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TODAY IN U.S. SUBMARINE HISTORY HOME |
1917 - USS L-10 (SS-50) damaged her torpedo tube shutters in heavy weather; they were removed on arrival at Punta Delgada, Azores.
1918 - PCU S-21 (SS-126) keel laid as S-21 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA.
1943 - PCU CROAKER (SS-246) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. W. H. P. Blandy.
1945 - PCU CUBERA (SS-347) commissioned USS CUBERA (SS-347) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lieutenant Commander R. W. Paine, Jr. commanding.
1964 - PCU NATHANAEL GREEN (SSBN-636) commissioned USS NATHANAEL GREENE (SSBN-636) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME; Comdr. Robert E. Crispin (BLUE) and Comdr. William M. Cossaboom (GOLD) commanding.
1973 - USS GREENFISH (SS-351) decommissioned and transferred (sold) under terms of the Security Assistance Program to Brazil; renamed Amazonas (S-16).
1978 - USS TROUT (SS-566) decommissioned, struck from the Naval Vessel Register, and transferred to Iran, renamed Kousseh. She was abandoned by her Iranian crew at New London, CT in March 1979 following the Iranian revolution. Ex-TROUT was returned to U.S. Navy custody in 1992, then used as an experimental ship in 1994 and a target sub at NAWCAD Key West, FL.
1981 - PCU PHOENIX (SSN-702) commissioned USS PHOENIX (SSN-702) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.
1983 - USS GUITARRO (SSN-665) sufferred a battery fire while at San Diego, CA; no casualties.
1983 - the Trident submarine USS FLORIDA (SSBN-728) was slightly damaged when she hit an unidentified object while submerged during sea trials in Long Island Sound. No one was injured and a Navy spokesman said he had no cost estimate on the damage.
2002 - USS FLORIDA (SSBN-728) arrived at her new homeport, Naval Station Norfolk, VA. FLORIDA was one of four Ohio-class submarines on the list to be converted to conventional-weapon (SSGN) submarines.
2003 - the Los Angeles class attack submarine USS JACKSONVILLE (SSN-699) moored alongside USS HAMPTON (SSN-767) after returning home to Naval Station Norfolk, VA. JACKSONVILLE was deployed for three months in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
2005 - USS OHIO (SSGN-726), the Navy’s first modern guided missile submarine, took a significant step toward rejoining the Fleet when she arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, WA, with a broom atop her sail to signify a clean sweep of the ship’s initial sea trials.
The SSGN conversion program is the first truly transformational program in the Navy. President George W. Bush made reference to it in his May 2001 commencement address to the U.S. Naval Academy. The program will go from the first boat entering the shipyard to the last boat being delivered back to the Fleet in less than five years. SSGN embodies a new level of adaptable warfare that is suited for today’s security environment.
OHIO was the first of four Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines (SSBN) to be converted to SSGN. Prior to the conversion process, each boat unloaded her complement of Trident Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles. Twenty-two of the 24 missile tubes on each boat are being retrofitted to carry up to seven Tomahawk cruise missiles, for a maximum load out of 154 missiles per boat. The remaining two tubes are being converted into Lock-in/Lock-out chambers for use by Special Operations Forces (SOF).
Each SSGN can carry and support up to 66 Special Operation Forces for an extended period of time. These ships have a specialized planning area, physical fitness equipment, and laser shooting ranges for use by the Operators. Further, SSGNs can to carry two Advanced SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) Delivery Systems, two Dry deck Shelters, or one of each using the lock-in/lock-out chambers as their docking sites.
The three other submarines undergoing the SSGN conversion process - USS MICHIGAN (SSGN-727), FLORIDA (SSGN-728), and GEORGIA (SSGN-729) - are all slated to rejoin the Fleet by 2007.
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These are events for all United States Navy commissioned and some noncommissioned submarines and submersibles.
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