US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

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 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 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 launching ribbon for the Submarine USS Sawfish SS-276 from Portsmouth Navy Yard on June 23, 1942 and bears the slogan Remember Pearl Harbor". The Sawfish earned eight battle stars for her World War II service. VINTAGE: Circa 1942...

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 launching ribbon for the USS Shad SS-235 that bears the slogan Remember Pearl Harbor". The Shad was launched from Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on April 15, 194She earned six battle stars for World War II service and was decommissioned...

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS L-8 from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on April 23, 191The L-8 was the first submarine ever built at a navy yard, and the first to be launched from Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard. L-8 did not...