March 1st - On This Date - USN Submarine Service

1919 - 

PCU R-6 (SS-83) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Miss Katherine Langdon Hill

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1921 - 

 PCU S-17 (SS-122) commissioned USS S-17 (SS-122) at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; Lt. Comdr. Charles S. Alden commanding

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1939 - 

 PCU SQUALUS (SS-192) commissioned USS SQUALUS (SS-192) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. O. F. Naquin commanding.

1939 - 

PCU TAUTOG (SS-199) keel laid as TAUTOG at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.

1941 -

 PCU GRAYLING (SS-209) commissioned USS GRAYLING (SS-209) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH; Lt. Comdr. F. Olson commanding.

1941 - 

 PCU GRUNION (SS-216) keel laid as GRUNION at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.

1944 - 

PCU HAMMERHEAD (SS-364) commissioned USS HAMMERHEAD (SS-364) at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI; Comdr. J. C. Martin commanding.

1944 - 

 PCU SEA ROBIN (SS-407) keel laid as SEA ROBIN at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.

1944 - 

 PCU STICKLEBACK (SS-415) keel laid as STICKLEBACK at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

1945 - 

PCU CORSAIR (SS-435) keel laid as CORSAIR at the Electric boat Company, Groton, CT.

1960 - 

In the beginning of March USS TRITON (SSRN-586), while traveling down the Atlantic, sprung a severe leak around her starboard propeller shaft due to loose bolts and an improperly installed water seal

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1961 - 

 USS SALMON (SSR-573) reclassified Attack Submarine (SS-573).

1973 - 

Ex-SEA LEOPARD (SS-483) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred to Brazil.

1982 - 

In early January, USS ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN-601) left Pearl Harbor, HI and headed for the explosive handling wharf at Bangor, WA. On February 28, 1982 her A3 missiles were off loaded, officially ending the U.S. Navy's Polaris program after 21 years. She was redesignated SSN-601 this day and operated on the U.S. West Coast as a fast attack submarine with a consolidated crew for the next year.

1994 - 

USS BATON ROUGE (SSN-689) reported a collision with a Russian Serria class diesel submarine off Murmansk

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2004 - 

 USS GEORGIA (SSBN-729) hull reclassed to SSGN.

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