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1912 - PCU G-2 (ex-TUNA) (SS-27) launched at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; sponsored by Miss Marjorie F. Miller.
1943 - USS ARGONAUT/V-4/SF-7/SM-1/APS-1 (SS-166) spotted a convoy of five freighters and their destroyer escorts, Isokaze and Maikaze. An Army aircraft was by chance flying overhead and witnessed ARGONAUT's attack. ARGONAUT hit at least one of the destroyers with her torpedoes, and they promptly counterattacked. A crew member on board the plane saw ARGONAUT's bow suddenly break the water at an unusual angle. It was apparent that a depth charge had severely damaged the submarine. The destroyers continued circling ARGONAUT and pumping shells into her. She slipped below the waves and was never heard from again.
ARGONAUT was lost while operating in the area southeast of New Britain between 5 degrees and 50 east during her third war patrol. This action took place in 5 degrees to 40‘S, 152 degrees to 02‘E between New Britain and Bougainville, south of St. George's Channel, in the Solomon Sea.
One hundred five men were lost with ARGONAUT that day.
She was the ninth U.S. submarine loss of World War II.
ARGONAUT earned two battle stars for her World War II service.
1943 - a Japanese destroyer approached USS TRIGGER (SS-237) and the submarine fired three torpedoes from 1,600 yards. One hit under the well deck and folded the destroyer's forecastle up at a 45-degree angle, and another hit the target's stern. Soon, Okikaze sank on an even keel.
1943 - PCU POGY (SS-266) commissioned USS POGY (SS-266) at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI; Lt. Comdr. G. H. Wales commanding.
1970 - PCU BLUEFISH (SSN-675) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. David Packard, wife of the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
1989 - USS SALT LAKE CITY (SSN-716) collision in the Pacific Ocean.
1995 - Ex-JAMES MONROE (SSBN-622) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
2005 - the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS SAN FRANCISCO (SSN-711) arrived at her home port of Apra Harbor, Guam, following an incident in which she ran aground approximately 350 miles south of the U.S. territory on January 8. SAN FRANCISCO was the second fast-attack submarine to be assigned to the forward-deployed Submarine Squadron Fifteen, which is located on board Naval Base Guam.
2006 - the Navy’s only floating drydock, ARCO (ARDM-5), moored the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS HELENA (SSN-725) for routine repairs at Naval Base Point Loma, CA.
HELENA was guided to the dock by tugboats and then ARCO’s crew positioned the submarine using mooring lines to pull the 6,900-ton submarine into the dry dock. ARCO averages three submarines a year.
Over the next few months the Navy, with help from a civilian contractors, conducted routine maintenance procedures on the submarine. Once HELENA was in place, the platform was lifted to expose the ship's hull so ARCO’s crew could later steam clean, chip and repaint the ship’s hull. The contractors inspected the rest of the ship for any repairs the submarine might need.
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