10X 8 inch Wooden plaque with brass an enamel badge mounted on it/ Weight 1 lbs 5 oz. Wear from use age and storage. Wooden plaque has wear and scratches. Brass badge and enamel has scratches also. Penguin was laid down as Chetco (AT-99) by the Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Charleston, South Carolina, 9 February 1943; launched 20 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Dickinson; renamed and reclassified USS Penguin (ASR-12), 23 September 1943; and commissioned 29 May 1944. Penguin, a submarine rescue and salvage vessel reported for duty with SubRon 1, at New London, Connecticut, 9 June 1944. Included in the latter were operations on a sunken U-boat near Block Island between April and June 1945. Permanently attached to New London with the new year, 1946, she remained there until November when she participated in cold weather operations off Newfoundland. In June 1947 she joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, decommissioning, at Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London, 4 September. Reactivation for Atlantic operations Penguin, berthed at New London for four and a half years, recommissioned 3 April 1952. On 28 April, she reported for duty with the Atlantic Fleet’s Submarine Forces, and on 23 July, arrived at Key West, her new homeport. For the next nine years, with only occasional interruptions for submarine exercises or salvage operations in the Caribbean, and, in August 1954, off Newfoundland, she carried out her mission in the Key West area for SubRon 12. In 1961, Penguin entered another first on her record. On 20 March she departed for Rota, Spain, becoming the first ASR to be deployed to the Sixth Fleet. Since that time she has continued salvage operations, primarily on downed aircraft, and weapons evaluation tests; provided target and torpedo recovery services; and performed towing services for the Atlantic Fleet and, in 1963, 1964, 1967 and 1969, for the 6th Fleet. While with the latter she has also served as flagship for that fleet’s submarine force. Fortunately, however, into 1970, she had not been called on to conduct rescue operations for an actual submarine disaster. Please see photos they are a key part of the item and condition description. Please see the other great items in our store. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\Militaria (Date Unknown)\Navy”. The seller is “generalputnam” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Colombia, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
- Type: plaque
- Force: Navy
- Theme: Militaria
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Modified Item: No