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TODAY IN U.S. SUBMARINE HISTORY HOME |
1914 - PCU K-3 (ex-ORCA) (SS-34) launched at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA
1942 - PCU HADDOCK (SS-231) commissioned USS HADDOCK (SS-231) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
1942 - PCU WHALE (SS-239) launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
1944 - PCU LIZARDFISH (SS-373) keel laid as LIZARDFISH at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI.
1960 - PCU POLLACK (SSN-603) keel laid as POLLACK at New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, NJ.
1996 - Ex-BARB (SSN-596) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
2003 - USS BREMERTON (SSN-698) departed her homeport of San Diego, CA for a western Pacific deployment. The Los Angeles-class attack submarine is a multi-mission stealth platform, covertly projecting power ashore by inserting Special Operations Forces, conducting surveillance, and collecting intelligence while providing a flexible forward presence in support of U.S. interests.
2005 - USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724) was underway off the coast of southern California. LOUISVILLE was conducting a Joint Task Force Training Exercise (JTFEX) with Carrier Strike Group Eleven (CSG-11).
2006 - Capt. Kenneth R. Sault turned over command of the Pearl Harbor-based USS KEY WEST (SSN-722) to Cmdr. Thomas E. Ishee in a change of command ceremony. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Ishee served on USS NARWHAL (SSN-671), USS SEA DEVIL (SSN-664), USS TUNNY (SSN-682) and USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701). KEY WEST was commissioned in 1987 and participated in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
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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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