Commissioned uss s-7 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, me; Lt

1914 - USS K-8 (SS-39) launched at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA under subcontract from

Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. John W. Lewis, wife of the first

commanding officer.

1918 - PCU O-8 (SS-69) commissioned USS O-8 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA;

Lt. Comdr. R.A. Burg commanding.

1943 - USS FLIER (SS-250) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by

Mrs. A. S. Pierce.

1944 - USS CONGER (SS-477) keel laid as CONGER at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.

1945 - PCU ODAX (SS-484) commissioned USS ODAX (SS-484) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery,

ME.

1963 - USS BALAO (SS-285) second decommissioning.

Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

1989 - USS HOUSTON (SSN-713) flooding event.

1990 - USS JACK (SSN-605) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register; laid up

at Bremerton Naval Shipyard.

USS GLENARD P. LIPSCOMB (SSN-685) decommissioned and struck from the Naval

Vessel Register.

1943 - PCU PICUDA (SS-382) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH.

1945 - PCU REMORA (SS-487) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.

1946 - USS THRESHER (SS-200) was to be used as a target vessel in Operation Crossroads

nuclear weapon testing at Bikini Atoll. But during the required refurbishing, it was

decided that she had deteriorated beyond economical repair and work was stopped.

THRESHER was decommissioned for the final time.

1969 - PCU NARWHAL (SSN-671) commissioned USS NARWHAL (SSN-671) at the Electric Boat

Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

2002 - The Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy, addressed the employees of

Northrop Grumman Newport News, VA at the keel authentication ceremony for the

newest Virginia Class Submarine, PCU TEXAS (SSN-775). First Lady Laura Bush and Chief

of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark, were also in attendance. TEXAS is the second of

the Virginia-class submarines with advanced technologies, increased firepower,

maneuverability and stealth. She was scheduled for delivery to the Navy in 2005.

2004 - the Los Angeles-class submarine USS ALBUQUERQUE (SSN-706) surfaced in the Atlantic

Ocean while participating in Majestic Eagle 2004. Majestic Eagle is a multinational

exercise being conducted off the coast of Morocco. The exercise demonstrates the

combined force capabilities and quick response times of the participating naval, air,

undersea and surface warfare groups. Countries involved in the NATO led exercise

include the United Kingdom, Morocco, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey.

ALBUQUERQUE's participation in Majestic Eagle is part of her scheduled deployment

supporting the Navy's new fleet response plan (FRP) and Summer Pulse '04, the

simultaneous deployment of seven carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the

ability of the Navy to provide credible combat power across the globe, in five theaters,

with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces.

2006 - experts at the Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C., confirmed that a World War II

submarine wreck found in the Gulf of Thailand last year is USS LAGARTO (SS-371).

Underwater archeologists at the center completed their examination of evidence

obtained in June by Navy divers from USS Salvor (ARS 52) and Mobile Diving and Salvage

Unit 1, both based in Pearl Harbor, HI.

July 13

1943 - PCU RATON (SS-270) commissioned USS RATON (SS-270) at Manitowoc Shipbuilding

Company, Manitowoc, WI.

1946 - USS HAKE (SS-256) decommissioned at New London, CT; placed in service as a Naval

Reserve Training Vessel at Philadelphia, PA.

1965 - USS MEDREGAL (SS-480) collided with the Lebanese merchant ship The Rodos in the

South China Sea suffering some damage. The incident took place18 miles south of

Hainan Island. The U.S. Department of Defense said the submarine was on routine

operations but China claimed the incident took place within its territorial waters.

1991 - PCU KENTUCKY (SSBN-737) commissioned USS KENTUCKY (SSBN-737) at the Electric Boat

Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

1996 - PCU WYOMING (SSBN-742) commissioned USS WYOMING (SSBN-742) at the Electric

Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

2006 - Cmdr. Todd Massidda relieved Cmdr. Melvin Lee as Commanding Officer, USS ALABAMA

(SSBN-731), in a change of command ceremony held in Deterrent Park at Naval Base

Kitsap Bangor, WA. During Lee’s tenure he was able to lead the crew through three

successful strategic deterrent patrols and conducted pre-deployment training with the

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) Strike Group for submarine defense. Cmdr. Lee and his crew

became a part of the nation’s history in October, 2005 when they completed the final

strategic offload and formally decommissioned the Navy’s Trident I C4 ballistic missile

system. They closed the final chapter perfectly on the weapon system which helped the

United States win the Cold War. Lee received a Meritorious Service Award, which he

attributed to the excellence of Alabama’s crew.

July 14

1920 - General Order 541 of July 14, 1920 introduced ship letter designators (SS meaning

submarine) and hull numbers. All submarines commissioned and decommissioned prior

to this had no assigned hull number or SS designator during their lifetimes. This

instruction was modified by SecNav Instruction 5030.1E of August 14, 1968. The SS is not

an acronym. The Navy adoped a double letter ship designation system as opposed to the

European system which uses single letters.

1923 - PCU S-13 (SS-118) commissioned USS S-13 (SS-118) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery,

ME; Lt. Wilder D. Baker commanding.

1941 - PCU HERRING (SS-233) keel laid as HERRING at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.

1943 - PCU PLAICE (SS-390) keel laid as PLAICE at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.

PCU POMFRET (SS-391) keel laid as POMFRET at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.

PCU STERLET (SS-392) keel laid as STERLET at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.

2006 - USS DOLPHIN (AGSS-555), the Navy’s only diesel-electric submarine, made homeport at

Naval Space and Warfare Systems Command in San Diego, CA after exercises that were

the first for DOLPHIN following shipyard availability.

1920 - PCU S-22 (SS-127) launched at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA;

sponsored by Mrs. Mark C. Bowman.

1942 - PCU SUNFISH (SS-281) commissioned USS SUNFISH (SS-281) at Mare Island Navy Yard,

Vallejo, CA.

1943 - PCU BLOWER (SS-325) keel laid as BLOWER at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.

1953 - USS CAVALLA (SS-244) third commission as USS CAVALLA (SSK-244).

1961 - PCU JOHN MARSHALL (SSBN-611) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock

Company, Newport News, VA.

1968 - USS HALIBUT (SSGN-587) deployed from Pearl Harbor, HI to look for the sunken Soviet

Golf II submarine that had, so far, not been found.

1995 - PCU WYOMING (SSBN-742) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics

Corporation, Groton, CT.

2003 - USS ASHEVILLE (SSN-758) arrived at Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, CA, after

completing post-overhaul sea trials. ASHEVILLE changed homeports to San Diego

following a two-year overhaul at Naval Submarine Base Bangor, WA.

1923 - USS T-2 (ex-AA-2) (later SF-2) (SS-60) decommissioned at Sub Base Hampton Roads, VA.;

laid up in the Reserve Fleet at Norfolk, VA, later moved to Philadelphia, PA.

PCU S-37 (SS-142) commissioned USS S-37 (SS-142) at Union Iron Works, San Francisco,

CA.

Kittery, ME.

1944 - PCU BULLHEAD (SS-332) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.

PCU LIZARDFISH (SS-373) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc,

WI.

NH; later cancelled.

1959 - PCU PERMIT (SSN-594) keel laid as PERMIT at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.

1969 - Ex-MANTA (SS/AGSS-299) was designated a target ship1949-1953; sunk as an aircraft

target this date off Norfolk, VA.

1994 - PCU MAINE (SSBN-741) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics

Corporation, Groton, CT.

July 17

1920 - Ex-A-2 (ex-ADDER) (SS-3) (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3) assigned the alphanumeric

hull number SS-3.

USS A-3 (ex-GRAMPUS) (SS-4) (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 4) assigned the

alphanumeric hull number SS-4.

alphanumeric hull number SS-5.

number SS-6.

alphanumeric hull number SS-7.

hull number SS-8.

1924 - PCU V-1 (SF-4) (later BARRACUDA) (SS-163) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery,

ME; sponsored by Mrs. Cornelia Wolcott Snyder, wife of Captain Snyder.

1935 - PCU PLUNGER (SS-179) keel laid as PLUNGER at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.

1936 - USS S-10 (SS-115) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register at

Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.

1939 - PCU SPEARFISH (SS-190) commissioned USS SPEARFISH (SS-190) at Electric Boat

Company, Groton, CT.

1942 - PCU HAKE (SS-256) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.

1944 - PCU CAIMAN (SS-323) commissioned USS CAIMAN (SS-323) at the Electric Boat

Company, Groton, CT.

PCU SEA OWL (SS-405) commissioned USS SEA OWL (SS-405) at Portsmouth Navy Yard,

Kittery, ME.

1953 - PCU T-1 (SST-1) (later MACKEREL) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General

Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

1958 - USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571) arrived at Mare Island Naval Shipyard awaiting better ice

conditions so that she could begin operation "Sunshine", her history making Polar

transit.

1964 - PCU ULYSSES S. GRANT (SSBN-631) commissioned USS ULYSSES S. GRANT (SSBN-631) at

the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

1993 - PCU RHODE ISLAND (SSBN-740) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics

Corporation, Groton, CT.

1996 - USS BALTIMORE (SSN-704) was part of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-

73) Battle Group, which completed their scheduled six-month deployment in the

Mediterranean. The George Washington returned to homeport July 23rd after sustained

operations in support of the NATO-led peacekeeping in Bosnia and UN sanctions against

Iraq in the Arabian Gulf.

1924 - USS S-33 (SS-138) collided with USS S-35 (SS-140) in the Pacific Ocean.

1945 - USS HALIBUT (SS-232) decommissioned at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH, after

damage from depth charge attack. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in

1946.

1981 - PCU DALLAS (SSN-700) commissioned USS DALLAS (SSN-700) at the Electric Boat

1939 - PCU TUNA (SS-203) keel laid as TUNA at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

1946 - Ex-SARGO (SS-188) struck from the Naval Vessel Register.

Ex-SAURY (SS-189) struck from the Naval Vessel Register.

Ex-SPEARFISH (SS-190) struck from the Naval Vessel Register.

1958 - USS PIPER (SS-409) ran aground on a sandbar off Provincetown, MA but was pulled free

after seven hours with minor damage.

PCU BARBEL (SS-580) launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH.

1979 - Ex-TIRU (SS-416) sunk as a target off Norfolk, VA.

1997 - PCU SEAWOLF (SSN-21) commissioned USS SEAWOLF (SSN-21) at the Electric Boat

Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT, homeport Groton, CT. She was

outfitted with the S6W reactor plant.

1998 - USS PASADENA (SSN-752), operating in the Pacific Ocean, was participating in the joint

exercise RIMPAC '98.

USS COLUMBUS (SSN-762) and the Korean submarine ROKS Lee Jong Moo (SS 66)

conducted exercises off the coast of Hawaii. The U.S and Korean navies were

participating in the joint Exercise RIMPAC '98. RIMPAC '98 was the largest multi-national

maritime exercise in the Pacific.

2002 - Ex-WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN-680) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and

Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

2004 - the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS DALLAS (SSN-700) departed Souda Harbor,

Crete, Greece, following a brief port visit. DALLAS was homported in Groton, CT and on a

routine deployment. Commissioned in 1981, DALLAS is the first Los Angeles class

submarine to have a dry deck shelter. Dry Deck Shelters provide specially configured

nuclear powered submarines with a greater capability of deploying Special Operations

Forces (SOF). DDSs can transport, deploy, and recover SOF teams from Combat Rubber

Raiding Crafts (CRRCs) or SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDVs), all the while remaining

submerged. In an era of littoral warfare, this capability substantially enhances the

combat flexibility of both the submarine and SOF personnel.

July 20

1942 - PCU RAY (SS-271) keel laid as RAY at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI.

Katherine Eugenia McKee.

Miss Elizabeth T. Monagle.

1944 - PCU TIGRONE (SS-419) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by

Mrs. Charles F. Grisham.

1945 - Ex-S-1 (SS-105) sold for scrapping at Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa.

1946 - USS POGY (SS-266) decommissioned at New London, CT; laid up in the Atlantic Reserve

Fleet.

USS CREVALLE (SS-291) decommissioned at New London, CT.

1960 - while submerged off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON

(SSBN-598) successfully fired two Polaris A-1 Missiles with a range of 1,200 miles each.

That year, she departed Charleston, SC on the first operational strategic patrol with the

Polaris Missile system.

1980 - USS GURNARD (SSN-662) spilled 30 gallons of water containing radioactive material into

San Diego Bay, CA. A Navy spokesman said the leak occurred when a crewman of

GURNARD accidentally opened a valve allowing the water to escape. The spokesman

said a water sample was taken and there was no increase in the general background

radioactive level in the area where the spill happened.

1985 - PCU KEY WEST (SSN-722) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company,

Newport News, VA.

2005 - sailors assigned to the Ohio-class fleet ballistic missile submarine USS PENNSYLVANIA

(SSBN-735) spelled out the word “Fifty” on her missile deck as they returned to Naval

Base Kitsap, Navy Region Northwest, WA. PENNSYLVANIA had just completed her 50th

Strategic Deterrent Patrol at sea, a significant moment in history for the submarine.

1919 - PCU R-8 (SS-85) commissioned USS R-8 at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA; Lt. Comdr.

Philip C. Ransom commanding.

PCU R-11 (SS-88) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; sponsored

by Miss Dorothy Batchelder.

1941 - PCU GUNNEL (SS-253) keel laid as GUNNEL at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.

1942 - PCU COD (SS-224) keel laid as COD at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.

1955 - PCU SEAWOLF (SSN-575) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics

Corporation, Groton, CT.

Corporation, Groton, CT.

1957 - USS GUDGEON (SS-567) made port at "Spy Sub Central", Yokosuka, Japan. This was her

last port call on a fairly regular WestPac deployment to Soviet waters and covert

missions.

1961 - USS ANGLER (SS-240) was slightly damaged in a minor collision with the freighter Export

1966 - PCU WILL ROGERS (SSBN-659) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics

Corporation, Groton, CT.

1976 - Ex-CHOPPER (SS/AGSS-342) sunk off Florida coast while being rigged as a tethered

underwater target.

1984 - PCU HYMAN G. RICKOVER (SSN-709) commissioned USS HYMAN G. RICKOVER (SSN-709)

at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

1989 - USS GLENARD P. LIPSCOMB (SSN-685) deck accident in the Atlantic.

2006 - Capt. Bill Hanson and Master Chief Electronics Technician (SS) Gaylord Humphries made

their log entries into the Submarine Force history books when they received Bronze Star

medals today at the Naval Submarine Base New London, CT Chapel on the Thames.

Former Commander, Submarine Group 2 Chief of Staff Capt. Bill Hanson earned the

award for his service as the Chief of Staff of the Joint Headquarters Transition Team,

Multinational Security Transitional Command in Iraq from Nov. 9, 2005 to May 6, 2006.

“His team is greatly responsible of transition of the security of Iraq from the Joint

Coalition Forces to Iraqi Security Forces,” said Rear Adm. Mark W. Kenny. While in

country, Hanson guided the Joint Headquarters Transition Team through a very rigorous

transitional period to develop Iraqi Joint Headquarters capacity to effectively command

and control the Iraqi Armed Forces, a force totaling approximately 160,000 military

personnel. His superb and tireless management of the Joint Headquarters Transition

Team’s daily engagement with the Iraqi Joint Headquarters, the Ministry of Defense and

numerous senior coalition commands play a significant role in maximizing the team’s

overall effectiveness. “For 27 years, my heroes were the submarine sailors that protect

this country each and every day, but in the last six months, I have some new heroes and

they are the men and women working and fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan to ensure our

freedoms, day in and day out,” said Hanson. Hanson, a native of Warren, Pa., will be

assuming command of the NROTC unit at Pennsylvania State University. Humphries,

who was serving as the career counselor for Submarine Group 2, earned his Bronze Star

for his work as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Commanding General, Task Force 134

at Camp Victory in Iraq from Aug. 30, 2005 to March 6, 2006. During his tour, Humphries

directly contributed to the tactical, operational and strategic success of an extremely

sensitive political military mission. He planned, coordinated and played a major role in

executing more than 300 missions throughout Iraq for the Commander, Task Force 134.

“I can’t stress enough the importance and great job the soldiers, sailors, airmen and

Marines are doing over there. They truly are doing a great job and they truly are

heroes,” said Humphries

1901 - PCU ADDER (later A-2) (SS-3) launched at Crescent Shipyards, Elizabethport, NJ;

sponsored by Mrs. Jane S. Wainwright, wife of Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright.

1936 - PCU SKIPJACK (SS-184) keel laid as SKIPJACK at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.

1939 - PCU SWORDFISH (SS-193) commissioned USS SWORDFISH (SS-193) at Mare Island Navy

Yard, Vallejo, CA; Lt. Chester C. Smith commanding.

1942 - PCU BLACKFISH (SS-221) commissioned USS BLACKFISH (SS-221) at Electric Boat

Company, Groton, CT; Commander R. W. Johnson commanding.

1944 - PCU MERO (SS-378) keel laid as MERO at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc,

WI.

1946 - PCU HALFBEAK (SS-352) commissioned USS HALFBEAK (SS-352) at Electric Boat

1953 - USS RASHER (SS-269) recommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard after extensive hull and

interior alterations for duty as a radar picket submarine; Lt. Comdr. R. W. Stecher in

command.

Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

1977 - USS HENRY L. STIMSON (SSBN-655) fouled the fishing nets of a Spanish trawler while

undergoing refresher training in the Rota, Spain area.

1978 - PCU BREMERTON (SSN-698) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics

Corporation, Groton, CT.

1992 - USS JOHN MARSHALL (SSBN-611) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the

Naval Vessel Register.

1994 - USS SILVERSIDES (SSN-679) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval

Vessel Register.

2005 - Capt. James G. Foggo relieved Capt. Robert M. Hennegan, who had been dual hatted as

both Commodore of Submarine Squadrons 6 and 8. Foggo commanded USS OKLAHOMA

CITY (SSN-723) from November 1998 to June 2001, during which she was awarded the

Submarine Squadron 8 Battle Efficiency “E”. He previously served on the Joint Staff (J5)

as the division chief for Western Europe and the Balkans. Submarine Squadron 6 is

comprised of four nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines.