SEA FOX SS 402

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 November 2 1943 - Launched March 28 1944 USS SEA FOX SS-402 Commissioned June 13 1944 Decommissioned October 15 1952 for GUPPY IIA conversion Recommissioned June 5 1953 - Decommissioned December 14 1970 Struck from Naval Register December 14 1970 TCG BURAK REIS S-335 (Turkish Naval Service) Transferred to the Republic of Turkey December 14 1970 and renamed Decommissioned July 1 1996 Discarded for scrap 2003

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1953)

 

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

 

USPO Machine Cancel Kittery ME

1944-03-28

Launching, cachet by Helen Contraros

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-03-28

Launching, cachet by Helen Contraros

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Locy Type 2# Branch 13933 Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands

1949-11-07

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USPO Machine Postmark San Francisco, CA

1965-02-18

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Other Information

SEA FOX was awarded four battle stars for her WWII service and four campaign stars for service in Vietnam

Credited with sinking...
The 1051-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship KEIJO MARU, November 8 1944 East China Sea

NAMESAKE - A large shark, also called the thresher shark, which frequents the coast of Europe and the Americas

 

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