November 5th - 9th on These Dates - USN Submarine Service

November 5th

1918 - USS O-1 (SS 62) is Commissioned

1918 - USS R-23 (SS 100) is Launched

1944 - USS Cutlass (SS 478) is Launched

1983 - USS Buffalo (SSN 715) is Commissioned

 November 6th

1909 - USS B-3 Tarantula (SS 12) is Decommissioned

1918 - Keel is laid for the USS R-14 (SS 91)

1943 - USS Nerka (SS 380) is Commissioned

1944 - USS Tirante (SS 420) is Commissioned

1959 - USS Threadfin (SS-410) Rammed by Greek freighter Nickolas Mikhalos at Red Sea entrance to Suez Canal

1982 - USS Georgia (SSBN 729) is Launched

1990 - USS Henry Clay (SSBN 625) is Decommissioned

1993 - USS Hampton (SSN 767) is Commissioned 

November 7th

1918 - Keel is laid for the USS S-26 (SS 131)

1940 - USS Gar (SS 206) is Launched

1942 - US Submarines serve as escorts and navigation markers for the US invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch

1944 - USS Albacore (SS-218) was lost on 7-Nov-1944 with the loss of 86 officers and men when it was sunk near 41 49N 141 11E in channel between Hokkaido and Honshu.

1944 - USS Hackleback (SS 295) is Commissioned

1944 - Keel is laid for the USS Sea Leopard (SS 483)

1958 - USS K-3 (Bonita) (SS ) is Decommissioned

1969 - USS Becuna (SS 319) is Decommissioned

1969 - USS Blenny (SS 324) is Decommissioned

1992 - USS Boise (SSN 764) is Commissioned

1997 - USS Groton (SSN 694) is Decommissioned 

November 8th

1900 - Keel is laid for the USS A-4 (SS 5)

1942 - USS Herring (SS 233) sinks a French merchantman off Casablanca. She is later credited with sinking U-517 also.

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.

1946 - USS Corsair (SS 435) is Commissioned

1962 - USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) sets a missile record by firing six Polaris A-2 missiles with a range of 1,500 miles.

1986 - USS Louisville (SSN 724) is Commissioned

1991 - USS Queenfish (SSN 651) is Decommissioned

 

November 9th

1918 - Keel is laid for the USS S-8 (SS 113)

1922 - USS S-29 (SS 134) is Launched

1942 - Keel is laid for the USS Angler (SS 240)

1944 - USS Mapiro (SS 376) is Launched

1945 - USS Mackerel (SS 204) is Decommissioned

1945 - USS Marlin (SS 205) is Decommissioned

1945 - USS Corporal (SS 346) is Commissioned

1945 - USS Pomodon (SS 486) is Commissioned

1949 - USS Tusk (SS-426) collides with USS Aldebaran (AF-10) off Newfoundland

1959 - Keel is laid for the USS Barb (SSN 596)

1960 - USS Tullibee (SSN 597) is Commissioned

1991 - USS Springfield (SSN 761) is Launched