FLYING FISH AGSS 229

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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.

    Gato Class Submarine
    Keel Laid 6 December 1940 - Launched 9 July 1941

  1. USS FLYING FISH SS-229
    Commissioned 10 December 1941

  2. USS FLYING FISH AGSS-229
    Reclassified Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) 29 November 1950
    Decommissioned 28 May 1954

    Struck from Naval Register 1 August 1958
    Sold 1 May 1959 for scrap


Naval Covers

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  1. USS Flying Fish SS-229 Covers Page 1    (1940-46)

 

Postmarks

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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.
 
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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
3 (A-TBT)

"KEEL LAID /
FLYING FISH"

USS Bonita
SS-165

1940-12-06

USS BONITA commemorates the Keel Laying of FLYING FISH. Cachet by Gow C. Ng. From the George Marcincin collection.


 

Locy Type
FDC P

(T-3z
"FLYING FISH
COMMISSION"
in killers)

1941-12-10

First Day in Commission. Cachet by George J. Contraros


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

1942-01-14

Censored Sailor's Mail


 

Locy Type P

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. F-15

1946-10-27

R/S Navy Day cachet. F-15 was used after the post office was closed.

 

Other Information

USS FLYING FISH earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 12 battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for the Flying Fish, a family of fishes of tropic and warm temperate seas whose long winglike fins make it possible for them to move some distance through the air.

Three ships of the US Navy have been named FLYING FISH - USS Flying Fish (Schooner 1838), USS Flying Fish SS-229 and USS Flying Fish SSN-673.

 


 

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