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TODAY IN U.S. SUBMARINE HISTORY HOME |
1915 - PCU G-2 (ex-TUNA) (SS-27) commissioned USS G-2 at New York Navy Yard, New York, NY; Lt. (j.g.) R. C. Needham commanding.
1945 - USS S-37 (SS-142) decommissioned.
1945 - PCU RUNNER (SS-476) commissioned USS RUNNER (SS-476) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Comdr. R. H. Bass commanding.
1946 - USS THRESHER (SS-200) recommissioned for use as a target in Operation Crossroads, the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. She remained at her berth while her reduced complement prepared the ship for a voyage to the Pacific. However, during the refurbishing it was decided that the ship had deteriorated beyond economical repair and work was stopped.
1962 - PCU DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) keel laid as DANIEL BOONE at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.
1987 - DSV-1 (Trieste II) donated as a Museum and Memorial to Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport, WA.
2001 - USS CHEYENNE (SSN-773) made a short port visit to Apra Harbor, Guam, while on a regularly scheduled deployment.
2006 - USS DALLAS (SSN-700) got underway in support of a Special Warfare Training exercise. DALLAS carried a Dry Deck Shelter (DDS)-equipped submarine attached to her aft escape trunk. DDS is the primary supporting craft for the SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV).
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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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