Travel & Location / Destination Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a launching ribbon for the USS Halibut SS-232 from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on December 3, 1941. VINTAGE: Circa 1941. SIZE: About 2-1/4 in width by 5-1/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Printed silk. ATTACHMENT: To be...

ARTIFACT: This is a launching ribbon for the USS Haddock SS-231 from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on October 20, 194This was the first submarine to use the new SJ-type submarine surface radar which added greatly to their power in seeking out and...

ARTIFACT: This is a handmade 1942 launching souvenir for the USS Shad from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The souvenir is shaped like a cross-section of a life preserver with a printed submarine scene at center beneath glass. U.S.S. SHAD 235 PORTSMOUTH is...

ARTIFACT: This is an ashtray from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for the United States Navy's USS Plunger (SS-179). The Plunger was launched in 1936 and saw twenty years of service with the Navy. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 5-7/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a bronze auto badge from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard featuring an eagle. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 3-15/16" height and 3-15/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Bronze with areas of black paint. ATTACHMENT: Screw post...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s - World War II submarine model from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, which is located in both Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine. This simple model has a brass periscope and numbers stamped on the bottom of its base...

ARTIFACT: This is an ashtray with a miniature model of the United States Navy USS Sculpin from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The Sculpin was sunk in 1944, and tragically some of her surviving crew was plucked from the sea by the Japanese and transported to...

ARTIFACT: This is a submarine model of the USS Marlin from the Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Naval Shipyard. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/8" height and 7-3/16" width and 1-7/8" diameter at base. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Monel /...

ARTIFACT: This is a huge, glossy period photograph of the raising of the United States Navy submarine USS Squalus (SSN-192). The Squalus was launched from Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on September 14th, 1938 and sunk off Rye, NH on May 23, 1939 during a...

ARTIFACT: This is a First Censored Mail From Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH, December 9, 1941 Postal Cover. On the back of the cover is sender's name and building number. VINTAGE: Circa December 10, 1941. SIZE: About 6-1/2 in width by 3-3/4" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified circa 1950s celluloid pin from Cuba. It reads "Como en Cuba" (As in Cuba) and has the design of the nation's flag. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a guidebook to "Cantigny", the estate of Colonel Robert R. McCormick of the US Army 1st Division. Cantigny is outside of Chicago and is named for a French town where the first American offensive of World War I took place. The booklet...