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1911 - PCU SEAWOLF (later H-1) (SS-28) keel laid as SEAWOLF at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA.
1915 - PCU G-3 (ex-TURBOT) (SS-31) commissioned USS G-3 at New York Navy Yard, New York, NY.
1917 - PCU N-5 (SS-57) launched at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT.
1982 - USS JACKSONVILLE (SSN-699) collided with the Turkish cargo ship the General Z. Dogan while running on the surface 25 miles east of Cape Charles, Virginia. Damage to JACKSONVILLE was reported as minor and characterized as "bumps and scrapes," while bow damage was reported on the General Z. Dogan.
1986 - USS Secota (YTM-415) lost power and collided with the stern planes of the Trident submarine USS GEORGIA (SSBN-729) off Midway Island in the Pacific and sank, just after completing a personnel transfer. Ten crew were rescued but two drowned. GEORGIA was undamaged.
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These are events for all United States Navy commissioned and some noncommissioned submarines and submersibles.
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