SCULPIN SSN 590

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.

Skipjack Class Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine Keel Laid February 3 1958 - Launched March 31 1960 USS SCULPIN SSN-590 Commissioned June 1 1961 - Decommissioned August 3 1990 Struck from the Naval Register March 31 1990 Disposed through the NPSSR Program, completed March 23 1999

Naval Covers

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1. USS Sculpin SSN-590 Covers Page 1    (1960-2001)

 

Postmarks

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

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NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Pascagoula MS

1960-03-31

N/A

Launching

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Pascagoula MS

1961-06-01

N/A

Commissioning, signed by Mrs. Fred Connaway, Sponsor.

 

Australia CDS Potts Point, NSW Australia

1964-05-14

N/A

Port Visit - Syndey Australia. Cachet also commemorates the Battle of the Coral Sea.

 

Locy Type 2 USS Sperry AS-12

1966-06-01

N/A

5th Anniversary of Commissioning. Signed by the CO.

 

USPS 4-bar Pascagoula MS

1981-06-01

N/A

20th Anniversary of Commissioning. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11

1986-05-23

N/A

Change of Command, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS

1986-06-01

N/A

25th Anniversary, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2 USS Hunley AS-31

1990-08-03

N/A

Decommissioning

 

Locy Type 11 USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72

2001-08-30

N/A

Scrapping is Completed, cachet by Tom Armstrong

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A spiny, large-headed, broad-mouthed, usually scaleless fish of the family Cottidae. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.

There have been two submarines named SCULPIN - USS Sculpin SS-191 and USS Sculpin SSN-590.

 

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