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1918 - PCU R-11 (SS-88) keel laid as R-11 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA.
1925 - USS S-19 (SS-124) grounded on Nauset Beach near Orleans, MA.
1944 - PCU THREADFIN (SS-410) keel laid as THREADFIN at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.
1946 - PCU DIODON (SS-349) commissioned USS DIODON (SS-349) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
1948 - USS THRESHER (SS-200) sold for scrapping to Max Siegel of Everett, MA.
1953 - USS CROAKER (SS-246) second decommissioning at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH for conversion to a Hunter-Killer Submarine.
1960 - USS MAPIRO (SS-376) transferred (lease) to the Republic of Turkey under the Military Assistance Program after modification to GUPPY configuration.
1968 - USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600) ran aground while submerged off the coast of Scotland. There were no injuries, but the bow of the submarine was damaged.
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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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