1901 - PCU SHARK (later A-7) (SS-8) keel laid as SHARK at Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, NJ.
1919 - PCU S-32 (SS-137) launched at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA; sponsored by Miss Margaret Tynan.
1923 - PCU S-11 (SS-116) commissioned USS S-11 (SS-116) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. Wilder D. Baker commanding.
1934 - USS S-34 (SS-139) accidental signal cartridge explosion, one died.
1946 - while en route to Panama, USS ARGONAUT (SS-475) collided with USS Honolulu (CL-48) off the eastern coast between New York and Philadelphia during a heavy fog. Both ships sustained minor damage and ARGONAUT continued on to Panama.
1952 - PCU BONITA (ex-K3/SSK-3) (SS-552) commissioned USS K-3 (SSK-3) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA; Lt. Comdr. Eric E. Hopley commanding. She reported to the Pacific Fleet.
1958 - the first Fleet Ballistic Missile flight test was conducted at Point Magu, CA.
1965 - USS BARB (SSN-596) collided with USS SARGO (SSN-583) while at 300 feet, 50 miles from Oahu.
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