BLUEBACK SS 326
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 July 29 1943 - Launched May 7 1944 |
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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 (1948)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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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Groton CT |
1943-07-29 |
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Keel Laying
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Groton CT |
1943-07-29 |
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N/A |
Keel Laying, cachet by P. Williams
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Locy Type |
1943-07-29 |
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N/A |
Keel Laying, cachet by P. Williams
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Groton CT |
1944-05-07 |
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Launching
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Groton CT |
1944-08-28 |
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Commissioning
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Locy Type F |
1948-05-09 |
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Franked with France Sc. #527 Coat of Arms stamp x2
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Locy Type F |
1948-05-09 |
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This postmark is used as the cachet.
Other Information
BLUEBACK earned 2 Battle Stars (WWII)
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2nd War Patrol March 4 1945 South China Sea
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3rd War Patrol May 12 1945 Java Sea
Credited with sinking...
An Un-named small Japanese Vessel March 12 1945 South China Sea
An Un-named small Japanese Vessel March 22 1945 South China Sea
Three Un-named small Japanese Vessels March 30 1945 South China Sea
An unidentified Japanese Vessel May 28 1945 off Netherlands Indies
An Un-named Japanese Fishing Vessel June 3 1945 Java Sea
An Un-named Japanese Sampan June 3 1945 Java Sea
The 266-ton Japanese Sub Chaser CH-2 June 27 1945 off Netherlands Indies
NAMESAKE - Blueback is a salmon.
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