Keel Laying, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_William_F_Spader_ | William F. Spader]], sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_ANCS_Crew_24_Argonauts_ | Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS]]
Keel Laying, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_William_F_Spader_ | William F. Spader]], sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_ANCS_Crew_24_Argonauts_ | Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS]]
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 2 December 1943 - Launched 1 October 1944
USS CAPITAINE SS-336
Commissioned 26 January 1945 - Decommissioned 10 February 1950
Recommissioned 23 February 1957
USS CAPITAINE AGSS-336
Reclassified Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) 1 July 1960
Decommissioned 4 March 1966
MM ALFREDO CAPPALLINI S-507
Loaned to Italy 5 March 1966
Sold to Italy 5 December 1977
Struck from Naval Register 5 December 1977
Fate unknown
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).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
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.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
USS CAPITAINE earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle Star and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.
Was used in the movie "In Harm's Way" w/John Wayne 1956
NAMESAKE - A brilliantly colored fish inhabiting waters of the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Panama.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Julia A. Rondomanski.
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contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it.
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