This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
Balao Class Submarine
Ordered as BLANQUILLO
Name changed 24 September 1942
Keel Laid 24 June 1943 - Launched 30 March 1944
USS CAIMAN SS-323
Commissioned 17 July 1944 - Decommissioned 30 May 1971
TGC DUMLUPINAR S-339
Sold to the Republic of Turkey and commissioned 30 May 1971
Decommissioned 6 February 1983
CERYAN BOTU Y-1247 Served as a charging boat at Gölcük Navy Yard February 1983
Scrapped 15 September 1986
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 incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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 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
Postmark Date
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image
Locy Type SLb
1947-09-18
Posted from U.S. Navy 10088 Br.
Other Information
USS CAIMAN earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 Battle Stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Any of various tropical American crocodilians resembling and closely related to the alligator.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. R. C. Bonjour.
If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it.
See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on
editing this page.
