Saturday, 10 March 2012

March 10th - On This Date - USN Submarine Service


1943 - 
PCU TILEFISH (SS-307) keel laid as TILEFISH at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

1943 -
 USS APOGON (SS-308) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Withers, the wife of Admiral Withers

1954 - 
PCU SALMON (SSR-573) keel laid as SALMON at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.

1962 - 
USS TIGRONE (SS-419) second commissioning after redesignation to (SS-419). She then underwent overhaul and conversion at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

1962 -  
PCU THOMAS A. EDISON (SSBN-610) commissioned USS THOMAS A. EDISON (SSBN-610) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT; Capt. Charles M. Young (BLUE) and Capt. Walter Dedrick (GOLD) commanding.

1984 - 
 PCU MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL (SSN-708) commissioned USS MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL (SSN-708) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.


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