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TODAY IN U.S. SUBMARINE HISTORY HOME |
1922 - Ex-A-1 (ex-PLUNGER) (SS-2) sold for scrapping.
1937 - PCU PICKEREL (SS-177) commissioned USS PICKEREL (SS-177) at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lt. L. J. Huffman commanding.
1943 - USS WAHOO (SS-238) sank an entire convoy of Japanese merchantmen north of New Guinea, including two freighters, a huge transport, and a tanker.
1944 - PCU GUITARRO (SS-363) commissioned USS GUITARRO (SS-363) at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI; Lt. Comdr. E. D. Haskins commanding.
1945 - PCU MORAY (SS-300) commissioned USS MORAY (SS-300) at Cramp Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia, PA; Comdr. Frank L. Barrows commanding.
1945 - PCU CAPITAINE (SS-336) commissioned USS CAPITAINE (SS-336) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lieutenant Commander E. S. Friedrick commanding.
1945 - PCU IREX (SS-482) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Allen J. Ellender, wife of Senator Ellender of Louisiana.
1974 - PCU TUNNY (SSN-682) commissioned USS TUNNY (SSN-682) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, MS; Comdr. Dennis Y. Sloan commanding.
1991 - PCU SCRANTON (SSN-756) commissioned USS SCRANTON (SSN-756) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA.
2004 - the crew of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724) received the Battle “E” award at Pearl Harbor, HI. The Battle "E" award recognizes sustained superior performance in all areas of combat readiness. Ships compete in four combat areas: maritime warfare, engineering/survivability, command and control, and logistics management.
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Welcome aboard! The hyperlinks on any given hull number will take you to a page of more links for that boat or an interesting link if no page of links is available.
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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