January 15th - On This Date - US Navy Submarine Service

1916 -

 In New York Navy Yard for overhaul, USS E-2 (ex-STURGEON) (SS-25) was the victim of a violent explosion and fire when hydrogen gas was ignited by a spark. Four men were killed and seven injured. On 13 March, E-2 was placed out of commission to be used as a laboratory for exhaustive tests of the Edison storage battery.

1921 - 

 PCU S-15 (SS-120) commissioned USS S-15 (SS-120) at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; Lt. Comdr. David R. Lee commanding.

1924 -

PCU S-41 (SS-146) commissioned USS S-41 (SS-146) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, CA; Lt. A. H. Donahue commanding.

1936 - 

USS S-4 (SS-109) struck from the Naval Vessel Register.

1937 - 

PCU POLLACK (SS-180) commissioned USS POLLACK (SS-180) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH; Lt. Clarence E. Aldrich commanding.

1942 -

PCU HERRING (SS-233) launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Ray Spear, wife of Rear Admiral Ray Spear, Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

1943 - 

PCU TINOSA (SS-283) commissioned USS TINOSA (SS-283) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; Lt. Comdr. Lawrence Randall Daspit commanding.

1945 -

PCU ARGONAUT (SS-475) commissioned USS ARGONAUT (SS-475) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. Comdr. John Sneed Schmidt commanding.

1949 - 

USS TRUMPETFISH (SS-425) collided with USS Marquette (AKA-95).

1965 - 

PCU SUNFISH (SSN-649) keel laid as SUNFISH at General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy, MA

1965 -

PCU SAND LANCE (SSN-660) keel laid as SAND LANCE at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.

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7 - the Navy's first flight test of the Trident II (D-5) missile was successfully conducted from Cape Canaveral, FL.