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TODAY IN U.S. SUBMARINE HISTORY HOME |
1916 - in New York Navy Yard for overhaul, USS E-2 (ex-STURGEON) (SS-25) was the victim of a violent explosion and fire when hydrogen gas was ignited by a spark. Four men were killed and seven injured. On 13 March, E-2 was placed out of commission to be used as a laboratory for exhaustive tests of the Edison storage battery.
1921 - PCU S-15 (SS-120) commissioned USS S-15 (SS-120) at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; Lt. Comdr. David R. Lee commanding.
1924 - PCU S-41 (SS-146) commissioned USS S-41 (SS-146) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, CA; Lt. A. H. Donahue commanding.
1936 - USS S-4 (SS-109) struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
1937 - PCU POLLACK (SS-180) commissioned USS POLLACK (SS-180) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH; Lt. Clarence E. Aldrich commanding.
1942 - PCU HERRING (SS-233) launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Ray Spear, wife of Rear Admiral Ray Spear, Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.
1943 - PCU TINOSA (SS-283) commissioned USS TINOSA (SS-283) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; Lt. Comdr. Lawrence Randall Daspit commanding.
1945 - PCU ARGONAUT (SS-475) commissioned USS ARGONAUT (SS-475) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. Comdr. John Sneed Schmidt commanding.
1949 - USS TRUMPETFISH (SS-425) collided with USS Marquette (AKA-95).
1965 - PCU SUNFISH (SSN-649) keel laid as SUNFISH at General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy, MA.
1965 - PCU SAND LANCE (SSN-660) keel laid as SAND LANCE at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
1987 - the Navy's first flight test of the Trident II (D-5) missile was successfully conducted from Cape Canaveral, FL.
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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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