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1864 - the Confederate submarine CSS H. L. Hunley was the first submersible to sink an enemy ship in combat; she rammed her spar torpedo with 90 pounds (41 kg) of explosive powder into the hull of the Union sloop-of-war USS Housatonic off Charleston, SC; Hunley was also sunk in the engagement.
1915 - PCU L-10 (SS-50) keel laid as L-10 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA.
1915 - PCU L-11 (SS-51) keel laid as L-11 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA.
1918 - PCU L-5 (SS-44) commissioned USS L-5 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; Lt. J. M. Deem commanding.
1942 - PCU ALBACORE (SS-218) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Elwin F. Cutts, the wife of Capt. Cutts.
1956 - Ex-PIKE (SS-173) placed out of service and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
1964 - USS SEA DEVIL (SS-400) third and final decommissioning.
1968 - PCU BERGALL (SSN-667) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.
1995 - Ex-POLLACK (SSN-603) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
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These are events for all United States Navy commissioned and some noncommissioned submarines and submersibles.
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