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ARTIFACT: This is a rare late World War II foil submarine launch tag for USS Volador SS 490, whose keel was laid down on June 15, 1945 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Work on the submarine came to a halt in January of the next year but resumed, with some...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II submarine launch tag for the USS Spinax SS-48The Spinax was a Tench-class submarine and was launched from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on November 25, 194She was decommissioned in October 11, 1969. VINTAGE: Circa 1945...

ARTIFACT: This is a WWII Sub Launch Tag for the Lost Boat, the USS Capelin SS 289 Scarce Type 1 Tag. VINTAGE: LAUNCH DATE: 20 January 1943 at Portsmouth, NH Naval Shipyard. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS Remora (SS-487) from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard. The Remora was launched on July 12, 1945, and spent most of her 28 year career in the United States Navy in Pacific waters. In 1973 she...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS Medregal (SS-480) from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard. The Medregal was launched on December 15, 1944, and damage sustained during an underwater collision had her retreating for repairs at...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS Conger (SS-477) from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard. The Conger was launched on October 17, 1944 and saw the end of World War II from Pacific waters. She was reclassified to AGSS-477...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS Trutta (SS-421) from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard. The Trutta was launched on August 18, 1944 and served the United States Navy for 28 years. In 1972 she was assumed by the Turkish Navy...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS Pintado (SS-387) from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard. The Pintado was launched on September 15, 1943 and ran six World War II patrols. Her conning tower has been preserved and can be seen...

ARTIFACT: This is a launching ribbon for the Submarine USS Cutlass SS-478 out of Kittery, ME and Portsmouth, NH at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on November 5, 1944 and bears the slogan "Remember Pearl Harbor". Departing Portsmouth on April 25, 1945,...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare double submarine launching ribbon for the USS Picuda SS-382 and the USS Pampanito SS-383 from Portsmouth Naval Yard on July 12,194The ribbon bears the slogan"First-Boats-Build-In Building Basin" and "Will soon be on her way to...

ARTIFACT: This is a launching ribbon for the USS Pintado, though it is misspelled on the ribbon as Pintapo, from the Portsmouth Naval Yard on September 15, 194The ribbon is not sewn over, so it may never have been distributed because of the typo. The USS...

ARTIFACT: This is a launching ribbon for the USS Cisco SS-290 from Portsmouth Naval Yard on December 24, 1942, though the ribbon has a 1943 date on it, and bears the slogan "Remember Pearl Harbor". USS Cisco put out on their first war patrol September...