HALFBEAK SS 352

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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.

    Balao Class Submarine
    Keel Laid 6 July 1944 - Launched 19 February 1946

  1. USS HALFBEAK SS-352
    Commissioned 22 July 1946 - Decommissioned 1 July 1971

    Struck from Naval Register 1 July 1971
    Sold 13 June 1972 for scrap

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.

  1. USS Halfbeak SS-352 Covers Page 1    (1944-1965)

 

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
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
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Postmark Image
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Locy Type
SLK

1952-03-05

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Locy Type
RCVD

1965-08-17

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Other Information

USS HALFBEAK was awarded the Battle Efficiency "E" for 1966 and 1967 and held the "E" for Submarine Division 102 for 1968.

NAMESAKE - A gar like fish with a beak formed by an extension of the lower jaw, found in warmer seas.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. William Craig.

 


 

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