A cool heavy old brass ashtray from a navy submarine.

About the boat:

USS Rock (SS/SSR/AGSS-274), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy to be named for the rockfish, a striped bass found in the Chesapeake Bay region and elsewhere along the United States East Coast.

USS Rock underway, ca. the 1960s.

History

United States

Builder

Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin[1]

Laid down

23 December 1942[1]

Launched

20 June 1943[1]

Sponsored by

Mrs. B. O. Wells

Commissioned

26 October 1943[1]

Decommissioned

1 May 1946[1]

Recommissioned

12 October 1953[1]

Decommissioned

13 September 1969[1]

Stricken

13 September 1969[1]

Fate

Sold for scrap, 17 August 1972[1]

I’m not sure how old the ashtray is. See the photos and ask any questions.

Almost 7” across.

Heavy brass