March 2nd - On This Date - USN Submarine Service

 1942 - 

PCU KINGFISH (SS-234) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH; sponsored by Mrs. Harry A. Stuart, wife of Rear Admiral Stuart.

1944 - 

PCU CHOPPER (SS-342) keel laid as CHOPPER at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.

1945 - 

PCU SEA LEOPARD (SS-483) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Hon. Margaret Chase Smith, United States Congresswoman from Maine.

1946 - 

 USS TUNA (SS-203) arrived at Pearl Harbor and reported for duty with Commander, Joint Task Force 1.

1949 -  

USS PERCH (SS-313) collided with USS Orleck (DD-886) off San Diego, CA.

1951 - 

 PCU K-1 (SSK-1) (later-BARRACUDA) (SST-3) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Willis Manning Thomas.

1964 - 

 PCU GEORGE C. MARSHALL (SSBN-654) keel laid as GEORGE C. MARSHALL at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA.

1987 -  

PCU PENNSYLVANIA (SSBN-735) keel laid as PENNSYLVANIA at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

1990 - 

 PCU HAMPTON (SSN-767) keel laid as HAMPTON at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA.

2005 -  

USS JEFFERSON CITY (SSN-759) returned from a training exercise through the mouth of San Diego Bay, CA. JEFFERSON CITY is assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron Eleven and is commanded by Cmdr. Daryl Caudle

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