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ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS Balao (SS-285) from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on October 27, 194The Balao went on ten war patrols, sank at least seven Japanese ships and received nine battle stars for her World War...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1942 submarine launch ribbon for a high-scoring, lost boat, the USS Snook SS-27Courtesy of www.hazegray.org: SNOOK was lost while conducting her ninth war patrol, in the South China Sea and Luzon Strait. On 8 April, she reported her...

ARTIFACT: This is a launch ribbon for the lost boat USS Scamp SS-277, which was launched July 20, 1942 from Portsmouth (NH) Naval Ship Yard. Courtesy of www.hazegray.org: On 14 November, Scamp was ordered to take up the life guard station off Tokyo Bay...

ARTIFACT: This is a launching ribbon for the lost boat USS Herring SS-233 that bears the slogan Remember Pearl Harbor. Herring was launched from Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on January 15, 194Courtesy of www.hazegray.org: HERRING's eighth war patrol was to...

ARTIFACT: This is a launching ribbon for the USS Finback SS-230 from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on August 25,194The USS Finback was ordered out to patrol during the great victory in the Battle of Midway. It returned to Pearl Harbor June 9 to prepare...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS Sailfish from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard. This ship was originally the USS Squalus SS-192, launched from Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on September 14th, 193It was sunk off Rye, NH and the...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS Sculpin (SS-191) from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on July 27, 193The Sculpin was sunk in 1944, and tragically some of her surviving crew was plucked from the sea by the Japanese and...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS Pollack (SS-180) from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on September 15, 193The Pollack received ten battle stars for World War II service. There are two typos on the ribbon: the launch date...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS Cachalot (SS-170) from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on October 19, 193The Cachalot did not share her name with any other United States Navy ship and was named for an old term for the...

ARTIFACT: This is a launching ribbon for the USS Crevalle SS-291 from Portsmouth Naval Yard on February 22, 1943 and bears the slogan Remember Pearl Harbor". In just the first war patrol, the USS Crevalle sank a passenger-cargo ship of almost 7,000 tons,...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS S-13 from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on October 20, 192The S-13 spent most of her time in the Panama Canal Zone and Caribbean. A 1940 movie references a fictional submarine by the same...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS S-12 from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on August 4, 192The S-12 served most of her duty in the Panama Canal region. There is a typo on the ribbon: the launch date is shown as April 4...