BLACKFISH SS 221
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.
Keel Laid July 1 1941 - Launched April 18 1942 |
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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.
- 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.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1941-07-01 |
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N/A |
Keel Laying. Cachet by Wilfred R. Cyr, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS
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Locy Type |
1942-04-18 |
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Launching, Cachet by K. E. Streeter
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Groton CT |
1942-07-22 |
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Commissioning
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Groton CT |
1942-07-22 |
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Commissioning
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NO BLACKFISH POSTMARKS |
POSTMARK DATE |
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Other Information
BLACKFISH earned 8 Battle Stars for her service in World War II
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1st War Patrol October 19 1942 off North Africa * - 3rd War Patrol February 1 1943 Bay of Biscay
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6th War Patrol October 19 1943 off New Guinea * - 7th War Patrol December 24 1943 off Bismarck Archipelago
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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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