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<h3>Other Information</h3>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS BLACKFISH earned 8 Battle Stars for her service in World War II<br/>*
BLACKFISH earned 8 Battle Stars for her service in World War II<br/>*
1st War Patrol October 19 1942 off North Africa * - 3rd War Patrol February 1 1943 Bay of Biscay<br/>*
1st War Patrol October 19 1942 off North Africa * - 3rd War Patrol February 1 1943 Bay of Biscay<br/>*
6th War Patrol October 19 1943 off New Guinea * - 7th War Patrol December 24 1943 off Bismarck Archipelago<br/>*
6th War Patrol October 19 1943 off New Guinea * - 7th War Patrol December 24 1943 off Bismarck Archipelago<br/>*
8th War Patrol March 1 1944 off New Guinea * - 10th War Patrol January 1 1945 South China Sea<br/><br/><br/>
8th War Patrol March 1 1944 off New Guinea * - 10th War Patrol January 1 1945 South China Sea<br/><br/><br/>
BLACKFISH is credited with sinking...<br/>
Credited with sinking...<br/>
The 432-ton German Auxiliary Patrol Craft HALTENBANK V-408, February 19 1943 off Bilbao<br/>
The 432-ton German Auxiliary Patrol Craft HALTENBANK V-408, February 19 1943 off Bilbao<br/>
The 439-ton Japanese Transport YAMATO MARU No. 2, November 23 1943 off New Guinea<br/>
The 439-ton Japanese Transport YAMATO MARU No. 2, November 23 1943 off New Guinea<br/>

Revision as of 17:44, 29 August 2016

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.

    Gato Class Submarine
    Keel Laid July 1 1941 - Launched April 18 1942

  1. USS BLACKFISH SS 221
    Commissioned July 22 1942 - Decommissioned May 11 1946
    Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet

  2. BLACKFISH SS 221
    Placed In Service as Naval Reserve Training Vessel May 5 1949
    Out of Service February 2 1954
    Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet

    Struck from Naval Register September 1 1958
    Sold May 4 1959 for scrap

Naval Covers

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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.

  1. Covers Page 1     (1941-42)

 

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
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BBT)

USS Zircon
PY 16

1941-07-01

N/A

Keel Laying. Cachet by Wilfred R. Cyr, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

"UNCLE NEEDS /
MANY MORE"

1942-04-18

Launching, Cachet by K. E. Streeter


 

Groton CT
Machine

1942-07-22

Commissioning


 

Groton CT
Machine

1942-07-22

Commissioning



 

NO BLACKFISH POSTMARKS
AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

POSTMARK DATE

Note:

 

Other Information

BLACKFISH earned 8 Battle Stars for her service in World War II
* 1st War Patrol October 19 1942 off North Africa * - 3rd War Patrol February 1 1943 Bay of Biscay
* 6th War Patrol October 19 1943 off New Guinea * - 7th War Patrol December 24 1943 off Bismarck Archipelago
* 8th War Patrol March 1 1944 off New Guinea * - 10th War Patrol January 1 1945 South China Sea


Credited with sinking...
The 432-ton German Auxiliary Patrol Craft HALTENBANK V-408, February 19 1943 off Bilbao
The 439-ton Japanese Transport YAMATO MARU No. 2, November 23 1943 off New Guinea
The 2087-ton Japanese Troop transport KAIKA MARU, January 16 1944 off Truk
A large Japanese Sampan, January 30 1945 South China Sea
Three Japanese Sampans, February 1 1945 South China Sea

NAMESAKE - Any one of several small, toothed whales.

 


 

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