July 1st/19th - On This Date - US Navy Submarine Service

• 7/01/1920 - USS S-7 (SS 112) is commissioned
• 07/01/1930 - USS Nautilus V-6 ( SS 168) is commissioned
• 07/01/1931 - USS O-7 (SS 68) is decommissioned
• 07/01/1941 - Keel is laid for the USS Blackfish (SS 221)
• 07/01/1942 - Keel is laid for the USS Seahorse (SS 304)
• 07/01/1943 - USS Runner (SS-275) is lost with the loss of 78 shipmates when she dissapeared without a trace on her third war patrol
• 07/01/1943 - USS Runner (SS 275) is decommissioned
• 07/01/1949 - Keel is laid for the USS K-1 (Barracuda)
• 07/01/1954 - Keel is laid for the USS Grayback (SSG 574)
• 07/01/1961 - USS Permit (SSN 594) is launched
• 07/01/1971 - USS Pomfret (SS 391) is decommissioned for the second time.
• 07/01/1971 - USS Ronquil (SS 396) is decommissioned for the second time.
• 07/01/1971 - USS Catfish (SS 339) is decommissioned for the second time.
• 07/01/1971 - USS Thornback (SS 418) is decommissioned for the second time.
• 07/01/1971 - USS Sabalo (SS 302) is decommissioned
• 07/01/1971 - USS Chivo (SS 341) is decommissioned
• 07/01/1971 - USS Halfbeak (SS 352) is decommissioned
• 07/01/1972 - USS Trutta (SS 421) is decommissioned for the third and final time.
• 07/01/1975 - USS Tiru (SS 416) is decommissioned
• 07/02/1914 - Keel is laid for the USS M-1 (SS 47)
• 07/02/1919 - USS S-39 (SS 144) is launched
• 07/02/1940 - USS Tautog (SS 199) is commissioned
• 07/02/1944 - USS Bugara (SS 331) is launched
• 07/02/1945 - USS O-7 (SS 68) is decommissioned for the second time
• 07/02/1952 - USS Bluegill (SS 242) is decommissioned for the second time
• 07/02/1957 - USS Grayback (SSG 574) is launched
• 07/03/1801 - Robert Fulton's submarine Nautilus dives to a depth of 25 feet and remains there for more than an hour.
• 07/03/1913 - USS H-3 (SS 30) is launched
• 07/03/1963 - USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN 619) is commissioned
• 07/03/1989 - USS Scranton (SSN 756) is launched
• 07/04/1918 - USS O-7 (SS 68) is commissioned
• 07/04/1928 - USS S-6 (SS-111) Aground for 12 hours on Moosebeck Ledge off Jonesport, ME
• 07/04/1943 - USS Cero (SS 225) is commissioned
• 07/04/1943 - USS Angler (SS 240) is launched
• 07/04/1944 - USS Blackfin (SS 322) is commissioned
• 07/04/1944 - USS S-28 (SS 133) is decommissioned
• 07/04/1962 - Keel is laid for the USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN 634)
• 07/05/1939 - Keel is laid for the USS Triton (SS 201)
• 07/06/1916 - Keel is laid for the USS O-14 (SS 75)
• 07/06/1944 - Keel is laid for the USS Halfbeak (SS 352)
• 07/06/1983 - Keel is laid for the USS Key West (SSN 722)
• 07/06/1985 - USS Honolulu (SSN 718) is commissioned
• 07/07/1925 - USS S-48 (SS 159) is decommissioned
• 07/07/1936 - USS Pickerel (SS 177) is launched
• 07/07/1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Hardhead (SS 365)
• 07/07/1943 - US Submarines invade the Sea of Japan for the first time in WW II. Plunger, Permit and Lapon enter through La Perouse Strait, exiting four days later after sinking several ships.
• 07/07/1944 - USS Tench (SS 417) is launched
• 07/07/1944 - USS Thornback (SS 418) is launched
• 07/07/1964 - Keel is laid for the USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658)
• 07/08/1936 - USS Plunger (SS 179) is launched
• 07/08/1942 - USS Barb (SS 220) is commissioned
• 07/08/1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Blenny (SS 324)
• 07/08/1944 - USS Jallao (SS 368) is commissioned
• 07/08/1944 - USS Growler (SS 215) is decommissioned
• 07/08/1945 - USS Tusk (SS 426) is launched
• 07/08/1972 - USS Odax (SS 484) is decommissioned
• 07/08/1978 - USS Groton (SSN 694) is commissioned
• 07/09/1910 - Keel is laid for the USS G-4 (SS 26)
• 07/09/1918 - USS N-6 (SS 58) is commissioned
• 07/09/1923 - USS S-25 (SS 130) is commissioned
• 07/09/1941 - USS Flying Fish (SS 229) is launched
• 07/09/1959 - USS Bonefish (SS 582) is commissioned
• 07/09/1960 - USS Thresher (SSN 593) is launched
• 07/09/1961 - USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) sets a new continuous underwater patrol record of more than 68 days.
• 07/09/1988 - USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723) is commissioned
• 07/09/1994 - USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) is commissioned
• 07/10/1918 - USS R-21 (SS 98) is launched
• 07/10/1918 - First US Naval submarine credited with sinking an enemy ship: USS L-2 (SS-41)The L-2 was involved in a melee with two German subs (the UB-65 and another unknown boat) on 10 July 1918. One of the German boats, the UB-65, was sunk, either by an explosion of its own torpedo or by a torpedo from the other German boat. The British Admiralty credited Lt. P.F. Foster and the L-2 with having sunk the German sub. Lt Forster received the Navy Cross for his action
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• 07/10/1944 - Keel is laid for the USS Runner (SS 476)
• 07/10/1945 - USS Barb (SS 220) 'sinks' a train.
• 07/10/1993 - USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) is commissioned
• 07/10/1998 - USS Baltimore (SSN 704) is decommissioned
• 07/11/1914 - USS K-8 (SS 39) is launched
• 07/11/1918 - USS O-8 (SS 69) is commissioned
• 07/11/1942 - USS Flier (SS 250) is launched
• 07/11/1944 - Keel is laid for the USS Conger (SS 477)
• 07/11/1945 - USS Odax (SS 484) is commissioned
• 07/11/1963 - USS Balao (SS 285) is decommissioned for the second time
• 07/11/1987 - USS Helena (SSN 725) is commissioned
• 07/11/1990 - USS Jack (SSN 605) is decommissioned
• 07/11/1990 - USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN 685) is decommissioned
• 07/12/1943 - USS Needlefish (SS 379) is launched
• 07/12/1943 - USS Picuda (SS 382) is launched
• 07/12/1943 - USS Nerka (SS 380) is launched
• 07/12/1945 - USS Remora (SS 487) is launched
• 07/12/1946 - USS Thresher (SS 200) is decommissioned for the second time
• 07/12/1969 - USS Narwhal (SSN 671) is commissioned
• 07/13/1943 - USS Raton (SS 270) is commissioned
• 07/13/1946 - USS Hake (SS 256) is decommissioned
• 07/13/1991 - USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) is commissioned
• 07/13/1996 - USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) is commissioned
• 07/14/1920 - USS S-13 (SS 118) is commissioned
• ra/l Order 541 of July 14, 1920 introduces ship letter designators (SS meaning submarine) and hull numbers. All submarines commissioned and decommissioned prior to this had no assigned hull number or SS designator during their lifetime. This instruction was modified by SecNav Instruction 5030.1E of August 14, 1968. The SS is not an acronym. The Navy adoped a double letter ship designation system as /Gene -
• se/d to the European system which uses single letters /oppo -
• 07/14/1941 - Keel is laid for the USS Herring (SS 233)
• 07/14/1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Pomfret (SS 391)
• 07/14/1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Sterlet (SS 392)
• 07/15/1920 - USS S-22 (SS 127) is launched
• 07/15/1942 - USS Sunfish (SS 281) is commissioned
• 07/15/1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Blower (SS 325)
• 07/15/1953 - USS Cavalla (SS 244) is recommissioned for the second time
• 07/15/1961 - USS John Marshall (SSBN 611) is launched
• 07/15/1995 - USS Maine (SSBN 741) is commissioned
• 07/15/1995 - USS Seawolf SSN 21) (SSN 21) is launched
• 07/16/1923 - USS T-2 AA-2 (SS 60) is decommissioned
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• 07/16/1943 - USS Apogon (SS 308) is commissioned
• 07/16/1944 - USS Bullhead (SS 332) is launched
• 07/16/1944 - USS Lizardfish (SS 373) is launched
• 07/16/1945 - Keel is laid for the USS Pompano (SS 491)
• 07/16/1945 - USS R-16 (SS 93) is decommissioned for the second time
• 07/16/1945 - USS S-20 (SS 125) is decommissioned
• 07/16/1959 - Keel is laid for the USS Permit (SSN 594)
• 07/16/1994 - USS Maine (SSBN 741) is launched
• 07/16/1995 - USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) is launched
• 07/17/1923 - USS S-47 (SS-142) Sinks alongside tender after seawater valve bonnet is removed
• 07/17/1924 - USS Barracuda V-1 ( SS 163) is launched
• 07/17/1935 - Keel is laid for the USS Plunger (SS 179)
• 07/17/1936 - USS S-10 (SS 115) is decommissioned
• 07/17/1942 - USS Hake (SS 256) is launched
• 07/17/1944 - USS Caiman (SS 323) is commissioned
• 07/17/1944 - USS Sea Owl (SS 405) is commissioned
• 07/17/1953 - USS T-1 (Mackerel) (SS ) is launched
• 07/17/1964 - USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN 631) is commissioned
• 07/17/1993 - USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) is launched
• 07/18/1924 - USS S-33 (SS-138) Collided with S-35 in Pacific
• 07/18/1945 - USS Halibut (SS 232) is decommissioned
• 07/18/1981 - USS Dallas (SSN 700) is commissioned
• 07/18/1991 - USS Permit (SSN 594) is decommissioned
• 07/19/1939 - Keel is laid for the USS Tuna (SS 203)
• 07/19/1939 - USS Spearfish (SS 190) is commissioned
• 07/19/1958 - USS Barbel (SS 580) is launched
• 07/19/1958 - USS Piper (SS-409) Aground on sandbar off Provencetown, MA
• 07/19/1997 - USS Seawolf SSN 21) (SSN 21) is commissioned