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1916 - PCU O-11 (SS-72) keel laid as O-11 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT.
1916 - PCU O-12 (SS-73) keel laid as O-12 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT.
1916 - PCU O-13 (SS-74) keel laid as O-13 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT.
1918 - PCU R-9 (SS-86) keel laid as R-9 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA.
1920 - PCU S-5 (SS-110) commissioned USS S-5 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. Comdr. Charles M. Cooke, Jr. commanding.
1932 - PCU DOLPHIN (SS-169) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. E. D. Toland.
1942 - PCU AMBERJACK (SS-219) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Randall Jacobs, wife of Rear Admiral Jacobs, the head of the Bureau of Personnel.
1942 - PCU SCAMP (SS-277) keel laid as SCAMP at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.
1944 - PCU DRAGONET (SS-293) commissioned USS DRAGONET (SS-293) at Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, PA; Commander J. H. Lewis commanding.
1944 - PCU ATULE (SS-403) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Louise Kauffman, the daughter of Rear Admiral James Lawrence Kauffman.
1953 - USS TUNNY (SS-282) was placed in commission for the third time. Converted to carry guided missiles, she was reclassified (SSG-282) and served as a Regulus-missile submarine for nearly 12 years.
1953 - USS MENHADEN (SS-377) recommissioned; Lt. Comdr. William R. Werner commanding.
1962 - PCU SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) commissioned USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA; Capt. W. P. Willis, Jr. (BLUE) commanding.
1982 - PCU ATLANTA (SSN-712) commissioned USS ATLANTA (SSN-712) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA; Comdr. Robin J. White commanding.
1995 - Ex-SKATE (SSN-578) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
1998 - Ex-THOMAS JEFFERSON (SSBN/SSN-618) 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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