ARGONAUT SS 475
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 28 June 1944 - Launched 1 October 1944 |
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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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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 |
Postmark Date |
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Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image |
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NO Postal Facilities Aboard
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Locy Type SL |
1949-05-05 |
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Add-on cachet by Rich Hoffner
Other Information
USS ARGONAUT SS-475 earned the following awards during her Naval career - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the World War II Victory Medal; the Navy Occupation Service Medal with EUROPE clasp and the National Defense Service Medal w/ one star.
NAMESAKE - The argonauts (genus Argonauta, the only extant genus in the family Argonautidae) are a group of pelagic octopuses.
Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name ARGONAUT - USS Argonaut APS-1 and USS Argonaut SS-475.
The ships sponsor is Mrs. Allan R. McCann.
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