CREVALLE AGSS 291

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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 September 14 1942 - Launched February 22 1943

  1. USS CREVALLE SS-291
    Commissioned June 24 1943 - Decommissioned July 20 1946
    Recommissioned September 6 1951 - Decommissioned August 19 1955
    Recommissioned April 11 1957

  2. USS CREVALLE AGSS-291
    Reclassified Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) April 1960
    Decommissioned January 1 1968

    Struck from Naval Register April 15 1968
    Sold March 17 1971 to Sc Eckhardt GMBH, Hamburg Germany for scrap

Naval Covers

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.

  1. 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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Other Information

Earned 6 Battle Stars (WWII)
* 1st War Patrol October 20 1943 Sulu and South China Seas
* 2nd War Patrol December 30 1943 South China Sea
* 3rd War Patrol April 4 1944 South China Sea
* 4th War Patrol June 21 1944 South China Sea
* 6th War Patrol March 28 1945 East China Sea
* 7th War Patrol May 27 1945 Sea of Japan

Credited with sinking...
The 6783-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship KYOKKO MARU November 15 1943 off Manila
A Japanese sampan January 9 1944 Makassar Strait
The 2569-ton Japanese Auxiliary Gunboat BUSHO MARU January 26 1944 South China Sea
A small Japanese Tug February 11 1944 off Borneo
The 976-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship KASHIWA MARU April 25 1944 off Borneo
The 16801-ton Japanese Fleet Tanker NISSHIN MARU May 6 1944 west of Kalutan Island
The 8666-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship TOSAN MARU South China Sea
A small Japanese vessel April 9 1945 east of Kyushu
A small Japanese vessel April 16 1945 Yellow Sea
The 2215-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship HOKUTO MARU June 9 1945 Tsugaru Strait
The 2217-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship DAIKI MARU June 10 1945 Tsugaru Strait
The 2211-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship HAKUSAN MARU No. 5 June 11 1945 off Honshu

Earned Navy Unit Commendation

NAMESAKE - A yellow mackerel, a food fish, found on both coasts of tropical America, and in the Atlantic as far north as Cape Cod.





 


 

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