SEA OWL AGSS 405

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 February 7 1944 - Launched May 7 1944 USS SEA OWL SS-405 Commissioned July 17 1944 Converted to Fleet Snorkel Submarine April - August 1951 USS SEA OWL AGSS-405 Redesignated Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) June 30 1969 Decommissioned November 15 1969 Struck from Naval Register November 15 1969 Sold June 3 1971 for scrap

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.

1. Covers Page 1     (1944-69)

 

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.
 
>>> 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

 

Portsmouth NH Machine

1944-05-07

Launching

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Navy Yard Br." Portsmouth NH

1944-05-08

No Image

Launching
Posted a day late

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NO SEA OWL POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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Other Information

SEA OWL earned five battle stars during WWII

Credited with sinking...
The 130-ton Japanese Auxiliary Submarine Chaser CHA 76, December 11 1944 East China Sea
The 745-ton Japanese Corvette KAIBOKAN No.41, June 9 1945 off Korea
An Un-named Japanese Sailing Vessel, June 9 1945 off Korea

NAMESAKE - A lumpfish of the North Atlantic

 

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