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Very rare almost impossible to find WW2 era plaque. Circular plaque measures approx 9\" across.
Sirago (SS-485) was laid down on 4January 1945 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H.; launched on 13May 1945; sponsored by Mrs. L. Mendel Rivers; and commissioned on 13August 1945, Comdr. F. J. Harlfinger, II, in command.
Commissionedat the end of World War II, Sirago conducted her shakedown cruise offthe east coast and in the Caribbean duringthe fall of 1945. After shakedown, she joined Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 8 atNew London; and, in January 1946, sheproceeded to Provincetown, Mass.,where she participated in the destruction of two German submarines. On returning to New London, Sirago commenced duties which included training services for the Submarine School and for the fleet\'sdestroyer force; experimentalexercises to evaluate new techniques andequipment; type training; and fleet exercises which took her from Davis Strait into the Caribbean. InDecember 1948, she entered thePhiladelphia Naval Shipyard for a GUPPY II conversion; and, on 25 July 1949,she left the yard for Norfolk where,as a modernized high-speed attacksubmarine, she joined SubRon 6.
Attached to SubRon 6 for the next twenty-two years, Sirago\'s primarymission was antisubmarine warfare. Secondary missions includedantishipping warfare, intelligence gathering, and the provision of servicesfor research and development studies. Those duties, during the1950\'s, continued to see her operating primarily in thewestern Atlantic as she participated in exercises with othersof her ASW group; in fleet exercises; in joint Candian-United Statesexercises; and in NATO exercises, which took her into the eastern Atlantic andNorth Sea areas.During the 1950\'s, she also deployed to the Mediterraneanwhere she operated as a unit of the 6th Fleet from September to November1951 and from September to December 1954.
In October 1962, Sirago entered the Norfolk NavalShipyard for another extensive overhaul which included theinstallation of a fiberglass superstructure and sail, and, inthe spring of 1963, she resumed operations with her ASW group, Task Group\"ALFA.\" That fall, she deployed to the Middle East forCENTO exercise \"MID-LINK VI\"; but, during the remainder of the1960\'s and into the 1970\'s, her operations were similar to those of the1950\'s.
On 1July 1971, Sirago was reassigned to SubRon 12 at Key West; but, less than four months later, on 15 October, she was ordered back to Norfolk where sherejoined SubRon 6. She remained in that squadron until decommissioned on 1 June 1972.
