WWII SUBMARINE LAUNCHING RIBBON USS S 6, SS 111

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WWII SUBMARINE LAUNCHING RIBBON USS S 6, SS 111 :
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WWII SUBMARINE LAUNCHINGRIBBON USS S 6 ,SS 111

Kittery, Maine SOUVENIR Portsmouth New Hampshire LAUNCHING U.S.S. S 6 LAUNCHED Dec. 23, 1919 REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR

These colorful launch ribbons were sold during WWII by the Navy League as a fund raiser for the war effort. They were sold not only for current launches but were available for every submarine launched from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard going back to the first submarine launched in 1917, the L-8.

This original WWIIribbon measuresapprox.2 1/4\" x 5 1/4\" and is made of a stiff silkish material.

Itisin excellent condition, slight fraying on right edge, wrinkle in lower center, back perfect (ask if you want to see a scan).

S-4 Class Submarine (Government-type): Laid down, 29 January 1918, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 23 December 1919; Commissioned,USS S-6, 17 May 1920; Re-designatedUSS S-6 (SS-111), 15 July 1920; Decommissioned, 10 April 1931, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, 25 January 1937; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 January 1937.

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