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TODAY IN U.S. SUBMARINE HISTORY HOME |
1918 - USS K-5 (SS-36) battery explosion.
1918 - PCU S-30 (SS-135) keel laid as S-30 at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA.
1939 - USS SWORDFISH (SS-193) launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
1941 - PCU GUARDFISH (SS-217) keel laid as GUARDFISH at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
1942 - PCU PADDLE (SS-263) keel laid as PADDLE at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
1942 - PCU TULLIBEE (SS-284) keel laid as TULLIBEE at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
1943 - PCU CROAKER (SS-246) keel laid as CROAKER at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
1944 - PCU LOGGERHEAD (SS-374) keel laid as LOGGERHEAD at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI.
1944 - PCU TENCH (SS-417) keel laid as TENCH at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.
1945 - PCU COBBLER (SS-344) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
1945 - USS QUEENFISH (SS-393) sank a Japanese merchant ship - the 11,600-ton passenger-cargo ship AWA MARU - loaded with Red Cross relief supplies for Allied POWs, resulting in a court martial for the captain of the submarine, since the ship had been granted safe passage by the U.S. Government.
1952 - USS POMFRET (SS-391) decommissioned for GUPPY IIA upgrade at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.
1952 - USS QUILLBACK (SS-424) decommissioned at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH, for GUPPY IIA conversion.
1952 - PCU T-1 (later-MACKEREL/SST-1) (AGSS-570) keel laid as T-1 at Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.
1962 - USS PERMIT (SSN-594) collided with cargo ship Hawaiian Citizen 3 miles NW of San Francisco, CA, damaging PERMIT's superstructure.
1967 - USS ANGLER (SS-240) third and final decommissioning; assigned to Naval Reserve Training at Philadelphia, PA.
1967 - PCU WILL ROGERS (SSBN-659) commissioned USS WILL ROGERS (SSBN-659) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. This completed building for the "41 for Freedom" FBM submarines, two years ahead of schedule.
1968 - USS BILLFISH (SS-286) placed out of service and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
1973 - Ex-CUTLASS (SS-478) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred to Taiwan.
1975 - Ex-BARB (SS-220) sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
1975 - Ex-DACE (SS-247) sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
1976 - Ex-LAPON (SS-260) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP). Purchased by Greece and used for spare parts on her sister boats.
1976 - Ex-SCABBARDFISH (SS-397) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), purchased outright by Greece.
1982 - PCU AUGUSTA (SSN-710) keel laid as AUGUSTA at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.
1994 - Ex-TECUMSEH (SSN-628) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
1994 - the last submarines of the original "41 for Freedom" stood down from service as the front-line of America's strategic deterrent. For more than 33 years, the first 41-ship Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarine force performed flawlessly as the most survivable leg of the nation's strategic deterrent triad completing more than 2,824 patrols.
The original 41-ship force consisted of four classes of submarines: the 5-ship George Washington class, the 5-ship Ethan Allen class, the 19-ship Lafayette class and the 12-ship Benjamin Franklin class.
The last three submarines of the Navy's Poseidon SSBN Fleet, USS STONEWALL JACKSON (SSBN-634), USS SIMON BOLIVAR (SSBN-641) and USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO (SSBN-658), were moved from patrol status and commenced preparations for decommissioning. The modern and much more capable Trident submarine force now forms the backbone of the nation's nuclear strategic deterrent.
1995 - PCU CHEYENNE (SSN-773) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, VA.
1996 - Ex-TULLIBEE (SSN-597) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
2005 - Cmdr. Mark H. Merrick relieved Cmdr. Brett J. Genoble as commanding officer of the fast-attack submarine USS ALBANY (SSN-753) at Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk, VA.
Commissioned in April 1990, ALBANY is the fifth ship to bear the name of New York’s capital city.
Genoble’s next duty assignment was as a senior member of the Nuclear Propulsion Evaluation Board, Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, in Norfolk, VA.
A native of Worthington, Ohio, Merrick graduated from Ohio State University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He was commissioned in November 1987 after completing Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island.
Following nuclear power training and completion of the Submarine Officer Basic Course, Commander Merrick’s first submarine assignment was aboard USS NEVADA (SSBN-733) (BLUE), where he served as electrical assistant, main propulsion assistant and Tactical Systems officer. His other sea duty assignments include as engineering officer, USS RHODE ISLAND (SSBN-740) (BLUE) and as executive officer, USS HAMPTON (SSN-767).
2005 - USS ASHEVILLE (SSN-758) returned to her homeport at Naval Base Point Loma, CA, after completing a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean. ASHEVILLE performed national security missions and took part in two international exercises.
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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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