HALIBUT SS 232
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.
Keel Laid May 15 1941 - Launched December 3 1941 |
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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.
- Covers Page 1 (1942)
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.
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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type 3z |
1941-05-16 |
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Keel Laying, cachet by George J. Contraros
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Portsmouth NH Navy Yard Br. |
1941-12-03 |
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Launching
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Locy Type |
1942-04-14 |
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First Day Postal Service, Censored. Cachet by Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS
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Locy Type |
1942-04-14 |
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First Day Postal Service
Censored wartime (WWII) use
Other Information
HALIBUT earned 7 Battle Stars (WWII)
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3rd War Patrol November 22 1942 northeast coast of Japan
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4th War Patrol February 8 1943 Caroline Islands
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5th War Patrol June 10 1943 off Truk
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6th War Patrol August 20 1943 off north-east Honshu
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7th War Patrol October 10 1943 south of Honshu
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9th War Patrol March 21 1944 off the Nansei Shoto Islands chain
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10th War Patrol October 8 1944 off Luzon
Earned Navy Unit Commendation
Credited with sinking...
The 1970-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship GYOKUSAN MARU December 12 1942 off Honshu
The 4740-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship SHINGO MARU December 16 1942 off Honshu
The 5708-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship GENZAN MARU is run aground December 16 1942
The 3991-ton Japanese Troop Transport SHINKOKU MARU February 20 1943 north of Ponape
The 6818-ton Japanese Naval Auxiliary NICHIYU MARU damaged beyond repair March 3 1943 off Guam
The 6581-ton Japanese Army cargo Ship TAIBUN MARU August 30 1943 off north-east Honshu
The Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship SHOGEN MARU September 6 1943 off Hokkaido
The 4653-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship EHIME MARU November 2 1943 south of Honshu
The 3213-ton Japanese Army Passenger/Cargo Ship TAICHU MARU April 12 1944 south-west of the Nansei Shoto
The 450-ton Japanese Minelayer KAMOME April 27 1944 west off the Nansei Shoto chain
The 1872-ton Japanese Merchant Transport GENBU MARU April 27 1944 off the Nansei Shoto chain
A large Japanese Sampan May 3 1944 south of Japan
The Japanese Destroyer AKIZUKI October 25 1944 east-northeast of Cape Engano, Philippines
NAMESAKE - Any of several large edible flatfishes of northern Atlantic or Pacific waters
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