January 22nd - On This Date - USN Submarine Service

1914 - 

PCU G-4 (ex-THRASHER) (SS-26) commissioned USS G-4 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; Lt. L. D. McWhorter commanding.

1924 -

PCU S-27 (SS-132) commissioned USS S-27 (SS-132) at Groton, CT; Lt. Theodore Waldschmidt commanding.

1942 - 

USS STURGEON (SS-187) torpedoed what she thought was a Japanese cruiser in the Makassar Strait and sent her famous message "Sturgeon no longer virgin".

1943 - 

PCU ARCHERFISH (SS-311) keel laid as ARCHERFISH at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.

1944 - 

 PCU PIPEFISH (SS-388) commissioned USS PIPEFISH (SS-388) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. Comdr. William N. Deragon commanding.

1973 - 

USS BATFISH (SSN-681) suffered bottom damage after running hard aground at Charleston, SC, while proceeding to sea. The submarine was pulled free by tugs and returned to the dock

1966 - 

PCU GEORGE BANCROFT (SSBN-643) commissioned USS GEORGE BANCROFT (SSBN-643) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT; Captain Joseph Williams (BLUE) and Comdr. Walter M. Douglas (GOLD) commanding.

1996 - 

 the CINCLANTFLT Golden Anchor Award winners were listed. Recipients of the CINCLANTFLT awards for excellence in retention and personnel programs management were: Nuclear Ballistic Submarine: Winner, USS TENNESSEE (SSBN-734) (BLUE). Runner-up, USS NEBRASKA (SSBN 739) (GOLD). Nuclear Attack Submarine: Winner, USS MONTPELIER (SSN-765). Runner-up, USS GRAYLING (SSN-646).

2003 - 

USS FLORIDA (SSBN-728) operated off the coast of the Bahamas during "Giant Shadow". "Giant Shadow" is a Naval Sea Systems Command/Naval Submarine Forces experiment to test the capabilities of the Navy's future guided missile submarines. FLORIDA is one of four Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) to be converted to guided missile submarines (SSGN). "Giant Shadow" is the first experiment under the "Sea Trial" initiative of the Chief of Naval Operations' Sea Power 21 vision and the first in a series of experiments before converting and overhauling the four SSBNs to SSGNs.

Two Tomahawk missiles were successfully launched from a missile tube of FLORIDA during demonstration and validation (DEMVAL) tests in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of western Florida.

The successful launches provided confirmation that a key element of the planned conversion of SSBNs to SSGNs – the delivery of conventional weapons from the submarine’s missile tubes - will work.

2004 - 

Capt. Robert Schuetz, Commander, Submarine Squadron 17 presented USS MICHIGAN (SSBN-727) with the 2003 Battle Efficiency (Battle "E") Award at Silverdale, WA.

Cmdr. Thomas Calabrese, commanding officer of MICHIGAN, accepted the award on behalf of the boat's sailors.

The competition for Battle Efficiency Awards is extremely tough. This award recognizes commands that have attained the highest overall or departmental readiness to carry out their wartime tasks during the past year.