US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a US Submarine Flying Fish Keel Laid, Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. Postal cover in black and white. Courtesy of www.hazegray.org :Of FLYING FISH's 12 war patrols, all save the 11th were designated Successful." She is credited...

ARTIFACT: This is a US Submarine Halibut, launched December 3, 1941, US Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH, postal card. Cachet by US Navy Yard Improvement Association. VINTAGE: Circa 1941. SIZE: About 6-1/2 in width by 3-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: 1940 USS Sailfish (ex-Squalus) First Submergence postal cover. The cover shows Neptune, the Roman God of the sea and fresh water holding his trident in one hand and a quill in the other and appears to be penning a message on a scroll being held...

ARTIFACT: This is a US Submarine Sailfish (ex-Squalus) SS192 First Submergence Postal Cover signed by civilian survivor, HC Preble, of the Squalus sinking. There is a picture card inside. VINTAGE: Circa June 29, 1940. SIZE: About 6-1/2 in width by...

ARTIFACT: This is a Korean War era Portsmouth (NH/ME) Naval Shipyard specialty badge for an electrician. The celluloid badge is numbered 51 and has a maker mark along its bottom edge. VINTAGE: Circa Korean War. SIZE: Approximately 1-11/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1930s-1940s sterling silver pin for 25 years of service at the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard. The pin is diamond-shaped and shows a submarine at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s-1940s. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in height and 7/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a launch badge from a lost boat, USS Cisco SS-290. Courtesy of www.hazegray.org: Cisco (SS-290) was launched 24 December 1942 by Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H.; sponsored by Mrs. A.C. Bennett, through her proxy, Mrs. N...

ARTIFACT: This is a celluloid submarine launching badge presented at the launching of the USS Capelin SS-290. Capelin was launched January 20, 1943 at the Portsmouth (NH) Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. I. C. Bogart; and commissioned 4 June 1943, Lieutenant...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II USS Cabrilla SS-288 launch badge in a variant cream color. Courtesy of www.hazegray.org: Cabrilla (SS-288) was launched 24 December 1942 by Portsmouth Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. L. B. Combs; commissioned 24 May 1943,...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II USS Cabrilla SS-288 launch badge. Courtesy of www.hazegray.org: Cabrilla (SS-288) was launched 24 December 1942 by Portsmouth Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. L. B. Combs; commissioned 24 May 1943, Commander D. T. Hammond in...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II USS Bowfin SS-287 submarine celluloid launch button/badge. Bowfin was launched from Portsmouth Navy Yard exactly one year after the Pearl Harbor attacks, December 7, 1942, and had nine successful war patrols. Because of...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II USS Billfish SS-286 launch badge. Courtesy of www.hazegray.org: Billfish (SS-286) was launched 12 November 1942 by Portsmouth (NH) Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. Lewis. Parks wife of Lieutenant Commander Parks; and...