Militaria

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 souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS Stingray SS-186 from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on October 6, 193The Stingray carried out several special missions in the Philippines during her last three war patrols and was...

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 rare early 1960s painted resin plaque from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Portsmouth, New Hampshire/Kittery, Maine) for the USS Abraham Lincoln SSN-60The Abraham Lincoln was launched May 14, 1960 and after testing in the United States,...

ARTIFACT: Great early 1960's United States Navy Submarine USS John Adams (SSBN 620) ship model from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The resin model is mounted with aluminum on a wooden base that is lined on the bottom with green felt. The model reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1950s hand-painted plaque for the USS Sailfish SSR-572 (Submarine Radar Picket 572). The ship was built at Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard in Kittery, Maine in 1953 and was reclassified as an attack submarine in 196The plaque is made...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1950s hand-painted plaque for the USS Sailfish SSR-572 (Submarine Radar Picket 572). The ship was built at Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard in Kittery, Maine in 1953 and was reclassified as an attack submarine in 196The plaque is made...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s or early 1960s hand-painted resin plaque for the United States Navy's USS Piper (SS-409). The Piper was launched June 26,1944 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Kittery, Maine) and went on three World War II patrols. Piper was...

ARTIFACT: Great 1930's USS Plunger, SS-179 submarine model from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The base of the model reads: "U.S.S. PLUNGER N.Y. PORTSMOUTH, N.H.". The Plunger was launched in 1936 and saw twenty years of service with the Navy...

ARTIFACT: Fabulous extra-large, WWII United States Navy Submarine desk model made of Monel with a Catalan plastic base and was made at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The model sits upon two posts that are anchored to a diamond shaped Catalan plastic base...