Monday 19 November 2012

November 11th - 20th - On These Dates - USN Submarine Service



November 11th

1917 - USS O-5 (SS 66) is Launched
1922 - USS T-3 AA-3 (SS 61) is Decommissioned
1924 - USS R-5 (SS-82) Collided with USS S-16 in Asiatic Waters
1942 - USS Tullibee (SS 284) is Launched
1943 - USS Bluegill (SS 242) is Commissioned
1961 - USS Perch (SS 313) is recommissioned for the second time
1969 - USS Sand Lance (SSN 660) is Launched
1981 - USS Ohio (SSBN 726) is Commissioned

November 12th

1917 - USS O-6 (SS 67) is Launched
1940 - Keel is laid for the USS Greenling (SS 213)
1942 - USS Billfish (SS 286) is Launched
1944 - USS Carp (SS 338) is Launched
1988 - USS Miami (SSN 755) is Launched

 November 13th

1911 - USS C-1 (SS 9) collides with USS Dahlgren (TB 9)
1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Turbot (SS 427)
1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Ulua (SS 428)
1965 - USS Henry L. Stimson (SSBN 655) is Launched
1976 - USS Los Angeles (SSN 688) is Commissioned
1989 - USS Grayling (SSN-646) In collision with Russian Delta IV Class submarine

November 14th

1918 - USS H-8 (SS 151) is Launched
1943 - USS Cavalla (SS 244) is Launched
1943 - USS Barbel (SS 316) is Launched
1952 - USS Stickleback (SS 415) is decommissioned for the second time.
1981 - USS Florida (SSBN 728) is Launched

November 15th

1922 - USS L-7 (SS 46) is Decommissioned
1922 - USS L-8 (SS 48) is Decommissioned
1939 - USS Squalus (SS 192) is Decommissioned
1940 - USS Trout (SS 202) is Commissioned
1943 - USS Plaice (SS 390) is Launched
1944 - USS Bugara (SS 331) is Commissioned
1945 - USS Porpoise (SS 172) is Decommissioned
1945 - USS Pike (SS 173) is Decommissioned
1945 - USS Tarpon (SS 175) is Decommissioned
1945 - USS Permit (SS 178) is Decommissioned
1945 - USS Plunger (SS 179) is Decommissioned
1945 - USS Seal (SS 183) is Decommissioned
1945 - USS Snapper (SS 185) is Decommissioned
1945 - USS Sturgeon (SS 187) is Decommissioned
1945 - USS Seadragon (SS 194) is Decommissioned
1969 - USS Sea Owl (SS 405) is Decommissioned
1969 - USS Sea Poacher (SS 406) is Decommissioned

November 16th

1921 - Keel is laid for the USS Bonita V-3 ( SS 165)
1943 - USS Corvina (SS-226) was lost on 16-Nov-1943 with the loss of 82 officers and men when it was sunk just south of Truk; (Attack at 151° 10E 5° 50N)
1944 - USS Growler (SS-215) was lost on 8-Nov-1944 with the loss of 84 officers and men when it was sunk in South China Sea.
1944 - USS Trutta (SS 421) is Commissioned
1950 - USS Blower (SS 325) is Decommissioned
1950 - USS Bumper (SS 333) is Decommissioned
1952 - USS K-2 (Bass) (SS ) is Commissioned

November 17th

1911 - Navy changes submarine designation from names (Adder, Octopus etc.) to letter/number combinations (A-2, etc.). Names were reinstated in 1931.
1918 - USS O-13 (SS 74) is Commissioned
1922 - USS H-8 (SS 151) is Decommissioned
1943 - USS Lionfish (SS 298) is Launched
1943 - USS Manta (SS 299) is Launched
1944 - USS Lamprey (SS 372) is Commissioned
1969 - USS Irex (SS 482) is Decommissioned
1983 - USS Olympia (SSN 717) is Commissioned

November 18th

1918 - USS H-8 (SS 151) is Commissioned
1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Cabezon (SS 334)
1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Dentuda (SS 335)
1943 - Keel is laid for the USS Sea Devil (SS 400)
1972 - Keel is laid for the USS Baton Rouge (SSN 689)
1978 - USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) is Launched

November 19th

919 - USS S-4 (SS 109) is Commissioned
1936 - USS Perch (SS 176) is Commissioned
1936 - USS Plunger (SS 179) is Commissioned
1943 - USS Sculpin (SS-191) was lost on 19-Nov-1943 with the loss of 40 (61) officers and men when it was sunk north of Groluk Island near Truk. (42 officers and men were taken prisoner, only 21 survived the war)
1944 - USS Catfish (SS 339) is Launched
1948 - USS Blackfin (SS 322) is Decommissioned

November 20th

1923 - USS S-40 (SS 145) is Commissioned
1924 - USS S-42 (SS 153) is Commissioned
1943 - USS Parche (SS 384) is Commissioned
1945 - USS Spinax (SS 489) is Launched
1953 - USS Bluefish (SS 222) is decommissioned for the second time.
1953 - USS T-2 (Marlin) (SS ) is Commissioned
1992 - USS James Madison (SSBN 627) is Decommissioned



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