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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Balao Class Submarine 
Keel Laid May 27 1943 - Launched January 8 1944 
<li>'''USS SPADEFISH SS-411''' 
Commissioned March 9 1944 - Decommissioned May 3 1946 
Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Mare Island Group 
Reclassified Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) 
November 6 1962, While in reserve 
Struck from Naval Register April 1 1967 
Sold October 17 1969 to Union Minerals & Iron Corp. NY for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner).
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
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<li> Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set,
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
   
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
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Postmark Date</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
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NO SPADEFISH POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
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DATE FROM
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DATE TO
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
SPADEFISH earned four battle stars during WWII 
Credited with sinking... 
The 9589-ton Japanese Landing Craft and Repair Ship TAMATSU MARU, August 19 1944 off Luzon 
The 2557-ton Japanese Troop Transport SHOKEI MARU, September 8 1944 off Formosa 
The 1254-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship SHINTEN MARU, September 8 1944 off Formosa 
The 1922-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship NICHIMAN MARU, September 8 1944 off Formosa 
The 6197-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship NICHIAN MARU, September 8 1944 off Formosa 
The 10023-ton Japanese Tanker HAKKO MARU No. 2, September 18 1944 Passeleng Bay 
The September 18 target was torpedoed on August 22 1944 Luzon Strait 
The 5396-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship GYOKUYO MARU, November 14 1944 East China Sea 
The 17500-ton Japanese Escort Carrier SHINYO, November 17 1944 off Shanghai 
The 3925-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship DAIBOSHI MARU No. 6, November 29 1944 Yellow Sea 
The 940-ton Japanese Frigate KUME, January 28 1945 Yellow Sea 
The 7158-ton Japanese Troop Transport SANUKI MARU, January 28 1945 Yellow Sea 
The 4273-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship TAIRAI MARU, February 4 1945 Yellow Sea 
The 1092-ton Japanese Merchant Passenger/Cargo Ship SHOHEI MARU, February 6 1945 off Korea 
The 2274-ton Japanese Troop Transport DORYU MARU, March 23 1945 East China Sea 
An Un-named Japanese Sailing Vessel, April 1 1945 off Korea 
An Un-named Japanese Sailing Vessel, April 7 1945 Yellow Sea 
The 1834-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship RITSU GO, April 8 1945 off Korea 
The 235-ton Japanese Auxiliary Minesweeper HINODE MARU No. 17, April 11 1945 off Tokckok-Kundo 
The 1999-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship DAIGEN MARU NO. 2, June 10 1945 off Hokkaido 
The 1293-ton Japanese Troop Transport UNKAI MARU NO. 2, June 10 1945 off Hokkaido 
The 985-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship JINTSU MARU, June 10 1945 off Hokkaido 
An Un-named Japanese Sampan, June 12 1945 Sea of Japan 
Two Un-named Japanese Trawlers, June 12 1945 Sea of Japan 
The 69-ton Japanese Gaurdboat DAIDO MARU, June 12 1945 Sea of Japan 
The 11439-ton Soviet Passenger Ship TRANSBALT (Accidental), June 13 1945 La-Perouse Strait 
The 2018-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship SEIZAN MARU, June 14 1945 off western Sakhalin 
The 2274-ton Japanese Auxiliary Minelayer EIJO MARU, June 17 1945 off Hokkaido 
'''NAMESAKE''' - A spiny-finned fish found in coastal waters of the western Atlantic from Cuba to Cape Cod




 
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