STICKLEBACK SS 415

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.

Balao Class Submarine Keel Laid 1 March 1944 - Launched 1 January 1945 USS STICKLEBACK SS-415 Commissioned 29 March 1945 - Decommissioned 26 June 1946 Recommissioned 6 September 1951 Guppy-IIA conversion 6 November 1952 to 26 June 1953 Rammed by USS Silverstein DE-534 28 May 1958, off Hawaii, while conducting training operations Sunk from damage sustained in collision Struck from the Naval Register 30 June 1958 Her wreck was located by Tiburon Subsea CEO Tim Taylor along with his "Lost 52 Project" team and released for publication, 10 March 2020.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Stickleback SS-415 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.

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

 

USPO Machine Cancel "Naval Base Br." Brooklyn NY

1954-03-08

N/A

Incoming mail to sailor aboard the sub. From the Steve Shay collection.

 

Japanese Hand Cancel

c 1954

N/A

Incoming mail to sailor aboard the sub. Date determined by date of stamp. From the Steve Shay collection.

 

Other Information

USS STICKLEBACK earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Medal with "ASIA" clasp, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal and the United Nations Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE- Any of numerous small scaleless fish having two or more free spines in front of the dorsal fin.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. John O. R. Coll.

 

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