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TODAY IN U.S. SUBMARINE HISTORY HOME |
1917 - PCU O-5 (SS-66) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA.
1922 - USS T-3/AA-3 (SS-61) decommissioned at Submarine Base Hampton Roads, VA; laid up in the Reserve Fleet at Norfolk, VA, later moved to Philadelphia, PA.
1924 - USS R-5 (SS-82) collided with USS S-16 (SS-121) in Asiatic waters.
1942 - PCU TULLIBEE (SS-284) launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; sponsored by Mrs. Kenneth C. Hurd.
1943 - PCU BLUEGILL (SS-242) commissioned USS BLUEGILL (SS-242) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lieutenant Commander E. L. Barr, Jr. commanding.
HAPPY VETERANS DAY, VET! MY NAVY SERVICE WAS DURING A TIME WHEN THE MILITARY WAS LESS THAN POPULAR (LATE 60s, EARLY 70s) AND AS A CONSEQUENCE I NEVER GOT TO HEAR ANY APPRECIATION. I HAVE SWORN TO SHOW MY GRATITUDE TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED NO MATTER WHAT THE POLITICAL CLIMATE. JUST KNOW THAT I, MY FAMILY AND MOST OF MY FRIENDS HOLD YOU HIGH FOR THE TIME YOU TOOK FROM YOUR OWN LIFE TO DEFEND ALL. |
1961 - USS PERCH (SS-313) second commissioning; Lt. Comdr. C. H. Hedgepeth commanding. She trained on the West Coast and Hawaii through 1962.
1967 - Ex-GUAVINA (SS/SSO-362) sunk as a target by USS CUBERA (SS-347) with a Mk 16 torpedo off Cape Henry, VA.
1969 - PCU SAND LANCE (SSN-660) launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas J. McIntyre.
1981 - PCU OHIO (SSBN-726) commissioned USS OHIO (SSBN-726) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.
2004 - the Ohio-class submarine USS GEORGIA (SSBN-729) was towed past the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5) as she entered Naval Station Norfolk, VA. GEORGIA is the fourth Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine to undergo conversion to a guided missile submarine. Once completed in 2009, GEORGIA will provide joint war fighters transformational strike and special operations forces capabilities.
2005 - submarine veterans were honored in a Veterans Day ceremony held at Pearl Harbor Naval Station, HI. Among those remembered were the 86 men lost in 1945 aboard USS LAGARTO (SS-371), whose wreckage was discovered by divers in the Gulf of Thailand earlier this year. The Veterans Day ceremony also included music by the Pacific Fleet Band, posting of the 50 state flags by the Radford High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps and a 21-gun salute by the Naval Station Pearl Harbor Honor Guard. The Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association, Fleet Reserve Association, Ladies Auxiliary of the Fleet Reserve Association, Submarine Officers’ Wives Club, U.S. Submarine League, Aloha Chapter and U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II made floral presentations. Submarine veterans also conducted the roll call, accompanied by the tolling of the bell for each of the 52 submarines lost. A flower lei was put on each submarine's marker.
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These are events for all United States Navy commissioned and some noncommissioned submarines and submersibles.
Sources of major events are at least double verified or the entry doesn't make the cut.
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