February 25th - On This Date - USN Submarine Service

1935 -

PCU PERCH (SS-176) keel laid as PERCH at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.

1943 -

PCU SEALION (SS-315) keel laid as SEALION, at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.

1945 - 

PCU CLAMAGORE (SS-343) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Miss M. J. Jacobs.

1947 - 

Ex-APOGON (SS-308) struck from the Naval Vessel Register.

1947 - 

Ex-PILOTFISH (SS-386) struck from the Naval Vessel Register.

1956 -

 PCU SALMON (SS-573) launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Albert M. Bontier, widow of the late Comdr. A. M. Bontier who was lost when submarine USS SEAWOLF (SS-197) was sunk during a war patrol in the South Pacific early in October 1944.

1966 - 

 PCU QUEENFISH (SSN-651) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA; sponsored by Hon. Julia Butler Hansen, Congresswoman from the State of Washington.

1982 - 

USS ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN-601) began the final POLARIS (A-3) offload at the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific.

1992 -  

Ex-LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

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