ARCHERFISH SS 311
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 January 22 1943 - Launched May 28 1943 |
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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).
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- 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.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Post Office Established September 4 1943 - Disestablished June 10 1945
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Other Information
ARCHERFISH earned 7 Battle Stars for WWII service
ARCHERFISH SS-311 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender ceremony
Credited with sinking...
The 800-ton Japanese Frigate CDV-44 June 28 1944 off Bonin Island
The 59000-ton Japanese Aircraft Carrier SHINANO November 29 1944 at Honshu
Awarded Presidential Unit Citation for this action
ARCHERFISH was used in scenes of the 1959 movie Operation Petticoat starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtiss
NAMESAKE - A small, silvery fish with dark spots on its flanks. The archerfish-found between India and Australia-is unusual in its ability to project a powerful spout of water at its insect prey
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