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TODAY IN U.S. SUBMARINE HISTORY HOME |
1898 - witnessing her official trials, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt urged that the Navy purchase PCU HOLLAND (HOLLAND VI) (SS-1) but it was not until October 12, 1900 that she was formally commissioned USS HOLLAND at Newport. The Navy also ordered an additional six submarines on the same model.
1918 - PCU R-13 (SS-90) keel laid as R-13 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA.
1940 - PCU THRESHER (SS-200) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
1945 - PCU RONCADOR (SS-301) commissioned USS RONCADOR (SS-301) at Cramp Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia, PA.
1959 - USS GUAVINA (SS-362) second decommissioning, assigned to reserve training in the 5th Naval District.
1973 - USS SEA LEOPARD (SS-483) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
1973 - USS GREENLING (SSN-614) went below her safe diving depth while training about 250 miles northwest of Bermuda because a needle on a depth guage stuck. The true depth was disclosed on another gauge before the submarine reached a depth that would have crushed her hull. On 30 March the submarine arrived at her homeport of Groton, CT. On 10 April GREENLING docked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, NH, for a thorough check.
1973 - USS HAMMERHEAD (SSN-663), operating east of the Virginia Capes area at about 300 feet, struck a submerged object of unknown nature thought to be non-metallic, perhaps a whale. The impact was heavy enough to be heard and felt throughout the ship. There was no discernable damage.
2003 - USS TOLEDO (SSN-769) operated with USS Donald Cook (DDG-75). TOLEDO was among the first ships to launch Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM) in support of Operation 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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