1902 -
PCU PLUNGER (later A-1) (SS-2) launched at Crescent Shipyards, Elizabethport, NJ; sponsored by Miss Ernestine Wardwell of Baltimore, MD.
1918 -
USS K-6 (SS-37) was towed to port by USS Kingfisher after the operating rod for her stern planes failed.
1941 -
PCU TRIGGER (SS-237) keel laid as TRIGGER at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
1964 -
PCU CASIMIR PULASKI (SSBN-633) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.
1973 -
Ex-RONCADOR (IXSS-301) sold for scrapping.
1973 -
Ex-SABALO (SS-302) disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise (sunk as a target) in SubSinkEx Project Thurber off San Diego, CA.
1973 -
Ex-BERGALL (SS-320) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred (cash sale) to Turkey.
1974 -
Ex-TIRANTE (SS-420) sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping. TIRANTE received two battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation for her World War II service.
1974 -
Ex-QUILLBACK (SS-424) sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
1974 -
Ex-HARDER (SS-568) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), sold to Italy. Renamed INS Romeo Romei (S-516).
1975 -
PCU L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) commissioned USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA.
1982 -
Admiral Hyman Rickover stepped down from his post as director of the Navy Nuclear Propulsion Directorate. He was relieved by Admiral McKee. Admiral Rickover oversaw profound changes in not only the submarine force but also the entire Navy.
2005 -
The fleet ballistic missile submarine USS GEORGIA (SSBN-729) passed downtown Norfolk, VA, as she headed to Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA. GEORGIA was the fourth Ohio-class submarine to undergo conversion from a ballistic missile submarine to a guided missile submarine. Guided missile submarines carry an impressive payload, including up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles or 66 Special Operations Forces. GEORGIA joined USS FLORIDA (SSGN-728) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard for the conversion.
2005 -
USS HAMPTON (SSN-767) and USS ALBANY (SSN-753) won the 2004 Battle Efficiency (Battle "E") Award for Submarine Squadrons 8 and 6 (Norfolk, VA), respectively, in January, 2005.
HAMPTON also earned the Squadron 8 Tactical "T," the Medical "M," the Engineering "E" and the Safety Award. Having a busy year in 2004, HAMPTON completed many tasks under strenuous deadlines, including a short-notice deployment to the North Atlantic and Arctic regions.
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