January 26th - On This Date - USN Submarine Service

1922 - 

Ex-A-1 (ex-PLUNGER) (SS-2) sold for scrapping.

1937 -

PCU PICKEREL (SS-177) commissioned USS PICKEREL (SS-177) at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lt. L. J. Huffman commanding.

1943 - 

USS WAHOO (SS-238) sank an entire convoy of Japanese merchantmen north of New Guinea, including two freighters, a huge transport, and a tanker.

1944 - 

PCU GUITARRO (SS-363) commissioned USS GUITARRO (SS-363) at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI; Lt. Comdr. E. D. Haskins commanding.

1945 -

PCU MORAY (SS-300) commissioned USS MORAY (SS-300) at Cramp Shi

pbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia, PA; Comdr. Frank L. Barrows commanding.

1945 - 

PCU CAPITAINE (SS-336) commissioned USS CAPITAINE (SS-336) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lieutenant Commander E. S. Friedrick commanding.

1945 - 

PCU IREX (SS-482) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Allen J. Ellender, wife of Senator Ellender of Louisiana.

1974 - 

PCU TUNNY (SSN-682) commissioned USS TUNNY (SSN-682) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, MS; Comdr. Dennis Y. Sloan commanding.

1991 - 

PCU SCRANTON (SSN-756) commissioned USS SCRANTON (SSN-756) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA.

2004 - 

The crew of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724) received the Battle “E” award at Pearl Harbor, HI. The Battle "E" award recognizes sustained superior performance in all areas of combat readiness. Ships compete in four combat areas: maritime warfare, engineering/survivability, command and control, and logistics management.

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