BURRFISH SS 312

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 BURRFISH SS-312
Commissioned September 14 1943 - Decommissioned October 10 1946
Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London Group
Recommissioned November 2 1948
USS BURRFISH SSR-312
Converted to Radar Picket Submarine (SSR) January 27 1949
Decommissioned December 17 1956
Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London Group
Reverted to (SS) January 1961
USS BURRFISH SS-312
Recommissioned January 17 1961 - Decommissioned May 11 1961
HMCS GRILSE SS-71 (Canadian Naval Service)
Loaned to Canada May 11 1961 and renamed
Returned to U.S. Navy custody July 19 1969

Struck from Naval Register July 19 1969
Sunk November 19 1969 as target off San Clemente Island, CA

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1952,1967,1969)

Postmarks

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

1st Commissioning September 14 1943 to October 10 1946

USPO
Machine Postmark

Portsmouth, NH
Navy Yard Branch

1946-08-30

Note:

2nd Commissioning November 2 1948 to December 17 1956

Locy Type 2

USS Shenandoah
AD-26

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-41

1952-07-07

SSR-312. Add-on cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

4th Commissioning (Canadian Navy) May 11 1961 to July 19 1969

USPO Slogan
Machine Cancel

"Submarine Base Sta."

Groton CT

1967-05-16

N/A

HMCS Grilse SS-71.

Canadian CDS

"FMO Victoria"

British Columbia

1969-01-22

N/A

HMCS Grilse SS-71. Notice name misspelling.

Other Information

Earned 5 Battle Stars (WWII)
* 2nd War Patrol April 14 1944 off Japan
* 4th War Patrol September 18 1944 off Bonin Islands
* 5th War Patrol January 3 1945 off Japan

Credited with sinking...
The 5984-ton German Oiler ROSSBACH (Norwegian MADRANO) May 7 1944 off Japan

NAMESAKE - A swellfish of the Atlantic coast

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