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.

Balao Class Submarine Keel Laid 22 January 1943 - Launched 28 May 1943 USS ARCHERFISH SS-311 Commissioned 4 September 1943 - Decommissioned 12 June 1946 Recommissioned 7 March 1952 - Decommissioned 21 October 1955 Recommissioned 1 August 1957 USS ARCHERFISH AGSS-311 Reclassified Auxiliary Submarine (AGSS) 1960 Decommissioned 1 May 1968 Struck from Naval Register 1 May 1968 Sunk 19 October 1968 as target off the coast of California by USS Snook SSN-592

Naval Covers

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1. USS Archerfish SS-311 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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

 

USN Machine Cancel USN Br. 10864 US Naval Activities UK

1960-08-12

N/A

Rubber stamp cachet, from the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

USPO Machine Cancel San Francisco CA

1967-08-30

N/A

Rubber stamp cachet, from the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

Other Information

USS ARCHERFISH earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 7 Battle Stars and the WWII Victory Medal for her Naval service.

USS ARCHERFISH SS-311 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender ceremony

USS 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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