PILOTFISH SS 386: 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 PILOTFISH SS-386
Commissioned December 16 1943 - Decommissioned August 29 1946
Disposed of as target durind Atomic Bomb Tests at Bikini 1946

Struck from Naval Register February 25 1947
Raised and sunk as target October 16 1948 off Eniwetok

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.

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

USPO Machine Cancel
Kittery ME

1943-08-30

Twin Launching with USS BANG SS-385

USPO Slogan
Machine Postmark

"Navy Yard Sta."

Portsmouth, NH

1943-12-16

Commissioning, cachet by George J. Contraros

Other Information

PILOTFISH received five battle stars for World War II service

Credited with sinking...
The 853-ton Japanese Auxiliary Vessel INA MARU (Possible), September 1 1944 off Chichi Jima

NAMESAKE - A carangoid fish, often seen in warm latitudes in company with sharks

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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