US Post WWII, Deck Planking Section, USS Perch A-313 Submarine

Original era manufacture. A small section of deck planking from the US Navy Submarine Perch, A-313. From the family of an officer who commanded the USS Perch during the Vietnam War. Commissioned in January 1944, the Perch conducted 7 War Patrols during WWII, and served as a transport submarine during the Korean War. In 1965 Perch conducted search and rescue missions off of the coast of Vietnam, and made two amphibious landings on the South Vietnamese coast in November & December. She continued active service off of the coast of Vietnam until October 1966. She was sold for scrap in 1973. The section of planking measures 4.5 inches in length.