USN Submarines - May 1st

1916 - USS L-5 (SS 44) is launched

1919 - USS R-6 (SS 83) is commissioned

1921 - USS R-14 (SS-83) Runs out of fuel at sea. Makes port with makeshift sails of sheets, underway on sail power for 4 days

1925 - Keel is laid for the USS Argonaut V-4 ( SS 166)

1931 - USS R-1 (SS 78) is decommissioned

1941 - USS Grenadier (SS 210) is commissioned

1943 - USS Bowfin (SS 287) is commissioned

1944 - Keel is laid for the USS Macabi (SS 375)

1946 - USS Rock (SS 274) is decommissioned

1952 - Keel is laid for the USS T-2 (Marlin)

1952 - USS Ronquil (SS 396) is decommissioned

1968 - USS Archerfish (SS 311) is decommissioned for the third and final time.

1970 - USS Billfish (SSN 676) is launched

1973 - USS Pintado (SSN-672) In collision with Soviet SSBN

1974 - USS George Washington (SSBN-598) In collision with Japanese freighter, freighter sinks

1974 - USS Pintado (SSN-672) Collides with Soviet submarine (reported Yankee) off Petropavlovsk

1989 - USS Barbel (SS-580) looses three men overboard while on surface off Japan

With Thanks toMyron Howard