioned from Turkish Navy December 12 1975 Returned to U.S. custody for scrapping

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     (1943-44)

 

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.

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

 

USPO Machine Cancel Groton, Conn.

1943-08-12

N/A

Keel Laying, cachet by William F. Spader, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

USPO Machine Cancel Groton, Conn.

1943-08-12

N/A

Keel Laying, cachet by P. Williams

 

Locy Type CD-Z5

1943-08-12

N/A

Keel Laying, cachet by P. Williams

 

Groton CT Machine

1944-05-21

Launching

 

Locy Type CD-Z5

1944-05-21

N/A

Launching

 

Groton CT Machine

1944-09-23

Commissioning

 

Locy Type CD-Z5

1944-09-23

N/A

Commissioning

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NO BOARFISH POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

POSTMARK DATE

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Other Information

BOARFISH earned 1 Battle Star (WWII)
* 1st War Patrol January 5 1945 South China Sea

Credited with sinking...
The 6968-ton Japanese Tanker ENKI MARU, January 31 1945 off Indo-China
The 6890-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship DAIETSU MARU, January 31 1945 off Indo-China

NAMESAKE - A fish having a projecting hog-like snout

 

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