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TODAY IN U.S. SUBMARINE HISTORY HOME |
1918 - USS L-10 (SS-50) had one man lost overboard while in transit to Bantry Bay, Ireland. He was the first submariner lost in a war zone.
1919 - PCU R-2 (SS-79) commissioned USS R-2 at Boston, MA; Lt. Comdr. Charles Maynard Cooke, Jr. commanding.
1942 - USS S-26 (SS-131) was lost in the Gulf of Panama about 14 miles west of San Jose Light in three hundred feet of water. PC-460, escorting, struck S-26 on the starboard side of the torpedo room and the submarine sank within a few seconds.
Forty-six men were lost with her that day; there were 3 survivors.
She was the third U.S. submarine loss of World War II.
1943 - PCU PARGO (SS-264) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Miss Belle Baruch.
1943 - PCU RATON (SS-270) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI; sponsored by Mrs. C. C. West.
1944 - PCU BREAM (SS-243) commissioned USS BREAM (SS-243) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Commander Wreford G. Chapple commanding.
1972 - USS SEA HORSE (SSN-669) was grounded for two hours while outbound from Charleston, SC.
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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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