OUR CREED: To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds, and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the of America and its constitution.

UNITED STATES VETERANS INCORPORTATED PALMETTO BASE NEWSLETTER October 2011

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Meeting Attendees………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..….5

Members…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5

Honorary Members……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………5

New Business…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….6

Old Business….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..6

Good of the Order……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..6

Base Contacts…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….8

Birthdays……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8

Welcome…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..8

Binnacle List………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8

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Dates in American Naval History……………………………………………………………………………………………….9

Dates in U.S. Submarine History………………………………………………………………………………………………16

Traditions of the Naval Service………………………………………………………………………………………………..44

Newsletter award…………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………….46

Monthly Calendar……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………47

Lost Boats...... 48

Advertising Partners...... 57

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Starboard quarter view looking forward, showing the Gar (SS 206) and Grampus (SS 207) fitting out on 30 March 1941.

Source: http://navsource.org/ 3

Brian Steffen

Vice CDR : D. W. Eggleston Events Chair : Allen “Buzz” Danielson Jr. VCDR : Randy Browning Fundraising Chair : Jim Null Secretary : George “Scram” Kokolis Liaison : D. W. Eggleston Treasurer : J. P. Watson Committee Chair : Tom O’Brien Chaplain : Bob Miller Ship’s Photographer : Jim Null : Jim “Snake” Stark Bereavement Chair : Randy Browning Webmaster : Mark Basnight Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Chair : Don Van Borsch Storekeeper : Brian Steffen Newsletter Editor : Randy Browning

Milt Berkey Michael House Tom Paige Steven Black Fernando Iglesias Larry Peay David Castro John Jeffries Tommy Richardson James L. Charbonneau Kenneth Johnson Ted R. Schneeberg Tracy R. Charbonneau Charlie Kerr James P. Scott Lonnie Franklin James N. Kirby Vince Seay Ronald Friend Arnold Kirk Leonard M. Snell Ken Fuhr John J. Krause John Solis Julian Galloway Harold R. Lane L. E. Spradlin Joseph E. Gawronski William M. Lindler Jerry Stout Joseph L. Geiger Eddie McVicker Thomas N. Thompson Glenn E. Harris Mark Morgan Jeffro M. Wagner Stoney Hilton John Nesbitt

Medal of Honor Recipient, Holland Club, Plankowner, Past District , Past Base Commander, Past Vice Commander, Past Junior Vice Commander, Past Secretary, Past Treasurer, Past Chaplain, Palmetto Base Hall of Fame, Palmetto Silver Star Award

Judy Cline Charlie MacKenzie

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Randy Browning Tom O’Brien Allen “Buzz” Danielson Tom Paige D. W. Eggleston L. E. Spradlin Ken Fuhr Jim “Snake” Stark Julian Galloway Brian Steffen George “Scram” Kokolis Thomas N. Thompson John Nesbitt Don Van Borsch Jim Null Jeffro M. Wagner

• Call to Order at 1900 hours by Commander Brian Steffen . • Invocation was given by L. E. Spradlin . • Pledge of Allegiance was led by Commander Brian Steffen . • The Tolling of the Boats was led by Vice Commander D. W. Eggleston with Jim “Snake” Stark tolling the bell. • Member Introduction – 16 members were present. • Base Secretary’s Report – Motion to accept minutes as written was accepted. • Treasurer’s Report – $5,296.51 (Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS): $3,800.00, Float fund: $1,230.34, Operating Fund $266.17) was accepted.

• COB presented the Treasurer with $76.00 for the float fund from the scrap metal drive o informed the membership that schematics of the float are available if anyone wants one o informed the membership that Jeffro Wagner donated two white Navy books to the base, the first of which will be raffled at the Christmas party.

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o Informed the membership that he is trying to get another scrap metal drive together o informed the membership that he has e-mailed the SC Arms Collectors Association to reserve a table at the next gun show on the 2nd Saturday and Sunday in November. We need volunteers to man the table from 9-5 on Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday. Contact the Fundraising Chair if you wish to volunteer. • Events Chair reminded the membership of the Gibbs Memorial and Lexington Veteran’s Day parade • Base Commander informed the membership that the base paid the cost of Clarence Teseniar ’s widow and her medical assistant for the cruise. • Base Commander presented Tom Paige with a certificate of appreciation for his contributions to the Kap(SS) for Kid(SS) program.

• COB/Events Chair informed the membership that veterans get an extra benefit with Social Security, which can be substantial and they can provide details as necessary. • Base Commander informed the membership that National awarded the Palmetto Sub Base with the Newsletter of the Year 2011 Class III Honorable Mention. o read the letter of appreciation his church received from Rear Admiral Kalathas (Centcom) for their contributions to those deployed in Qatar. o STRONGLY warned everyone about VA claims and their “suggestion” that veterans complete their claims online. If anybody needs to submit a claim, contact him and he’ll submit one on your behalf….DO NOT do this alone and especially online. o he can get polo shirts with the base patch on them in just about every color you’d like. Let him know if you are interested • Vice Commander informed the membership that dues MUST be paid by January 1, 2012 in order to maintain your seniority • Base Commander explained the USSVI’s drive for dues is lobbying (i.e. TRICARE for Life). The group with the most money gets heard first. • Base Photographer informed the membership about the next IA deployment. 94 military members will be department at 2040 • L. E. Spradlin informed the membership that the base exchange on Fort Jackson will now be selling guns and ammo.

• Junior Vice Commander informed the membership that there was no mention of Medal of Honor recipient Charles P. Murray, Jr.’s passing or of the memorial service for the 14 Jewish Rabbi chaplains who have been killed in the line of duty. We (veterans) need to keep each other informed of these events and to ensure they are kept in the public light. • Committee Chair informed the membership of the service for the 14 Jewish Rabbi chaplains who have been killed in the line of duty. The plaque will visit 27 locations across the country before being installed on Chaplain's Hill at the National cemetery in DC about a month from now. It was a beautiful ceremony. • John Nesbitt informed the membership about Post 93 of World War II veterans. 6

• Base Commander suggested we present a base flag to our current governor and the membership agreed. • Committee Chair showed his submarine model to the base membership and explained that we could us it in parades and fund raising events.

Benediction was given by L. E. Spradlin.

There was no , but $72.00 was raised for the float fund.

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Commander : Brian Steffen (803) 897-2480 [email protected] Vice Commander : D.W. Eggleston (803) 932-9390 [email protected] Junior Vice CDR .: Randy Browning (803) 808-7065 [email protected] Secretary : George Kokolis (803) 460-5882 [email protected] Treasurer : J. P. Watson (803) 361-4193 [email protected] COB : Jim Stark (803) 957-7153 [email protected] Chaplain : Bob Miller (803) 603-0538 [email protected] Bereavement: Randy Browning (803) 808-7065 [email protected] Holland Club : D.W. Eggleston (803) 932-9390 [email protected] Storekeeper : Brian Steffen (803) 897-2480 [email protected] Newsletter : Randy Browning (803) 808-7065 [email protected]

Eddie McVicker – October 16th No new members Jeffro Wagner – October 16th

Mark Basnight Julian Galloway Bob Miller’s daughter Tom O’Brien

“I never trust a fighting man who doesn’t smoke or drink.” Admiral William (Bull) Frederick Halsey Jr.

Source : http://thinkexist.com/quotes/top/occupation/naval_officer/

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October 1 1800 - U.S. Schooner Experiment captures French Schooner Diana . 1844 - Naval Observatory headed by LT Matthew Fontaine Maury occupies first permanent quarters. 1874 - Supply Corps purser, LT J. Q. Barton, given leave to enter service of new Japanese Navy to organize a Pay Department and instruct Japanese about accounts. He served until 1 October 1877 when he again became a purser in the U.S. Navy. In 1878, the Emperor of conferred on him the Fourth Class of Rising Sun for his service. 1880 - John Phillip Sousa becomes leader of Marine Corps Band 1928 - First class at school for enlisted Navy and Marine Corps Radio intercept operators (The "On the roof gang") 1937 - Patrol aviation transferred to Aircraft Scouting Force, a reestablished type command. With change five patrol wings were established as separate administrative command over their squadrons. 1946 - Truculent Turtle lands at Columbus, Ohio, breaking world's record for distance without refueling with flight of 11,235 . 1949 - Military Sea Transportation Service activated. 1955 - Commissioning of USS Forrestal (CVA-59), first of postwar supercarriers 1979 - President Jimmy Carter awards the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to former naval aviators Neil Armstrong, CAPT Charles Conrad, Jr., USN (Ret.), COL John Glenn, USMC (Ret.), and RADM Alan Shepard, Jr., USN (Ret.) 1980 - USS Cochrane (DDG-21) rescues 104 Vietnamese refugees 620 miles east of Saigon 1990 - USS Independence (CV-62) enters Persian Gulf (first carrier in Persian Gulf since 1974) October 2 1799 - Establishment of Navy Yard 1939 - Foreign ministers of countries of the Western Hemisphere agree to establish a neutrality zone around the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North and to be enforced by the U. S. Navy October 3 1921 - USS Olympia sails for to bring home the Unknown Soldier from World War I 1955 - USS (CVL-48) begins disaster relief at Tampico, Mexico rescuing people and delivering supplies. Operations ends 10 October. 1962 - Launch of Sigma 7 (Mercury 8) piloted by CDR Walter M. Schirra, Jr., USN. In a mission lasting 9 hours and 13 minutes, he made 6 orbits at an altitude up to 175.8 statute miles 9

at 17,558 mph. Recovery by USS Kearsarge (CVS-33). October 4 1821 - LT Robert F. Stockton sails from for Africa to carry out his orders to help stop the international slave trade. 1944 - Aircraft from USS Ranger sink 5 German ships and damage 3 in Operation Leader, the only U.S. Navy carrier operation in northern European waters during World War II. 1952 - Task Force 77 aircraft encounter MIG-15 aircraft for the first time. 1976 - USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938) rescues 7 survivors of a Finnish motor craft that sank in the Baltic Sea. 1991 - USS Arkansas , USS Sioux , USS Aubrey Fitch and Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron SIX rescue personnel on merchant ships in three different rescue operations in the Arabian Sea. 1998 - U.S. and Algierian Navies conduct first bilateral exercise since Algerian independence in 1962. It was a search and rescue operation involving USS Mitscher . October 5 1863 - Confederate David seriously damages USS New Ironsides with a spar off Charleston, South Carolina. 1913 - Trial of OWL, Navy's first amphibian flying boat 1957 - Minitrack, a satellite tracking net developed by the Naval Research Laboratory, becomes operational. This network, with stations from Maine to , tracked the Vangard satellite. October 6 1884 - Department of the Navy establishes the at Newport, RI (General Order 325). 1940 - Fourth group of 8 U.S. involved in Destroyers for Bases Deal are turned over to British authorities at Halifax, Canada. 1943 - In night Battle of Vella Lavella, 3 U.S. destroyers attack 9 Japanese destroyers to stop evacuation of Japanese troops from Vella Lavella., Solomon Islands 1958 - USS Seawolf (SSN-575) completes record submerged run of 60 days, logging over 13,700 nautical miles. 1962 - Commissioning of USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25), first nuclear-powered frigate 1987 - Destruction of 3 Iranian small boats 1997 - NASA Astronaut CDR Wendy B. Lawrence, USN returns from mission of STS-86: Shuttle – Mir 7 when Atlantis docked with Mir Space Station. The mission began on 25 September. October 7 1864 - USS Washusett captures Confederate raider CSS Florida in harbor of Bahia, . 1924 - Rigid airship Shenandoah commences transcontinental flight. 1975 - President Gerald Ford signs law allowing admission of women into service academies (Public Law 94-106). 2001 - Operation Enduring Freedom begins with carrier air strikes, and ship and submarine Tomahamk strikes. October 8 1812 - Boat party under Lt. Jesse D. Elliott captures HMS Detroit and Caledonia in Niagara River. 1842 - Commodore Lawrence Kearny in USS Constitution addresses a letter to the Viceroy of , urging that American merchants in China be granted the same treaty privileges as

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the British. His negotiations are successful. 1950 - 1st Marine Division commences embarkion at Inchon for landings at Wonsan, Korea. 1961 - USS T ulare (AKA-112) and USS Princeton (CVS-7) rescue seamen from an American and a Lebanese merchant ship, which were aground on Kita Daita Jima. October 9 1873 - LT Charles Belknap calls a meeting at the Naval Academy to establish the U.S. Naval Institute for the purpose of disseminating scientific and professional knowledge throughout the Navy. 1942 - First three schools for enlisted WAVES open at Stillwater, OK (Yeoman), Bloomington, IN (Storekeepers), and Madison, WI (Radiomen). 1945 - Parade in honors FADM Chester W. Nimitz and 13 other Navy and Marine Corps Medal of Honor winners. 1961 - USS Princeton rescues 74 survivors of two shipwrecks (U.S. lines Pioneer Muse and SS Shiek ) from the island of Kita Daito Shima. October 10 1845 - Naval School, later the Naval Academy, opens in Annapolis, Maryland with 50 midshipmen and seven faculty. 1923 - First American-built rigid airship, Shenandoah, is christened. It used helium gas instead of hydrogen. 1944 - Opening of campaign begins with attack of four Carrier Task Groups of Task Force 38 on Okinawa and Ryukyus. 1960 - Navy assigned responsibility for program management and technial direction of Project SPASUR, the first U.S. universal satellite detection and tracking network. 1985 - Fighters from USS Saratoga (CV-60) force Egyptian airliner, with the hijackers of the cruise ship Achille Lauro aboard, to , where the hijackers were taken into custody. October 11 1776 - Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, New York. Although defeated, the American flotilla delayed the British advance and caused it to fall back into winter quarters. 1824 - Marquis de Lafayette visits the Washington Navy Yard during his year long tour of America. He returned to the yard the next day, October 12, to continue his visit. 1942 - Battle of Cape Esperance begins: In two-day battle, American task force stops Japanese attack on and sinks two Japanese ships while losing only USS Duncan (DD- 485). 1945 - Typhoon hits Okinawa, damaging many Navy ships. 1950 - Task Force 77 Aircraft destroy North Korean vessels off Songjin and Wonsan and north of Hungham. 1963 - Navy medical team from Norfolk, VA begins massive inoculation program to safeguard against outbreak of typhoid in the wake of Hurricane Flora. 1967 - Operation Coronado VI began in Rung Sat Zone 1968 - Launch of Apollo 7, the first U.S. 3-man space mission, commanded by CDR Walter Schirra, JR. USN. MAJ Ronnie Cunningham, USMCR served as Lunar Module pilot. The mission lasted 10 days and 20 hours. Recovery was by HS-5 helicopters from USS Essex (CVS-9).

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October 12 1914 - USS Jupiter (AC-3) is first Navy ship to complete transit of . 1944 - Aircraft from Carrier Task Force 38 attack Formosa. 1957 - RADM Dufek arrives at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica to command Operation Deep Freeze III during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58. 1961 - Five men cholera treatment demonstration team from Naval Medican Research Unit, Taipei leaves to assist setting up of facilities to treat an epidemic in . 1965 - End of Project Sealab II where teams of naval divers and scientists spent 15 days in Sealab moored 205 feet below surface near La Jolla, . 1965 - First group of men commissioned into Navy Nurse Corps report for one month indoctrination to Naval Service; LTJG Jerry McClelland, ENS Charles Franklin, ENS Israel Miller, ENS Richard Gierman and ENS George Silver. 1980 - USS Guadalcanal and other ships of Amphibious Forces, Sixth Fleet begin assistance to earthquake victims in Al Asnam, Algeria. 2000 - Terrorists in a boat make suicide attack on USS Cole (DDG-67) while the ship refuels in the port of Aden, . Seventeen Sailors are killed. October 13 1775 - Birthday of U.S. Navy. The Continental Congress establishes , later the U.S. Navy. 1954 - USS Saipan begins relief and humanitarian aid to Haitians who were victims of Hurricane Hazel. The operation ended 19 October. October 14 1918 - Naval Aviators of Marine Day Squadron 9 make first raid-in-force for the Northern Bombing Group in World War I when they bombed German railroad at Thielt Rivy, Belgium. October 15 1917 - USS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed by German submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram becomes first American sailor killed in World War I and later is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. He becomes the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him, in 1919. 1948 - First women officers on active duty sworn in as commissioned officers in regular Navy under Women's Service Integration Act of June 1948 by Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan: CAPT Joy B. Hancock, USN; LCDR Winifred R. Quick, USN; LCDR Anne King, USN; LCDR Frances L. Willoughby, MC, USN; LT Ellen Ford, SC, USN; LT Doris Cranmore, MSC, USN; LTJG Doris A. Defenderfer, USN; and LTJG Betty Rae Tennant, USN. 1957 - USS Lake Champlain reaches Valencia, to assist in flood rescue work. 1960 - USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) begins successful firing of four Polaris test vehicles under operational rather than test conditions. Tests are completed on 18 October. 1965 - U.S. Naval Support Activity Danang Vietnam, established. October 16 1885 - CAPT Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN, becomes Superintendent of the Naval War College 1891 - Baltimore Incident, Valparaiso, Chile. 1940 - 5th group of 10 destroyers from the Destroyers for Bases Deal turned over to British at Halifax, Canada. 1942 - Carrier aircraft from USS Hornet (CV-8) conduct attacks on Japanese troops on

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Guadalcanal. 1943 - Navy accepts its first helicopter, a Sikorsky YR-4B (HNS-1) at Bridgeport, . October 17 1922 - LCDR Virgil C. Griffin in Vought VE-7SF makes first takeoff from U.S. Navy , USS Langley (CV-1) anchored in York River, . 1941 - U-568 torpedoes and damages USS Kearny (DD-432) near Iceland, resulting in 11 killed and 22 injured. 1944 - Naval Forces land Army rangers on islands at the entrance to in preparation for landings. 1989 - Following San Francisco earthquake, 24 Navy and ships rendered assistance. October 18 1812 - U.S. sloop of war Wasp captures HM brig Frolic . 1859 - U.S. Marines reach Harper's Ferry, VA and assault the arsenal seized by John Brown and his followers. 1867 - USS Ossippee and USS Resaca participate in formal transfer of to U.S. authority at Sitka and remain to enforce law and order in new territory. 1944 - 3rd Fleet Carrier aircraft attack Japanese ships in harbor and land forces around Manila. 1968 - In Operation Sea Lords, the Navy's three major operating forces in Vietnam (TF 115, 116, and 117) are brought together for the first time to stop Vietcong infiltration deep into South Vietnam's Mekong Delta. October 19 1843 - CAPT Robert Stockton in Princeton , the first screw propelled naval steamer, challenges British merchant ship Great Western to a race off New York, which Princeton won easily 1915 - Establishment of Submarine Base at New London, Connecticut. 1944 - Secretary of Navy orders African American women accepted into Naval Reserve. 1987 - Destruction of an Iranian oil-drilling platform used for military purposes. October 20 1824 - U.S. Schooner Porpoise captures four pirate ships off . 1944 - Seventh Fleet lands over 60,000 Army troops on Leyte, while Japanese aircraft attack. 1952 - Task Force 77 establishes ECM Hunter/Killer Teams of 2 ECM equipped aircraft and an armed escort of 4 Skyraiders and 4 Corsairs. 1967 - Operation Coronado VII began in Mekong Delta, Vietnam. 1983 - Due to political strife, USS Independence (CV-59 ) ordered to Grenada. October 21 1797 - Launching of USS Constitution at the Hartts Boston shipyard, Boston, Massachusetts. The ship is now the oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy. 1942 - British submarine lands CAPT , USN and four Army officers at Cherchel, French North Africa, to meet with a French military delegation to learn the French attitude toward future Allied landings. 1944 - Leyte Landings continue. October 22 1846 - Miss Lavinia Fanning Watson of christens the sloop-of-war Germantown ,

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the first U.S. Navy ship sponsored by a woman. 1951 - First of seven detonations, Operation Buster-Jangle nuclear test. 1962 - President John F. Kennedy orders surface blockade (quarantine) of Cuba to prevent Soviet offensive weapons from reaching Cuba during the . October 23 1944 - Battle of Leyte Gulf, a series of separate battles, begins with attacks on Japanese ships. 1983 - A suicide truck bomber attacks the Marine barracks at Beirut airport, Lebanon killing 241 (220 Marines, 18 Sailors, and 3 soldiers) 1983 - Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada, ) begins. October 24 1944 - In air-sea battle in the Sibuyan Sea, carrier aircraft attack Japanese Center Force. 1958 - USS Kleinsmith (APD-134) evacuates U.S. nationals from Nicaro, Cuba. 1962 - Atlantic Fleet begins quarantine operations to force to agree to remove ballistic missiles and long range bombers from Cuba. October 25 1812 - USS United States (CAPT Stephen Decatur) captures HMS Macedonian . 1924 - Airship, USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), completes round trip transcontinental cruise that began on 7 October. 1944 - During Battle of Leyte Gulf in Battle of Surigao Straits, U.S. battleships execute the maneuver of "crossing the tee" of the Japanese forces. In Battle Off , escort carriers, destroyers and escorts heroically resist attacks of Japanese Center Force. In Battle Off Cape Engano, 3rd Fleet carriers attack Japanese Northern Force sinking several small carriers. 1950 - Chinese Communist Forces launch first offensive in Korea. 1966 - Operation Sea Dragon logistics interdiction began. 1983 - U.S. Marines and U.S. Army troops land on Grenada to evacuate U.S. citizens threatened by the island's unstable political situation. October 26 1921 - In first successful test, a compressed air, turntable catapult, launches an N-9 seaplane. 1922 - LCDR Godfrey deC. Chevalier makes first landing aboard a carrier (USS Langley ) while underway off Cape Henry, Virginia. 1942 - Battle of the Santa Cruz Island. USS Hornet (CV-8) was lost and USS Enterprise (CV-6) was badly damaged during the battle. 1944 - Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with Navy carrier and USAAF aircraft attacks on the retreating Japanese ships. U.S. forces sink many Japanese ships including 4 carriers, 3 battleships, 10 , and 9 destroyers, for a total of 26 capital ships. Afterwards Japanese fleet ceases to exist as an organized fighting fleet. 1944 - Special Task Air Group One makes last attack in month long demonstration of TDR drone missile against Japanese shipping and islands in the Pacific. Of 46 missiles fired, 29 reached their target areas. 1950 - U.S. Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet lands 1st Marine Division at Wonsan, Korea 1963 - USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) launches first Polaris A-3 missile from a submerged submarine, off Cape Canaveral, Florida. October 27 1864 - LT William Cushing, USN, sinks Confederate ram Albemarle with a spar torpedo attached

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to the bow of his launch. 1922 - Navy League of U.S. sponsors first annual celebration of Navy Day to focus public attention on the importance of the U.S. Navy. That date was selected because it was Theodore Roosevelt's birthday. 1943 - First women Marines report for duty on West Coast, Camp Pendleton. 1944 - Fast Carrier Task Forces attack Japanese shipping and installations in Visayas and northern . 1967 - Operation Coronado VIII begins in Rung Sat Zone. October 28 1864 - Steamer General Thomas and gunboat Stone River destroy Confederate batteries on Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama. 1882 - Orders issued for first Naval Attache (LCDR French Chadwick sent to London, ). October 29 1814 - Launching of Fulton I , first American steam powered warship, at New York City. The ship was designed by Robert Fulton. 1980 - USS Parsons (DDG-33) rescues 110 Vietnamese refugees 330 miles south of Saigon. October 30 1775 - Congress authorizes four vessels for the defense of the United Colonies. 1799 - William Balch becomes Navy's first commissioned Chaplain. October 31 1941 - German submarine U-552 sinks USS Reuben James (DD- 245), which was escorting Convoy HX 156, with loss of 115 lives. First U.S. ship lost to enemy action in World War II. 1943 - LT Hugh D. O'Neill of VF(N)-75 destroys a Japanese aircraft during night attack off Vella Lavella in first kill by a radar-equipped night fighter of the Pacific Fleet. 1956 - Navy men land in R4D Skytrain on the ice at the South Pole. RADM George Dufek, CAPT Douglas Cordiner, CAPT William Hawkes, LCDR Conrad Shinn, LT John Swadener, AD2 J. P. Strider and AD2 William Cumbie are the first men to stand on the South Pole since Captain Robert F. Scott in 1912. 1956 - USS Burdo (APD-133) and USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) evacuate 166 persons from Haifa, Israel due to the fighting between Egypt and Israel. 1961 - End of Lighter than Air in U.S. Navy with disestablishment of Fleet Airship Wing One and ZP-1 and ZP-3, the last operating units in LTA branch of , at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/dates.htm

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October 1 1920 - PCU S-8 (SS-113) commissioned USS S-8 (SS-113) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. Comdr. Eric F. Zemke commanding. 1924 - PCU V-1 (SF-4) (later-BARRACUDA) (SS-163) commissioned USS V-1 (SF-4) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lieutenant Commander S. Picking commanding. 1935 - PCU POLLACK (SS-180) keel laid as POLLACK at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH. 1936 - PCU STINGRAY (SS-186) keel laid as STINGRAY at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH. 1941 - PCU HADDO (SS-255) keel laid as HADDO at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1942 - PCU SCORPION (SS-278) commissioned USS SCORPION (SS-278) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. Comdr. W. N. Wylie commanding. 1943 - PCU ANGLER (SS-240) commissioned USS ANGLER (SS-240) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lt. Comdr. Roger I. Olsen commanding. 1944 - PCU CAPITAINE (SS-336) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. J. A. Rondomanski. PCU QUILLBACK (SS-424) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. J. A. Tyree, Jr. PCU ARGONAUT (SS-475) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Allen R. McCann, the wife of Capt. McCann. 1958 - PCU SARGO (SSN-583) commissioned USS SARGO (SSN-583) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1970 - USS BUGARA (SS-331) decommissioned and struck from the . USS SEA ROBIN (SS-407) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 1972 - USS PICUDA (SS-382) second decommissioning; loaned to Spain under terms of the 16

Security Assistance Program, commissioned into the as Narciso Monitorial (S-33). USS BANG (SS-385) second decommissioning; loaned to Spain under terms of the Security Assistance Program, commissioned into the Spanish Navy as Cosme Garcia (S- 34). 1973 - USS TIRANTE (SS-420) decommissioned at , FL and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register. Ex-TRUMPETFISH (SS-425) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), sold to Brazil. Ex-TUSK (SS-426) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), sold to . Ex-REMORA (SS-487) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), sold to . 1976 - Ex-TIGRONE (AGSS-419) disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise (usually a target). 1977 - USS SALMON (SS-573) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 1978 - Ex-MACKEREL (SST-1) disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise (usually a target). 1982 - Ex-RONCADOR (AGSS-301) sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping. USS THOMAS A. EDISON (SSBN-610) collided with USS Leftwich (DD-984) 40 miles west of Subic Bay, Phillipines. 1983 - PCU PORTSMOUTH (SSN-707) commissioned USS PORTSMOUTH (SSN-707) at the Electric Boat Division, Corporation, Groton, CT. 1990 - USS BLUEBACK (SS-581) decommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was the last non-nuclear powered in the U. S. Navy inventory. 1995 - USS GATO (SSN-615) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register; laid up at Bremerton Naval Shipyard. She was the last of the SSN-593 class in commission. Ex-SIMON BOLIVAR (SSBN-641) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2001 - Ex-HADDOCK (SSN-621) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. Ex-SILVERSIDES (SSN-679) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2002 - USS OHIO (SSBN-726) hull reclassed to SSGN. USS FLORIDA (SSBN-728) hull reclassed to SSGN. October 2 1939 - PCU SEARAVEN (SS-196) commissioned USS SEARAVEN (SS-196) at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lt. Thomas G. Reamy commanding. 1940 - PCU TUNA (SS-203) launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; sponsored by Mrs. Wilhelm L. Friedell. 1944 - PCU IREX (SS-482) keel laid as IREX at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Kittery, ME. 1961 - PCU NATHAN HALE (SSBN 623) keel laid as NATHAN HALE at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.

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October 3 1900 - PCU ADDER (later A-2) (SS-3) keel laid as ADDER at Crescent Shipyards, Elizabethport, NJ. 1944 - USS SEAWOLF (SS-197) and Lt. Cmdr. A.M. Bontier left Brisbane on September 21, 1944 beginning her fifteenth war patrol and arrived at Manus on September 29th. Leaving Manus on the same day, SEAWOLF was directed to carry certain stores and Army personnel (Filipino-American commandos) to the east coast of Samar. On October 3rd SEAWOLF and USS NARWHAL (SS-167) exchanged SJ radar recognition signals at 0756. Later the same day an enemy submarine attack was made, which resulted in the sinking of USS Shelton (DE 407). Since there were four friendly submarines in the vicinity of this attack, they were directed to give their positions and the other three did, but SEAWOLF was not heard from. On October 4th, SEAWOLF again was directed to report her position, and again she failed to. USS Rowell (DE 403) and an aircraft attacked a submarine in the vicinity of the attack on Shelton, having at that time no knowledge of any friendly submarines in the area; it was thought that SEAWOLF must be held down by these antisubmarine activities. It is possible that SEAWOLF was the submarine attacked. The report from Rowell indicates that an apparently lethal attack was conducted in conjunction with a plane which marked the spot with dye. Rowell established sound contact on the submarine, which sent long dashes and dots which Rowell stated bore no resemblance to the existing recognition signals. After one of the several attacks a small amount of debris and a large air bubble were seen. It has been established that the Japanese submarine RO-41 sank Shelton on October 3 and was able to return to Japan. In view of the above facts and the fact that there is no attack listed in the Japanese report of antisubmarine attacks which could account for the loss of SEAWOLF, it is possible that SEAWOLF was sunk by friendly forces in an antisubmarine attack on October 3, 1944. It is also possible that she was lost due to an operational casualty or as a result of an unrecorded enemy attack. Eighty-three men and seventeen U.S. Army personnel (Filipino-American commandos) perished with her that day. She was the thirty-seventh U.S. submarine loss of World War II. SEAWOLF received 13 battle stars for World War II service. 1959 - PCU THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600) launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1963 - USS MEDREGAL (SS-480) was struck by a MK-37 torpedo fired by USS SABALO (SS-302) during exercises. Damage was not major. 1992 - PCU CHARLOTTE (SSN-766) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 2004 - USS ALEXANDRIA (SSN-757) and Cmdr. Thomas J. Kearney made port at Goa, India, during Exercise Malabar 04. Malabar was designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the United States. The at-sea exercise included maritime interdiction, surface events, sub-surface, air events and personnel exchanges. October 4 1906 - PCU OCTOPUS (later C-1) (SS-9) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Miss F. Webster. 1913 - PCU K-2 (SS-33) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Mrs. Ruth Chamberlain McEntee. 1944 - USS S-16 (SS-121) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 18

USS S-17 (SS-122) second decommissioning. 1952 - USS BANG (SS-385) third commissioning after conversion to a GUPPY type submarine. 1959 - USS TENCH (SS-417) ran aground on a mudbank in Portsmouth, U.K. The submarine was lifted off the mudbank without damage. 2005 - USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701) received a Letter of Commendation for her last deployment from February to August 2004, when she conducted an operation and participated in a number of exercises including Pacific Reach. October 5 1918 - USS O-5 (SS-66) battery explosion in the After Battery. 1925 - USS R-8 (SS-85) collided with USS Widgeon (AM-22) in Pearl Harbor, HI. 1936 - PCU PERMIT (SS-178) launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Harold G. Bowen. 1940 - PCU GATO (SS-212) keel laid as GATO at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Royal E. Ingersoll. 1942 - USS GRUNION (SS-216) reported overdue from war patrol off Kiska Island, AK and assumed lost with all hands. 1948 - Ex-SKATE (SS-305) sunk as a target in 515 fathoms of water off San Clemente Island, CA. 1959 - USS GROWLER (SSG-577) suffered flooding through a cable fitting while on deep submergence off Isle of Shoals near NH. USS SEADRAGON (SSN-584) collided with a whale or possibly a large shark on the surface at night. This occurred during her sea trials off Portsmouth, NH. One of her propellers was bent, so she proceeded to Portsmouth for repairs on her own power using her other propeller. 1967 - PCU SEA DEVIL (SSN-664) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1995 - USS OMAHA (SSN-692) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register; in storage at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard awaiting disposal through the NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2004 - Marisco Ltd. workers were repairing the aging hull of the decommissioned Balao-class submarine USS BOWFIN (SS-287) at their shipyard near the former Naval Air Station Barber's Point, HI, during a restoration project. BOWFIN has served as a floating museum for 23 years, and is moored next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor's Center. Known as the "Pearl Harbor Avenger," BOWFIN was launched one year to the day after Dec. 7, 1941 and was credited with sinking 44 enemy ships during the course of her nine extraordinary war patrols. Indian Navy officers observed as the crew of the guided missile frigate USS Gary (FFG 51) prepared for a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the Indian Navy replenishment and repair ship INS Aditya (A 59). Gary, along with the guided missile USS Cowpens (CG 63) and the attack submarine USS ALEXANDRIA (SSN-757), were off the coast of India to take part in exercise Malabar 04 with the Indian Navy. Malabar is designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the United States. The at-sea exercise includes maritime interdiction, surface events, sub-surface, air events and personnel exchanges. 2005 - five submarines assigned to Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, HI, were given unit awards for deployments made to the Western Pacific. USS CHARLOTTE (SSN- 19

766), USS TUCSON (SSN-770), USS HONOLULU (SSN-718), USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701) and USS CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI (SSN-705) were all recognized for outstanding operational performance during deployments in 2003 and 2004. TUCSON and CHARLOTTE both received the Navy Unit Commendation. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI received the Meritorious Unit Commendation, while HONOLULU and LA JOLLA received Letters of Commendation from the Secretary of the Navy. According to the award citations, each of the submarines successfully completed missions that were vital to national security while operating in a challenging environment. TUCSON, which returned from her Western Pacific deployment in November 2004, was successful in accomplishing her challenging missions due to the efforts of her crew, said Commanding Officer Cmdr. James Pitts. Cmdr. Dennis Carpenter, commanding officer of CHARLOTTE, also credited his crew for the submarine's superior performance during her deployment that ended in January. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, based in , was recognized for operations she conducted in the Western Pacific between August 2003 and September 2004. According to the award citation, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI's crew "displayed exceptional tactical skill and perseverance while operating under extremely challenging conditions to gather high- value intelligence and prepare the battlespace for future operations." LA JOLLA was commended for her last deployment from February to August 2004, during which time she conducted an operation and participated in a number of exercises including Pacific Reach. HONOLULU, which returned from her deployment in October 2004, was commended for conducting operations important to national security and for participating in several exercises including Jasex-2004 and Summer Pulse. October 6 1937 - PCU STINGRAY (SS-186) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH; sponsored by Mrs. Ridley McLean, widow of Rear Admiral McLean, who had a distinguished career in the submarine service. 1939 - PCU MACKEREL (SS-204) keel laid as MACKEREL at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1944 - PCU TENCH (SS-417) commissioned USS TENCH (SS-417) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1972 - USS TULLIBEE (SSN-597) collided with the West German freighter Hagen in stormy weather as she was cruising just beneath the surface about 150 nautical miles east of Cape Hatteras, NC. There was only slight damage to TULLIBEE and the collision did not impair the operations of either ship. 1984 - PCU HENRY M. JACKSON (SSBN-730) commissioned USS HENRY M. JACKSON (SSBN-730) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT in honor of the late U.S. Senator. 1992 - PCU CHEYENNE (SSN-773) keel laid as CHEYENNE at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, VA. October 7 1916 - PCU O-16 (SS-77) keel laid as O-16 at California Shipbuilding Company, Long Beach, CA. 1918 - PCU R-19 (SS-96) at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA; Lt. Comdr. William F. Callaway commanding. 1931 - PCU CUTTLEFISH (ex V-9/SC-4) (SS-171) keel laid as CUTTLEFISH at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1942 - PCU TINOSA (SS-283) launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; sponsored by Mrs. 20

William E. Molloy. 1943 - USS S-44 (SS-155) and Lt. Cmdr. F.E. Brown departed Attu September 26th for their last war patrol. One day out, while en route to her operating area in the northern Kuriles, she was spotted and attacked by a Japanese patrol plane. Suffering no damage, she continued west. On the night of 7 October, she made radar contact with a "small merchantman" off Paramushiru, Kuriles (Northern) and closed in for a surface attack. Several hundred yards from the target, her deck gun fired and was answered by a salvo. The "small merchantman" was IJNS Ishigaki , a Shimushu class destroyer. The order to dive was given, but S-44 failed to submerge. She took several hits - in the control room, in the forward battery room, and elsewhere. S-44 was ordered abandoned. A pillow case was put up from the forward battery room hatch as a flag of surrender but the shelling continued. Possibly eight men escaped from the submarine as she went down. Two, Chief Torpedoman's Mate Ernest A. Duva and Radioman Third Class William F. Whitmore, were picked up by the destroyer. Taken initially to Paramushiro, then to the Naval Interrogation Camp at Ofuna, the two submariners spent the last year of World War II working in the Ashio copper mines. They were repatriated by the Allies at the end of the war. Fifty-five men perished with her that day. She was the twentieth U.S. submarine loss of World War II. S-44 earned 2 battle stars for World War II service. 1946 - USS TUNA (SS-203) got underway for Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA, from Pearl Harbor, HI, after the nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll. She arrived at Mare Island a week later where she moored with the 19th Fleet. USS DENTUDA (SS-335) got underway for Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA, from Pearl Harbor, HI, after the nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll. 1955 - USS X-1 (SSX-1), the U. S. Navy's first , was placed in service. 1964 - USS BARBERO (SS/SSA/SSG-317) sunk as a target by USS GREENFISH (SS-351) off Pearl Harbor, HI. 2005 - USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701)’s Commanding Officer Cmdr. Brian Howes was relieved by Cmdr. Nelson P. Hildreth in a change of command ceremony held onboard the Pearl Harbor, HI based nuclear attack submarine. Howes’ next assignment was Commanding Officer of the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command’s Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit at Ballston Spa, New York. During his tour, the ship conducted a Western Pacific deployment and two Northern Pacific deployments and was awarded the Seven Battle Efficiency “E” as well as the Meritorious Unit Commendation for their 2004 Western Pacific deployment. On October 4, 2005, the crew of LA JOLLA received a Letter of Commendation for her last deployment from February to August 2004, during which time she conducted an operation and participated in a number of exercises including Pacific Reach. Hildreth previously served as the Officer in Charge of Moored Training Ship DANIEL WEBSTER (MTS-626) at the Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit, Charleston, SC. Prior to that assignment he served as Executive Officer onboard USS MIAMI (SSN-755). October 8 1943 - USS HALIBUT (SS-232) collided with USS Thomas (DD-102) off . 1960 - PCU SCAMP (SSN-588) launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1986 - USS SNOOK (SSN-592) decommissioned. 2004 - USS CHEYENNE (SSN-773) departed for a Western Pacific deployment from her homeport of Pearl Harbor, HI. According to CHEYENNE's commanding officer, Cmdr. Richard Testyon, the crew worked hard to prepare for this deployment. CHEYENNE was 21

the first U.S. warship to launch cruise missiles in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Now 18 months after that deployment, one of CHEYENNE’s final tests before deployment was the strike certification. CHEYENNE was the newest submarine in the Pacific Submarine Force. Commissioned in September 1996, she is the 62nd Los Angles-class submarine; approximately 360 feet long and carries a crew of 130 men. October 9 1918 - PCU O-1 (SS-62) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. PCU H-4 (SS-147) launched at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA. 1942 - PCU HADDO (SS-255) commissioned USS HADDO (SS-255) at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lt. Comdr. Wallace L. Lent commanding. 1943 - PCU SANDLANCE (SS-381) commissioned USS SAND LANCE (SS-381) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1945 - USS S-30 (SS-135) decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1953 - PCU T-1 (later MACKEREL) (SST-1) placed in service as T-1 (SST-1) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT; Lt. J. M. Snyder, Jr. commanding. 1971 - PCU BATFISH (SSN-681) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1976 - PCU GROTON (SSN-694) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. PCU DALLAS (SSN-700) keel laid as DALLAS at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1995 - PCU COLUMBIA (SSN-771) commissioned USS COLUMBIA (SSN-771) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. October 10 1919 - PCU R-14 (SS-91) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Miss Florence L. Gardner. 1923 - USS S-37 (SS-142) was recharging in harbor at San Pedro, CA in the afternoon; her training schedule was interrupted by an explosion in the after battery compartment. Dense black smoke and gas fumes filled the flame and arc-lit room. Extensive material damage added to the difficulty of rescue operations in the gas-filled room. Three men were brought out. Two bodies were left behind. One of the rescued died before medical help arrived. Two of the rescuers were seriously injured. The room was sealed. At 0500 on the 11th, pressure which had built up in the room forced open the main hatch. The room was resealed. At 1030, the compartment was opened but fire broke out again. The room was resealed for another hour. At 1130, the area was ventilated. Clearing and repair work was started. 1945 - USS S-43 (SS-154) decommissioned at San Francisco, CA. 1946 - USS BURRFISH (SS-312) decommissioned at Submarine Base New London, CT; laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London Group. 1957 - PCU SARGO (SSN-583) launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1961 - Ex-GUARDFISH (SS-217) sunk as a target for a new submarine torpedo by USS DOGFISH (SS-350) and USS BLENNY (SS/AGSS-324), 97 miles south of Block Island. 1962 - USS TRITON (SSN-586) suffered a fire during repairs in New London, CT. A spokesman for Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation said there was only minor damage to one compartment and that no one was injured. He said no radioactivity was involved. The cause of the fire was said to be undetermined. 22

2004 - Ex-PORTSMOUTH (SSN-707)'s flag lowering ceremony was held and her disposition status is inactive, out of commission, to be disposed of. Serving for more than 20 years, PORTSMOUTH conducted nine extended deployments and three mini-deployments. She was awarded six Meritorious Unit Commendations, the Silver Anchor Award for excellence in retention, the Engineering Red “E”, the Supply Blue “E”, five Battle Efficiency “E” awards, and a . October 11 1912 - USS F-1 (ex-CARP) (SS-20) ran aground off Watsonville, CA when her mooring slipped in a gale, two crew were lost. 1943 - USS WAHOO (SS-238) was lost on her seventh patrol in or near La Perouse Strait by Japanese aircraft. Commanding Officer "Mush" Morton, smarting from his last luckless patrol, asked to return to the Sea of Japan. Permission was granted. On 9 September, WAHOO got underway from Pearl Harbor, topped off at Midway on 13 September, and headed for La Perouse Strait. The plan was for Morton to enter the Sea of Japan first, on or about 20 September, with USS SAWFISH (SS-276) following by a few days. At sunset on 21 October, WAHOO was supposed to leave her assigned area, south of the 43rd parallel, and head for home. She was instructed to report by radio after she passed through the Kuril chain. Nothing further was ever heard from Morton in WAHOO. On 5 October, the Japanese news agency, Domei , announced to the world that a steamer was sunk by an American submarine off the west coast of Honshu near Tsushima Strait, with the loss of 544 lives. This was the 8,000-ton Konron Maru . In addition, JANAC showed that Morton sank three other ships for 5,300 tons, making the total for this last patrol four ships amounting to about 13,000 tons. Japanese records also reported that on 11 October the date WAHOO was due to exit through La Perouse Strait, an antisubmarine aircraft found a surfaced submarine and attacked, dropping three depth charges. SAWFISH had been depth charged by a while transiting the strait two days before, and the enemy's antisubmarine forces were obviously on the alert in that area. There could be little doubt that this attack fatally holed WAHOO and that she sank, taking down "Mush the Magnificent" and all hands. WAHOO was announced overdue on 2 December 1943 and stricken from the Navy list on 6 December 1943. The loss of Morton and WAHOO caused profound shock in the submarine force. All further forays into the Sea of Japan ceased, and it was not again invaded until June 1945, when special mine detecting equipment was available for submarines. Morton was posthumously awarded a fourth Navy Cross. When he died, his claimed sinkings exceeded those of any other submarine skipper: Seventeen ships for 100,000 tons. In the postwar accounting, this was readjusted to 19 ships for about 55,000 tons. This left Morton, in terms of individual ships sunk, one of the top three skippers of the war. So ended the career of one of the greatest submarine teams of World War II - WAHOO and "Mush" Morton. Information gleaned from Japanese sources since the cessation of hostilities indicates that an antisubmarine attack was made in La Perouse Strait on 11 October 1943. This was two days after SAWFISH went through the Straits. It is felt that WAHOO succumbed to this attack and not a mine. Seventy-nine men perished with her that day. She was the twenty-first U.S. submarine loss of World War II. WAHOO earned six battle stars for World War II service. 1945 - USS O-8 (SS-69) struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 1946 - the salvage vessel Clamp (ARS-33) took USS SKATE (SS-305) in tow and headed for San 23

Francisco, CA; then to Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA where the submarine was inspected, then decommissioned. 1969 - USS SPINAX (SS-489) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register. PCU GRAYLING (SSN-646) commissioned USS GRAYLING (SSN-646) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. 2003 - at about 2 p.m. (local time) the tug Ernest Campbell separated from the empty 83-meter (271-foot) double-hulled tank barge, Dottie , that it had been towing. The tug’s position at the time was reported as approximately 12 miles west southwest of Cape Flattery. This put the tug and barge within the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary but outside the established Area-To-Be-Avoided (ATBA). Winds on-scene at the time were reported as 20 to 40 knots (23 to 46 miles per hour) which, combined with 4- to 6-meter (15- to 20-foot) seas, pushed the drifting Dottie north at a speed reported by Canada's Tofino Vessel Traffic Center to be 4 knots (4.6 miles per hour). The tug and tow were inbound in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, enroute to Port Angeles. Reports indicated that the attack submarine USS TOPEKA (SSN-754), homeported at San Diego, CA, had severed the tow line connecting the tug and barge. No injuries or oil spill were reported. 2005 - USS TUCSON (SSN-770) departed her homeport of Pearl Harbor, HI to participate in a Combined Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of Southern California. For approximately three weeks, the nuclear-powered attack submarine’s crew conducted various Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) exercises as a part of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) . COMPTUEX is an intermediate level battle group training exercise. It typically represents the first time a carrier strike group operates together as a cohesive team and is a critical step toward final certification to deploy overseas. TUCSON is the 59th Los Angeles class attack submarine and the 20th of the Improved-Los Angeles class attack submarine to be built. Construction began on June 10, 1988 and she was commissioned August 18, 1995. October 12 1900 - PCU HOLLAND (SS-1) (the former Holland VI) commissioned USS HOLLAND at Newport, RI; Lt. Harry H. Caldwell commanding. 1943 - USS DORADO (SS-248), a newly commissioned submarine, under LCDR E. C. Schneider, sailed from New London, CT on October 6, 1943 for Panama. She did not arrive at Panama nor was she heard from at any time after sailing. The Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, in his comments concerning the Court of Inquiry covering the case, lists three possible causes for the loss of DORADO; operating casualties, enemy action, and attack by friendly forces. The standard practice of imposing bombing restrictions within an area of fifteen miles on each side of the course of an unescorted submarine making passage in friendly waters and fifty miles ahead and one hundred miles astern of her scheduled position was carried out and all concerned were notified. A convoy was so routed as to pass through the bombing and attack restriction area surrounding DORADO on the evening of October 12, 1943, assuming correct navigation and adherence to schedule by both. A patrol plane which was assigned by Commandant, NOB, Guantanamo to furnish air coverage on the evening of October 12, received faulty instructions as to the location of the bombing and attack restriction area surrounding DORADO and at 8:49 PM, local time, the plane delivered a surprise attack of three depth 24

charges on an unidentified submarine. About two hours later, the plane sighted another submarine with which it attempted to exchange recognition signals without success. This submarine fired upon the plane. A German submarine was known to be operating near the scene of these two contacts. Because of the lack of evidence, the Court of Inquiry was unable to reach definite conclusions as to the cause of the loss of DORADO. Seventy-seven men perished with her that day. She was the twenty-second U.S. submarine loss of World War II. PCU PIPEFISH (SS-388) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1945 - USS DOLPHIN (ex-V-7/SF-10/SC-3) (SS-169) decommissioned at Portsmouth Navy Yard, NH. 1959 - USS TILEFISH (SS-307) decommissioned. 1968 - PCU WHALE (SSN-638) commissioned USS WHALE (SSN-638) at General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy, MA. 2005 - the Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine USS LOUISIANA (SSBN-743) arrived at her new homeport of Naval Base Kitsap, Silverdale, WA. LOUISIANA was formerly homeported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA. October 13 1944 - PCU THORNBACK (SS-418) commissioned USS THORNBACK (SS-418) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1965 - USS BARB (SSN-596) and USS SARGO (SSN-583) collided while on maneuvers 15 miles west of Oahu, HI. Minor damage resulted to the bow of one submarine and to the mast and sail of the other but there were no injuries and both ships returned to port under their own power. 1984 - PCU CHICAGO (SSN-721) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, VA. 1995 - Ex-STONEWALL JACKSON (SSBN-634) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. October 14 1922 - PCU S-48 (SS-159) was accepted by the Navy after repair work and commissioned USS S- 48 (SS-159) at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; Lt. S. E. Bray commanding. 1943 - PCU SEGUNDO (SS-398) keel laid as SEGUNDO at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1944 - PCU LAGARTO (SS-371) commissioned USS LAGARTO (SS-371) at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI. 1946 - USS DENTUDA (SS-335) arrived at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA for radiological study and decommissioning after participating in nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll. USS PARCHE (SS-384) arrived at Pearl Harbor and then reported to Mare Island Group,19th Fleet for decommissioning. 1953 - PCU T-2 (later-MARLIN) (SST-2) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. William R. DeLoach. 1966 - PCU WHALE (SSN-638) launched at General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy, MA. PCU SUNFISH (SSN-649) launched at General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy, MA. 1982 - PCU PROVIDENCE (SSN-719) keel laid as PROVIDENCE at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1989 - PCU WEST VIRGINIA (SSBN-736) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 2005 - the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS PHILADELPHIA (SSN-690) arrived in 25

Souda Harbor for a routine port visit to Greece's largest island. PHILADELPHIA was homeported in Groton, CT, and began her scheduled deployment in June 2005. October 15 1923 - PCU S-26 (SS-131) commissioned USS S-26 (SS-131) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA; Lt. Edmund W. Burrough commanding. 1925 - USS S-25 (SS-130) collided with USS Ortolan (AM-45). 1943 - PCU TANG (SS-306) commissioned USS TANG (SS-306) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; Lt. Comdr. Richard H. O'Kane commanding. 1944 - PCU CARBONERO (SS-337) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. S. S. Murray. 1952 - USS SEA FOX (SS-402) decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA for GUPPY IIA conversion. 1956 - during the height of the Suez crisis USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571) accidentally fired two dummy practice torpedoes at a British merchantman during naval maneuvers in European waters. NAUTILUS mistook the ship for an aircraft carrier on her . 1959 - "Apparently intentional" damage to electrical cables of USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571) was discovered during overhaul at the naval shipyard in Portsmouth, NH. The Navy said the damage appeared to be confined to the electrical system and "does not extend to the nuclear reactor plant." The Navy disclosure of the incident followed an article in The Portsmouth Herald which reported a series of incidents involving "sabotage-type" damage to the craft including fires, cut cables, broken pipes, and other damage to vital parts. PCU BLUEBACK (SS-581) commissioned USS BLUEBACK (SS-581) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pasgagoula, MS. 1972 - Ex-LING (IXSS-297) donated as a Museum and Memorial to the State of New Jersey Naval Museum, Hackensack, NJ. 1973 - USS TRUMPETFISH (SS-425) decommissioned at Charleston, SC and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 1983 - PCU HENRY M. JACKSON (SSBN-730) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1996 - Ex-PARGO (SSN-650) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. Ex-GURNARD (SSN-662) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. Ex-FLYING FISH (SSN-673) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2004 - Vice Adm. Charles L. Munns relieved Vice Adm. Kirkland H. Donald as Commander, Naval Submarine Forces (COMNAVSUBFOR); Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Commander, Allied Submarine Command; Commander, Task Force (CTF) 84; and CTF 144 in a ceremony at Norfolk, VA. Munns was previously assigned as Director, Navy/Marine Corps Intranet. He began his naval career at the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating with distinction in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in physics. His first command assignment was as commanding officer of USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN-687) from April 1990 to October 1992. During his command, the ship was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation, two Navy Unit Commendations and three consecutive Battle "E" Awards. Under Donald’s command, the submarine force reached many significant 26

milestones, including the keel laying of two new Virginia-class submarines, PCU HAWAII (SSN-776) and PCU NORTH CAROLINA (SSN-777), and the christening of another in PCU TEXAS (SSN-775). Donald had been confirmed by Congress to receive a fourth star and relieved Adm. Frank “Skip” Bowman later in October as Director, Naval Nuclear Reactors. COMNAVSUBFOR is the advisor to Commander, Fleet Forces Command on core submarine issues such as force structure, modernization requirements, training initiatives and operational concept development. The establishment of COMNAVSUBFOR improved efficiency through integration of fleetwide practices and creation of a single voice for submarine readiness requirements, operational and technical needs. October 16 1900 - USS HOLLAND (SS-1) left Newport, RI under tow of the tug Leyden for Annapolis, MD where she trained cadets of the Naval Academy as well as officers and enlisted men ordered there to receive training; this was a vital role in preparing officers and men for the operation of other submarines that were being built for the Fleet. 1917 - PCU R-1 (SS-78) keel laid as R-1 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA PCU R-2 (SS-79) keel laid as R-2 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. PCU R-4 (SS-81) keel laid as R-4 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. PCU R-5 (SS-82) keel laid as R-5 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1918 - PCU S-25 (SS-130) keel laid as S-25 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA. 1928 - USS S-4 (SS-109) recommissioned at Boston Navy Yard, MA after repairs because of ramming by U.S. Coast Guard vessel PAULDING (CG-17, ex USN destroyer DD-22). 1940 - USS S-1 (SS-105) recommissioned at Philadelphia, PA. 1942 - PCU JACK (SS-259) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Frances Seely. 1943 - PCU PICUDA (SS-382) commissioned USS PICUDA (SS-382) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH. 1944 - Ex-S-1 (SS-105) returned to U.S. custody at Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa. 1946 - USS GREENLING (SS-213) decommissioned at New London, CT; placed in service as a Naval Reserve training vessel at Portsmouth, NH and Boston, MA. 1948 - Ex-PILOTFISH (SS-386) sunk as a target off Eniwetok, Marshall Islands after , a nuclear weapon test series. Pilotfish received five battle stars for World War II service. 1951 - PCU WAHOO (SS-565) launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. 1968 - USS GUITARRO (SSN-665) sank alongside pier at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. She was refloated, refitted and went on to have a twenty year career. 1976 - PCU LA JOLLA (SSN-701) keel laid as LA JOLLA at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1982 - PCU SALT LAKE CITY (SSN-716) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, VA. 1991 - USS SEA DEVIL (SSN-664) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register. October 17 1918 - PCU H-7 (SS-150) launched at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA. 1919 - PCU R-13 (SS-90) commissioned USS R-13 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; Lt. Comdr. Walter E. Boyle commanding. 1943 - PCU BREAM (SS-243) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT ; sponsored by 27

Mrs. Wreford G. Chapple, wife of the prospective commanding officer. PCU SHARK (SS-314) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT ; sponsored by Mrs. Albert Thomas, wife of Honorable Albert Thomas, United States Congressman from the Eighth District of Texas. 1944 - PCU RUNNER (SS-476) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. PCU CONGER (SS-477) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1945 - USS CACHALOT (V-8) (SS-170) decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. USS STINGRAY (SS-186) decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. 1964 - PCU TINOSA (SSN-606) commissioned USS TINOSA (SSN-606) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. 1968 - Ex-ARCHERFISH (SS/AGSS-311) sunk as a target in 2000 fathoms of water at 32°23.0'N, 122°58.1'W. At 2114Z this date a MK37-2 torpedo fired from USS SNOOK (SSN-592), hit the stern and detonated but did not sink the target. This was the second of two MK37-2 torpedoes employed; the first did not acquire or attack the target. At 2226Z, after being struck broadside by a MK14-5 torpedo, ARCHERFISH split in half near the after battery hatch and descended to her final resting place off the coast of San Diego, CA. 1973 - USS AMBERJACK (SS-522) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register at U.S. Naval Submarine Base, Key West, FL. 2002 - USS CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI (SSN-705) arrived at her new homeport of Apra Harbor, Guam. She became part of (SUBRON 15). After 20 years of dormancy, the squadron was reactivated in February 2001 to support the homeporting of three Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI was the first. The ballistic missile submarine USS PENNSYLVANIA (SSBN-735) arrived at her new homeport, Naval Submarine Base, Bangor, WA, following a voyage from her previous base at Kings Bay, GA. Strategic deterrence has been the sole mission of the Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine (SSBN) since its inception in 1960. The SSBN provides the nation's most survivable and enduring nuclear strike capability. The Ohio-class submarine, of which PENNSYLVANIA is one, replaced aging SSBNs built in the 1960s and is far more capable. 2005 - the nuclear-attack submarine USS HOUSTON (SSN-713), homeported at Apra Harbor, Guam, partnered with the Australian navy to strengthen her warfare capabilities through an annual joint exercise, Lungfish 2005. Lungfish 2005 was a tactical development exercise between the two navies that trained and taught tracking methods of both nuclear and diesel submarines. In a direct response to Pacific Fleet’s priority to enhance anti-submarine warfare abilities, the submarine’s crew participated in two anti- submarine missions and joint submarine command courses while deployed to Perth, Australia late that summer. The joint exercises allowed for the U.S. Navy to learn and gain knowledge from the Australian diesel submarine, the HMAS Francomb, and its , the HMAS Rankin. “We tracked their submarine and tried some tactics out to enhance our ability to track and detect a diesel submarine,” said Lt. Cmdr. Brian Davies, executive officer of HOUSTON. While both Navies conducted tracking and detecting exercises, three sailors from HOUSTON were afforded the opportunity to ride aboard Australia’s diesel submarine. The exercise provided hands-on, real-time training, which is more effective than any teaching conducted by a simulator or trainer. In addition to the skills developed, the weeklong exercise strengthened communication ties 28

between the two allied countries. HOUSTON, a Los Angeles-class submarine, is homeported in Apra Harbor, Guam. She is designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships. Her other missions range from intelligence collecting and Special Forces delivery to anti-ship and strike warfare. 2005 - Capt. Clarence E. Carter relieved Capt. Robert M. Hennegan as Commodore, Submarine Squadron 8 in a ceremony at Pier 3, , VA, aboard USS HUMAN G. RICKOVER (SSN-709). Carter, a native of Birmingham, AL, has a bachelor of engineering degree in civil engineering and mathematics from the University of Vanderbilt and a master of science degree in public administration from Central Michigan University. He has served as executive officer aboard USS FLORIDA (SSBN-728) (GOLD) and commanding officer, USS SCRANTON (SSN-756). Hennegan, a native of New London, CT. and second- generation submariner, is a 1980 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He assumed command of Submarine Squadron 8 in July 2004. October 18 1907 - PCU VIPER (later B-1) (SS-10) commissioned USS VIPER at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; Lieutenant D. C. Gingham commanding. PCU CUTTLEFISH (later B-2) (SS-11) commissioned USS CUTTLEFISH at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; Lieutenant E. J. Marquart commanding. 1922 - PCU S-27 (SS-132) launched at the Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Mrs. Frank Baldwin. 1937 - PCU SQUALUS (SS-192) keel laid as SQUALUS at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1943 - PCU FLIER (SS-250) commissioned USS FLIER (SS-250) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lieutenant Commander J. W. Crowley commanding. 1944 - PCU SPRINGER (SS-414) commissioned USS SPRINGER (SS-414) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 1958 - USS BERGALL (SS-320) decommissioned and transferred, on loan, to . 1963 - PCU VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, VA. 1973 - USS TUSK (SS-426) simultaneously decommissioned at New London, CT, struck from the Naval Vessel Register and transferred (sold) via the Security Assistance Program to Taiwan at Charleston, SC; renamed Hai Pao (S-792). 1994 - Ex-GUITARRO (SSN-665) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2002 - Ex-SAILFISH (SS-572) was berthed at Bremerton, WA stripped of electronics, weapons and awaiting disposal. She was moored starboard side to, under the angled flight deck of Midway (CV-41). 2004 - PCU VIRGINIA (SSN-774), the Navy's newest attack submarine, arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, VA, in preparation for her commissioning on Saturday, October 23. VIRGINIA was the Navy’s first major combatant to join the Fleet designed from a post- perspective. 2005 - USS SAN JUAN (SSN-751) arrived for a brief port visit at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. SAN JUAN was homeported in Groton, CT, and was on a scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. 2005 - Capt. Michael Zieser, Commodore, Submarine Squadron One, presented the Navy Unit Commendation to the crew of USS CHARLOTTE (SSN-766) at the submarine piers at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI. The crew received the award for meritorious service and 29

outstanding performance of duty in the conduct of operations of vital importance to national security as a unit of the Pacific Fleet from August 1, 2004 to January 31, 2005. According to Zieser, the award is a result of a dedicated crew. “A Navy Unit Commendation is a pretty darn good award. You guys worked very hard for it and you deserve it.” Cmdr. Dennis Carpenter, CHARLOTTE’s commanding officer, said the crew earned the award. “We conducted three very successful back-to-back missions. The readiness of the ship allowed us to go without upkeep, so we were ready to go to sea without an inport maintenance period. That says a lot for the crew,” said Carpenter. Established by the Secretary of the Navy December 18, 1944, and awarded by the secretary with the approval of the President, this unit commendation is conferred on any ship, aircraft, detachment or other unit of the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps for extremely meritorious service not involving combat but in support of military operations, which were outstanding when compared to other units performing similar service. October 19 1901 - PCU SHARK (later A-7) (SS-8) launched at , Elizabethport, NJ; sponsored by Mrs. Walter Stevens Turpin, wife of Lt. Comdr. Walter S. Turpin, an officer on duty at Crescent Shipyard. 1918 - PCU O-2 (SS-63) commissioned USS O-2 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA; Lt. Comdr. F. T. Chew commanding. PCU O-11 (SS-72) commissioned USS O-11 at New York, NY; Lt. Comdr. F. W. Scanland commanding. PCU O-12 (SS-73) commissioned USS O-12 at New York, NY; Lt. Comdr. J. E. Austin commanding. 1920 - USS O-3 (SS-64) collided with SS Hampdon about five miles from Smith Point in Chesapeake Bay. 1933- PCU V-8 (SC-4) (later-CACHALOT) (SS-170) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Miss K. D. Kempff. 1945 - USS S-31 (SS-136) third decommissioning at San Francisco, CA. USS S-32 (SS-137) decommissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 1971 - PCU RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN-687) keel laid as RICHARD B. RUSSELL at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1974 - PCU PHILADELPHIA (SSN-690) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. PCU INDIANAPOLIS (SSN-697) keel laid as INDIANAPOLIS at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 2004 - USS PARCHE (SSN-683) was paid fitting tribute for her 30-plus years of dedicated and faithful service to the U.S. Navy during a decommissioning and change of command ceremony at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS), WA. Cmdr. Bill Guerrero relieved Capt. Charles Richard as commanding officer of the Sturgeon-class attack submarine in front of former PARCHE crew members, distinguished guests, family and friends of the crew. PARCHE was named after her predecessor, USS PARCHE (SS-384), which was commissioned November 20, 1943. The name PARCHE comes from a French butterfly fish, Chaetodon Capistratus, which is known for its remarkable navigation abilities. PARCHE was commissioned in August 1974 and served as a unit of the Atlantic Submarine Force until 1976 before transferring to SUBPAC. Once arriving at her new homeport at Mare Island, CA, PARCHE received ocean engineering modifications. 30

From 1987 to 1991, PARCHE began an extended overhaul at Mare Island Shipyard. The boat was refueled and modified for research and development, adding a 100 foot extension to her hull, and began a new mission as part of Submarine Development Squadron 5. PARCHE resumed Pacific Fleet operations in 1992 and was transferred to her new homeport at Naval Submarine Base Bangor, WA, in November 1994. Throughout her 30-year career, PARCHE earned numerous accolades, including nine Presidential Unit Citations and 10 Navy Unit Commendations. PARCHE was laid up at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard awaiting disposal through the NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. October 20 1909 - PCU TUNA (later G-2) (SS-27) keel laid as TUNA at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. 1917 - PCU O-4 (SS-65) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1921 - USS E-1 (ex-SKIPJACK) (SS-24) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. USS E-2 (ex-STURGEON) (SS-25) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. PCU V-1 (SF-4) (later-BARRACUDA) (SS-163) keel laid as BARRACUDA at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. PCU V-2 (SF-5) (later-BASS) (SS-164) keel laid as BASS at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1922 - USS H-5 (SS-148) decommissioned at Norfolk, VA; laid up in the Reserve Fleet. 1937 - USS S-1 (SS-105) decommissioned at Philadelphia, PA. 1941 - PCU HADDOCK (SS-231) launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. William H. Allen. 1942 - PCU DARTER (SS-227) keel laid as DARTER at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1956 - PCU DARTER (SS-576) commissioned USS DARTER (SS-576) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT; Lieutenant Commander R. R. Blaine commanding. 1990 - PCU WEST VIRGINIA (SSBN-736) commissioned USS WEST VIRGINIA (SSBN-736) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 2000 - Ex-NATHANAEL GREENE (SSN-636) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2004 - the Ohio-class Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine USS NEBRASKA (SSBN-739) arrived at her new homeport of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, WA. NEBRASKA was formerly homeported at Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, GA. October 21 1931 - PCU CACHALOT (V-8) (SS-170) keel laid as CACHALOT at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1943 - PCU BUGARA (SS-331) keel laid as BUGARA at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. PCU BULLHEAD (SS-332) keel laid as BULLHEAD at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1944 - PCU CHUB (SS-329) commissioned USS CHUB (SS-329) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Commander C. D. Rhymes, Jr. commanding. 1948 - Ex-SEARAVEN (SS-196) struck from the Naval Vessel Register. Ex-TUNA (SS-203) struck from the Naval Vessel Register. Ex-SKATE (SS-305) struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 31

1955 - USS ARCHERFISH (SS-311) decommissioned at New London, CT; laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New London. 1989 - PCU TOPEKA (SSN-754) commissioned USS TOPEKA (SSN-754) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1994 - Ex-CASIMIR PULASKI (SSBN-633) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2004 - Cmdr. John Russ assumed command of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS HONOLULU (SSN-718). Russ relieved Cmdr. Chuck Harris as commanding officer during a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI. October 22 1919 - PCU S-14 (SS-119) launched at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; sponsored by Mrs. George T. Parker. 1920 - PCU S-48 (SS-159) keel laid as S-48 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. PCU S-49 (SS-160) keel laid as S-49 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. 1941 - PCU TRIGGER (SS-237) launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; sponsored by Mrs. Walter N. Vernou. 1946 - USS SEARAVEN (SS-196) arrived at San Francisco, CA for radiological study after transiting from Kwajalein to Pearl Harbor, HI. She had participated in Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll earlier that summer. 1954 - USS DACE (SS-247) recommissioned after extensive modernization. 1965 - PCU BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (SSBN-640) commissioned USS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (SSBN- 640) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 2003 - the attack submarine USS ALBUQUERQUE (SSN-706) was part of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) Carrier Strike Group. The Enterprise Carrier Strike Group was conducting a Comprehensive Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in preparation for an upcoming Mediterranean deployment. October 23 1919 - PCU R-23 (SS-100) commissioned USS R-23 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; Lt. David R. Lee commanding. PCU R-25 (SS-102) commissioned USS R-25 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; Lt. Comdr. Charles A. Lockwood, Jr. commanding. PCU R-26 (SS-103) commissioned SS R-26 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; Lt. Joseph C. Arnold commanding. 1922 - USS H-2 (SS-29) decommissioned at , VA; laid up in the Reserve Fleet. USS H-3 (SS-30) decommissioned at Hampton Roads, VA; laid up in the Reserve Fleet. USS H-6 (SS-149) decommissioned at Hampton Roads, VA; laid up in the Reserve Fleet. USS H-7 (SS-150) decommissioned at Hampton Roads, VA; laid up in the Reserve Fleet. 1937 - PCU SKIPJACK (SS-184) launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Miss Frances Cuthbert Van Keuren. 1939 - PCU SEADRAGON (SS-194) commissioned USS SEADRAGON (SS-194) at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lt. John G. Johns commanding. 1941 - USS O-9 (SS-70) struck from the Naval Vessel Register after her tragic loss on 20 June 1941. 1944 - PCU DUGONG (SS-353) construction cancelled. PCU EEL (SS-354) construction cancelled. PCU ESPADA (SS-355) construction cancelled. 32

1945 - USS S-33 (SS-138) decommissioned at San Francisco, CA. USS S-34 (SS-139) decommissioned at San Francisco, CA. 1954 - USS HAMMERHEAD (SS-364) decommissioned and transferred (loaned) to Turkey where she served the Turkish Navy as CERBE (S-341). 1961 - PCU HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) keel laid as HENRY CLAY at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, VA. 1965 - PCU MARIANO G. VALLEJO (SSBN-658) launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1992 - PCU LOUISIANA (SSBN-743) keel laid as LOUISIANA at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 2003 - USS BREMERTON (SSN-698) rendered honors to President George W. Bush as the Admiral’s barge for Commander Naval Region Hawaii passed. President Bush stopped in Hawaii on his return from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Thailand. He and First Lady Laura Bush, escorted by Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, Commander U.S. Pacific Command, were aboard the Admiral’s barge for Commander Naval Region Hawaii, visiting the battleship Missouri (BB-63) museum and the Arizona Memorial. The President also laid a wreath and met with Pearl Harbor survivors aboard the Arizona Memorial. Four Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, HI submarine skippers received Bronze Stars for their courageous leadership during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cmdr. Michael Jabaley, USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724); Cmdr. Charles Merkel, formerly USS KEY WEST (SSN-722); Cmdr. Duane Ashton, USS COLUMBIA (SSN-771); and Cmdr. Charles Doty, USS CHEYENNE (SSN-773), were awarded the medals by their respective commodores. These four ships patrolled the 5th Fleet area of operations and performed Tomahawk strikes in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). All four credited their crews for the success of all missions. “The entire crew earned this award. The hard work of all 150 men resulted in the ship’s success throughout the deployment. I’m honored to accept it on their behalf,” said Jabaley. Ashton concurs with that sentiment. “The Columbia Warriors are Americans who stepped up to the plate and accomplished amazing things, making their achievements look routine as result of their training, commitment and professionalism,” he said. CHEYENNE was the first U.S. warship to launch Tomahawks during the initial strike March 19, 2003. Doty expressed his crew’s dedication and determination. “I am truly honored to receive the Bronze Star. It really belongs to the crew. They showed extraordinary effort and never faltered,” Doty concluded. Merkel has the unique distinction of being the only submarine commander who has led his crew into back-to- back combat deployments since World War II. “It was an honor and privilege to have commanded USS KEY WEST during such a challenging time in our nation’s history. I will be forever proud of my crew’s performance. My crew was absolutely the key to my success,” Merkel said. The Bronze Star Medal, which was authorized by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, February 4, 1944, is awarded to members of all branches of military service and may be awarded either for combat heroism or for meritorious service. KEY WEST, LOUISVILLE and COLUMBIA are attack submarines that belonged to Submarine Squadron 3. CHEYENNE belonged to Submarine Squadron 7. 2004 - the first nuclear-powered Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, PCU VIRGINIA (SSN-774), was commissioned USS VIRGINIA (SSN-774) at Norfolk Naval Station, VA. Commander, 33

Naval Submarine Forces, Vice Adm. Charles L. Munns gave the order to commission the ship. “Capt. Kern, you and your men have much to be proud of, but also more work to do,” Munns said. “You must steer VIRGINIA around this dangerous and uncertain world. Guard her stealth, use her endurance, harvest her sensors and make ready her firepower. I expect you to dominate any assignment from open ocean to the contested littorals.” VIRGINIA is the ninth U.S. naval vessel to be named for the “Old Dominion.” The Virginia-class submarine is the Navy’s first delivered major combatant designed with the post-Cold War security environment in mind. She embodies the warfighting and operational capabilities required to dominate the littorals while maintaining undersea dominance in the open ocean. Under an innovative agreement, General Dynamics Electric Boat is producing the Virginia-class submarines as part of a team effort with Newport News. VIRGINIA has improved stealth, sophisticated surveillance capabilities and special warfare enhancements that enable it to meet the Navy's multimission requirements. With a modular design, the Virginia class will be able to accommodate technology upgrades throughout the life of the class. VIRGINIA is 377 feet in length, has a waterline beam of 34 feet, a navigational draft of 32 feet, displaces approximately 7,800 tons submerged, can dive to depths greater than 800 feet, and can sustain speeds of more than 25 knots when submerged. VIRGINIA can attack targets ashore with highly accurate Tomahawk cruise missiles and conduct covert long-term surveillance of land areas, littoral waters and other sea forces. She also has superior anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare capabilities, is able to provide special forces delivery and support, and can conduct mine delivery and minefield mapping. VIRGINIA was homeported in Groton, CT. Ten of a projected 30 Virginia-class submarines are under contract to be built by General Dynamics Electric Boat and Northrop Grumman Newport News. PCU TEXAS (SSN-775), PCU HAWAII (SSN-776) and PCU NORTH CAROLINA (SSN-777) are currently under construction and are scheduled to join the fleet over the next three years. October 24 1914 - PCU K-4 (ex-WALRUS) (SS-35) commissioned USS K-4 at Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, Seattle, WA; Lt. J. P. Olding commanding. 1918 - PCU H-4 (SS-147) commissioned USS H-4 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA; Lt. Ralph O. Davis commanding. PCU H-7 (SS-150) commissioned USS H-7 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA; Lt. Edmund A. Crenshaw commanding. 1933 - PCU SHARK (SS-174) keel laid as SHARK at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1941 - PCU SHAD (SS-235) keel laid as SHAD at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1942 - PCU ROBALO (SS-273) keel laid as ROBALO at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI. PCU SNOOK (SS-279) commissioned USS SNOOK (SS-279) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. Comdr. C. O. Triebel commanding. 1943 - PCU HAMMERHEAD (SS-364) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI; sponsored by Mrs. R. W. Berry. 1944 - USS DARTER (SS-227) commanded by CDR D.H. McClintock, left Brisbane for a period of training on September 1 1944 en route to her fourth war patrol. She topped off with fuel at Darwin on September 10 and departed on the same day to perform routine reconnaissance duty in the Celebes Sea from September 14 to 24. Proceeding then to the 34

South China Sea with USS DACE (SS-247), commanded by CDR B.D. Claggett, DARTER formed a coordinated attack team with that vessel. The period from October 12 to 24 produced many targets and attacks for DARTER, and she sank 9,900 tons of enemy shipping and damaged 19,900 tons in this time. In the early morning of October 23, 1944, both DARTER and DACE contacted and tracked a large enemy force heading north through Palawan Passage en route to engage our forces in the battles for Leyte Gulf. They attacked while the enemy was unable to alter course appreciably and in brilliant pre-dawn submerged attacks, sank the heavy cruisers Atago and Maya , and so severely damaged the heavy cruiser Takao , that she was useless for the rest of the war. During daylight, DARTER tried a submerged attack on Takao , which had been stopped, but was driven off by screening destroyers. Thus a night coordinated attack plan was drawn up by the two boats. Since she could not surface to take sights, DARTER was forced to navigate on a 24-hour-old dead reckoning plot. At 2200 Takao got underway, and DARTER began a surface attack. Detecting two radars sweeping, she decided to do an end around, and then make an attack at radar depth. At 0005 on October 24, 1944, DARTER grounded on Bombay Shoal, and making 17 knots at the time, rode up to a draft of nine feet forward. Efforts to get off the reef were unsuccessful, and a message was sent to DACE requesting assistance. DACE closed DARTER and, after confidential gear had been smashed and classified matter burned, the men of DARTER were transferred to DACE. This was all done before dawn, and there were no losses of DARTER personnel. DARTER's four patrols (including her last) resulted in 23,700 tons of enemy ships being sent to the bottom, and 30,000 tons being damaged. She began her patrolling career south and west of Truk in January and February 1944. She damaged a freighter on this first patrol. In the second patrol for this vessel, she covered the area in and around the Celebes Sea; she sank a freighter here. DARTER's third patrol was again in the eastern Celebes Sea, and she sank the large mine layer Tsugaru on June 29, 1944. She was credited with sinking the heavy cruiser Atago and damaging the heavy cruiser Takao on the night of October 23, 1944 shortly before she stranded. She was the thirty-ninth U.S. submarine loss of World War II. DARTER was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for her last patrol and she earned four battle stars for World War II service. USS TANG (SS-306) under Cmdr. R.H. O’Kane set out from Pearl Harbor on September 24, 1944, to begin her fifth war patrol. On 27 September she topped off with fuel at Midway and left there the same day, heading for an area between the northwest coast of Formosa, and the China Coast. In order to reach her area, TANG had to pass through narrow waters known to be heavily patrolled by the enemy. A large area stretching northeast from Formosa was known to be mined by the enemy, and O’Kane was given the choice of making the passage north of Formosa alone, or joining a coordinated attack group (USS SILVERSIDES (SS-236), USS TRIGGER (SS-237), USS SALMON (SS-182), under Cmdr. Coye in SILVERSIDES) which was to patrol off northeast Formosa, and making the passage with them. TANG chose to make the passage alone and these vessels never heard from TANG, nor did any base, after she left Midway. The story of TANG’s sinking comes from the report of her surviving Commanding Officer. A night surface attack was launched on October 24, 1944 against a transport which had previously been stopped in an earlier attack. The first torpedo was fired, and when it was observed to be running true, the second and last was loosed. It curved sharply to the left, broached, porpoised and circled. Emergency speed was called for and the rudder was thrown over. These 35

measures resulted only in the torpedo striking the stern of TANG, rather than amidships. The explosion was violent, and people as far forward as the control room received broken limbs. The ship went down by the stern with the after three compartments flooded. Of the nine officers and men on the bridge, three were able to swim through the night until picked up eight hours later. One officer escaped from the flooded conning tower, and was rescued with the others. The submarine came to rest on the bottom at 180 ft. and the men in her crowded forward as the after compartments flooded. Publications were burned, and all assembled to the forward room to escape. The escape was delayed by a Japanese patrol, which dropped charges, and started an electrical fire in the forward battery. Thirteen men escaped from the forward room, and by the time the last made his exit, the heat from the fire was so intense that the paint on the bulkhead was scorching, melting, and running down. Of the 13 men who escaped, only eight reached the surface, and of these but five were able to swim until rescued. When the nine survivors were picked up by a , there were victims of TANG’s previous sinkings on board, and they inflicted tortures on the men from TANG. With great humanity, O’Kane states, “When we realized that our clubbing and kickings were being administered by the burned, mutilated survivors of our handiwork, we found we could take it with less prejudice.” The nine captives were retained by the Japanese in prison camps until the end of the war, and were treated by them in typical fashion. The loss of TANG by her own torpedo, the last one fired on the most successful patrol ever made by a U.S. submarine, was a stroke of singular misfortune. She is credited with having sunk 13 vessels for 107,324 tons of enemy shipping on this patrol. On her last patrol TANG fired twenty-four torpedoes in four attacks. Twenty-two torpedoes found their mark in enemy ships, sinking 13 of them; one missed, and the last torpedo, fired after a careful check over, sank TANG. In her five patrols, TANG is credited with sinking 31 ships, totaling 227,800 tons and damaging two for 4,100 tons. This record is unexcelled among American submarines. In her first patrol, spending February 1944 west of Truk and Saipan, she sank three freighters, a large tanker and a . TANG’s second patrol was in the area west of , east of Davao and at Truk. She made no ship contacts worthy of attack, but at the latter island she rescued twenty- two Navy airmen during a carrier-based strike at Truk on April 30 through May 1, 1944. This vessel’s third patrol was in the East China and Yellow Seas. Here she sank six freighters, a tanker, and a large aircraft transport. She covered the waters along the southern coast of Honshu in . She sank a freighter, a large transport, a tanker and two patrol craft, while she damaged another freighter and small craft. Seventy-eight men perished with her that day. TANG was the forty-first U.S. submarine loss of World War II. TANG received four battle stars and two Presidential Unit Citations for World War II service. Her commanding officer received the Congressional Medal of Honor for TANG's final action. Commander O’Kane has been called the Submarine Force’s most outstanding officer; he served as Executive Officer of the very successful WAHOO before taking command of TANG. 1945 - USS CUTTLEFISH (ex V-9/SC-5) (SS-171) decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. 1949 - PCU WAHOO (SS-565) keel laid as WAHOO at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. 1952 - USS TIGRONE (SS-419) suffered a fire at the Philadelphia Naval Base, injuring two civilians. 36

1953 - USS CABEZON (SS-334) decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. 1959 - USS KRAKEN (SS-370) transferred to Spain, renamed Almirante García de los Reyes (E-1). 1961 - PCU SNOOK (SSN-592) commissioned USS SNOOK (SSN-592) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Company, Pascagoula, MS. 1981 - PCU LA JOLLA (SSN-701) commissioned USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1985 - USS SWORDFISH (SSN-579) suffered a propulsion casualty while operating as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. A source aboard SWORDFISH at that time said that she was about 125 miles NW of Pearl Harbor, HI. She had a cracked pressure hull that was caused by "a collision with a submerged submarine"; both shaft seals leaked ALL THE TIME. It was necessary to make 5 to 7 knots to maintain trim. Before going to periscope depth, the Engineering Officer of the Watch, and only him, had to slip into his "greenies", remove the deck plates and go into the bilge to see the level of the water marks. If they were too high, the bilges had to be pumped. Instead, he looked at the Engineering Roving Watch logs, and since they weren't circled in red, he called up Control and told them, "No problem here". As SWORDFISH slowed down and put on an up angle, the water in the bilge moved into the after Torpedo Room. SWORDFISH was losing speed because turns were taken off the screw and the up angle started to increase; then she started to sink. Because of the cracked hull, there was a depth restriction of 500 feet. SWORDFISH emergency blew at 620 feet. As she did, the reactor scrammed at 47 degrees up angle. Then all the lights went out and she lost power. When the battery circuit breaker finally closed and lights came back, she was still sinking and passing 680 feet, but slower now. The trim party was like a human chain trying to get as many people into the forward Torpedo Room as possible. Under these emergency circumstances, they cross connected the trim pump with the drain pump on battery power. SWORDFISH slowly broached and the whole stern end of the boat was still below the surface. She was totally dead in the water. The crew was afraid to re-start the reactor because of the up angle. There was no coolant present in some of the pumps and they didn't know the extent of damage to them. When they sent a message to COMSUBRON7, there were two fighter jets circling above them in about 25 minutes to make sure that they wouldn't be comprised by any Russian submarines in the area. There was a wait for the designers at Newport News to draw up a towing cable for a Skate-class submarine and then get it over to Subase IMA at Pearl Harbor, HI for fabrication. SWORDFISH was drifting everywhere. It was so humid inside, 117-percent, every one was walking around in their skivvies and slippers. By the time the rescue ship came to them, SWORDFISH had drifted to 175 miles from Pearl Harbor. She was kept in that position for five more hours so that no one would see them (waiting for dark to move), and when she approached Pearl Harbor, she was told to secure her running lights so that she wouldn't be seen. 1986 - PCU MIAMI (SSN-755) keel laid as MIAMI at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1997 - Ex-JAMES MADISON (SSBN-627) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. Ex-SPADEFISH (SSN-668) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2005 - Under Secretary of the Navy Dionel M. Aviles visited USS FLORIDA (SSGN-728) at Norfolk 37

Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA as part of a familiarization tour of several mid-Atlantic region commands. The visit took Aviles throughout much of the groundbreaking vessel, which is the second of four ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN) to undergo conversion into the Navy’s latest conventional weapon, the guided-missile submarine (SSGN). “It’s a real privilege for me to be aboard FLORIDA today,” Aviles said. “I look forward to seeing these ships out in the Fleet.” Following the success of the Navy’s first guided-missile sub, USS OHIO (SSGN-726), the new FLORIDA was equipped to perform a multitude of missions that vary greatly from the routine patrol tactics of her predecessor. Among the ship’s still-developing features is an increased crew capacity that allows for up to 66 special operations forces (SOF) to embark with the regular crew of 135, creating a historical joint-service opportunity for the submarine community. SSGNs are flexible war fighting platforms with capabilities for joint war fighting, including SOF and large-scale strike capabilities in one mobile platform. The SSGN is also equipped to support a battery of 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles, as well as accomodation for 66-102 Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) special forces, Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS) "mini-subs" and a mission control center. October 25 1922 - USS H-4 (SS-147) decommissioned at Norfolk, VA; laid up in the Reserve Fleet. 1943 - PCU BASHAW (SS-241) commissioned USS BASHAW (SS-241) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lieutenant Commander R. E. Nichols commanding. PCU TILEFISH (SS-307) launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; sponsored by Mrs. Wilson D. Leggett. PCU KETE (SS-369) keel laid as KETE at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI. 1944 - PCU TIGRONE (SS-419) commissioned USS TIGRONE (SS-419) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1945 - USS S-42 (SS-153) decommissioned at San Francisco, CA. USS S-47 (SS-158) decommissioned at San Francisco, CA. 1951 - PCU TANG (SS-563) commissioned USS TANG (SS-563) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. 1972 - USS SNOOK (SSN-592) was slightly damaged when she struck bottom in Dabob Bay, WA, while on a celebration run. The submarine surfaced without any problems. 1976 - Ex-TIGRONE (SS/SSR/AGSS-419) sunk as a target by USS SEA DEVIL (SSN-664) who fired a MK 48 warshot at the submerged target. The weapon acquired several times but kept turning away . . . some thought at the time that the onboard computer would not validate the target for close-in due to the absence of any noise whatsoever emanating from the target, which was suspended from two salvage pontoons. The cable on one pontoon parted the next morning in rough seas and TIGRONE sank. 2004 - USS NEWPORT NEWS (SSN-750) departed Souda Bay Harbor, Greece. NEWPORT NEWS was homeported in Norfolk, VA, and was on a scheduled deployment. 2005 - USS ANNAPOLIS (SSN-760) was pierside in Manama, Bahrain for a brief port visit. ANNAPOLIS was on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations (MSO). October 26 1910 - USS C-4 (ex-BONITA) (SS-15) collided with USS Castine (PG-6) at Provincetown, MA. 1918 - PCU R-4 (SS-81) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; sponsored by 38

Mrs. Albert W. Stahl. PCU R-20 (SS-97) commissioned USS R-20 at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA; Lt. Comdr. Alfred E. Montgomery commanding. PCU S-1 (SS-105) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Mrs. Emory S. Land. 1943 - PCU ROCK (SS-274) commissioned USS ROCK (SS-274) at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI; Comdr. John Jay Flachsenhar commanding. 1944 - PCU BRILL (SS-330) commissioned USS BRILL (SS-330) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Commander H. B. Dodge commanding. 1946 - USS LING (SS-297) decommissioned at New London, CT; laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. 1949 - PCU GRAMPUS (SS-523) commissioned USS GRAMPUS (SS-523) at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA. 2005 - the 21-year career of the Los Angeles-class submarine USS SALT LAKE CITY (SSN-716) came to an end when the attack submarine held an inactivation ceremony and prepared to travel under the polar ice cap to New Hampshire to deactivate. Dignitaries from Salt Lake City, Utah, plankowners (the first Sailors stationed on the submarine) and former crewmembers joined the boat’s crew in celebrating the submarine’s history at Naval Base Point Loma, CA. Her commissioning pennant was hauled down. That fall, SALT LAKE CITY left San Diego for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard where the crew held a decommissioning ceremony. Then they began dismantling the boat that has been a second home to hundreds of sailors since 1982. SALT LAKE CITY’s keel was laid on August 26, 1980, and she was launched October 16, 1982. Then the Navy’s 27th submarine in the Los Angeles Class was commissioned on May 12, 1984 in Norfolk, VA In May 1985, after completion of the Post Shipyard Availability, she moved to San Diego, where she spent most of her career. SALT LAKE CITY had a crew of more than 140 sailors and was commanded by Cmdr. Tracy Howard. Cmdr. Howard took command of the boat in July 2003 in a ceremony in San Diego. Los Angeles class submarines are named after U.S. cities. This submarine is the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the proud name of Utah’s capital city. The first was a heavy cruiser ship that served from 1929 until her decommissioning after WWII. The tie to the submarine’s namesake city has been strong through her 21-year history, thanks to the city’s 716 Club. The 716 Club is a group of Salt Lake City business, government and community leaders who maintained a close relationship with the submarine and her crew. Many were in attendance at today’s ceremony. October 27 1915 - PCU L-9 (SS-49) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Miss Heather Pattison Baxter. 1917 - a flotilla of submarines arrived in the Azores after transiting from Halifax, Nova Scotia. This was the U.S. Submarine Force's first wartime overseas deployment. 1920 - PCU S-23 (SS-128) launched at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Miss Barbara Sears. 1923 - PCU S-44 (SS-155) launched at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Mrs. H. E. Grieshaber. 1933 - PCU PORPOISE (SS-172) keel laid as PORPOISE at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. She was the first U. S. submarine to have electric reduction gear and high-speed diesel 39

engines. 1936 - PCU STURGEON (SS-187) keel laid as STURGEON at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA. 1937 - PCU SWORDFISH (SS-193) keel laid as SWORDFISH at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 1941 - PCU GROUPER (SS-214) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Albert F. Church. 1942 - PCU LAPON (SS-260) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. J. B. Oldendorf, wife of Rear Admiral Oldendorf. PCU BALAO (SS-285) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Theodore C. Aylward, wife of Lieutenant Commander Aylward. 1943 - PCU PIRANHA (SS-389) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. William S. Farber, wife of Rear Admiral Farber, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations. PCU POMFRET (SS-391) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Miss Marilyn Maloney, daughter of Senator Francis Maloney. PCU STERLET (SS-392) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Charles A. Plumley. 1945 - PCU DOGFISH (SS-350) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. A. M. Morgan. 1967 - PCU PINTADO (SSN-672) keel laid as PINTADO at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1969 - NR-1, the Navy's only nuclear powered research submarine, was delivered to the U.S. Navy and placed in service as NR-1. 1979 - PCU SAN FRANCISCO (SSN-711) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1986 - PCU CHICAGO (SSN-721) commissioned USS CHICAGO (SSN-721) at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1998 - Ex-WOODROW WILSON (SSBN-624) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. Ex-PINTADO (SSN-672) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. Ex-TUNNY (SSN-682) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2005 - USS CHARLOTTE (SSN-766) departed her homeport of Pearl Harbor, HI for Norfolk, VA. The nuclear-powered attack submarine underwent a Depot Modernization Period at before returning to the Pacific Fleet in late 2006. In addition to her role as an attack submarine, CHARLOTTE was modified to employ the Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS). Operating in the open ocean or in littoral environments, ASDS is designed to provide a long-range insertion and extraction ability for U.S. Naval Special Operations Forces. ASDS has a dry chamber that can carry up to 16 SEALs or EOD and allows Naval Special Warfare teams to arrive near their target with only a short swim or immersion. CHARLOTTE was commissioned on Sept. 16, 1994 at Norfolk, VA and arrived in Pearl Harbor, HI on Nov. 17, 1995. October 28 1912 - PCU G-1 (ex-SEAL) (SS-19½) commissioned USS G-1 at New York Navy Yard, New York, NY; Lt. Kenneth Whiting commanding. 1923 - USS O-5 (SS-66) sank in less than one minute with 3 fatalities after being rammed by SS Abangarez (United Fruit Company) while entering Limon Bay, Canal Zone. 1967 - PCU TREPANG (SSN-674) keel laid as TREPANG at the Electric Boat Division, General 40

Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 2005 - Cmdr. Rodney A. Mills relieved Cmdr. Douglas W. Mikatarian as commanding officer of the nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS BOISE (SSN-764) in a ceremony at Pier 3, Naval Station Norfolk, VA. Mikatarian, a native of San Jose, CA, is a 1986 graduate of the University of Michigan, earning a bachelor of arts degree in political science. After completing nuclear power training and submarine school, he reported to USS SKIPJACK (SSN-585), where he served in a variety of division officer assignments. His subsequent sea tours include engineering officer, USS ALABAMA (SSBN-731) (BLUE) and executive officer, USS PARCHE (SSN-683). He assumed command of BOISE in September 2003. Mills, a native of Memphis, TN, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1988 with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. Following initial nuclear power training and submarine school, he reported to USS BOSTON (SSN-703), where he served as electrical officer, main propulsion assistant and sonar officer. His subsequent sea tours include engineering officer, USS CHICAGO (SSN-721) and executive officer, USS WEST VIRGINIA (SSBN-736) (GOLD). Mills most recent assignment was deputy commander for engineering readiness, Submarine Squadron 8, BOISE’s squadron commander. October 29 1917 - PCU O-11 (SS-72) launched at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Bernard M. Baruch. 1920 - PCU S-30 (SS-135) commissioned USS S-30 (SS-135) at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA; Lt. Comdr. Stuart E. Bray commanding. 1938 - PCU SPEARFISH (SS-190) launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Lawrence Y. Spear. 1942 - PCU CISCO (SS-290) keel laid as CISCO at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1945 - USS S-18 (SS-123) decommissioned at San Francisco, CA. USS S-40 (SS-145) decommissioned at San Francisco, CA. 1946 - USS SEADRAGON (SS-194) decommissioned; laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. 1965 - PCU SIMON BOLIVAR (SSBN-641) commissioned USS SIMON BOLIVAR (SSBN-641) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1973 - USS REMORA (SS-487) decommissioned, struck from the Naval Vessel Register and transferred under terms of the Security Assistance Program to Greece; commissioned into the Greek Navy as Katsonis (S-115). 1977 - PCU BIRMINGHAM (SSN-695) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, Company, Newport News, VA. October 30 1914 - PCU K-3 (ex-ORCA) (SS-34) commissioned USS K-3 at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA; Lt. F. T. Chew commanding. 1923 - PCU S-23 (SS-128) commissioned USS S-23 (SS-128) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA; Lt. Joseph Y. Dreisonstok commanding. 1942 - PCU FLIER (SS-250) keel laid as FLIER at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. PCU HAKE (SS-256) commissioned USS HAKE (SS-256) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lt. Comdr. J. C. Broach commanding. 1943 - PCU SEA CAT (SS-399) keel laid as SEA CAT at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. PCU SPRINGER (SS-414) keel laid as SPRINGER at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 1945 - USS S-45 (SS-156) decommissioned at San Francisco, CA. 1972 - USS BAYA (SS-318) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 41

1993 - the Ballistic Missile submarine USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) became the first U.S. Navy unit to win a prestigious joint award when she was presented with the Omaha Trophy. The trophy traditionally recognizes outstanding operational units that carry out U.S. strategic deterrence missions. The crew of DANIEL BOONE earned the award while operating out of Charleston, SC, as a unit of Submarine Squadron 16. In her 29th year of service, and the oldest SSBN in the Navy, DANIEL BOONE was chosen for the award on the basis of the crew's superior performance in deterrent patrol missions, inspections, exercises, competitions, safety, community service and humanitarian support. The original Omaha Trophy was given by the citizens of Omaha, NE., to Strategic Air Command (SAC) in 1970, to be presented as an annual award to the top Air Force missile wing. In 1992, following the activation of Strategic Command, the Strategic Command Consultation Committee, representing the citizens of Omaha, requested that the award be given to the top ballistic missile unit and the top aircraft unit in order to reflect the current jointness of the strategic deterrence mission. DANIEL BOONE, now undergoing decommissioning preparations at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, shared the award with the top aircraft operations unit, the 410th Bomb Wing, located at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, MI. 1995 - Ex-DRUM (SSN-677) stricken from the Naval Vessel Register, to be disposed of by Submarine Recycling Program. 1997 - Ex-FINBACK (SSN-670) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2001 - Ex-SCULPIN (SSN-590) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. October 31 1943 - PCU SEALION (SS-315) launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Emory Land. 1954 - USS Norris (DDE-859) rammed the superstructure of USS BERGALL (SS-320) during war games off Norfolk, VA. Norris suffered flooding in five of her compartments and BERGALL suffered damage to her superstructure. Both proceeded to port for repairs. 1955 - USS ALBACORE (AGSS-569) was operating near Key West, FL. 1960 - PCU SNOOK (SSN-592) launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding Company, Pascagoula, MS. 1986 - USS ULYSSES S. GRANT (SSBN-631) lost two crew members when swept overboard in rough seas three miles off Portsmouth, NH. In late October, USS AUGUSTA (SSN-710) was damaged in an undersea collision while on a routine training patrol in the . No crew members were injured and the submarine returned to Groton, CT for $2.7 million worth of repairs by year's end. According to unnamed U.S. Defense Department sources, it was unclear whether the submarine struck the ocean floor or an underwater object, but there was no risk of the submarine sinking or danger to the nuclear reactor. A Defense Department spokesman refused to comment on a CBS news report that the submarine "very possibly" collided with a Soviet submarine. 1997 - Ex-SUNFISH (SSN-649) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

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2003 - USS PASADENA (SSN-752) returned to her homeport of Pearl Harbor, HI, following an eight-month deployment to the western Pacific.

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Commissioning Pennant

The act of placing a ship in commission marks her entry into active Navy service. At the moment when the commissioning pennant is broken at the masthead, a ship becomes a Navy command in her own right, and takes her place alongside the other active ships of the Fleet.

This ceremony continues a tradition some three centuries old, observed by navies around the world, and by our own Navy since December 1775, when Alfred , the first ship of the Continental Navy, was commissioned at Philadelphia. Once in commission, the commanding officer and crew are entrusted with the privilege, and the responsibility, of maintaining their ship’s readiness in peace, and of conducting successful operations at sea in time of war.

No written procedure for commissioning was laid down in our Navy’s early days, but the act of commissioning was familiar, derived from established British naval custom. Commissionings were simple military ceremonies. The prospective commanding officer came on board, called the crew to quarters, and formally read the orders appointing him to command. He then ordered the ensign and the commissioning pennant hoisted; at that moment the ship went into commission, and the first entry in the ship’s deck log recorded this. First logs from a sizable number of early Navy ships did not survive and, since commissionings were not surrounded by any public fanfare, they were not written up in the press. We thus cannot know exactly when many of the Navy’s first ships were first commissioned; all that can sometimes be known is when a particular ship first put to sea.

The commissioning pennant is the distinguishing mark of a commissioned Navy ship. A commissioning pennant is a long streamer in some version of the national colors of the Navy that flies it. The American pennant is blue at the hoist, bearing seven white stars; the rest of the pennant consists of single longitudinal stripes of red and white. The pennant is flown at all times as long as a ship is in commissioned status, except when a flag officer or civilian official is embarked and flies his personal flag in its place.

Ships' commissioning programs often include a story about the origin of the commissioning pennant. As it goes, during the first of three 17th-century Anglo-Dutch naval wars (1652-54) the Dutch Admiral Maarten Tromp put to sea with a broom at his masthead, symbolizing his

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intention to sweep the English from the sea. His British opponent, Admiral Robert Blake, two- blocked a coachwhip to show his determination to whip the Dutch fleet. Blake won; in commemoration of his victory a streamerlike pennant, called a "coachwhip pennant" from its long, narrow form, became the distinguishing mark of naval ships.

This is an interesting anecdote. As with so many other stories, though, nothing has ever been found to prove it. Researchers in England have tried to verify the tale, but without success. The actual origin of the commissioning pennant appears to be a bit more prosaic.

Narrow pennants of this kind go back several thousand years. They appear in ancient Egyptian art, and were flown from ships' mastheads and yardarms from, at least, the Middle Ages; they appear in medieval manuscript illustrations and Renaissance paintings. Professional national navies began to take form late in the 17th Century. All ships at that time were sailing ships, and it was often difficult to tell a naval ship from a merchantman at any distance. Navies began to adopt long, narrow pennants, to be flown by their ships at the mainmast head to distinguish themselves from merchant ships. This became standard naval practice.

Earlier American commissioning pennants bore 13 white stars in their blue hoist. A smaller 7- star pennant was later introduced for use in the bows of captains' gigs, and was flown by the first small submarines and destroyers. This principle even carried over into the national ensign; bigger ships flew the conventional flag of their time, while small boats used a 13-star "boat flag" which was also flown by early submarines and destroyers since the standard Navy ensigns of that day were too big for them. The 13 stars in boat flags and in earlier pennants doubtless commemorated the original 13 states of the Union. The reason behind the use of 7 stars is less obvious, and was not recorded, though the number 7 has positive connotations in Jewish and Christian symbology. On the other hand, it may simply have been an aesthetic choice on the part of those who specified the smaller number.

Until the early years of this century flags and pennants were quite large, as is seen in period pictures of naval ships. By 1870, for example, the largest Navy pennant had an 0.52-foot hoist (the maximum width) and a 70-foot length, called the fly; the biggest ensign at that time measured 19 by 36 feet.

As warships took on distinctive forms and could no longer be easily mistaken for merchantmen, flags and pennants continued to be flown, but began to shrink to a fraction of their earlier size. This process was accelerated by the proliferation of electronic antennas through the 20th Century. The biggest commissioning pennant now has a 2.5-inch hoist and a 6-foot fly, while the largest shipboard ensign for daily service use is 5 feet by 9 feet 6 inches (larger "holiday ensigns" are flown on special occasions).

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USS Seawolf (SS-197)

Lost on October 3, 1944 with the loss of 102 officers and men when she Lost on: was sunk just north of Moritai by USS Rowell, a Destroyer Escort (DE). In 10/3/1944 this tragic error, Rowell mistook Seawolf for a Japanese submarine that had just sunk another Destroyer. Seawolf ranks 7th for enemy ships sunk.

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Class: SS 196 Commissioned: 12/1/1939 Launched: 8/15/1939 Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard Length: 307 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 5, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Seawolf was announced overdue from patrol and presumed lost with all hands (82 crew and 17 U.S. Army) when it was mistaken for

NavSource.org a Japanese submarine and sunk by friendly destroyers just North of Morotai, Republic of the Philippines.

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USS S-44 (SS-155)

Lost on October 7, 1943 with the loss of 56 men when it was sunk off Lost on: Paramushiru, Kuriles. S-44 was on her 5th war patrol after attacking a target thought to be a merchant on the surface, S-44 found herself in a losing gun 10/7/1943 battle with a heavily armed Japanese destroyer. Two men were taken prisoner and survived the war.

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Class: SS S Commissioned: 2/16/1925 Launched: 10/27/1923 Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Co Length: 225 , Beam: 20 #Officers: 4, #Enlisted: 39 Fate: S-44 was sunk by a Japanese destroyer in the Northern Kuril Islands 7 Oct. 1943. 54 men lost. Two men picked up

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USS Wahoo (SS-238)

Lost on October 11, 1943 with the loss of 79 men near La Perouse Strait. Lost on: Under command of one of the great sub skippers of World War II, LCDR "Mush" Morton, Wahoo was on her 7th war patrol. Wahoo had won a 10/11/1943 Presidential Unit Citation and ranks 5th in the number of enemy ships sunk. She was lost to depth charges dropped by a Japanese patrol aircraft.

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Class: SS 212 Commissioned: 5/15/1942 Launched: 2/14/1942 Builder: Mare Island Navy Yard Length: 307 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Sunk near the La Perouse Strait near Northern Japan, 11 Oct 1943 80 men lost

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USS Dorado (SS-248)

Lost on October 12, 1943 with the loss of 78 when she was sunk in the Lost on: western Atlantic near Cuba. Newly commissioned, she had departed New London and was enroute to Panama. She may have been sunk by a U.S. 10/12/1943 patrol plane that received faulty instructions regarding bombing restriction areas or a German U-boat that was in the vicinity.

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Class: SS 212 Commissioned: 8/28/1943 Launched: 5/23/1943 Builder: Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics) Length: 307 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Lost off Atlantic Coast 12 Oct 1943 to unknown cause.76 men lost.

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USS Escolar (SS-294)

Lost on: Lost on October 17, 1944 with the loss of 82 men. She was on her 1st war 10/17/1944 patrol and was most likely lost to a mine somewhere in the Yellow Sea.

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Class: SS 285 Commissioned: 6/2/1944 Launched: 4/18/1943 Builder: Cramp Shipbuilding Co. Length: 312 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 10 , #Enlisted: 71 Fate: Escolar's last communication was with Perth on 17 October- she was never heard from again. It is assumed that she struck a mine and sank with all hands. 82 NavSource.org men lost.

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USS Shark II (SS-314)

Lost on October 24, 1944 with the loss of 90 when she was sunk near Lost on: Hainan. The second boat to carry this name during World War II, she was on her 3rd war patrol. Shark was sunk by escorts after attacking and sinking 10/24/1944 a lone freighter. Compounding the tragedy, it turned out that the freighter had 1800 U.S. POW's on board.

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Class: SS 285 Commissioned: 2/14/1944 Launched: 10/17/1943 Builder: Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics) Length: 312 , Beam: 27

NavSource.org #Officers: 10 , #Enlisted: 71 Fate: Shark was reported as presumed lost with 90 men.

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USS Darter (SS-227)

Lost on October 24, 1944 when she became grounded on Bombay Shoal off Palawan and was then destroyed to prevent her falling into enemy hands Lost on: intact. The entire crew was rescued by USS Dace. Winner of one Navy Unit 10/24/1944 Commendation, Darter had sunk a heavy cruiser and damaged another and went aground while attempting an "end around" on an enemy formation in hopes of getting in an attack on a battleship.

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Class: SS 212 Commissioned: 9/7/1943 Launched: 6/6/1943 Builder: Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics) Length: 312 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Grounded 24 Oct.1944. 31 Oct. 1944 was destroyed by deck gun of USS Nautilus

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USS Tang (SS-306)

Lost on October 25, 1944 with the lost of 80 men in the Formosa Strait. Tang was on her 5th war patrol. Tang ranks 2nd in the number of ships sunk and 4th in tonnage, and had won two Presidential Unit Citations. During a Lost on: daring night surface attack, Tang was lost to a circular run by one of her 10/25/1945 own torpedoes. Nine of the crew were taken prisoner, including CDR. O'Kane and five who had gained the surface from her final resting place 180 feet below. All survived the war, and CDR O'Kane was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

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Class: SS 285 Commissioned: 10/15/1943 Launched: 8/17/1943 Builder: Mare Island Navy Yard Length: 312 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 10 , #Enlisted: 71 Fate: Tang's last torpedo broached and curved to the left in a circular run. Tang fishtailed to clear the turning circle of the torpedo, but it struck her abreast the after

NavSource.org torpedo room approximately 20 seconds after it was fired. Tang sank by the stern.

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USS O-5 (SS-66)

Lost on: Lost on October 29, 1923 with the loss of 3 men when rammed and sunk by 10/29/1923 SS Ababgarez off the Panama Canal.

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Class: SS O Commissioned: 6/8/1918 Launched: 11/11/1917 Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Co Length: 172 , Beam: 18 #Officers: 2, #Enlisted: 27 Fate: O-5 was sold for scrap.

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