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1862 - CSS Pioneer, the first confederate submarine, was commissioned in New Orleans as a privateer. Pioneer most likely was scuttled just before the capture of New Orleans by Union troops.
1923 - PCU S-43 (SS-154) launched at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA.
1925 - PCU S-45 (SS-156) commissioned USS S-45 (SS-156) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA.
1931 - Ex-S-49 (SS-160) struck from the Naval Vessel Register; sold for scrapping in 1935.
1931 - Ex-S-50 (SS-161) struck from the Naval Vessel Register; sold for scrapping in 1936.
1941 - PCU MACKEREL (SS-204) commissioned USS MACKEREL (SS-204) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
1941 - PCU HADDOCK (SS-231) keel laid as HADDOCK at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
1942 - PCU DEVILFISH (SS-292) keel laid as DEVILFISH at Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, PA.
1943 - PCU SEAHORSE (SS-304) commissioned USS SEAHORSE (SS-304) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
1945 - PCU DIABLO (SS-479) commissioned USS DIABLO (SS-479) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.
1952 - PCU TRIGGER (SS-564) commissioned USS TRIGGER (SS-564) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
1960 - USS PERCH (SS-313) second decommissioning at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.
1960 - PCU SCULPIN (SSN-590) launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding Company, Pascagoula, MS.
1967 - PCU JACK (SSN-605) commissioned USS JACK (SSN-605) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
1971 - the New York Times reported that a U.S. Navy Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered attack submarine collided with a Soviet submarine 17 nautical miles off the coast of the Soviet Union while on a secret reconnaissance mission as part of the "Holystone" submarine intelligence gathering operation (see 5/25/75 entry).
1981 - PCU OLYMPIA (SSN-717) keel laid as OLYMPIA at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA.
1998 - Ex-GRAYLING (SSN-646) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
1999 - USS NORFOLK (SSN-714) was deployed in support of the NATO-led Operation Allied Force in Yugoslavia.
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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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