Wednesday, 22 February 2012

February 22nd - On This Date - USN Submarine Service

1943 - 
PCU CREVALLE (SS-291) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. C. W. Fisher.

1944 - 
 PCU LAMPREY (SS-372) keel laid as LAMPREY at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI.

1963 - 
PCU WOODROW WILSON (SSBN-624) launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA; sponsored by Miss Eleanor A. Sayre, the granddaughter of President Wilson.

1992 -  
PCU HARTFORD (SSN-768) keel laid as HARTFORD at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

2003 - 
 Columbian submarine ARC Tayrona (SS 29), the U.S. Military Sealift Command special mission surveillance ship USNS Able (T-AGOS 20), the U.S fast attack submarine USS SPRINGFIELD (SSN-761), and the U.S. Coast Guard famous class cutter USCGC Spencer (WMEC-905) lined up in formation during the multi-national exercise UNITAS 44-03. UNITAS is the premier naval exercise conducted in the Americas designed to build lasting friendships while increasing the capability of U.S. naval forces to operate as a multinational coalition.

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