BUSHNELL AS 15

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.

Fulton Class Submarine Tender
Keel Laid December 23 1941 - Launched September 14 1942


1. USS BUSHNELL AS-15
   Commissioned April 10 1943 - Decommissioned April 30 1948
   Recommissioned February 21 1952 - Decommissioned June 30 1970
   
   
2. BUSHNELL AS-15
   Placed In Service - Out of Service July 1975
   
   Struck from Naval Register November 15 1980
   Sunk June 1 1983 as target

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1943-68)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

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1st Commissioning April 10 1943 to April 30 1948

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1947-02-02

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Facing slip from the BUSHNELL

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1947-08-14

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-08-13

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9efsu

1944-06-19

Marking from back of cover

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2nd Commissioning February 21 1952 to June 30 1970

 

Locy Type 2

1952-06-20

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1968-10-04

USS Mackerel SST-1 return address, postmarked on the BUSHNELL. Add-on cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1958-08-20

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Locy Type 2t(nu) (USS)

1962-05-05

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Locy Type 7t(nu) (USS)

1968-09-02

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Locy Type 9efu

1952-05-31

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

NAMESAKE - David Bushnell (c1742 - 1824)
A graduate of Yale University in 1775, Bushnell managed to explode gunpowder underwater which is thought to have suggested to him the idea of a submarine mine or torpedo. In 1775 he completed a man-propelled, wooden submarine boat, on the outside of which was attached a powder magazine with clock mechanism enclosed for igniting it. Bushnell's vessel was unsuccessful in her attempts to blow up British vessels in 1776-77. Bushnell commanded the Corps of Engineers at West Point in 1783; later became the head of a private school in Georgia

 

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