ICEFISH SS 367

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 4 1943 - Launched February 20 1944 USS ICEFISH SS-367 Commissioned June 10 1944 - Decommissioned June 21 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet Recommissioned June 5 1952 - Decommissioned July 29 1952 Recommissioned December 10 1952 - Decommissioned February 21 1953 WALRUS S-802 (Dutch Naval Service) Transferred (loaned) February 21 1953 to The Netherlands and renamed Returned to U.S. Navy custody July 15 1971 Struck from Naval Register July 15 1971 Sold August 15 1971 to A.J. Van Den Kooy N.V., Rijnacker Netherlands for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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.

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

 

Manitowoc WI Machine

1944-06-10

Commissioning

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NO ICEFISH POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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Other Information

ICEFISH earned four battle stars for World War II service

Credited with sinking...
The 4236-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship TENSHIN MARU, October 24 1944 South China Sea
The 4168-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship TAIYO MARU, October 26 1944 South China Sea
An un-named Japanese Sailing Vessel, August 7 1945 north of Bangka

NAMESAKE - Small smeltlike fishes of China and Japan. Also known as whitebait

 

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