WWII Period

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 slogans: First-Boats-Build-In Building Basin" and "Will soon be on her way to...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1943 USS Bowfin SS-287 submarine launch ribbon. 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 the Bowfin was nicknamed...

ARTIFACT: This is a souvenir ribbon for the launching of the USS Billfish (SS-286) from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on November 12, 194The Billfish was commissioned on April 20, 1943 and earned seven battle stars during World War II. VINTAGE: Circa...

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 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: 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...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1939 submarine model of the USS Squalus Salvage Unit from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The base of the model reads: "SQUALUS SALVAGE UNIT MAY 23, 1939 - SEPT. 15, 1939". The Squalus was launched from Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on September...