February 9th - On This Date - USN Submarine Service

1918 - 

PCU O-16 (SS-77) launched at California Shipbuilding Company, Long Beach, CA; sponsored by Mrs. I. H. Mayfield.

1946 -

USS HAMMERHEAD (SS-364) decommissioned at Mare Island, CA, and laid up at the Mare Island Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet.

1961 - 

PCU SHARK (SSN-591) commissioned USS SHARK (SSN-591) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA; Lt. Comdr. John F. Fagan, Jr. commanding.

1970 -

PCU BATFISH (SSN-681) keel laid as BATFISH at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

1973 - 

PCU CAVALLA (SSN-684) commissioned USS CAVALLA (SSN-684) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

2001 - 

USS GREENEVILLE (SSN-772) struck and sunk Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishing vessel, about ten miles off Diamond Head, Oahu during an emergency surface exercise. Nine people onboard Ehime Maru were killed. CDR Scott Waddle was stripped of his command and reprimanded but allowed to retire in October, 2001 with his full pension.

2006 - 

Family and friends gathered on pier S-9 to welcome more than 130 crew members of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS SANTA FE (SSN-763) back to Pearl Harbor, HI after a six-month deployment conducting operations in support of the Seventh Fleet.

While on deployment, SANTA FE participated in Malabar 2005, a joint maritime exercise with the Indian navy. The submarine was also called off station to participate in two CNO-directed missions in U.S. 7th Fleet. During their deployment, SANTA FE was the first submarine to cross Andaman Sea submerged. The crew made port visits to a variety of countries, including India and Thailand.