January 27th - On This Date - USN Submarine Service

1912 - 

PCU K-4 (ex-WALRUS) (SS-35) keel laid as K-4 at Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, Seattle, WA.

1918 - 

PCU O-9 (SS-70) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Mrs. Frederick J. Sherman.

1930 - 

USS S-51 (SS-162) struck from the Naval Vessel Register.

1940 - 

PCU TAUTOG (SS-199) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Richard S. Edwards.

1942 -

USS GUDGEON (SS-211) was the first U. S. submarine to sink an enemy warship in World War II. The Japanese submarine I-173 had just returned from a patrol which took her well into American water off the coast of California and Washington.

1943 -

PCU GOLET (SS-361) keel laid as GOLET at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI.

1944 - PCU RAZORBACK (SS-394) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. H. F. D. Davis.

1944 -

PCU REDFISH (SS-395) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Miss Ruth Roper.

1944 - 

PCU RONQUIL (SS-396) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. C. M. Elder.

1944 -

PCU SCABBARDFISH (SS-397) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Ensign Nancy J. Schetky.

1964 -

PCU TAUTOG (SSN-639) keel laid as TAUTOG at Ingalls Shipbuilding Company, Pascagoula, MS.

1973 -

PCU OMAHA (SSN-692) keel laid as OMAHA at Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

2002 - 

USS GREENEVILLE (SSN-772) collided with an amphibious transport ship in the Arabian Sea. The collision happened as the ships were preparing to transfer two sailors, Pentagon officials said. GREENEVILLE punctured the fuel tank of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ogden and caused some damage to GREENEVILLE's stern planes. No injuries were reported. GREENEVILLE was led by CDR Lindsay Henkins.

2005 - 

USS SAN FRANCISCO (SSN-711) was in dry dock at Apra Harbor, Guam to assess damage sustained after running aground approximately 350 miles south of Guam on January 8, 2005. The Navy's former dry dock known as “Big Blue” is capable of docking ships that weigh up to 40,000 Long Tons. The Navy certified Big Blue for the one-time docking of SAN FRANCISCO. SAN FRANCISCO is the second fast-attack submarine to be attached to the forward-deployed Submarine Squadron Fifteen, home ported on board Naval Base Guam.

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