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1897 - PCU HOLLAND (HOLLAND VI) (SS-1) launched at Crescent Shipyards, Elizabethport, N.J.
1898 - after surface trials and a 30-minute static submergence, PCU HOLLAND (HOLLAND VI) (SS-1)'s first dive underway was made - St. Patrick's Day, fittingly enough, given John P. Holland's Irish Republican background - in the waters off Staten Island, New York.
1908 - PCU TARPON (later C-3) (SS-14) keel laid as TARPON at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA.
1908 - PCU BONITA (later C-4) (SS-15) keel laid as BONITA at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA.
1908 - PCU SNAPPER (later C-5) (SS-16) keel laid as SNAPPER at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA.
1914 - PCU K-1 (ex-HADDOCK) (SS-32) commissioned USS K-1 at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA, Lt. (j.g.) E. F. Cutts in command.
1914 - PCU K-5 (SS-36) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA.
1928 - USS S-4 (SS-109) salvaged after being rammed by USCG Paulding on December 17, 1927; towed to the Boston Navy Yard for dry-docking.
1937 - PCU PERMIT (SS-178) commissioned USS PERMIT (SS-178) at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
1943 - PCU COBIA (SS-245) keel laid as COBIA at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
1943 - PCU POMPON (SS-267) commissioned USS POMPON (SS-267) at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co, Manitowoc, WI.
1945 - PCU CUTLASS (SS-478) commissioned USS CUTLASS (SS-478) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.
1959 - USS SKATE (SSN-578) surfaced at the North Pole after completing a historic under-ice voyage to reach her destination. She also commited the ashes of the famed explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins to the Arctic waste. When the submarine returned to port, she was awarded a bronze star in lieu of a second Navy Unit Commendation for demonstrating ". . . for the first time the ability of submarines to operate in and under the Arctic ice in the dead of winter . . ."
1962 - PCU POLLACK (SSN-603) launched at New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, NJ.
2006 - USS COLUMBIA (SSN-771) returned to her homeport of Pearl Harbor, HI. She departed Pearl Harbor on September 17, 2005. During the deployment, the ship’s crew visited Stirling, Australia; Yokosuka, Japan; Chinhae, Republic of Korea; Singapore, and Guam. COLUMBIA is the 60th submarine of the Los Angeles class and is the 33rd ship of that class built by General Dynamics Electric Boat Division.
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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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