February 20th - On This Date - USN Submarine Service

1912 - 

PCU K-1 (ex-HADDOCK) (SS-32) keel laid as K-1 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA.

1912 - 

 PCU K-2 (ex-CACHALOT) (SS-33) keel laid as K-2 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA.

1923 - 

USS K-5 (SS-36) decommissioned at Hampton Roads (Submarine Base), VA.

1944 - 

 PCU ICEFISH (SS-367) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI; sponsored by Mrs. Stanley P. Mosely, wife of Captain Mosely.

1945 - 

 Ex-S-37 (SS-142) sunk as a target off Imperial Beach, CA. S-37 earned five battle stars for her World War II service

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1945 - 

Ex-S-38 (SS-143) sunk off San Diego, CA as an aerial bombing target. S-38 was awarded three battle stars for her service in World War II.

1962 -

 USS BALAO (SS-285) was snagged by the towline of the ocean tug Torrent IV while cruising 110 feet below the surface off the Florida coast. The accident damaged one of BALAO's masthead lights, punched two small holes in the superstructure supporting the periscope, broke one radar antenna and damaged another. Neither the tug nor the barge under tow were damaged.

1962 - 

PCU HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) commissioned USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA; Comdr. J. C. Lewis (GOLD) and Comdr. T. A. Bryce (BLUE) commanding.

1969 -  

PCU ASPRO (SSN-648) commissioned USS ASPRO (SSN-648) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, MS; Comdr. Roy R. Wight commanding.

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