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1917 - USS L-4 (SS-43) departed on the U.S. Navy's first wartime submarine patrol. It was a short patrol but it was the earliest patrol by a U.S Naval submarine during a declared war. She returned the next day. The United States declared war on Germany on 14 April 1917.
1922 - USS L-4 (SS-43) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register at Philadelphia, PA.
1941 - PCU GAR (SS-206) commissioned USS GAR (SS-206) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
1945 - LCDR George Street took USS TIRANTE (SS-420) into combat in a confined and mined harbor. Running on the surface with gun crews on deck, he entered an inner harbor and torpedoed a tanker and two new frigates. Street was awarded the Medal of Honor and TIRANTE was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.
1945 - PCU MEDREGAL (SS-480) commissioned USS MEDREGAL (SS-480) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.
1956 - PCU SAILFISH (SSR-572) commissioned USS SAILFISH (SSR-572) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
1961 - PCU FLASHER (SSN-613) keel laid as FLASHER at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.
1963 - USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) was the first Polaris submarine assigned to a Mediterranean patrol.
1967 - PCU HAMMERHEAD (SSN-663) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA.
1969 - Ex-DRUM (AGSS-228) was donated as a Museum and Memorial to USS Alabama Battleship Commission, Mobile, AL.
1995 - USS PARGO (SSN-650) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
1997 - the nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS KEY WEST (SSN-722) operated in the Pacific Ocean as part of the USS Constellation (CV-64) battle group. The battle group was enroute to the Arabian Gulf to enforce no-fly zones and monitor shipping to and from the region.
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These are events for all United States Navy commissioned and some noncommissioned submarines and submersibles.
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