BESUGO AGSS 321

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 Laid down May 27 1943 - Launched February 27 1944 USS BESUGO SS-321 Commissioned June 19 1944 - Decommissioned March 21 1958 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet Reclassified Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) 1962 USS BESUGO AGSS-321 Recommissioned June 15 1965 Converted to Fleet Snorkel Submarine 1966 Decommissioned March 31 1966 Loaned to Italy Returned to US Navy custody 1975 Struck from Naval Register November 15 1975 Sold April 16 1976 to Nita Perillo Fedele & Alfonso SpA in Genoa for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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

 

Locy Type CD-Z5

1943-05-27

Keel Laying
Cachet miss-spelled "BESUGE"

 

Groton CT Machine

1944-02-27

Launching

 

Groton CT Machine

1944-06-19

Commissioning

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NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

POSTMARK DATE

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Other Information

BESUGO earned four battle stars for her World War II service

Credited with sinking...
The 870-ton Japanese Landing Ship T-151, November 22 1944 off the northern tip of Palawan Island
The 10,020-ton Japanese Fleet Tanker NICHEI MARU, January 6 1945 in the Gulf of Siam (disputed by Japanese records)
The 740-ton Japanese Corvette KAIBOKAN 144, February 2 1945 north-east of Kuantan, Malaya
The 630-ton Japanese Minesweeper W-12, April 6 1945 off Saniri Harbour, Saeku Strait, Soembawa Island, Netherlands East Indies
The German U-boat U-183, April 23 1945 in the Java Sea
The 199-ton Japanese Guard Boat OTOME MARU, April 28 1945 south-east of Borneo

NAMESAKE - A fish of the porgie family

 

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