August - on These Date - US Navy Submarine Service

For the month August in history ..

• 08/01/1918 - USS O-16 (SS 77) is commissioned
• 08/01/1919 - USS R-22 (SS 99) is commissioned
• 08/01/1941 - USS Marlin (SS 205) is commissioned
• 08/01/1942 - USS Grunion (SS-216) lost, probably in a battle with Japanese ASW forces,off Kiska with the loss of 70 shipmates.
• 08/01/1942 - USS S-39 (SS-144) lost when she runs aground off Rossel Island southeast of New Guinea. All her crew is rescued and taken off the island by the HMAS Katoomba. The hulk of the S-39 is still visible from the air.
• 08/01/1942 - USS S-39 (SS 144) is decommissioned
• 08/01/1942 - USS Grunion (SS 216) is decommissioned
• 08/01/1942 - Keel is laid for the USS Skate (SS 305)
• 08/01/1943 - USS Golet (SS 361) is launched
• 08/01/1952 - USS Razorback (SS 394) is decommissioned
• 08/01/1953 - USS Albacore (SS 569) is launched
• 08/01/1953 - USS Harder (SS-568) Towed back to US after breakdown off coast of Ireland
• 08/01/1957 - USS Archerfish (SS 311) is recommissioned for the second time
• 08/01/1970 - USS Pomodon (SS 486) is decommissioned for the second time.
• 08/01/1970 - USS Segundo (SS 398) is decommissioned
• 08/01/1970 - USS Medregal (SS 480) is decommissioned
• 08/01/1979 - Keel is laid for the USS Norfolk (SSN 714)
• 08/01/1992 - USS Columbus (SSN 762) is launched
• 08/01/1992 - USS Lewis & Clark (SSBN 644) is decommissioned
• 08/01/1994 - USS Sturgeon (SSN 637) is decommissioned
• 08/02/1913 - USS B-2 (SS 11) is recommissioned for the second time
• 08/02/1916 - USS L-10 (SS 50) is commissioned
• 08/02/1927 - Keel is laid for the USS Nautilus V-6 ( SS 168)
• 08/02/1927 - USS S-49 (SS 160) is decommissioned
• 08/02/1944 - USS Sennet (SS 408) is commissioned
• 08/03/1905 - Keel is laid for the USS C-1 (SS 9)
• 08/03/1944 - USS Spot (SS 413) is commissioned
• 08/03/1944 - USS Springer (SS 414) is launched
• 08/03/1954 - USS Barb (SS 220) is recommissioned for the second time
• 08/03/1958 - USS Nautilus (SSN-571) is the first ship to pass beneath the North Pole, on a four day, 1,830-mile voyage from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Her famous radio message is "Nautilus Ninety North".
• 08/03/1961 - USS Thresher (SSN 593) is commissioned
• 08/03/1973 - Keel is laid for the USS Groton (SSN 694)
• 08/03/1990 - USS Sculpin (SSN 590) is decommissioned
• 08/03/1999 - USS William H. Bates (SSN 680) is decommissioned
• 08/04/1916 - USS L-9 (SS 49) is commissioned
• 08/04/1919 - USS C-1 Octopus (SS 9) is decommissioned
• 08/04/1921 - USS S-12 (SS 117) is launched
• 08/04/1962 - USS James Monroe (SSBN 622) is launched
• 08/04/1969 - Keel is laid for the USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)
• 08/04/1973 - USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN 685) is launched
• 08/04/1984 - USS Providence (SSN 719) is launched
• 08/05/1912 - USS F-3 Pickerel (SS 22) is commissioned
• 08/05/1918 - USS R-16 (SS 93) is commissioned
• 08/06/1918 - USS O-6 (SS-67) Fired on and hit by US destroyer USS Paul Jones (DD 10)
• 08/06/1943 - USS Corvina (SS 226) is commissioned
• 08/06/1944 - USS Bumper (SS 333) is launched
• 08/06/1945 - USS Bullhead (SS-332) is the last of the 52 submarine losses of WW II when she is sunk with the loss of 84 shipmates near the Lombok Strait.
• 08/06/1945 - USS Bullhead (SS 332) is decommissioned
• 08/06/1968 - USS Dolphin (SS 555) is launched
• 08/06/1988 - USS San Juan (SSN 751) is commissioned
• 08/07/1897 - Plunger, a steam-powered submarine, launched but fails to pass acceptance tests.
• 08/07/1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Hawkbill (SS 366)
• 08/07/1944 - USS Sea Robin (SS 407) is commissioned
• 08/07/1946 - USS Hoe (SS 258) is decommissioned
• 08/07/1946 - USS Cabrilla (SS 288) is decommissioned
• 08/07/1946 - USS Roncador (SS 301) is decommissioned
• 08/07/1954 - USS Guitarro (SS 363) is decommissioned for the third and final time.
• 08/07/1957 - USS Cobbler (SS-344) Collides with USS Tusk (SS-426) while submerged off New Jersey
• 08/08/1942 - USS Nautilus (SS 168) and USS Argonaut (SS 166) leave Pearl Harbor for the Carlson Raider operation. They landed on the 16th and were taken off the
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• 08/08/1943 - USS Bluegill (SS 242) is launched
• 08/08/1945 - USS Cobbler (SS 344) is commissioned
• 08/08/1961 - USS Ethan Allen (SSBN 608) is commissioned1
• 08/08/1983 - Keel is laid for the USS Nevada (SSBN 733)
• 08/09/1938 - Keel is laid for the USS Searaven (SS 196)
• 08/09/1944 - USS Tirante (SS 420) is launched
• 08/09/1968 - USS Von Stuben (SSBN-632) Collides with tanker Sealady 40 miles of coast of Spain
• 08/09/1969 - USS Puffer (SSN 652) is commissioned
• 08/10/1934 - USS R-3 (SS 80) is decommissioned
• 08/10/1942 - USS S-24 (SS 129) is decommissioned
• 08/10/1944 - USS Blower (SS 325) is commissioned
• 08/10/1957 - USS Lapon (SS 260) is decommissioned for the second time.
• 08/10/1963 - Keel is laid for the USS Sturgeon (SSN 637)
• 08/10/1991 - USS Maryland (SSBN 738) is launched
• 08/11/1944 - Keel is laid for the USS Diablo (SS 479)
• 08/11/1960 - USS Macabi (SS 375) is decommissioned for the second time.
• 08/11/1978 - Keel is laid for the USS Boston (SSN 703)
• 08/11/1979 - USS La Jolla (SSN 701) is launched
• 08/11/1984 - USS Darter (SSN-576) In collision sometime during year, repaired at Sasebo, Japan
• 08/11/1990 - USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) is launched
• 08/12/1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Boarfish (SS 327)
• 08/12/1972 - Keel is laid for the USS Philadelphia (SSN 690)
• 08/12/1991 - USS Lafayette (SSBN 616) is decommissioned
• 08/13/1944 - USS Flier (SS-250) hits a mine in Balbac Strait and sinks in minutes. Thirteen men manage to exit the boat which was running on the surface at 15 knots. Eight manage to swim ashore on Mantangule Island. They were rescued by Coast Watcher units and the USS Redfin.
• 08/13/1944 - USS Loggerhead (SS 374) is launched
• 08/13/1945 - USS Sirago (SS 485) is commissioned
• 08/13/1952 - USS Menhaden (SS 377) is decommissioned for the second time.
• 08/13/1966 - Keel is laid for the USS Seahorse (SSN 669)
• 08/13/1971 - USS Menhaden (SS 377) is decommissioned for the third and final time.
• 08/14/1945 - The last torpedo sinking of WWII by a US submarine is fired by USS Torsk (SS 423). Coast Defense Vessel #47 is the last ship sunk by US Submarines in the war.
• 08/14/1964 - USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN 633) is commissioned
• 08/14/1965 - USS George Washington Carver (SSBN 656) is launched
• 08/14/1969 - USS Spadefish (SSN 668) is commissioned
• 08/14/1970 - USS Trepang (SSN 674) is commissioned
• 08/15/1912 - USS G-4 (SS 26) is launched
• 08/15/1916 - USS L-11 (SS 51) is commissioned
• 08/15/1918 - Keel is laid for the USS S-18 (SS 123)
• 08/15/1918 - Keel is laid for the USS S-19 (SS 124)
• 08/15/1918 - Keel is laid for the USS S-20 (SS 125)
• 08/15/1919 - USS R-12 (SS 89) is launched
• 08/15/1919 - USS C-4 Bonita (SS 15) is decommissioned
• 08/15/1935 - USS Porpoise (SS 172) is commissioned
• 08/15/1939 - USS Seawolf (SS 197) is launched
• 08/15/1940 - USS Triton (SS 201) is commissioned
• 08/15/1942 - USS Pompon (SS 267) is launched
• 08/15/1942 - USS Snook (SS 279) is launched
• 08/15/1943 - USS Lancetfish (SS 296) is launched
• 08/15/1943 - USS Ling (SS 297) is launched
• 08/15/1942 - Keel is laid for the USS Hackleback (SS 295)
• 08/15/1955 - USS Mingo (SS 261) is decommissioned for the second time
• 08/15/1961 - Keel is laid for the USS Greenling (SSN 614)
• 08/15/1973 - USS Atule (SS 403) is decommissioned for the second time
• 08/15/1992 - USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) is launched
• 08/16/1917 - Keel is laid for the USS S-3 (SS 107)
• 08/16/1958 - USS Seadragon (SSN 584) is launched
• 08/16/1969 - USS Pintado (SSN 672) is launched
• 08/16/1980 - USS Atlanta (SSN 712) is launched
• 08/16/1985 - Keel is laid for the USS San Juan (SSN 751)
• 08/16/1975 - USS Richard B. Russell (SSN 687) is commissioned
• 08/16/1986 - USS Nevada (SSBN 733) is commissioned
• 08/17/1909 - Keel is laid for the USS F-3 (SS 22)
• 08/17/1918 - USS O-10 (SS 71) is commissioned
• 08/17/1918 - USS R-17 (SS 94) is commissioned
• 08/17/1943 - USS Tang (SS 306) is launched
• 08/17/1945 - USS Mero (SS 378) is commissioned
• 08/17/1957 - USS Sea Devil (SS 400) is recommissioned for the second time
• 08/17/1968 - USS Tautog (SSN 639) is commissioned
• 08/17/1974 - USS Parche (SSN 683) is commissioned
• 08/17/1978 - Keel is laid for the USS Atlanta (SSN 712)
• 08/17/1990 - USS Jefferson City (SSN 759) is launched
• 08/18/1918 - USS N-6 (SS-58) Struck by USS N-5 (SS 57) while maneuvering off Block Island
• 08/18/1920 - USS S-21 (SS 126) is launched
• 08/18/1942 - Keel is laid for the USS Cabrilla (SS 288)
• 08/18/1944 - USS Trutta (SS 421) is launched
• 08/18/1962 - USS Dace (SSN 607) is launched
• 08/18/1962 - USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN 617) is launched
• 08/18/1962 - USS Haddo (SSN 604) is launched
• 08/18/1962 - Keel is laid for the USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN 631)
• 08/18/1972 - USS Threadfin (SS 410) is decommissioned for the second time
• 08/18/1972 - USS Volador (SS 490) is decommissioned
• 08/18/1972 - USS Pickerel (SS 524) is decommissioned
• 08/18/1992 - USS Lapon (SSN 661) is decommissioned
• 08/19/1942 - USS Harder (SS 257) is launched
• 08/19/1952 - USS Harder (SS 568) is commissioned
• 08/19/1955 - USS Crevalle (SS 291) is decommissioned for the second time
• 08/19/1958 - USS Triton (SSRN 586) is launched
• 08/20/1901 - USS A-4 Moccasin (SS 5) is launched
• 08/20/1919 - USS R-10 (SS 87) is commissioned
• 08/20/1921 - USS S-51 (SS 162) is launched
• 08/20/1921 - USS K-4 (SS-35) Rammed by CON RIEN (schooner), schooner's bow crushed, it sank, crew taken off by K-4
• 08/20/1923 - USS R-8 (SS-85) Collides with USS R-11 (SS-88)
• 08/20/1927 - USS S-50 (SS 161) is decommissioned
• 08/20/1938 - USS Saury (SS 189) is launched
• 08/20/1942 - USS Gunnel (SS 253) is commissioned
• 08/20/1946 - USS Balao (SS 285) is decommissioned
• 08/20/1958 - Keel is laid for the USS Scorpion (SSN 589)
• 08/20/1966 - USS Henry L. Stimson (SSBN 655) is commissioned
• 08/20/1968 - Keel is laid for the USS Drum (SSN 677)
• 08/21/1909 - Keel is laid for the USS F-4 (SS 23)
• 08/21/1918 - USS R-24 (SS 101) is launched
• 08/21/1941 - USS Gato (SS 212) is launched
• 08/21/1943 - A wolf pack consisting of Haddo, Harder, Guitarro, Raton, and Ray take on a Japanese convoy of at least 18 ships and escorts. The pack sinks four cargo ships and one tanker in an all night battle.
• 08/21/1943 - USS Batfish (SS 310) is commissioned
• 08/21/1944 - Keel is laid for the USS Medregal (SS 480)
• 08/21/1951 - USS Trout (SS 566) is launched
• 08/21/1953 - USS Guitarro (SS 363) is decommissioned for the second time
• 08/21/1960 - USS Lamprey (SS 372) is decommissioned for the second time
• 08/21/1964 - USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629) is the first fleet ballistic missile submarine permanently assigned to the Pacific
• 08/22/1914 - USS K-5 (SS 36) is commissioned
• 08/22/1943 - USS Flounder (SS 251) is launched
• 08/22/1955 - USS Halfbeak (SS-352) Collides with HMCS Micmc at New York
• 08/22/1964 - USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN 641) is launched
• 08/23/1909 - Keel is laid for the USS F-1 Carp (SS 20)
• 08/23/1909 - Keel is laid for the USS F-2 (SS 21)
• 08/23/1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Trumpetfish (SS 425)
• 08/23/1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Tusk (SS 426)
• 08/23/1944 - USS Piper (SS 409) is commissioned
• 08/23/1944 - USS Toro (SS 422) is launched
• 08/23/1989 - Keel is laid for the USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740)
• 08/23/1991 - USS Montpelier (SSN 765) is launched
• 08/24/1918 - USS R-1 (SS 78) is launched
• 08/24/1923 - USS S-24 (SS 129) is commissioned
• 08/24/1937 - USS Snapper (SS 185) is launched
• 08/24/1942 - Keel is laid for the USS Cero (SS 225)
• 08/24/1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Spot (SS 413)
• 08/24/1944 - Keel is laid for the USS Requin (SS 481)
• 08/24/1944 - USS Harder (SS-257) is sunk in a battle with Japanese forces off Luzon. Commander Sam Dealy is lost with the loss of 79 shipmates.
• 08/24/1944 - USS Harder (SS 257) is decommissioned
• 08/24/1945 - USS Sarda (SS 488) is launched
• 08/24/1963 - USS Barb (SSN 596) is commissioned
• 08/24/1963 - Keel is laid for the USS George Bancroft (SSBN 643)
• 08/24/1964 - Keel is laid for the USS George Washington Carver (SSBN 656)
• 08/25/1937 - USS Seal (SS 183) is launched
• 08/25/1941 - USS Finback (SS 230) is launched
• 08/25/1945 - USS Cochino (SS 345) is commissioned
• 08/25/1956 - USS Salmon (SS 573) is commissioned
• 08/25/1958 - Keel is laid for the USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN 601)
• 08/25/1960 - USS Sea Dragon (SSN-584) charts the Northwest Passage and surfaces at the North Pole where the crew plays baseball.
• 08/25/1988 - Keel is laid for the USS Boise (SSN 764)
• 08/26/1918 - USS H-6 (SS 149) is launched
• 08/26/1941 - USS Silversides (SS 236) is launched
• 08/26/1942 - USS Sawfish (SS 276) is commissioned
• 08/26/1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Charr (SS 328)
• 08/26/1949 - USS Cochino (SS-345) experiences fire and explosion. In the rescue of the Cochino's crew, the USS Tusk (SS-426) loses six shipmates. One man is lost
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• 08/26/1949 - USS Cochino (SS 345) is decommissioned
• 08/26/1964 - USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN 634) is commissioned
• 08/26/1980 - Keel is laid for the USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716)
• 08/27/1918 - USS O-15 (SS 76) is commissioned
• 08/27/1919 - USS R-13 (SS 90) is launched
• 08/27/1919 - USS S-4 (SS 109) is launched
• 08/27/1940 - USS Thresher (SS 200) is commissioned
• 08/27/1942 - Keel is laid for the USS Dorado (SS 248)
• 08/27/1944 - USS Cabezon (SS 334) is launched
• 08/27/1957 - USS Swordfish (SSN 579) is launched
• 08/27/1963 - USS Grayback (SS-574) Electrical fire in stern room (berthing) while on patrol in northern Pacific. One dead, five injured.
• 08/27/1969 - USS Chopper (SS 342) is decommissioned
• 08/27/1981 - Keel is laid for the USS Alabama (SSBN 731)
• 08/27/1983 - USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 709) is launched
• 08/28/1943 - USS Dorado (SS 248) is commissioned
• 08/28/1944 - USS Blueback (SS 326) is commissioned
• 08/28/1993 - USS Toledo (SSN 769) is launched
• 08/28/1917 - USS F-1 (SS-30) Struck kelp barge while running submerged, took off scope and radio antenna
• 08/28/1988 - USS Will Rogers (SSBN-659) In collision with F/V New Dawn off Firth of Clyde
• 08/28/1939 - Keel is laid for the USS Trout (SS 202)
• 08/28/1946 - USS Skipjack (SS 184) is decommissioned
• 08/28/1989 - USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN 619) is decommissioned
• 08/28/1989 - USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN 635) is decommissioned
• 08/29/1916 - The revolutionary and hotly contested Appropriations Act of 1916 creates the Council of National Defense to take stock of domestic industrial capability to wage war. The Navy begins building ships and submarines in much larger numbers; Congress specifically includes a provision in the bill to construct thirty new submarines.
• 08/29/1941 - Keel is laid for the USS Kingfish (SS 234)
• 08/29/1943 - USS Guavina (SS 362) is launched
• 08/29/1945 - USS S-48 (SS 159) is decommissioned for the third and final time
• 08/29/1946 - USS Pilotfish (SS 386) is decommissioned
• 08/29/1986 - Keel is laid for the USS Scranton (SSN 756)
• 08/30/1905 - Keel is laid for the USS B-2 (SS 11)
• 08/30/1917 - USS L-8 (SS 48) is commissioned
• 08/30/1943 - USS Pampanito (SS 383) is launched
• 08/30/1943 - USS Bang (SS 385) is launched
• 08/30/1943 - USS Pilotfish (SS 386) is launched
• 08/30/1944 - USS Threadfin (SS 410) is commissioned
• 08/30/1958 - USS Growler (SSG 577) is commissioned
• 08/31/1916 - USS L-6 (SS 45) is launched
• 08/31/1943 - USS Redfin (SS 272) is commissioned
• 08/31/1967 - USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641) Collides with Betelgeuse (T-AK-260) off Charleston, SC