WWII Period

ARTIFACT: Beautiful, large, highly detailed WWII United States Navy Submarine tie bar from the Portsmouth Navy Yard with seldom seen "V" for Victory on bow, two almost three dimensional look. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: Approximately 3 3/8" in length x...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII U.S.S. Flying Fish (SS-229) submarine launching model from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Monel, complete with periscope! The base reads: "U.S.S. FLYING FISH N.Y. PORTSMOUTH, N.H." The Flying Fish was responsible for sinking nearly...

ARTIFACT: This is a submarine model of the USS Marlin from the Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Naval Shipyard. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/8" height and 7-3/16" width and 1-7/8" diameter at base. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Monel /...

ARTIFACT: This is a postal cover for the US Submarine Drum Launched May 12, 194Cachet by Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association. The USS Drum (SS-228) was launched 12 May 1941 by Portsmouth Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Holcomb; and...

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 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II USS Balao SS-285 submarine launch badge. Courtesy of www.hazegray.org: Balao (SS-285) was launched 27 October 1942 by Portsmouth Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. Theodore C. Aylward, wife of Lieutenant Commander Aylward,...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II launch badge 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1941 (World War II) USS Finback SS-230 celluloid launch button/badge. Finback was launched August 25, 1941 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Portsmouth, NH/Kittery, ME). Starting her career at the Battle of Midway, Finback...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1941 (World War II) USS Drum SS-228 celluloid launch button/badge. Launched May 12, 1941 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Portsmouth, New Hampshire/Kittery, Maine), Drum earned 12 battle stars for her World War II service,...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War II submarine launch badge for the lost boat USS Triton SS-20Triton was launched on March 25, 1940 from the Portsmouth (NH) Navy Yard. During her sixth and final war patrol, Triton was presumably ganged up on by three...