January 16th - On This Date - US Navy Submarine Service

1914 - 

PCU H-3 (ex-GARFISH) (SS-30) commissioned USS H-3 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA; Lt. (j.g.) William R. Munroe commanding.

1917 -

PCU N-2 (SS-54) launched at Seattle Construction and Drydock Company, Seattle, WA; sponsored by Mrs. Whitford Drake.

1922 - 

Ex-A-2 (ex-ADDER) (SS-3) struck from the Naval Vessel Register.

1922 - 

Ex-A-3 (ex-GRAMPUS) (SS-4) struck from the Naval Vessel Register; final disposition, dismantled and used as a target by ships of the Asiatic Fleet. Hulk sunk in Manila Bay, near Corregidor.

1922 - 

Ex-A-4 (ex-MOCCASIN) (SS-5) struck from the Naval Vessel Register and sunk as a target. Hulk sunk in Manila Bay, near Corregidor, P.I.

1922 - 

Ex-A-5 (ex-PIKE) (SS-6) struck from the Naval Vessel Register and designated as a target vessel, fate unknown.

1922 -

Ex-A-6 (ex-PORPOISE) (SS-7) struck from the Naval Vessel Register and authorized as a target in July, 1921. Sunk as a target, hulk sunk in Manila Bay, near Corregidor, P.I.

1922 - 

Ex-A-7 (ex-SHARK) (SS-8) struck from the Naval Vessel Register and sunk as a target. Hulk sunk in Manila Bay, near Corregidor, P.I.

1922 - 

Ex-B-1 (ex-VIPER) (SS-10) sunk as a target. Hulk sunk in Manila Bay, near Corregidor, P.I.

1939 -

PCU SCULPIN (SS-191) commissioned USS SCULPIN (SS-191) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH; Lt. W. D. Wilkin commanding.

1939 - 

PCU TAMBOR (SS-198) keel laid as TAMBOR at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.

1965 -

PCU KAMEHAMEHA (SSBN-642) launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA; sponsored by Mrs. Samuel Wilder King, widow of Captain King, who was governor of Hawaii from 1953 to 1957.

1971 - 

PCU ARCHERFISH (SSN-678) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT; sponsored by Miss Mary Conover Warner.

1982 - 

Five U.S. Navy personnel died in a diving accident aboard USS GRAYBACK (SS-574) off the coast of Subic Bay, P.I.

1982 - 

USS BONEFISH (SS-582) engine room flooding event.

2004 -

USS MEMPHIS (SSN-691) returned to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, CT from a recent deployment in support of various missions including Operation Iraqi Freedom. More than 200 friends and family members braved subzero temperatures to welcome the crew home.