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TODAY IN U.S. SUBMARINE HISTORY HOME |
1943 - PCU RAY (SS-271) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co, Manitowoc, WI; sponsored by Mrs. S. C. Loomis.
1944 - PCU SEA DEVIL (SS-400) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Sherman K. Kennedy.
1945 - PCU CARP (SS-338) commissioned USS CARP (SS-338) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lieutenant Commander J. L. Hunnicutt, USNR, commanding.
1960 - in late February in the Atlantic USS TRITON (SSRN-586) suffered a leak in a main condenser circulating water pump, necessitating the shutdown of the port reactor for five hours to effect repairs. This was shortly after departure for a submerged global circumnavigation.
1982 - USS ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN-601)'s A3 missiles were off loaded, officially ending the U.S. Navy's Polaris program after 21 years.
1992 - PCU GREENEVILLE (SSN-772) keel laid as GREENEVILLE at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, VA.
1994 - Ex-ALEXANDER HAMILTON (SSBN-617) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
1994 - Ex-GEORGE C. MARSHALL (SSBN-654) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
2003 - Ex-KAMEHAMEHA (SSBN/SSN-642) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
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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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