Friday, 5 October 2012

October 5th - On This Date - USN Submarine Service



    1918 - USS O-5 (SS-66) Battery explosion (After battery)
    1925 - USS R-8 (SS-85) Collided with USS Widgeon (AM-22) in Pearl Harbor
    1936 - USS Permit (SS 178) is launched
    1940 - Keel is laid for the USS Gato (SS 212)
    1959 - USS Growler (SSG-577) Suffers flooding through cable fitting while on deep submergence off Isle of Shoals off New Hampshire
    1967 - USS Sea Devil (SSN 664) is launched
    1995 - USS Omaha (SSN 692) is decommissioned

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