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1943 - PCU SEAHORSE (SS-304) launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; sponsored by Mrs. Chester C. Smith.
1944 - PCU HAWKBILL (SS-366) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI; sponsored by Mrs. F. W. Scanland, Jr.
1946 - USS SKATE (SS-305) arrived at Pearl Harbor after participating in four months of training operations along the U.S. west coast.
1959 - PCU HALIBUT (SSGN-587) launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA; sponsored by Mrs. Chet Holifield, wife of Congressman Holifield of California.
1960 - USS LIZARDFISH (SS-373) decommissioned and transferred (loaned) to Italy; renamed Evangelista Torricelli (S-512).
1965 - USS ETHAN ALLEN (SSBN-608) collided with the Norwegian freighter Octavian in the eastern Mediterranean while at periscope depth. The U.S. Department of Defense said "damage was negligible", no casualties occurred and both the submarine and the freighter continued on their way after exchanging identification.
1987 - PCU ASHEVILLE (SSN-758) keel laid as ASHEVILLE at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA.
1991 - PCU COLUMBUS (SSN-762) keel laid as COLUMBUS at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.
1993 - PCU SPRINGFIELD (SSN-761) commissioned USS SPRINGFIELD (SSN-761) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.
2005 - an MH-60S Knighthawk from the "Providers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC 5) stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, transferred medical personnel to USS SAN FRANCISCO (SSN-711) south of Guam, following an underwater collision January 8. Medical personnel were rushed to the submarine once it was within range to assist her independent duty corpsman in providing urgent treatment to injured crewmembers. In spite of their efforts, MM2(SS) Joseph Allen Ashley, who suffered massive head injuries in the accident, died soon after their arrival.
2006 - Ex-DRUM (AGSS-228) and Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL, held a Grand Re-opening Ceremony and Press Conference after being closed more than four months due to immense damage from Hurricane Katrina.
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