February 28th - On This Date - USN Submarine Service

 1943 - 

 PCU RAY (SS-271) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co, Manitowoc, WI; sponsored by Mrs. S. C. Loomis.

1944 - 

PCU SEA DEVIL (SS-400) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Sherman K. Kennedy.

1945 - 

PCU CARP (SS-338) commissioned USS CARP (SS-338) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lieutenant Commander J. L. Hunnicutt, USNR, commanding.

1960 -

 In late February in the Atlantic USS TRITON (SSRN-586) suffered a leak in a main condenser circulating water pump, necessitating the shutdown of the port reactor for five hours to effect repairs. This was shortly after departure for a submerged global circumnavigation.

1982 -  

USS ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN-601)'s A3 missiles were off loaded, officially ending the U.S. Navy's Polaris program after 21 years.

1992 - 

PCU GREENEVILLE (SSN-772) keel laid as GREENEVILLE at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, VA.

1994 -  

Ex-ALEXANDER HAMILTON (SSBN-617) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

1994 - 

Ex-GEORGE C. MARSHALL (SSBN-654) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

2003 - 

 Ex-KAMEHAMEHA (SSBN/SSN-642) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

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