BILLFISH SS 286: Difference between revisions

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

USS BILLFISH SS-286
Commissioned 20 April 1943 - Decommissioned 20 July 1946
Laid up in Reserve Fleet at New London
BILLFISH SS-286
Placed In Service in Reserve 1 January 1960 as training submarine
BILLFISH AGSS-286
Redesignated Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) 1 December 1962
Placed Out of Service 1 April 1968

Struck from the Naval Register 1 April 1968
Sold 17 March 1971 for scrap

Naval Covers

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.

USS Billfish SS-286 Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)

Postmarks

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.

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1943-04-20

N/A

Commissioning, cacheted.

Other Information

USS BILLFISH earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 7 Battle Stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Any fish, such as gar or spearfish, with bill-shaped jaws.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Lewis S. Parks, wife of Lieutenant Commander Parks.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name BILLFISH - USS Billfish SS-286 and USS Billfish SSN-676.

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

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 <ol>Balao Class Submarine<br/>
-Keel Laid 23 July 1942 - Launched, 12 November 1942<br/><br/>
+Keel Laid 23 July 1942 - Launched 12 November 1942<br/><br/>
 <li>'''USS BILLFISH SS-286'''<br/>
-Commissioned April 20 1943 - Decommissioned July 20 1946<br/>
+Commissioned 20 April 1943 - Decommissioned 20 July 1946<br/>
 Laid up in Reserve Fleet at New London<br/><br/>
 <li>'''BILLFISH SS-286'''<br/>
-Placed In Service in Reserve January 1 1960 as training submarine<br/><br/>
+Placed In Service in Reserve 1 January 1960 as training submarine<br/><br/>
 <li>'''BILLFISH AGSS-286'''<br/>
-Redesignated Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) December 1 1962<br/>
+Redesignated Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) 1 December 1962<br/>
-Placed Out of Service April 1 1968<br/><br/>
+Placed Out of Service 1 April 1968<br/><br/>
-Struck from the Naval Register April 1 1968<br/>
+Struck from the Naval Register 1 April 1968<br/>
-Sold March 17 1971 to Sc Eckhardt & Co., Hamburg, West Germany for scrap
+Sold 17 March 1971 for scrap
 </ol></td>
 <td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
-[[Image:BILLFISH SS PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
+[[Image:BILLFISH SS PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
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 range for covers on that page.
 <ol>
-<li><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
+<li><!-- [[BILLFISH_SS_286_Covers_Page_1 | -->USS Billfish SS-286 Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
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 Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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-Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
+Postmark<br/>Date</th>
-<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
-<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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-NO BILLFISH POSTMARKS<br/>AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
+Locy Type 3z (BTT)
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-DATE FROM
+-04-20
-<br/>to<br/>
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
-DATE TO
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Billfish_SS286_19430420_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
-</td><td align="center" width="220">
-<!--[[Image:CLOSEUP_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|300px]]-->
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
-<!--[[Image:FULLSIZE_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|100px]]-->
+N/A
 </td></tr></table>
-Note:
+Commissioning, cacheted.
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 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-Earned 7 Battle Stars (WWII)<br/>*
+USS BILLFISH earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 7 Battle Stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
-st War Patrol August 12 1943 South China Sea<br/>*
+'''NAMESAKE''' - Any fish, such as gar or spearfish, with bill-shaped jaws.<br/><br/>
-nd War Patrol November 1 1943 South China Sea<br/>*
+The ships sponsor was Mrs. Lewis S. Parks, wife of Lieutenant Commander Parks.<br/><br/>
-rd War Patrol january 19 1944 South China Sea<br/>*
+Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name BILLFISH - USS Billfish SS-286 and [[BILLFISH_SSN_676_ | USS Billfish SSN-676]].
-th War Patrol April 18 1944 Marianas Islands<br/>*
-th War Patrol October 6 1944 Ryukyu Islands<br/>*
-th War Patrol April 24 1945 East China Sea<br/>*
-th War Patrol July 12 1945 Yellow Sea<br/><br/>
-Credited with sinking...<br/>
-A Japanese Sampan November 13 1944 off the Ryukyu Islands<br/>
-The 991-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Vessel KOTOBUKI MARU No. 7 May 26 1945 off Nagasaki<br/>
-The 2220-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Vessel TAIU MARU June 5 1945 off Korea<br/>
-Three Japanese Sailing Vessels June 5 1945 off Korea<br/>
-The 1091-ton Japanese Merchant Vessel KORI MARU August 5 1945 Yellow Sea<br/><br/>
-'''NAMESAKE''' - Any fish, such as gar or spearfish, with bill-shaped jaws
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