March 8th - On This Date - USN Submarine Service

1920 - 

 PCU S-15 (SS-120) launched at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Simon Lake

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1944 -

 PCU SEALION (SS-315) commissioned USS SEALION (SS-315) at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lt. Comdr. Eli T. Reich commanding.

1944 - 

PCU SENNET (SS-408) keel laid as SENNET at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.

1996 -  

Ex-PLUNGER (SSN-595) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

1997 -  

USS BREMERTON (SSN-698) executed an emergency ascent demonstration for senior Chinese officers onboard USS Port Royal (CG-73) in the Pacific Ocean near Pearl Harbor, HI. The Chinese officers were given an underway tour of Port Royal a day before the arrival of three Chinese ships to Pearl Harbor, the first such visit to a U.S. port in eight years

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