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 United States of America and its constitution.

UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS INCORPORTATED PALMETTO BASE NEWSLETTER April 2014

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Meeting Minutes 3

Old Business 4

New Business 4

Good of the Order 5

Members 6

Honorary Members 6

Base Contacts 7

Birthdays 7

Welcome 7

Binnacle List 7

Quote of the Month 7

Word of the Month 7

CO’s Stateroom 8

XO’S Stateroom 9

Lost Boats 10

Picture of the Month 21

Featured World War II Submarine Commanding Officer of the Month 22

Member Profile of the Month 24

Traditions of the Naval Service 31

Dates in U.S. Naval History 32

U.S. Submarine History 37

Submarine Memorials 58

South East Region Convention 62

Monthly Calendar 64

Submarine Trivia 65

Advertising Partners 66

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Randy Brooks Ted R. Schneeberg Allen “Buzz” Danielson John Solis Michael Hoadley L. E. Spradlin Donald Kline Jim “Snake” Stark George “Scram” Kokolis Brian Steffen Bob Miller Savannah Steffen Charles Mink Don Van Borsch Terry Matlosz Jeffro M. Wagner Robert Molcan Steven Wagner Mark Morgan J. P. Watson Jim Null Robin White Tom Paige

• Call to Order : 1900 hours by the Base Commander. • Invocation : Base Chaplain. • Pledge of Allegiance: Base Commander. • The Tolling of the Boats : Base Commander, Vice Commander and COB. • Member Introduction : 20 members and 3 guests were present. • Base Secretary’s Report : Approved as published in e-mail with the following corrections: the February minutes were incorrectly labeled as March’s minutes, and that DW did not have any procedure or operation lately as mentioned. • Treasurer’s Report : $7,110.09 (Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) $3,361.37, Float Fund $1,882.76, Operating Fund $1,895.96) was accepted and approved.

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• Steven Wagner was present in Cracker Jacks, having just completed Nav ET school! BZ shipmate! He has been assigned a boat and Jeffro will keep the base updated

• Gun Base Commander presents Buzz and L.E. with their 5 year loyalty patch, pin, and certificate. Congrats! • The Base Commander received a heartfelt card from the Fuhr family, thanking the base for its participation and assistance during this trying time • The Base Commander also received a card from the Charleston Base, thanking our base for its participation and assistance during Ken’s funeral • Koko and Jim Null developed challenge coin ideas and displayed them for the base

• Base Elections were held: o Base Commander: Brian Steffen o Junior Vice Commander: Jeffro Wagner • Congratulations to our incumbent and new officers, BZ shipmates • The Vice Commander reminds the base that he has the ‘Veteran Stars’ if we need some. • The Base Commander informs the membership: o Veteran’s Rally will take place on the Statehouse grounds on April 23 from 10-2. The guest speaker will be Mr. Haley. Bring a hat and sunglasses if you attend. o Ken Fuhr paid for a 5 year membership prior to passing away. A motion is then made, seconded, and carries to refund $60.00 to Mrs. Fuhr. o Hunley museum is offering to have a private, behind the scenes tour for the Columbia and Charleston SubVets Bases in April. It is suggested that we have our April 15 th meeting on this day in Charleston; we get to Charleston at 5:30, get back to Columbia 11ish. The CO will get the details and let us know. o Massing of the Colors at 3:00 P.M. on April 6th and requests participation. o An estate auction at http://cogburnauction.com/ will take place due to his recent nuptial vows. • The COB informs the membership: o A retired veteran can show their DD214 when obtaining a Concealed Weapons Permit to take an abridged class. o Be aware of their CWP expiration date and not let it go by without renewing. o DW’s ‘Fishing with Veterans’ organization, which has veterans hosting active duty personnel fishing, is looking for sponsors and veteran participants. • Don Van Borsch tells the membership that Kamp Kemo is coming up, so be ready. • Buzz tells the base that May 10 is the Poultry Festival in Batesburg-Leesville. • Jim Null informs the membership: o Veteran’s board meeting that is looking to get a full time employee at the state level to be a veteran’s support person. o 80 sailors will be leaving to go to Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa soon. Also, the D-day WWII speaker that he brought to speak to us is being given an ‘all- 4

expenses-paid trip’ to Normandy for the 70 th anniversary of the landing. He will be arriving back on June 10. Also, on May 7, an Honor Flight will be returning. • Mark Morgan tells the base that the sendoff and return of an Honor Flight is a magnificent event. • Jeffro, our new JVC, tells the base of a travesty occurring at Nav ET school. A classmate of his son is being denied a security clearance due to the mother not being an American citizen. This student has exemplary academic scores and maintains the highest level of integrity. Without the security clearance, this brilliant sailor will be pushed into a less demanding rate, wasting his talent and costing the Navy a future success story. Jeffro asks for support in the matter and will keep the base posted on the situation.

• None

Meeting adjourned

Benediction : Base Chaplain

Depth Charge : Don Van Borsch

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Brian Steffen Vice CDR : Tom Paige Jr. Vice CDR : Randy Browning Secretary : George “Scram” Kokolis Treasurer : J. P. Watson Chief of the Boat : Jim “Snake” Stark Chaplain : Bob Miller Bereavement Chair : Randy Browning Committee Chair : Tom O’Brien Events Chair : Allen “Buzz” Danielson Fund Raising Chair : Ted R. Schneeberg Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Chair : Don Van Borsch Newsletter Editor : Randy Browning Ship’s Photographer : Jim Null Storekeeper : Mark Morgan Webmaster : Mark Basnight

Milt Berkey John Jeffries Larry Peay James L. Charbonneau James N. Kirby Tommy Richardson Tracy R. Charbonneau Arnold Kirk James P. Scott D. W. Eggleston Donald Kline Leonard M. Snell Ronald Friend John J. Krause John Solis Julian Galloway Harold R. Lane L. E. Spradlin Joseph E. Gawronski Terry Matlosz Jerry Stout Joseph L. Geiger Charles Mink Thomas N. Thompson Glenn E. Harris Robert Molcan Jeffro M. Wagner William Hicks Davie Morningstar Robin White Stoney Hilton David Nates Michael Hoadley John Nesbitt

Judy Cline Charlie MacKenzie

Medal of Honor Recipient, Holland Club, Plankowner, Past District Commander, 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

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Commander : Brian Steffen (803) 897-2480 [email protected] Vice CDR : Tom Paige (803) 808-1801 [email protected] Jr. 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] Newsletter : Randy Browning (803) 808-7065 [email protected] Storekeeper : Mark Morgan (803) 356-4529 [email protected]

John Nesbitt – April 6th Terry Matlosz Stoney Hilton – April 9th Michael Hoadley – March 28th

Bob Miller Bob Miller’s daughter Evelyn Fuhr Julian Galloway

“On no account brood over your wrong-doing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.” Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963) lingua franca \ LING-gwuh FRANG-kuh \ , noun;

1. any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages. 2. (initial capital letter) the Italian-Provençal jargon (with elements of Spanish, French, Greek, Arabic, and Turkish) formerly widely used in eastern Mediterranean ports.

Origin: This term comes from the Italian literally meaning "Frankish tongue." It's existed in English since the 1600s.

Origin: Moiety comes from Old French meitiet , from Late Latin medietas , from Latin medius , "middle."

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday

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Good Afternoon Gentlemen,

Thank you for your confidence in me in reelecting me as your commander. I have found one of the most challenging things to do is talk about myself. I had to provide a 100 word script why I wanted the position of SE Regional Director, then, as if that wasn’t fun enough, a 500 word biography. The coming month brings about the following base activities,

1. Massing of the Colors: April 6, 2014 at 1500 at the Scottish Rite Center 7230 Garners Ferry Road 2. Meeting at Museum: TBD 3. Rally for Veterans: April 23, 2014 from 1000 to 1400 at the North End State House Steps

Gentlemen, it is truly an honor to command what I think is the best base on the east coast, thanks again for re-electing me. All hands should possess a copy of their service record AND medical record. If you do not have yours, call me, when you are in from a your computer and I will guide you through obtaining it. A successful claim consists of a injury that occurred during active service, diagnosed, treated, and the same diagnosed condition or a resultant condition due to it, now! Anyone working around rotating machinery, MM’s, EM’s automatically has a hearing loss claim. It is only 10% max by law of congress, but, its FREE hearing aids.

The massing of the colors is a very moving and meaningful ceremony, I highly encourage as many of you to show as possible. We need to muster no later than 1400, parking will be challenging.

If anyone has concerns or problems call, email, whatever, you WILL get assistance. Have a great day.

Brian

Commander Palmetto Base

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Brothers of the Fin,

Now that Spring is finally here to stay (Fingers Crossed), the parade season will be here before you know it. Hopefully we can get more of us out to participate at the parades.

March 2 nd marked another graduation at Task Force Marshall and 89 sailors (3 were brothers of the fin and were glad to see the two of us out there to show or support) are headed to Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. These graduations happen about every 6 weeks.

With the elections of officers behind us for another year, congratulations to Brian for his continued leadership as our Commander; and to Jeffro for stepping up to fill the vacancy of Jr Vice Commander.

One of the charity groups I work with “Carolina Sunshine Fund” is doing something different this year for a charity drive (or should I say ride). A little background first. Similar to Kap(ss) for Kid(ss), Carolina Sunshine Fund grants wishes to kids in SC that have sever illnesses and 100% of all funds goes towards the wish. All administrative cost and the cost of chaperons accompanying the individual on a trip are at the expense out of pocket of the board members and chaperons. If you remember all of the “Pray for Kennedy” signs around the last couple of years, her wish was to swim with dolphins and that wish was granted before she lost her battle with her illness. This year they are hosting a motorcycle charity ride with riders requesting sponsors to pledge so much per mile ridden or just a pledge of a flat amount. There are several bike groups already committed to the ride scheduled for 26 Apr for the designated 100 mile, 200 mile, or 300 mile ride. There are a couple of Vet Groups participating. I have joined the ride and will do so as representing the Palmetto Base Sub Vets and will do the 200 mile ride wearing my Sub Vet vest and flying the American and Navy Flags on the back of my bike. I already have just of $400 is sponsor ships and if any of you wish to also sign up as sponsors, I will have my signup sheet at the next meeting. And if you would just like to pledge at flat dollar amount (which is the easiest way to go for me), please bring cash or check (made out to Carolina Sunshine Fund). I need to collect all of the pledges and turn in the money on 3 May. I just couldn’t let the other Vet Groups show up and not have our base represented.

If you would like more information about the Carolina Sunshine Fund, here is the web link: http://www.carolinasunshine.org/Carolinasunshine/Carolina_Sunshine.html

Remember to continue to keep Ken and Fernando and their families in your prayers.

Thank you and looking forward to an active 2014.

May your number of surfaces always equal your number of dives.

Here is my contact information: Thomas E. Paige 522 Oxford Court Lexington, SC 29072 (H) 803-808-1801 (C) 803-413-7437 [email protected]

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USS Pickerel (SS-177)

Lost on: Lost on April 3, 1943 with the loss of 74 officers and men, while on her 7th war patrol. She was lost off Honshu. The exact cause of her loss has never 4/3/1943 been determined, but her OP area contained numerous minefields.

US Navy Official Photo NavSource.org

Class: SS 172 Commissioned: 1/26/1937 Launched: 7/7/1936 Builder: Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics) Length: 301 , Beam: 25 #Officers: 5, #Enlisted: 45 Fate: Pickerel departed Pearl Harbor, HI., and after topping off with fuel at Midway, Island on 22 March, and headed for the NavSource.org Eastern Coast of Northern Honshu and was never heard from again.

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Crew Listing

LCDR (CO) Augustus Howard Alston, Jr. F1 Walter Bishop Hunt CK2 Dionisio Apsay EM3 Fred Richardine Hutchens GMC Edward Newton Ayer S2 Richard Lee Isley S1 Kenneth Herschel Baurmeister GM3 Jerrell Robert Johnson EM1 Leslie Duane Bays MoMM1 Edward Karaus MoMM1 Joseph A. R. Beauregard FC1 Ralph Fenton Kimball YN1 Robert Glen Beck SC2 William John Lemke BK2 Julius John Bergman EM3 Joseph Coverdale Lindsay S1 Walter Earl Blaylock SM1 Robert Eugene Litchfield FC3 Robert Evans Brownell S2 John Bert Littledave S1 David Livingstone Browning, Jr. MoMM2 Charles Oliver Markle, Jr. MoMMC Ray Clifford Carroll F2 Wayne Thomas Eldred Mattson TM1 Cyril Arthur Cline EM3 Patrick Henry McCormack F1 Thomas Henry Coffey TMC John H. McMahon MoMM2 Paul Thaddeus Cynewski EMC Frederick Louis Meischke TM2 Grady Theron Davis S2 Henry Murel Mitchell ENS Harry Shepardson, III Dowe LT Harvey Wilson Moore, Jr. TM3 Roger Eugene Eagan RM3 Grover Cleveland, Jr. Morrison S2 Warren Eugene Evans EM1 Thomas William Nowviock S1 David Evidon St2 Francisco Olaguera TM3 Theodore Gustav Feiock SC3 Beryl Glyde Osborn F1 Ernest Theadore Flanders S1 William Albert Peifer EM1 John Edwin Flowers S2 J. W. Wayne Pierce PhM2 Marshall Buddie Frazier S1 Donald Polk F1 Nicholas George Gaetano EM1 John Williams Pore EM3 Alva Louis Garner RMC Charles Allane Powell S2 Lowell Jackson Goodin MoMM1 Svend John Rasmussen F1 William Robert Greisiger LT(jg) Sherry Buford Ray RM3 Louis John, Jr. Harget S2 Elmer Howard Russell TM2 Clarence Harris LT Wade Calvert Shaffer, Jr. LT Richard Lintner Helm LCDR (XO) Thomas Frederick Sharp QM2 Theodore Michael Herda MoMM1 Donald Arthur Shiffer MoMM2 Francis Paul Hery MM3 Robert Waldo Stanton SM1 Henry Robert Hilbert RM3 William Andrew Stevens MM3 Holroyd James Hirst MoMM1 Eldridge Campbell Stockton ENS William Thomas Hoge RM1 Luke McAlpin Taylor, Jr. S1 Andrew Joseph Horvath TM2 Merrill Gragg Van Cleve

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USS Snook (SS-279)

Lost on April 8, 1945 with the loss of 88 officers and men. Snook ranks Lost on: 10th in total Japanese tonnage sunk and is tied for 9th in the number of 4/8/1945 ships sunk. She was lost near Hainan Island, possibly sunk by a Japanese submarine.

US Navy Photo

BC Patch

Class: SS 212 Commissioned: 10/24/1942 Launched: 8/15/1942 Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard Length: 307 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Snook was lost from unknown causes while conducting her 9th war patrol, in the

South China Sea and Luzon Strait. 84 men NavSource.org lost.

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Crew Listing

MoMMC Robert Brown Adams TM1 William Ernest Kellogg TM2 Erven Eugene Jack Bagby F1 Francis Joseph Klosterman RT2 Russell Leigh Baum TM3 Norman Thomas Kramer MoMM3 Richard Stanley Billingsley, Jr. S1 Thomas William Lamont, II F1 Kenneth Patrick Bolger MoMM1 William Thomas Lang RM3 Ben Alvin Branum, Jr. S1 Lawrence Wilbur Lundgren MoMM3 Ned Erskine Browning MoMM2 Isadore Irving Lunken EM3 Sidney Brownstein F2 Francis Raymond Maney RT1 Robert Karl Burdick EM3 John Gordon Manley PhM1 Leo Burger S1 Ones William McEntyer LT(jg) Claude Robert Busby QM3 James Edward McGahan F1 Danford Anthony Byron F1 Ralph Marion McGuire, Jr. F1 John Edward Cave LT(jg) Donald John McNeill EM2 Benedict Anthony Cesare QM3 Vincent Paul Mlynek QM1 James Durward Choate MoMM2 Charles Morgan LT(jg) Edward Perkins Clark, II GM3 John Lawrence Morgan GM1 Delmer Lemar Crawford S1 George Charles Olson F1 George Loren Crawford TM1 Glen Colbert Page F1 James Anthony Cross RM3 John Shelton Parker RM1 William Lory Dolph S1 Norman Phillips S1 Charles John Eckenrode F1 John Bernard Regan S1 Clarence Foster Edmunds EM1 Martin Lambuth Register EM2 Warren Preston Ellis MoMM2 Walter Joseph Rehbit EM2 Harry Robert Etkin, Jr. StM1 William James Rodney LT (XO) William Stanley Farrel TM2 Arthur Malone Russell, Jr. MoMM3 John Courtland Felabom EM3 Richard Louis Schoen EM3 Donald Wilson Fry FC3 William Clarence Schramm S1 Anthony Gambardella LT(jg) Ronald Leroy Schwendemann LT Stephen Partridge Gardner TM3 John Francis Scully F1 Jack Junior Glass ST3 William Everett Shelton BK2 Victor Gregorini SC1 Ben Silvia F1 Andrew Grindzak S1 John Calvin Sloan MoMM1 Jack Eugene Groat S2 Ernest Leopold Spence MoMM1 Paul Henry Grupp RT3 Robert R. Sukola TM3 Andrew Thomas Guthrie F1 Howard Thomas Toulson YN2 Raymond Lloyd Hughes EM2 Harold K. Wagner EMC David John Hurley CDR (CO) John Franklin Walling S1 Robert Ralph Ingram LT(jg) Andrew Williams Welch, Jr. MoMMC Harold Malcolm Johnson MoMM1 James Albert Will SC2 Joseph Johnston, Jr. FC2 Robert Emmett Wood, Jr. TM3 Harry Fenner Julian F1 Robert Eugene Wood S2 Paul Frederick Keiser, II ENS James Nichols Wright

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USS Thresher (SSN-593)

Lost on April 10, 1963 with the loss of 112 crew members and 17 civilian technicians during deep-diving exercises. 15 minutes after reaching test depth, she communicated with USS Skylark that she was having problems. Lost on: Skylark heard noises "like air rushing into an air tank" - then, silence. 4/10/1963 Rescue ship Recovery (ASR-43) subsequently recovered bits of debris, including gloves and bits of internal insulation. Photographs taken by Trieste proved that the submarine had broken up, taking all hands on board to their deaths in 1,400 fathoms of water, some 220 miles east of Boston.

US Navy Official Photo Luis Del Prado

Class: SSN 593 Commissioned: 8/3/1961 Launched: 7/9/1960 Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard Length: 279 , Beam: 32 #Officers: 16 , #Enlisted: 96 Fate: Thresher was lost while conducting sea trials off the New England coast. Probably due to a catastrophic flooding

NavSource.org casualty. 129 men lost.

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Crew Listing

LCDR Philip Harcourt Allen MM2 Marvin Theodore Helsius ENC Tilmon J. Arsenault LTJG James John Henry , Jr. LTJG Ronald Clare Babcock EMC Leonard Hogentogler Hewitt EN2 Ronald Eugene Bain TM1 Joseph Hartshorne Hoague MM1 John Edward Bell EM2 James Porter Hodge LT Robert Donald Biederman EN1 John Francis Hudson LCDR John Hilary Billings SN John Penfield Inglis EM2 Edgar Solon Bobbitt FT1 Brawner Garth Johnson ET3 Gerald Charles Boster EN C Edward Albert Johnson S3 George Bracey RMSN Richard Lee Johnson EN2 Richard Paul Brann TMC Robert Eugene Johnson EN1 Richard James Carkoski ET1 Thomas Benjamin Johnson SK2 Patrick Wayne Carmody EM2 Richard William Jones TM2 Steven George Cayey STS2 Edmund Joseph Kaluza SN Edward Christiansen ET2 Thomas Charles Kantz EM2 Larry William Claussen MM3 Robert Dennis Kearney ET3 Thomas Edward Clements IC2 Ronald Dean Keiler LT Merrill Francis Collier MM2 George John Kiesecker STS2 Francis Michael Cummings EN1 Billy Max Klier ET2 Samuel Joseph Dabruzzi LCDR Robert Lee Krag ET3 Clyde Elcott Davison , II I CS3 George Ronald Kroner EN3 Donald Clifford Day QM1 Norman Gilbert Lanouette EM1 Roy Overton Denny , Jr. YN1 Wayne Wilfred Lavoie SN Peter Joseph Dibella LCDR John Sheldon Lyman , Jr. LT Michael John Dinola EN2 Templeman Norwood Mabry , Jr. ET2 Don Roy Dundas LTJG Frank John Malinski ET1 Troy Earl Dyer IC2 Richard Herman Mann , Jr. STSC Ellwood Henry Forni QM1 Julius Francis Marullo , Jr. ET1 Raymond Peter Foti EM2 Douglas Ray McClelland FT2 Larry Wayne Freeman MM1 Donald James McCord EM2 Gregory Joseph Fusco TM3 Karl Paul McDonough HMC Joseph Andrew Gallant MM1 Sidney Lynn Middleton SC Napoleon Tomas Garcia CS2 Ronald Arthur Muise YNSN John Edmond Garner ET2 James Alton Musselwhite LCDR Pat Mehaffy Garner CS1 Donald Emery Nault EN2 Robert William Gaynor RMC Walter Jack Noonis SN Robert Howard Gosnell ET1 John Daniel Norris LTJG John Gilbert Grafton EM2 Chesley Charles Oetting STSC William Edward Graham LTJG Guy Carrington Parsons , Jr. QMC Aaron Jackie Gunter EMC Roscoe Cleveland Pennington ET2 Richard Charles Hall EMCS James Glen Peters LCDR John Wesley Harvey STS2 James Frank Phillippi EM1 Norman Theodore Hayes EN2 Dan Andrew Philput MM1 Laird Glenn Heiser MM2 Richard Podwell 15

MM1 John Sage Regan BT1 William Harry Smith , Jr. RM2 James Patrick Richie MM1 James Leonard Snider SN Pervis Robison EMC Ronald Hal Solomon QM2 Glenn Alva Rountree STS1 Robert Edwin Steinel ET2 Anthony Alexander Rushetski IC1 Roger Edwin Van Pelt EM1 James Michael Schiewe RM1 Joseph Alfred Walski EMCM Benjamin Nathan Shafer RMSN David Allan Wasel EMCS John Davis Shafer FT1 Charles Louis Wiggins MM1 Joseph Thomas Shimko LTJG John Joseph Wiley ETSN Burnett Michael Shotwell MMC Donald Edward Wise FT2 Alan Dennison Sinnett QMSN Ronald Eugene Wolfe LT John Smarz , Jr. EM2 Jay Henry Zweifel

Civilian Riders Fred Philip Abrams Paul Alfred Guerette Daniel W. Beal, Jr. Maurice Frank Jaquay Robert E. Charron Donald William Kuester Kenneth James Corcoran Henry Charles Moreau Kenneth James Critchley Franklin James Palmer Paul Chevalier Currier Robert Dan Prescott Richard Roy Desjardins Donald T. Stadtmuller George J. Dineen Lawrence Eugene Whitten Richard Kaye Fisher

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USS Gudgeon (SS-211)

USS Gudgeon (SS-211) was lost on April 18, 1944 with the loss of 80 men off Saipan. Winner of 5 Presidential Unit Citations, Gudgeon was on her 12th war patrol and most likely due to a combined air and surface Lost on: antisubmarine attack. 4/18/1944 Gudgeon was the first US submarine to go on patrol from Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack. On her first patrol, she became the first US submarine to sink an enemy warship, picking off the submarine I-173.

US Navy Official Photo

NavSource.org

Class: SS 198 Commissioned: 4/21/1941 Launched: 1/25/1941 Builder: Mare Island Navy Yard Length: 307 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Gudgeon was officially declared overdue and presumed lost on 7 June 1944. Captured Japanese records shed no light on the manner of her loss, and it must remain one of the mysteries of the silent sea. 78 men lost. NavSource.org

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Crew Listing

TM3 Oscar Allen Abbott RM3 Wallace Frank McNicol QM3 William Ankeny TM1 Lester Lavern Metzger S1 James Robert Ball LT (XO) Donald Raymond Midgley GM3 Milton Paul Barrett TM3 Arthur Howard Miller, 13-Apr-43 MoMM3 Paul Harris Birchfield MoMM3 Earl Morris TM1 James Henry Blessing EM3 William Joseph Murphy LCDR (CO) Robert Alexander Bonin MoMM1 Harry Clark Nickel EM2 John George Bossong EM3 Malcolm Partlow Norris SM3 James Ralph Carney QM3 Harry Frederick Orfila TM3 Richard Osborne Christian LT(jg) William Conrad Ostlund LT(jg) James William Sylvester Coghlan SC2 Herbert Fredric Patriquin LT Robert Cope Collins EMC Thomas Edgar Patterson EM2 Charles Bracher Copeland, Jr. LT(jg) George Harvey Penland, Jr. EM2 Glenn Estol Crandall RT2 Francis John Pieniadz ENS Ben Willis Dickenson S1 John Andrew Piller EM3 Everett Harold Dodson LT(jg) Addison Boyd Pinkley TM3 Jeremiah Patrick Donovan PhMC John Macon Powles MoMM1 John Willard Evans RM1 William Daniel Remaley YN3 Albert Raymond Everhart TM3 Jerome Richard Rice MoMM1 Wayne Edward Feikert MoMM3 William Joseph Sennewald StM2 Ambrosio Fernandez S2 Milton AuMont Sewell EM3 Jack Alison Fournier MoMM2 Lynwood Shults EM2 Howard Owen Garrett TM2 Robert Paul Simon MoMM2 Edward Charles Gaughan S1 William Harold Sponheimer MoMM3 Karl Louis Hammond MoMM1 Owen Joseph Sullivan TM2 Lambert George Hegerfeld StM2 Paul Westley Swinson F1 William Richard Henry F2 Robert Hansen Taylor MoMM2 Elijah Clinton Hensley S1 Samuel Henry Taylor LT(jg) Burton Laurence Heyes MoMM3 Clarence Frank Thomas GM3 Riley Monroe Hitt TM3 Harold Eugene Updike TM2 Robert Edwin Hughart EM2 Frederick Ethelbert Van Norden RM3 Donald Wayne Keller S1 Norman Vance S2 Norman Charles Keller RM2 Joel McGee, Jr. Walker MoMMC Stephen Kohut MoMM2 Harold Ambrose Waters RM2 Kenneth Paul Krueger EM3 George Junior Watson SC2 Leonard Albert Langdale F1 Earl Anderson Webster, Jr. MoMM3 George William Lefferts, Jr. FC3 Thomas Jordon White S1 Rodney John Lewis MoMM2 Joseph Whitelow LT(jg) David Bennett McCorquodale EM2 Wesley Willard Worthington, Jr. TM3 John Richard McKenna GM3 Charles Austin Zimmerman, Jr. TM3 James William McLallen

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USS Grenadier (SS-210)

Lost on April 22, 1943 near Penang, with no immediate loss of life. She was on her 6th war patrol. While stalking a convoy, she was spotted by a plane and dove. While passing 130 feet, the plane dropped a bomb causing Lost on: severe damage. She was lodged on the bottom 270 feet and the crew spent 4/22/1943 hours fighting fires and flooding. When she surfaced, she had no propulsion and was attacked by another plane. While she shot down the plane. When enemy ships arrived, the CO abandoned ship and scuttled the boat. Of the 61 crew members taken prisoner, 57 survived the war.

US Navy Official Photo

www.bcpatch.com Class: SS 198 Commissioned: 5/1/1941 Launched: 11/29/1940 Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard Length: 307 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Grenadier was scuttled after being heavily damaged by a Japanese aircraft off Malay Peninsula. Her crew was taken prisoner by the Japanese. 4 died in NavSource.org captivity.

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Crew Listing

MoMM1 Charles Doyle MM2 Charles Freeman Linder StM1 Justiniano Garcia Guico MM3 George William Snyder, Jr.

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Snook (SS-279) crew members holding up ship's scorecard while at Midway at the end of her 4th patrol on 7 December 1943.

Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08250.htm

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Featured World War II Submarine Commanding Officer of the Month

Gordon Waite Underwood

Captain Gordon Waite Underwood (June 3, 1910 – January 15, 1978) was a United States Navy Captain who was awarded the Navy Cross for his achievements during World War II. He is the namesake of the ship USS Underwood (FFG-36).

Early Life Gordon Underwood was born in New York on June 3, 1910, and at an early age moved with his family to Portland, Oregon. In 1932, he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy. At the Naval Academy he proved to be an outstanding student and superb athlete. He earned letters and starred in football and track. He was awarded the coveted Naval Academy Sword for athletic excellence.

Navy Service Following his graduation from the Academy, Underwood served in USS Oklahoma (BB-37). This tour was followed by training at the US Submarine School in New London, Connecticut. After his graduation he served in the Submarine School, S-21 , Mississippi , and Vega . In 1941, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned a Masters Degree in Marine Engineering.

Returning to sea duty, he was assigned to the Staff of Commander Submarine Squadron Ten as Squadron Engineer supporting submarines on war patrol. In January 1944, he was assigned as Commanding Officer of USS Spadefish (SS-411). On this ship during three war patrols he was credited with destruction of seventy-six thousand tons of enemy shipping, including the aircraft carrier Shinyo . For each of his war patrols he was awarded a Navy Cross and in recognition of the great successes of the first two patrols Spadefish was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.

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Underwood's record of success in his war patrols remains one of the most notable in the history of the US Navy Submarine Service.

Post Navy Career Captain Underwood retired from the Navy in 1962 after 30 years of distinguished service. After retirement, he became Vice President of Spelin Inc., Mountain View, California. He was also Vice President of Filter-Aire of Hollister, California until his retirement.

Awards & Decorations Navy Cross (with two gold award stars), Navy Presidential Unit Citation (with one bronze star), American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with one silver star), World War II Victory Medal and the National Defense Service Medal (with one bronze star).

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CDR Thomas J. O'Brien

Tom enlisted in the Navy in 1958 reaching the rank, of Chief Interior Communications Electrician (Submarines) and accepting a commission as a Warrant Officer One. After promotion to Warrant Officer Three he was commissioned as a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) and retired from naval service as a Commander in 1996 with 38 years of service.

Tom qualified in USS Sea Devil (SS/AGSS-400) and served in USS Sterlet (SS-392), USS Spinax (SS-489), USS Charr (SS-328), USS Tecumseh (SSBN-628), USS Cubera (SS-347) and USS Sirago (SS-485). He also served onboard USS Orion (AS-18) and USS Frank Cable (AS-40).

USS Sea Devil (SS/AGSS-400)

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USS Sea Devil (SS/AGSS-400), a Balao -class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil (Manta birostria ), the largest of all rays, noted for power and endurance.

Construction and Commissioning Sea Devil 's keel was laid down 18 November 1943 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 28 February 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Sherman K. Kennedy, and commissioned on 24 May 1944 with Commander Ralph E. Styles in command.

World War II First war patrol, September – October 1944 Completing shakedown training at New London, Connecticut, Sea Devil departed that port on 11 July 1944 and arrived at her home port, Pearl Harbor, on 9 August to join Submarine Division (SubDiv) 281 and prepare for her first war patrol. On 3 September, she sailed west. By 15 September, she was 500 miles (800 km) off Honshū, and, during the early morning darkness, made contact with her first enemy ships — two sampan-type patrol vessels. Rough seas, however, precluded an attack, and she continued on to patrol in the shipping lanes to Japan's major ports: Yokohama, Kobe, and Osaka.

On 16 September, at 04:32, Sea Devil made her second contact; submerged; and commenced closing the target. At 05:38, the enemy, a cargo submarine, was sighted. At 05:45, Sea Devil made her first attack. Four torpedoes were fired. Two exploded against the target. Sea Devil lost depth control. A minute later, periscope depth was regained. Brown smoke marked the enemy's previous location. Seven underwater explosions followed. By 05:53, a large oil slick covered the site where Japanese submarine I-364 had gone down.

Sea Devil reloaded and continued to move closer to Japan. On 17 September and 18 September, mountainous seas inhibited hunting. On 21 September, the submarine commenced running along the 100 fathom (183 m) curve, but the strong Kuroshio Current there caused her to lose ground and forced her to shift her course.

On the morning of 22 September, she made several contacts, but all were too small. During the early afternoon, she sighted a small convoy and fired on a freighter. The target turned toward the submarine. Sea Devil went deep. An hour later, the surface ships had gone and the hunted submarine again became a hunter.

During her remaining 22 days on station, Sea Devil attacked several targets, but scored on none. In mid-October, she headed for Majuro for refit, and, on 19 November, she got underway for the waters west of the Nansei Shoto.

Second war patrol, November – December 1944 At the end of the month, Sea Devil entered the East China Sea and turned toward the Kyūshū coast. On 1 December, just prior to midnight, she made radar contact with a distant convoy and commenced running with the state-five sea on four engines to gain position. At 02:39 on 2 December, she changed course to close the convoy. A minute later, she took a wave over the 25

bridge which knocked the starboard lookout onto the bridge deck; flooded the main induction and both engine rooms to the lower deck plates; and sent water through the supply line into the after battery compartment, the crew's mess, and the radio shack. A solid stream came into the control room via the conning tower. But, other than numerous electrical grounds, no damage was sustained.

By 03:20, Sea Devil was 1,200 yards (1,100 m) ahead and 3,000 yards (3,000 m) off the port track of the convoy. The radar showed 11 definite targets and indicated the presence of others. Weather and visibility, however, worked against a night surface attack.

At 03:22, a floating naval mine was sighted less than 100 yards (91 m) off the port bow. Sea Devil swung right with full rudder. Ten minutes later, she submerged and commenced her approach, heading for the port flank of the convoy.

By 04:00, the moon had clouded over. Periscope observations became progressively more difficult. At 04:13, an escort, pinging, passed Sea Devil close aboard. Sound conditions were also poor.

At 04:14 Sea Devil commenced firing. Four Mark-18 torpedoes headed for a medium-sized freighter, but all missed. At 04:24, she fired tubes five and six at a large ship 600 yards (500 m) away. Forty seconds later, the torpedoes hit, throwing a huge column of debris into the air. At 04:25, Sea Devil swung right to avoid an escort ahead of the ships in the center column. By 04:27, water was over the deck of the stricken merchant ship. At 04:28, another escort passed Sea Devil . A minute later, Sea Devil launched four torpedoes from her stern tubes at a large passenger/cargo maru 1,300 yards (1,200 m) away. A look around through the periscope then revealed a larger freighter in the center column less than 150 yards (140 m) away and headed directly for the submarine.

Sea Devil went deep. At 04:30, she was jolted by a tremendous explosion. Her torpedoes had hit, and from the concussion it appeared that the ship had been carrying ammunition. Breaking up noises quickly followed the explosion.

Sea Devil leveled off at 500 feet (150 m) and rigged for depth charging. Twelve were counted; none was close. Escorts milled about overhead for the next 40 minutes; then the sound of screws faded out. Pinging was heard for a while longer, and distant depth charges were heard for several hours.

After sinking Akigawa Maru and Hawaii Maru , Sea Devil continued to patrol the sea lanes to Kyūshū. On 4 December, she received a positive ship contact report from a China-based B-29 Superfortress, but the position was too distant. On 5 December, she sighted only two small fishing trawlers. Then, on the evening of 8 December, she made radar contact with four distant targets zigging on various courses toward Nagasaki.

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By 00:00, 9 December, Sea Devil had gained a good position 10,000 yards (10,000 m) ahead of the nearest escort and 3,000 yards (3,000 m) off the port track of the largest pip. At 00:05, she began a submerged radar approach. At 00:17, she began tracking by sound, and, ten minutes later she fired four Mark-23 torpedoes at the target. Two hit. Poor visibility precluded a damage assessment.

Sea Devil went deep and rigged for depth charging but, by 00:50, the sounds of searching surface ships faded out. At 01:07, the submarine surfaced and headed up the target's track. An hour later, she reversed her course and headed back to her patrol area. That evening sister ship Plaice (SS-390) confirmed Sea Devil ’s hits, but was unable to provide a damage estimate. Later reports identified the damaged ship as the aircraft carrier Junyō , which was subsequently damaged further by submarine Redfish (SS-395). Junyō remained in the repair yard through the end of the war.

At mid-month, Sea Devil moved further south to patrol off Okinawa; and, on 29 December, she headed for Midway Island and Pearl Harbor.

Third war patrol, February – April 1945 On 7 February 1945, Sea Devil cleared Pearl Harbor for her third war patrol. On 19 February, she arrived at Saipan for training in wolfpack tactics, and, on 27 February, she sailed for the Yellow Sea in company with submarines Tench (SS-417), Guardfish (SS-217), and Balao (SS-285). At the end of the month, she was diverted to search for downed aviators; and, on 3 March, she continued on to her patrol area to further decrease the declining traffic between China and Manchuria, and the Japanese home islands.

For over a week, fishing junks, sailing junks, and floating naval mines provided the only contacts. On 24 February, she sighted a large tanker with four escorts but lost the convoy. On 25 February, she sighted and evaded a Japanese hunter-killer group. On 29 February, she sank or exploded four mines and attempted to do the same to two others.

Fog shrouded her area during the last days of the month. On 2 April, visibility was still poor, less than 1,000 yards (1,000 m). At 07:10, she made radar contact with an enemy convoy-four merchantmen and three escorts. At 09:15, she commenced firing at the lead merchant ship. Forty seconds later, she fired at the next ship. She then swung around to bring her stern tubes to bear on a third merchant ship; found herself well inside the escort on the convoy's starboard quarter; continued swinging and fired three stern shots at the escort. Between 08:19 and 08:22, seven hits were heard and felt.

Sea Devil then left the formation and opened range to reload. The radar screen now showed only three small pips. The third torpedo of the first salvo had apparently missed its target and run on to hit the third maru.

After reloading, the submarine tracked the remaining units of the convoy. Shortly after 10:00, she fired on and damaged one of the escorts. Forty minutes later, she fired on the remaining merchantman and observed it suddenly disappear from the radar screen. After 11:00, she made 27

her way through the wreckage to pick up survivors. Only four allowed themselves to be picked up; and, of these, one died of his wounds.

Of the seven ships, Sea Devil had sunk three — cargo ships Taijo Maru , Edogawa Maru , and Misshan Maru — and had damaged the fourth maru and at least one of the escorts.

The submarine remained in her Yellow Sea patrol area for another three days, then headed for Midway. On 6 April, however, she received orders to patrol south of Kyūshū, and, on 8 April, she was ordered closer to Okinawa in search of four downed United States Marine Corps pilots.

The pilots, from aircraft carrier Essex (CV-9), had been covering the movements of battleship Yamato and, on running low on fuel, had ditched in a location they thought to be near Okinawa.

Prior to midnight, on 8 April, Sea Devil located three of the pilots 200 miles (320 km) northeast of Okinawa. The search for the fourth continued through the night. With dawn on 9 April, friendly planes joined in the search. But they, too, were unsuccessful; and, in the late afternoon the submarine continued southeastward.

Fourth war patrol, May – July 1945 On 13 April, Sea Devil arrived at Saipan. On 20 April, she completed her patrol, for which she was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation, at Midway Island. On 28 May, she was back at Saipan, and, on 30 May, she, along with submarines Ronquil (SS-396) and Paddle (SS-263), got underway. On 6 June, she entered the East China Sea via Tokara Kaikyo and headed northward to the Yellow Sea. On 7 June, she made her way through the islands of southwestern Korea; and, on 8 June, she commenced patrolling between the Shantung peninsula and Korea.

On the afternoon of 14 June, a cargo ship, with an escort on either side, was sighted through the high periscope. Sea Devil submerged, maneuvered into position; launched four torpedoes "down-the-throat," then changed course radically to avoid a collision with the target. Twenty- three seconds after firing, two of the torpedoes hit the target. Wakamiyasan Maru went under. Her escorts dropped depth charges. Five were fairly close. Sea Devil dropped below a 20-degree temperature gradient and worked her way out.

On the morning of 21 June, she sighted three armed trawlers, one under tow, headed from Shantung toward Korea. At 09:43, she surfaced and, three minutes later, commenced firing with her five-inch (127 mm) gun, 40 millimeter and 20 millimeter guns. The 40 millimeter soon jammed, but fire from the five-inch (127 mm) gun and 20 millimeter guns sank the trawler being towed and left a second burning and settling. The third, the towing vessel, cast loose and headed west under full steam. Sea Devil picked up three survivors and moved south to patrol in another area.

Poor weather impaired hunting during the next six days. On 27 June, however, she was able to take photographs of Saishu To and Chiri To; and, on 29 June she was diverted to search and rescue operations.

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Assisted by a PB2Y Coronado and a PBM Mariner, she picked up a PBM crew from Rescue Squadron 4, Kerama Retto, on the evening of 30 June, then located the pilot of an United States Army Air Corps P-47 Thunderbolt based at Ie Shima. Another man, who had become separated, was located by accompanying aircraft the following morning and was picked up before noon.

Fifth war patrol, August – September 1945 Sea Devil remained on life guard duty in the northern Ryukyu Islands and southern Kyūshū area until 10 July, then headed east to Guam for refit and the installation of LORAN equipment and a radio direction finder. On 9 August, she headed back to the Yellow Sea. On 14 August, she transited the Nansei Shoto, passing south of Akuseki Shima; and, on 15 August, after entering her patrol area, she received word of Japan's acceptance of Allied surrender terms.

For another two weeks, Sea Devil remained in the area, looking for and sinking naval mines. On 27 August, she sighted a fishing vessel near a mine. Closer inspection showed that the fisherman was using the mine as a buoy and had secured his net to the mine horns. On 28 August, the submarine was ordered to Guam, then diverted to Subic Bay, where she arrived on 3 September.

Within a few weeks, Sea Devil was joined by seven other submarines of the new, postwar submarine squadron, SubRon 5. Through the fall, she operated out of Subic Bay, conducting intensive training operations necessitated by a heavy turnover in personnel. On 1 December, she sailed for San Francisco, California, for overhaul and, on 23 April 1946, she returned to her home port, Pearl Harbor.

1946–1964 Three days later, SS-400 again headed west. On 16 May, she returned to Subic Bay; and, on 23 May, she continued on to Tsingtao where she provided antisubmarine warfare training services to TF 71 into July. On 5 May, she sailed for Shanghai, whence she proceeded back to Pearl Harbor. From 26 July 1946 to 5 May 1947, she conducted operations in the Hawaiian area. Overhaul at Mare Island took her through the summer. In early October, she returned to Hawaii, and on 27 May, she sailed westward for another tour in the Far East.

A simulated war patrol and the provision of ASW training services occupied her during her deployment; and, on 8 January 1948, she returned to Pearl Harbor whence she operated until ordered to Mare Island for inactivation.

Sea Devil was decommissioned on 10 September 1948 and remained in the inactive reserve through the end of the decade. Two months after the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, however, she was ordered activated; and, on 2 March 1951, she was recommissioned, assigned to SubDiv 71, SubRon 7, and based at Pearl Harbor.

Through the summer, Sea Devil operated in Hawaiian waters. In September, she returned to the west coast to provide ASW training services for Fleet Air Wing 4 in the Puget Sound area. In mid-November, she returned to Hawaii, where she conducted local operations through the winter. From mid-April to mid-June 1952, she underwent overhaul at the Pearl Harbor Naval

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Shipyard; then resumed local operations. In late September, she sailed west for her first deployment to the western Pacific since recommissioning.

Sea Devil arrived at Yokosuka on 7 October and commenced providing services to TF 96, which conducted ASW training exercises and maintained preparedness for hunter-killer operations in support of the United Nations effort. In late January 1953, she was detached for patrol purposes. Toward the end of January, she returned to Yokosuka, and, on 3 March, she sailed for Pearl Harbor.

On 30 June, Sea Devil again got under way for Puget Sound where she provided services to Fleet Air Wing 4 before heading for San Francisco on 20 August to begin inactivation. On 28 August, she was placed in commission, in reserve; and, on 19 February 1954, she was decommissioned.

Three years later, Sea Devil was again activated; and, on 17 August 1957, she was recommissioned and assigned to SubRon 5 at San Diego, California. For the next year, she conducted training operations off southern California and in the Puget Sound area, then prepared for deployment to the western Pacific. From November 1958 to April 1959, she provided services to Seventh Fleet surface units and to Fleet Marine Force Pacific. In May, she returned to San Diego. On 1 July 1960, she was redesignated an auxiliary submarine with hull classification symbol AGSS-400; and, from that time through 1963, she was primarily engaged in training operations off the West Coast. Only two deployments to the western Pacific during February–August 1961 and June–December 1963 interrupted that schedule.

Decommissioning and disposal In 1964 Sea Devil commenced inactivation for the last time. On 17 February 1964, she was decommissioned. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 April 1964, and she was sunk as a target off Southern California on 24 November 1964.

Awards Sea Devil earned five battle stars for her World War II service.

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The Disbursing Clerk rating was established in 1948 from the wartime rating of storekeeper (D) (Disbursing Clerk). However, way back in 1861 there was a Paymaster's Steward that was changed to Paymaster's Writer in 1870 and changed again to Paymaster's Yeoman in 1878.

Under the pay scale of today's Navy a seaman apprentice upon completion of recruit training is entitle to twice as much base pay as was a captain of the new Navy nearly 200 years ago. To protect our commerce at sea, an act of Congress (27 March 1794) authorized the building and manning of six frigates. The act contained only nine sections, three of which had to do with pay and subsistence and allowed that the monthly pay of commissioned and warrant officers and enlisted personnel should be as follows: Captains, $75.00; Surgeons, $50.00; Lieutenants, Chaplains, Sailing Masters, and Pursers, $40.00; Surgeon's Mates, $30.00; Lieutenants of Marines, $26.00; Boatswains, Gunners, Sailmakers and Carpenters, $14.00. Petty Officers, midshipmen, seamen, ordinary seamen, and marines would receive pay as fixed by the President, "provided that the whole sum to be given for the whole pay aforesaid shall not exceed $27,000 per month." When it is considered that the six vessels involved in the original law were authorized a total complement of close to 2,000 enlisted personnel it can be readily seen that the financial lot of the petty officer and seamen was anything but lucrative.

Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq78-1.htm#anchor96513

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April 1 1893 - Navy General Order 409 of 25 February 1893 establishes the rate of Chief Petty Officer as of this date. 1917 - Boatswain's Mate 1/c John I. Eopolucci, a Naval Armed Guard on board the steamship Aztec , died when the vessel was sunk by a German U-boat. He was the first U.S. Navy sailor killed in action in World War I. 1942 - First Naval Air Transportation Service (NATS) squadron for Pacific operations commissioned 1945 - Over 1200 Navy ships and Army troops begin invasion of Okinawa 1966 - The command, US Naval Forces Vietnam established 1967 - Helicopter squadron HAL 3 activated at Vung Tau April 2 1781 - Frigate Alliance captures 2 British privateers, Mars and Minerva 1827 - First Naval Hospital construction begun at Portsmouth, VA 1898 - Adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms 1947 - UN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship 1951 - First Navy use of jet aircraft as a bomber, launched from a carrier, USS Princeton. 1960 - USS Glacier begins 12 days of relief operations, providing helicopter and boat transportation and emergency supplies to residents of Paramaribo, Suriname after floods. April 3 1797 - CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system 1942 - ADM Nimitz named Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, a joint command, and retained his other title, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet 1992 - First five coed recruit companies from Orlando, FL Naval Training Center graduate. April 4 1776 - Continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel 1854 - Sailors and Marines from sailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai 1898 - Appointment of first Civil Engineering Corps officer, Mordecai Endicott, as Chief, Bureau of Yards and Docks 1949 - Establishment of NATO

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April 5 1946 - USS Missouri arrives in Turkey to return the body of Turkish ambassador to the U.S. and to show U.S. support and willingness to defend Turkey. April 6 1776 - Sloop-of-war Ranger , frigate Queen of France and frigate Warren capture British Hibernia and 7 other vessels 1862 - Naval Gunfire from Tyler and Lexington help save Union Troops at Battle of Shiloh 1909 - Commander Robert E. Peary reports reaching the North Pole 1917 - U.S. declares war on Germany 1945 - First heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa. 1961 - USS Lake Champlain brings oxygen to aid stricken passenger of British liner Queen of Bermuda. 1968 - USS New Jersey recommissioned for shore bombardment duty in Vietnam 1989 - President orders DOD to assist in Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup 1993 - Branch Navy Hospital Adak responds to crash of civilian Chinese airline providing lifesaving treatment and medical evacuation of 89 injured passengers. Only one passenger out of 265 passengers died. April 7 1776 - Continental brig Lexington captures British Edward 1917 - Navy takes control of all wireless radio stations in the U.S. 1942 - Navy accepts African Americans for general service 1945 - First two Navy flight nurses land on an active battlefield (Iwo Jima): ENS Jane Kendeigh, USNR, and LTJG Ann Purvis, USN 1945 - Carrier aircraft defeat last Japanese Navy sortie (Battle of East China Sea); Yamato , world's largest battleship, and five other ships sunk 1979 - Launching of first Trident submarine, USS Ohio (SSBN-726) at Groton, CT April 8 1925 - First planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley , by VF-1 1950 - Unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR 1951 - 1st of 4 detonations, Operation Greenhouse nuclear test April 9 1861 - Second relief convoy for Fort Sumter left New York 1941 - Commissioning of USS North Carolina , which carried 9 16-inch guns 1943 - Re-establishment of Commodore rank 1959 - Selection of first 7 Mercury astronauts, include 4 naval aviators April 10 1941 - USS Niblack, while rescuing survivors of torpedoed ship, depth charged German submarine; first action of WW II between U.S. and German navies 1963 - During diving tests, USS Thresher lost with all hands (112 crew and 12 civilians) east of Cape Cod, MA 1966 - River Patrol Boats of River Patrol Force commenced operations on inland waters of South Vietnam April 11 1783 - Congress declares end of war with Great Britain 1900 - Navy accepted its first submarine, USS Holland 1970 - Launch of Apollo 13, commanded by CAPT James A. Lovell, Jr., USN. Former naval aviator 33

Fred W. Haise, Jr. was the Lunar Module Pilot. While 200,000 miles from Earth there was an explosion on board which forced Apollo 13 to circle the moon without landing. Mission duration was 5 days, 22 hours, and 54 minutes. Recovery was by HS-4 helicopters from USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2). 1991 - U.N. ceasefire ends Persian Gulf War April 12 1861 - Civil War begins when Confederates fire on Fort Sumter, SC 1911 - LT Theodore Ellyson qualifies as first naval aviator 1962 - U.S. Navy demonstrates new landing craft with retractable hydrofoils, LCVP (H) 1975 - Operation Eagle Pull evacuation from Cambodia 1981 - First launching of re-useable Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) with all Navy crew. CAPT John W. Young, USN (Ret.) commanded, while LCDR Robert L. Crippen, USN was the pilot. Mission duration was 2 days, 6 hours, and 20 minutes. Sixteen of the shuttle's heat-shielding silicon tiles were lost and 148 damaged during reentry. 1993 - Aircraft from USS Theodore Roosevelt and NATO forces begin enforcing the no-fly zone over the Bosnia in Operation Deny Flight April 13 1847 - Naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico 1861 - Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces 1960 - Navy's navigation satellite, Transit, placed into orbit from Cape Canaveral, FL and demonstrates ability to launch another satellite April 14 1898 - Commissioning of first Post Civil War hospital ship, USS Solace 1969 - North Korean aircraft shoots down Navy EC-121 reconnaissance aircraft from VQ-1 over the Sea of Japan 1988 - USS Samuel B. Roberts struck Iranian mine off Qatar 1989 - First Navy ship arrives on scene to assist in Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup April 15 1885 - Naval forces land at Panama to protect American interests during revolution 1912 - USS Chester and USS Salem sailed from MA to assist RMS Titanic survivors 1918 - First Marine Aviation Force formed at Marine Flying Field, Miami, FL 1961 - Launching of first nuclear-powered frigate, USS Bainbridge , at Quincy, MA 1962 - USS Princeton brought first Marine helicopters to Vietnam. This was first Marine advisory unit to arrive in South Vietnam. 1986 - Operation Eldorado Canyon, Navy aircraft from USS America (CV-66) and USS Coral Sea (CV-43) attack Libya in conjunction with USAF aircraft after Libya linked to terrorist bombing of West Berlin discotheque which killed 1 American and injured 78 people. April 16 1863 - Union gunboats pass Confederate batteries at Vicksburg 1924 - Navy commences relief operations in Mississippi Valley floods, lasting until 16 June 1947 - Act of Congress gives Navy Nurse Corps members commissioned rank 1959 - Helicopters from USS Edisto begin rescue operations in Montevideo, Uruguay. By 26 April they had carried 277 flood victims to safety. April 17 1778 - Sloop-in-war Ranger captures British brig

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April 18 1848 - U.S. Navy expedition to explore the Dead Sea and the River Jordan, commanded by LT William F. Lynch, reaches the Dead Sea. 1906 - Navy assists in relief operations during San Francisco earthquake and fire 1942 - USS Hornet launches Doolittle's Army bombers for first attack on Japan 1988 - Navy destroys 2 Iranian surveillance platforms, sinks one frigate and one patrol ships, and severely damages a second frigate in retaliation for attack on USS Samuel B. Roberts

April 19 1783 - George Washington proclaims end of hostilities 1861 - President Lincoln orders blockade of Southern ports from SC to Texas 1955 - USS Albany and USS William Wood begin to provide disaster relief to citizens of Volos, Greece, ending 21 April April 20 1796 - Congress authorizes completion of 3 frigates 1861 - Norfolk Navy Yard abandoned and burned by Union forces. 1914 - In first call to action of naval aviators, detachment on USS Birmingham sailed to Tampico, Mexico. 1915 - First Navy contract for lighter-than-air craft awarded. 1942 - USS Wasp (CV-7) launches 47 British aircraft to reinforce Malta 1947 - CAPT L.O. Fox, USN, supported by 80 Marines, accepted the surrender of LT Yamaguchi and 26 Japanese soldiers and sailors, two and one half years after the occupation of Peleliu and nearly 20 months after the surrender of Japan. 1953 - USS New Jersey shells Wonsan, Korea from inside the harbor. 1964 - USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625) launches a Polaris A-2 missile from the surface in first demonstration that Polaris submarines could launch missiles from the surface as well as from beneath the ocean. 30 minutes later the submarine launched another Polaris missile while submerged. April 21 1861 - USS Saratoga captures slaver, Nightingale. 1898 - U.S. at war against Spain. 1906 - Commander Robert Peary discovered supposed Arctic Continent did not exist. 1972 - Moonwalk in the Descartes Highlands by CAPT John W. Young, USN Commander of Apollo 16. He was the ninth man to walk on the moon. LCDR Thomas K. Mattingly II, USN was the Command Module Pilot. During the 11 day, 1 hour and 51 minute mission, 213 lbs. of lunar material was collected. Recovery by HC-1 helicopters from USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14) April 22 1778 - Captain John Paul Jones of Ranger led landing party raid on Whitehaven, England 1898 - U.S. warships begin blockade of Cuba 1987 - U.S. Navy ordered to provide assistance to neutral vessels under Iranian attack outside the exclusion zone and that requested help April 23 1918 - USS Stewart destroys German submarine off France 1945 - In only U.S. use of guided missiles in WW II, 2 BAT missiles release at Balikiapan, Borneo 1956 - Project Vanguard, earth satellite launching program, assigned to DCNO (Air) 35

April 24 1778 - Continental Navy sloop Ranger captures HMS Drake 1862 - Battle of New Orleans; Union Navy under David Farragut runs past forts into Mississippi River 1884 - USS Thetis , Bear , and Alert sailed from New York to search for Greeley expedition lost in Arctic 1906- Ceremonies at Naval Academy commemorate John Paul Jones; President Theodore Roosevelt delivers speech 1917 - Destroyer squadron departs Boston for European service 1959 - Organization of American States asks U.S. to establish naval patrols off east coast of Panama to prevent invasion of Cuban forces 1974 - Naval forces begin minesweeping operations in the Suez Canal Zone 1981 - RCA delivers to the Navy, NOVA I, the 1st production unit of the improved navigational satellite. April 25 1862 - Union naval forces occupy New Orleans, LA 1898 - Congress declares war existed with Spain since 21 April 1914 - First combat observation mission by Navy plane, at Veracruz, Mexico. 1917 - Naval Armed Guard crew on board SS Mongolia engage and damage a German U-boat. This was the first engagement of U.S. naval personnel against the enemy in World War I. 1959 - USS Eversole rescues 14 Chinese Nationalist fishermen from their sinking fishing trawler in the Formosa Strait. April 26 1921 - U.S. Naval Detachment left Yugoslavia after administering area around Spalato for 2 years to guarantee transfer of area from Austria to new country 1952 - USS Hobson sinks after colliding with USS Wasp ; 176 lives lost April 27 1805 - Naval forces capture Derne, Tripoli; raise U.S. flag over foreign soil 1813 - U.S. Navy and Army forces capture York (now Toronto), Canada 1861 - President Lincoln extended blockade of Confederacy to VA and NC ports 1865 - Body of John Wilkes Booth brought to Washington Navy Yard. April 28 1962 - Naval forces capture Forts Jackson and St. Philip, LA 1965 - Dominican Republic intervention began 1944 - U.S. LSTs attacked during Operation Tiger 1993 - SECDEF memo orders Armed Forces to train and assign women on combat aircraft and most combat ships, but not to ground combat positions. April 29 1814 - USS Peacock captures HMS Epervier 1898 - U.S. warships engage Spanish gunboats and shore batteries at Cienfuegos, Cuba 1944 - Fast carrier task force (12 carriers) commence 2 day bombing of Truk 1975 - Operation Frequent Wind evacuation from Vietnam begins April 30 1798 - Congress establishes Department of the Navy 1975 - Saigon falls to North Vietnamese forces

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April 1 1918 - USS K-5 (SS-36) battery explosion. PCU S-30 (SS-135) keel laid as S-30 at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA. 1939 - USS SWORDFISH (SS-193) launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 1941 - PCU GUARDFISH (SS-217) keel laid as GUARDFISH at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1942 - PCU PADDLE (SS-263) keel laid as PADDLE at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. PCU TULLIBEE (SS-284) keel laid as TULLIBEE at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 1943 - PCU CROAKER (SS-246) keel laid as CROAKER at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1944 - PCU LOGGERHEAD (SS-374) keel laid as LOGGERHEAD at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI. PCU TENCH (SS-417) keel laid as TENCH at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1945 - PCU COBBLER (SS-344) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. USS QUEENFISH (SS-393) sank a Japanese merchant ship - the 11,600-ton passenger- cargo ship AWA MARU - loaded with Red Cross relief supplies for Allied POWs, resulting in a court martial for the captain of the submarine, since the ship had been granted safe passage by the U.S. Government. 1952 - USS POMFRET (SS-391) decommissioned for GUPPY IIA upgrade at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. USS QUILLBACK (SS-424) decommissioned at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH, for GUPPY IIA conversion. PCU T-1 (later-MACKEREL/SST-1) (AGSS-570) keel laid as T-1 at Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1962 - USS PERMIT (SSN-594) collided with cargo ship Hawaiian Citizen 3 miles NW of San Francisco, CA, damaging PERMIT's superstructure. 1967 - USS ANGLER (SS-240) third and final decommissioning; assigned to Naval Reserve Training at Philadelphia, PA. PCU WILL ROGERS (SSBN-659) commissioned USS WILL ROGERS (SSBN-659) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. This completed building for the "41 for Freedom" FBM submarines, two years ahead of schedule.

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1968 - USS BILLFISH (SS-286) placed out of service and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 1973 - Ex-CUTLASS (SS-478) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred to Taiwan. 1975 - Ex-BARB (SS-220) sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping. Ex-DACE (SS-247) sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping. 1976 - Ex-LAPON (SS-260) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP). Purchased by Greece and used for spare parts on her sister boats. Ex-SCABBARDFISH (SS-397) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), purchased outright by Greece. 1982 - PCU AUGUSTA (SSN-710) keel laid as AUGUSTA at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1994 - Ex-TECUMSEH (SSN-628) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. the last submarines of the original "41 for Freedom" stood down from service as the front-line of America's strategic deterrent. For more than 33 years, the first 41-ship Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarine force performed flawlessly as the most survivable leg of the nation's strategic deterrent triad completing more than 2,824 patrols. The original 41-ship force consisted of four classes of submarines: the 5-ship George Washington class, the 5-ship Ethan Allen class, the 19-ship Lafayette class and the 12-ship Benjamin Franklin class. The last three submarines of the Navy's Poseidon SSBN Fleet, USS STONEWALL JACKSON (SSBN-634), USS SIMON BOLIVAR (SSBN-641) and USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO (SSBN-658), were moved from patrol status and commenced preparations for decommissioning. The modern and much more capable Trident submarine force now forms the backbone of the nation's nuclear strategic deterrent. 1995 - PCU CHEYENNE (SSN-773) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1996 - Ex-TULLIBEE (SSN-597) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2005 - Cmdr. Mark H. Merrick relieved Cmdr. Brett J. Genoble as commanding officer of the fast-attack submarine USS ALBANY (SSN-753) at Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk, VA. Commissioned in April 1990, ALBANY is the fifth ship to bear the name of New York’s capital city. USS ASHEVILLE (SSN-758) returned to her homeport at Naval Base Point Loma, CA, after completing a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean. ASHEVILLE performed national security missions and took part in two international exercises. April 2 1919 - USS G-2 (ex-TUNA) (SS-27) decommissioned, struck from the Naval Vessel Register and designated as a target. 1928 - PCU V-4 (SF-7) (later ARGONAUT/SM-1/APS-1) (SS-166) commissioned Fleet Submarine USS V-4 (SF-7) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1940 - PCU GRENADIER (SS-210) keel laid as GRENADIER at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH. 1942 - PCU BARB (SS-220) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 38

1963 - USS SPIKEFISH (AGSS-404) decommissioned. 1968 - USS CROAKER (AGSS-246) third and final decommisssioning. 1984 - the Glasgow Herald reported the U.S. Navy at Holy Loch, Scotland admitted that the paint on USS SAM RAYBURN (SSBN-635) was mildly radioactive when she returned from patrol in February, 1984. The Navy said this was very low-level radioactivity, so low that it could not be detected by a geiger counter. Reports about the radiation had been circulating for a month, leading to claims that SAM RAYBURN had been in a collision sometime in the fall of 1983 which had caused the ship to leak or become contaminated with radiation. The Navy's statements serve to add to the controversy. 2002 - USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSBN/SSN-642) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register. April 3 1909 - USS C-5 (ex-SNAPPER) (SS-16) sank alongside after a battery water tank filling mishap. 1911 - PCU GARFISH (later H-3) (SS-30) keel laid as GARFISH at Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, Seattle, WA. 1915 - PCU L-4 (SS-43) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1924 - PCU S-18 (SS-123) commissioned USS S-18 (SS-123) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA. 1931 - USS S-7 (SS-112) decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. 1939 - PCU SAURY (SS-189) commissioned USS SAURY (SS-189) at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1940 - PCU GRAYBACK (SS-208) keel laid as GRAYBACK at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1943 - USS PICKEREL (SS-177) was the first submarine to be lost in the Central Pacific area; she set out from Pearl Harbor on 18 March 1943. After topping off with fuel at Midway on 22 March, PICKEREL began her seventh war patrol off the eastern coast of northern Honshu. She was never heard from after her departure from Midway. She was ordered to remain in her area until sunset 1 May 1943 and then to return to Midway. Standing orders required her to transmit by radio prior to entering a circle of radius 500 miles from Midway, and this report was expected by 6 May. When it was not received, a message ordering an immediate reply was repeatedly sent. No answer was received and plane searches along her expected course, revealed nothing. She was reported lost on 12 May 1943. Antisubmarine attack data submitted by the Japanese at the end of the war list one attack which could conceivably have been on PICKEREL. This attack occurred on 3 April, 1943, off Shiranuka Lighthouse, on the northern tip of Honshu. This position is outside the area assigned to PICKEREL but no other submarine was there. FLYING FISH was en route to the area between Honshu and Hokkaido and arrived there on 6 April but PICKEREL might well have moved into the northern area for a few days until FLYING FISH’s arrival if she found hunting poor in her own area. Indeed, unless the Japanese attacked a submarine which was the product of their own imaginations, they must certainly have attacked PICKEREL on 3 April; no other boat of ours was near the area of the attack. However, a special notation was made on the Japanese records to the effect that they were inaccurate for the month of April, 1943. Thus, there is every reason to speculate that if PICKEREL did survive the attack of 3 April, she may have been attacked later in her own area and the attack may not have been reported. We know that there were Japanese mine plants along the coast of Honshu but a study of the track chart for 39

PICKEREL’s sixth war patrol, conducted in the same area, showed that the Commanding officer was accustomed to staying outside the 60 fathom curve. Mines are normally ineffective in water that deep. The probable cause of PICKEREL’s loss is that she was sunk by an enemy depth charge attack. Operational casualties for mine explosions represent possibilities but are not thought to be likely. Seventy-four brave submariners were lost with her that day. She was the thirteenth U.S. submarine loss of World War II. 1944 - PCU BARBEL (SS-316) commissioned USS BARBEL (SS-316) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. PCU COBBLER (SS-344) keel laid as COBBLER at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. PCU RAZORBACK (SS-394) commissioned USS RAZORBACK (SS-394) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1945 - Ex-S-16 (SS-121) sunk as a target in 250 feet of water, 18 miles off Key West, FL. 1976 - PCU MEMPHIS (SSN-691) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1992 - PCU HAMPTON (SSN-767) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1999 - the sail of USS HAWKBILL (SSN-666) broke through the Arctic ice at a camp set up as a joint venture between the Navy and the National Science Foundation. The camp, used as a logistics base for the submarine, is about 150 miles north of Barrow, AK. 2001 - in an early morning ceremony at Naval Base Point Loma, CA, the command of USS SALT LAKE CITY (SSN-716) shifted hands as Cmdr. Stephen Marr relieved Cmdr. William Hoeft. Rear Adm. C. H. Griffiths, Jr., Commander Submarine Group Nine, served as Guest speaker for the event. April 4 1923 - PCU S-36 (SS-141) commissioned USS S-36 (SS-141) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, CA. 1943 - PCU CERO (SS-225) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. PCU REDFIN (SS-272) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co, Manitowoc, WI. 1946 - Ex-S-35 (SS-140) sunk as a target by torpedo off the Hawaiian Islands; she had been used as a damage control hulk for the new Fleet Damage Control School. 1949 - PCU USS PICKEREL (SS-524) commissioned USS PICKEREL (SS-524) at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA. 1953 - the Turkish diesel submarine Dumlupiner (formerly USS BLOWER (SS-325)) sank after colliding with the Swedish freighter Naboland in the Dardanelles. The captain of Naboland was held by Turkish authorities in connection with the incident, and on 11 April, Sweden protested his arrest. 1960 - PCU JOHN MARSHALL (SSBN-611) keel laid as JOHN MARSHALL at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1964 - PCU DACE (SSN-607) commissioned USS DACE (SSN-607) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, MS. PCU GREENLING (SSN-614) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. PCU HENRY L. STIMSON (SSBN-655) keel laid as HENRY L. STIMSON at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1977 - PCU MICHIGAN (SSBN-727) keel laid as MICHIGAN at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 40

2002 - the nuclear powered attack submarine USS DALLAS (SSN-700) got underway for a scheduled deployment from Submarine Base New London, CT. 2006 - sailors from the Los Angeles-class submarine USS TOPEKA (SSN-754) returned to Naval Base Point Loma, CA, following a six-month Western Pacific deployment. TOPEKA conducted two operations in support of national security objectives and numerous anti- submarine warfare-training exercises with U.S. and allied aircraft during her deployment. TOPEKA sailors made port calls in Guam, Singapore, Hawaii, Saipan, and Nagano and Nagasaki, Japan. TOPEKA was on her eighth Western Pacific deployment since commissioning Oct. 21, 1989. Attack submarines are designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships. April 5 1919 - PCU R-7 (SS-84) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1944 - PCU THORNBACK (SS-418) keel laid as THORNBACK at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1945 - Ex-S-17 (SS-122) intentionally sunk. 1954 - USS ALBACORE (AGSS-569) was underway off the Isle of Shoals. 1958 - PCU GROWLER (SSG-577) launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. 1969 - USS STONEWALL JACKSON (SSBN-634) completed the 100th Polaris patrol in the Pacific when she returned to Apra Harbor, Guam. 1994 - Ex-NATHAN HALE (SSBN-623) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 1995 - Ex-SARGO (SSN-583) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. USS HAMMERHEAD (SSN-663) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register. April 6 1945 - PCU ENTEMEDOR (SS-340) commissioned USS ENTEMEDOR (SS-340) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1946 - USS BATFISH (SS-310) decommissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Mare Island Group. USS THORNBACK (SS-418) decommissioned at New London, CT. 1974 - PCU LOS ANGELES (SSN-688) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, Company, Newport News, VA. PCU CINCINNATI (SSN-693) keel laid as CINCINNATI at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. April 7 1922 - USS L-1 (SS-40) decommissioned at Hampton Roads (Submarine Base), VA. 1933 - USS S-4 (SS-109) decommissioned and laid up in the reserve fleet. 1942 - PCU MUSKALLUNGE (SS-262) keel laid as MUSKALLUNGE at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1943 - PCU ASPRO (SS-309) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. PCU GUITARRO (SS-363) keel laid as GUITARRO at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI. 1958 - PCU SNOOK (SSN-592) keel laid as SNOOK at Ingalls Shipbuilding Company, Pascagoula, MS. 1959 - USS TRITON (SSN-586) suffered a galley fire caused by testing a deep-fat fryer, while in 41

New London, CT. According to the Navy, the fire spread from the galley into the ventilation lines of the crew's mess. But quick action by crewmembers "resulted in the saving of the ship's equipment and possible loss of life". 1968 - USS HALIBUT (SSGN-587) made port at Pearl Harbor, HI. 1979 - PCU OHIO (SSBN-726) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. PCU GEORGIA (SSBN-729) keel laid as GEORGIA at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1987 - USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) grounded in James River at Newport News, VA. two sailors were swept from the deck of USS ULYSSES S. GRANT (SSBN-631) in rough seas three miles outside of the Portsmouth, NH harbor; one was rescued but was pronounced dead and the other was lost at sea. 1989 - USS HYMAN G. RICKOVER (SSN-709) onboard fire while submerged in the Atlantic. 1990 - PCU ALBANY (SSN-753) commissioned USS ALBANY (SSN-753) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1993 - USS HADDOCK (SSN-621) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register; laid up at Bremerton Naval Shipyard. Ex-QUEENFISH (SSN-651) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 1997 - Newport News Shipbuilding was awarded a $71.9 million contract to provide design and planning yard services for SEAWOLF-class submarines. 2000 - Ex-TREPANG (SSN-674) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. April 8 1909 - PCU STINGRAY (later C-2) (SS-13) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. PCU TARPON (later C-3) (SS-14) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. PCU NARWHAL (later D-1) (SS-17) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1943 - PCU BAYA (SS-318) keel laid as BAYA at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1945 - USS SNOOK (SS-279) was lost with 82 men. She was to patrol Luzon Strait, the south coast of China, and the east coast of Hainan, and to perform lifeguard duties if so directed by dispatch. SNOOK returned to Guam for emergency repairs on March 27th and departed on March 28th to rejoin her group. TIGRONE was in contact with her until April 8th. The patrol was SNOOK’s ninth. The actual whereabouts of SNOOK may have been discovered during a deep sea dive in 1995. The possibility exists that a U.S. submarine lies in about 350 meters of water off the coast of Iriomote Island, the far southwest island in the Okinawa chain. During operations with an Okinawan company using a U.S. made "SCORPIO" ROV in 1995, a group of divers encountered a sonar contact with what appeared to be a metal structure about 6 meters in girth and about 35 meters in length (exposed) at roughly an angle of 20-30 degrees. The sonar image of a large unexpected obstruction to the operations prompted the divers to take evasive maneuvers and avoid the area for the safety of the ROV. The divers, thinking they would have another opportunity to work in the area at a later date, left the area and never returned to that site. Their ROV was lost in 1997 off Yonaguni island, the last island 42

belonging to Okinawa off the east coast of Taiwan. They were fairly certain that the object was a submarine, and quite possibly SNOOK (SS-279). No further dives in the area were ever attempted. She was the forty-ninth U.S. submarine loss of World War II. 1998 - PCU MICHIGAN (SSBN-727) (GOLD) returned to homeport at Naval Submarine Base Bangor, WA, after completing the 500th patrol for the Pacific and Atlantic Trident fleets. 2005 - the crew of USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724) received the Meritorious Unit Commendation award for their participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) at Pearl Harbor, HI. The nuclear-powered attack submarine returned home from OIF on May 13, 2003 as one of four Pearl Harbor-based submarines that shot Tomahawk missiles into Iraq during the war. According to Cmdr. David Kirk, commanding officer of LOUISVILLE, at the time LOUISVILLE was outfitted with one of the oldest fire control and communications systems in the submarine fleet. Kirk said the boat deployed expecting to conduct one type of mission and was tasked to move into OIF area of operating to fire Tomahawks. Kirk said the the multi-mission capabilities of our modern submarines was demonstrated by LOUISVILLE when she shifted gears from operations vital to national security to going on a high speed run into the OIF and shooting missiles on time. 2006 - USS TOLEDO (SSN-769) departed the port of Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates after a brief visit providing the crew an opportunity for liberty and the Groton, CT based submarine an opportunity for routine upkeep. The Los Angeles-class attack submarine is currently operating in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations (MSO). TOLEDO departed Naval Submarine Base New London, CT January 31. TOLEDO was attached to USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Carrier Strike Group. April 9 1943 - PCU PARCHE (SS-384) keel laid as PARCHE at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1944 - PCU BLENNY (SS-324) launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. PCU KETE (SS-369) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI. 1959 - the U.S. Navy announced USS RATON (SSR-270) and USS George K. Mackenzie (DD-836) collided during maneuvers in the western Pacific. 1960 - PCU PATRICK HENRY (SSBN-599) commissioned USS PATRICK HENRY (SSBN 599) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT; CDR Harold E. Shear (Blue Crew) and CDR Robert L. J. Long (Gold Crew) commanding. 1962 - USS THOMAS A. EDISON (SSBN-610) collided with USS Wadleigh (DD-689) during antisubmarine warfare exercises 200 miles east of Norfolk, VA. THOMAS A. EDISON's topside rudder was slightly bent and the destroyer's forward bottom plates were pierced. THOMAS A. EDISON was repaired at Newport News, VA, in several hours while Wadleigh went into drydock for several weeks. According to a Navy spokesman, the collision resulted from a misunderstanding between the two ships and occurred as THOMAS A. EDISON was surfacing. No one was injured. 1964 - PCU DANIEL WEBSTER (SSBN-626) commissioned USS DANIEL WEBSTER (SSBN-626) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1968 - USS ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN-601) snagged the nets of the French trawler Lorraine-Bretagne in the Irish Sea, causing the trawler to lose a considerable amount of fishing equipment. The submarine was undamaged. 1981 - USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSBN-598) collided with the 2,350-ton Japanese freighter Nissho Maru in the East China Sea about 110 miles south-southwest of Sasebo, Japan. As she was surfacing she ran into the underside of the freighter, damaged her hull and 43

caused Nissho Maru to sink in approximately 15 minutes, killing two Japanese crewmen (13 others were rescued). The submarine sufferred minor damage to a small section of her sail. The accident sparked a political furor in Japan, straining U.S.-Japanese relations a month before a meeting between Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki and President Ronald Reagan. The United States was criticized because it took over 24 hours to notify Japanese authorities; the submarine and a U.S. P-3 Orion aircraft overhead did not make a rescue attempt; and the submarine was operating so close to Japan (less than 20 miles outside the 12-mile limit). The U.S. Navy initially said the submarine surfaced but could not see any ship in distress due to fog and rain. On 11 April President Reagan and other U.S. officials expressed regret over the accident, made offers of compensation and reassured the Japanese there was no cause for worry about radioactive contamination. They refused to say what the submarine was doing so close to Japan or whether it was armed with nuclear missiles. Over the next several months as the controversy continued, the U.S. Navy accepted responsibility to preclude lengthy litigation; was criticized for its preliminary report which said the submarine and Orion claimed not to have realized the freighter was sinking; relieved and reprimanded the commanding officer and officer of the deck of the submarine. On 31 August the Navy released a final report which concluded the accident resulted from a highly coincidental set of circumstances, compounded by errors on the part of some members of the submarine crew. 1981 - USS JACK (SSN-605) surged against USS Trenton (LPD-14) while in port in Alexandria, Egypt. 1998 - USS TUCSON (SSN-770) was in the Arabian Gulf while operating in the area as part of the naval forces there. 1999 - the Navy's fast-attack submarine USS COLUMBUS (SSN-762) homeported in Pearl Harbor, HI, returned from a successful Western Pacific Deployment (WESTPAC). COLUMBUS is a Los Angeles-class submarine equipped with Advanced Capability (ADCAP) and MARK 48 anti-submarine/ship torpedoes. 2005 - PCU TEXAS (SSN-775) launched at Northrop Grumman Newport News, VA; christened by First Lady and Sponsor Laura Bush. Current plans call for 30 Virginia-class submarines in the Fleet. As the Navy's next-generation attack submarine, the Virginia-class will provide the U.S. Navy with the capabilities it requires to maintain the Nation's undersea supremacy well into the 21st Century. TEXAS will have improved stealthiness, sophisticated surveillance capabilities and Special Warfare enhancements that will enable it to meet the Navy's multimission requirements. April 10 1915 - PCU N-5 (SS-57) keel laid as N-5 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. 1931 - USS S-6 (SS-111) decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; laid up in the Reserve Fleet. 1942 - PCU HALIBUT (SS-232) commissioned USS HALIBUT (SS-232) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. 1943 - USS TRITON (SS-201) reported overdue from war patrol and presumed lost. 1945 - USS S-13 (SS-118) second decommissioning at Philadelphia, PA. PCU ODAX (SS-484) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. John E. Fogarty. 1963 - USS THRESHER (SSN-593) lost while conducting sea trials about 200 miles off the coast of Cape Cod. She was the first of a new class of submarine designed for optimum 44

performance of sonar and weapons systems. The Navy’s investigation concluded that while THRESHER was operating at test depth, a leak had developed at a silver-brazed joint in an engine room seawater system; water from the leak may have short-circuited electrical equipment, causing cascading casualties. She sank in approximately 8,400 feet of water and all 129 hands were lost—112 military and 17 civilian technicians. The SUBSAFE program was initiated as a result of this accident. 1976 - PCU OHIO (SSBN-726) keel laid as OHIO at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. April 11 1900 - John P. Holland sold his internal combustion gasoline powered submarine, PCU HOLLAND (HOLLAND VI) (SS-1), to the Navy for $160,000 after demonstration trials off Mount Vernon, VA, marking the official birthdate of the U.S. Navy's submarine force. The boat had cost $236,615 to build but the company viewed it as a loss-leader. The Navy ordered another submarine. 1916 - PCU L-1 (SS-40) commissioned USS L-1 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1919 - PCU S-27 (SS-132) keel laid as S-27 at the Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA. 1931 - USS S-8 (SS-113) decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. 1939 - PCU SEADRAGON (SS-194) launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1942 - USS GRAYLING (SS-209) took a Sampan under deck gun fire and claimed it as damaged. This was the first deck gun action by a U.S. submarine. PCU GRUNION (SS-216) commissioned USS GRUNION (SS-216) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1946 - PCU TUSK (SS-426) commissioned USS TUSK (SS-426) at William Cramp and Company Shipbuilding Co, Philadelphia, PA. 1957 - PCU HALIBUT (SSGN-587) keel laid as HALIBUT at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1962 - Fire broke out in the rudder section of USS THOMAS A. EDISON (SSBN-610) at Norfolk, VA. The fire was caused by the heat from a workman's acetylene torch and was brought under control within 30 minutes. 1972 - USS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (SSBN-640) collided with and sunk a tugboat at the General Dynamics Electric Boat Division docks at Groton, CT. The submarine, being overhauled at the shipyard, was not damaged. 1992 - PCU ANNAPOLIS (SSN-760) commissioned USS ANNAPOLIS (SSN-760) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1997 - USS SPADEFISH (SSN-668) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 2006 - the Ohio-class guided missile submarine USS FLORIDA (SSGN-728) made her way through Cumberland Sound to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA. FLORIDA was officially welcomed to her new home in Kings Bay with a return to service ceremony on May 25, 2006 in Mayport, FL. FLORIDA is the second of four SSBN submarines to be converted to the guided missile SSGN platform. April 12 1918 - PCU S-32 (SS-137) keel laid as S-32 at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA. 1944 - PCU REDFISH (SS-395) commissioned USS REDFISH (SS-395) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 45

1945 - PCU SARDA (SS-488) keel laid as SARDA at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1946 - USS MORAY (SS-300) decommissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 1966 - PCU SEA DEVIL (SSN-664) keel laid as SEA DEVIL at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1967 - PCU RAY (SSN-653) commissioned USS RAY (SSN-653) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1969 - PCU HAWKBILL (SSN-666) launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1993 - USS WILL ROGERS (SSBN-659) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 2000 - Ex-POGY (SSN-647) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. bathed in red lights, the forward control station aboard a typical U.S. Navy nuclear- powered submarine of the Cold War era, showing the ballast control panel, the helm and bow plane controls, was displayed as part of the Submarine Centennial exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Washington, DC. 2004 - the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS DALLAS (SSN-700) made a brief port visit to Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. Commissioned in 1981, DALLAS is the first Los Angeles-class submarine to have a Dry Deck Shelter (DDS). Dry Deck Shelters provide specially configured nuclear powered submarines with a greater capability of deploying Special Operations Forces (SOF). DDSs can transport, deploy, and recover SOF teams from Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts (CRRCs) or SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDVs), all while remaining submerged. In an era of littoral warfare, this capability substantially enhances the combat flexibility of both the submarine and SOF personnel. April 13 1914 - PCU L-1 (SS-40) keel laid as L-1 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1918 - PCU S-31 (SS-136) keel laid as S-31 at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA. 1920 - Ex-C-1 (ex-OCTOPUS) (SS-9) sold for scrapping at Coco Solo, Canal Zone. 1944 - PCU COCHINO (SS-345) keel laid as COCHINO at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1981 - USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN-680) was reported to have run into gill nets near the Hood Canal in Washington state. 1986 - Ex-GRAYBACK (SS/SSG-574) disposed of in support of a Fleet training exercise (sunk as a target) in or near Subic Bay, P.I. 1989 - USS SEA DEVIL (SSN-664) in collision with USS Miller (FF-1091) in the Pacific. 2001 - the converted ballistic missile submarine USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642) navigated past Orote Point through Apra Harbor, Guam, for a brief port visit. KAMEHAMEHA was commissioned as a Benjamin Franklin-class ballastic missile submarine in December 1965, then converted to a conventional submarine in July 1992. Her conversion equipped her with two dry deck shelters (DDS) to support Navy SEALS and SEAL Delivery Vehicles during special operations. 2003 - the fast-attack submarine USS HONOLULU (SSN-718) spent an eight-month deployment with Seventh Fleet Forces and in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein before returning to Pearl Harbor, HI. April 14 1917 - USS L-4 (SS-43) departed on the U.S. Navy's first wartime submarine patrol. It was a 46

short patrol but it was the earliest patrol by a U.S Naval submarine during a declared war. She returned the next day. The United States declared war on Germany on 14 April 1917. 1922 - USS L-4 (SS-43) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register at Philadelphia, PA. 1941 - PCU GAR (SS-206) commissioned USS GAR (SS-206) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1945 - LCDR George Street took USS TIRANTE (SS-420) into combat in a confined and mined harbor. Running on the surface with gun crews on deck, he entered an inner harbor and torpedoed a tanker and two new frigates. Street was awarded the Medal of Honor and TIRANTE was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. PCU MEDREGAL (SS-480) commissioned USS MEDREGAL (SS-480) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1956 - PCU SAILFISH (SSR-572) commissioned USS SAILFISH (SSR-572) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. 1961 - PCU FLASHER (SSN-613) keel laid as FLASHER at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1963 - USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) was the first Polaris submarine assigned to a Mediterranean patrol. 1967 - PCU HAMMERHEAD (SSN-663) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1969 - Ex-DRUM (AGSS-228) was donated as a Museum and Memorial to USS Alabama Battleship Commission, Mobile, AL. 1995 - USS PARGO (SSN-650) decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 1997 - the nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS KEY WEST (SSN-722) operated in the Pacific Ocean as part of the USS Constellation (CV-64) battle group. The battle group was enroute to the Arabian Gulf to enforce no-fly zones and monitor shipping to and from the region. April 15 1910 - Ex-OCTOPUS (later C-1) (SS-9) recommissioned OCTOPUS at Charleston, SC. Ex-VIPER (later B-1) (SS-10) recommissioned; she served with the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet. Ex-CUTTLEFISH (later B-2) (SS-11) recommissioned; she served with the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet. 1915 - PCU N-6 (SS-58) keel laid as N-6 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. 1917 - USS A-5 (ex-PIKE) (SS-6) sank alongside at Cavite Navy Yard due to a slow leak in a main ballast tank. She was raised two days later. 1919 - PCU R-5 (SS-82) commissioned USS R-5 at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA. 1920 - Ex-G-4 (ex-THRASHER) (SS-26) sold for scrapping to Connecticut Iron & Metal Company, New London, CT. 1931 - USS S-9 (SS-114) decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. 1936 - PCU SALMON (SS-182) keel laid as SALMON at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1942 - PCU SHAD (SS-235) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1943 - PCU SKATE (SS-305) commissioned USS SKATE (SS-305) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 1957 - PCU BLUEBACK (SS-581) keel laid as BLUEBACK at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, 47

Pasgagoula, MS. 1959 - USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571) flooding event while submerged off Newfoundland. PCU SKIPJACK (SSN-585) commissioned USS SKIPJACK (SSN-585) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. She was the first submarine that combined nuclear propulsion with the "Albacore" teardrop hull form; the first submarine powered by the S5W reactor (the workhorse of the nuclear powered submarine force for more than 30 years). This class introduced Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding to nuclear powered submarine construction. 1968 - USS SCORPION (SSN-589) collided with a barge during a storm in Naples Harbor, Italy. The submarine was alongside the barge which was used as a buffer between SCORPION and another U.S. warship. The barge and SCORPION's stern came together and the barge was swamped and went down. 1972 - PCU DRUM (SSN-677) commissioned USS DRUM (SSN-677) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1983 - PCU PITTSBURGH (SSN-720) keel laid as PITTSBURGH at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1998 - DSV-3 stricken, to be disposed of, type of disposal not known. The custodian is Deep Submergence Unit, NAS North Island, CA (DSU, San Diego, CA). 2003 - USS BOISE (SSN-764) returned from a rapid response wartime patrol in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS TOLEDO (SSN-769) returned to Naval Submarine Base (SUBASE) New London, CT from a rapid response wartime patrol in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, TOLEDO conducted strike operations into Iraq, launching several Tomahawk cruise missiles during the patrol. While several other Groton based submarines remained deployed in support of the war effort, TOLEDO was the first submarine to return home after actively participating in combat action. The submarine and her crew of 134 Sailors departed Groton February 10, after receiving initial deployment orders and rapidly completing all anticipated combat patrol preparations. With stealth, endurance, mobility and agility, fast-attack submarines like TOLEDO are multimission capable - able to deploy and support special forces operations, disrupt and destroy an adversary’s military and economic operations at sea, provide early strike from close proximity and ensure undersea superiority. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, naval units launched more than 800 cruise missiles into Iraq, and the submarine force accounted for one-third of those launches. TOLEDO’s armament includes Tomahawk cruise missiles -- long-range subsonic cruise missiles -- for striking high value or heavily defended land targets. They have a range of 1,000 miles and travel at 550 miles per hour. 2006 - USS HONOLULU (SSN-718) was bade farewell at a ceremony at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI. She served as Honolulu’s namesake for the last two decades and was scheduled to depart for her final deployment to the Western Pacific in early May. Following the deployment, she returned directly to Bremerton, WA, to begin inactivation. HONOLULU was homeported at Pearl Harbor for most of her operational life. After her commissioning in 1985, she moved to Hawaii to join the Pacific Fleet in September, 1986. She completed nine deployments to the Western Pacific, participated 48

in Operation Enduring Freedom and conducted operations under the Arctic ice. The submarine received an impressive array of awards, including six Battle ‘E’s. HONOLULU is the third ship named in honor of the city of Honolulu, HI. April 16 1908 - PCU NARWHAL (later D-1) (SS-17) keel laid as NARWHAL at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. PCU GRAYLING (later D-2) (SS-18) keel laid as GRAYLING at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. PCU SALMON (later D-3) (SS-19) keel laid as SALMON at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1919 - PCU S-28 (SS-133) keel laid as S-28 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA. 1946 - USS DRAGONET (SS-293) decommissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Mare Island Group. 1966 - PCU JAMES K. POLK (SSBN-645) commissioned USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN-645) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. PCU BERGALL (SSN-667) keel laid as BERGALL at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1976 - Ex-BESUGO (SS/AGSS-321) sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping. 2004 - Cmdr. Gregory M. Ott relieved Cmdr. David M. Duryea as commanding officer, USS FLORIDA (SSGN-728) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, VA. This was another milestone in FLORIDA’s transformation from ballistic missile submarine to guided-missile submarine. FLORIDA entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard in July 2003 to undergo a refueling and conversion from an SSBN to an SSGN. A transformational submarine, both physically and conceptually, SSGNs could operate in otherwise inaccessible areas to provide unique capabilities. This includes carrying up to 154 cruise missiles that can be launched in rapid succession, 66 Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel, a swimmer lock-out shelter, and an Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS). These features would provide a transformational degree of firepower in a survivable and virtually undetectable platform that can remain on station indefinitely. FLORIDA was scheduled to complete her conversion and rejoin the fleet in 2006. 2006 - Cmdr. Robert Dain, a native of New Mexico, was named the first commanding officer of his state's namesake submarine, PCU NEW MEXICO (SSN-779). April 17 1909 - Washington Navy Yard made 20 sets of quartz steel, echo-ranging equipment, a major development in SONAR (SOund NAvigation and Ranging) technology. 1915 - Ex-A-3 (ex-GRAMPUS) (SS-4) recommissioned USS A-3 at Olongapo, Philippine Islands. Ex-A-5 (ex-PIKE) (SS-6) recommissioned at Olongapo, Philippine Islands. 1919 - PCU R-3 (SS-80) commissioned USS R-3 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. PCU R-8 (SS-85) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. PCU S-29 (SS-134) keel laid as S-29 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA. PCU S-41 (SS-146) keel laid as S-41 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, CA. 1942 - PCU SNOOK (SS-279) keel laid as SNOOK at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1944 - USS TROUT (SS-202) was declared presumed lost while on her eleventh war patrol. PCU TIRU (SS-416) keel laid as TIRU at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 49

1946 - USS SILVERSIDES (SS-236) decommissioned; laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. 1947 - Ex-TARPON (SS-175) placed in service as a Naval Reserve training ship at New Orleans, LA. 1963 - PCU SIMON BOLIVAR (SSBN-641) keel laid as SIMON BOLIVAR at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1967 - USS SHARK (SSN-591) was underway in Chesapeake Bay, MD. April 18 1914 - PCU L-3 (SS-42) keel laid as L-3 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1922 - PCU S-33 (SS-138) commissioned USS S-33 (SS-138) at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA; Lt. George P. Lamont commanding. 1938 - PCU SEADRAGON (SS-194) keel laid as SEADRAGON at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1942 - PCU BLACKFISH (SS-221) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1943 - PCU DRAGONET (SS-293) launched at Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, PA. PCU ESCOLAR (SS-294) launched at Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, PA. 1944 - PCU HARDHEAD (SS-365) commissioned USS HARDHEAD (SS-365) at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI. 1949 - PCU TANG (SS-563) keel laid as TANG at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. 1994 - USS GREENLING (SSN-614) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register; laid up at Bremerton Naval Shipyard. April 19 1917 - USS A-5 (ex-PIKE) (SS-6) salvaged at Cavite Navy Yard after sinking due to a slow leak in a main ballast tank. Following reconditioning, she returned to active service. Like her sister ships, she patrolled the waters off the entrance to Manila Bay during the course of the war with the Central Powers. PCU R-21 (SS-98) keel laid as R-21 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. PCU R-22 (SS-99) keel laid as R-22 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. 1922 - Ex- E-1 (ex-SKIPJACK) (SS-24) sold for scrapping. Ex- E-2 (ex-STURGEON) (SS-25) sold for scrapping. USS N-5 (SS-57) decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. 1939 - the importance of submarine operations in the Pacific, Caribbean, and the South Atlantic lead the Navy Department to install the first submarine air-conditioning system on board USS CUTTLEFISH (SS-171) in spite of space constraints. 1946 - PCU SARDA (SS-488) commissioned USS SARDA (SS-488) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1980 - PCU BOSTON (SSN-703) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1990 - USS SKIPJACK (SSN-585) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 2004 - the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS HAMPTON (SSN-767) was moored to the ice in the Arctic. The ship had surfaced at the North Pole. HAMPTON and the Royal Navy Trafalgar class attack submarine HMS Tireless took part in ICEX 04, a joint operational exercise beneath the polar ice cap. The two vessels surfaced through two naturally occurring leads or “gaps” in the ice about one-half mile from each other, following joint operational exercises beneath the polar ice cap. The Ice Exercise demonstrates the U.S. and British Submarine Force's ability to freely navigate in all international waters, including the Arctic. Both the Tireless and HAMPTON crews met on the ice. Scientists 50

traveling aboard both submarines collected data and performed experiments. April 20 1915 - PCU N-7 (SS-59) keel laid as N-7 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. 1926 - USS S-49 (SS-160) battery explosion at Submarine Base, New London, CT, four died. 1942 - USS S-1 (SS-105) second decommissioning; transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned HMS P-552. 1943 - PCU BILLFISH (SS-286) commissioned USS BILLFISH (SS-286) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1945 - PCU COCHINO (SS-345) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1960 - USS MERO (SS-378) transferred (lease) at San Francisco, CA to the Republic of Turkey under the Military Assistance Program after modification to GUPPY configuration. 1968 - USS SCORPION (SSN-589) returned to Naples, Italy where divers untangled a fishing line from her propeller, made a partial inspection and reported no damage. 2005 - Rear Adm. Jeffrey B. Cassias relieved Rear Adm. Paul F. Sullivan as Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet in a change of command ceremony onboard USS PASADENA (SSN-752) at Pearl Harbor, HI. April 21 1907 - USS PORPOISE (later A-6) (SS-7) decommissioned at New York Navy Yard. 1908 - USS SHARK (later A-7) (SS-8) decommissioned at New York Navy Yard. 1917 - PCU N-6 (SS-58) launched at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. 1920 - PCU S-8 (SS-113) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Roy W. Ryden. 1941 - PCU GUDGEON (SS-211) commissioned USS GUDGEON (SS-211) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. PCU ALBACORE (SS-218) keel laid as ALBACORE at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1943 - USS GRENADIER (SS-210) lost to enemy action in the Lem Voalan Strait, northeast Indian Ocean, hit by Japanese bombs; see April 22, 1943. PCU MORAY (SS-300) keel laid as MORAY at Cramp Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia, PA. PCU RONCADOR (SS-301) keel laid as RONCADOR at Cramp Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia, PA. 1944 - PCU CROAKER (SS-246) commissioned USS CROAKER (SS-246) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1950 - USS FINBACK (SS-230) decommissioned at New London, CT; laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. 1953 - USS HAWKBILL (SS-366) third decommissioning; transferred (loaned) under terms of the Military Defense Assistance Program, to The Netherlands renamed Zeeleeuw (S-803). 1958 - USS JACK (SS-259) second decommissioning; loaned to the Royal Hellenic Navy (Greece) where she served as HHMS AMFITRITI (S-09) until her return. 1973 - USS GUARDFISH (SSN-612) experienced a primary coolant leak while running submerged about 370 miles south-southwest of Puget Sound. The submarine surfaced, was ventilated and decontaminated then repaired the leak unassisted. Four crewmen were transferred to the Puget Sound Naval Hospital for monitoring. 1993 - PCU COLUMBIA (SSN-771) keel laid as COLUMBIA at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 2000 - Ex-BILLFISH (SSN-676) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine 51

Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. April 22 1916 - PCU L-3 (SS-42) commissioned USS L-3 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1922 - USS N-4 (SS-56) decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. 1943 - USS GRENADIER (SS-210) was scuttled under Lt. Cmdr. J. A. Fitzgerald after Japanese seaplane attacks (936 Kokutai) (aerial bombing and surface attack) damaged the boat the previous day; she was ten miles west of Lem Voalan Strait (northwest of Penang on the Malay Peninsula). Seventy-six men were taken as Japanese POWs, four later died. She was the fourteenth U.S. submarine loss of World War II. 1944 - PCU RONQUIL (SS-396) commissioned USS RONQUIL (SS-396) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1954 - USS BOWFIN (SS-287) second decommissioning at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1956 - USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571) was snared in the nets of a fishing vessel off the New Jersey coast 140 miles southeast of New York, while running at a depth of 150 feet. The submarine nearly dragged the fisherman under water but NAUTILUS was unaware of the mishap, did not surface and continued to Groton, CT. The estimated damage was $1,300 to each vessel. 1985 - PCU ALBANY (SSN-753) keel laid as ALBANY at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1986 - PCU MARYLAND (SSBN-738) keel laid as MARYLAND at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. April 23 1917 - PCU L-8 (SS-48) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1921 - PCU S-49 (SS-160) launched at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. 1923 - PCU S-34 (SS-139) recommissioned at New London, CT. 1942 - USS TRITON (SS-201) fired on and sank a trawler. This was the first confirmed sinking of an enemy vessel by deck gun fire on a U.S. submarine. 1944 - PCU BLOWER (SS-325) launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1945 - USS NARWHAL (ex-V-5/SC-1) (SS-167) decommissioned at Philadelphia, PA. 1963 - PCU LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) commissioned USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. LAFAYETTE was the lead boat for this third class of FBM submarine. 1964 - PCU DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) commissioned USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN 629) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1965 - PCU FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1975 - USS SNOOK (SSN-592) became entangled in a net of a probable Soviet fishing trawler while submerged at a depth of 150 feet in a submarine diving area 30 miles off San Francisco, CA. SNOOK was pulled to periscope depth immediately astern of the fishing ship; however, she broke free and cleared the area. About 25 Soviet fishing vessels were in the area when the incident occurred. 1984 - while getting underway from Norfolk, VA, USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) backed down on USS BERGALL (SSN-667), causing damage to BERGALL's sonar dome and Kittiwake's propeller. 1988 - PCU PENNSYLVANIA (SSBN-735) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 52

2003 - the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS SAN JUAN (SSN-751) returned to Naval Submarine Base New London after having her regularly-scheduled six-month deployment extended in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi- national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. SAN JUAN was on patrol in the Mediterranean Sea when she was ordered to the Red Sea - tasked to remain on station and support Tomahawk missile strike operations into Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Generally, deployments do not exceed six months. However, in times of conflict, naval vessels can have their underway periods extended to meet national tasking requirements. This was the case for SAN JUAN. With stealth, endurance, mobility and agility, SAN JUAN is some 360 feet long, displaces 6,900 tons of water and can travel at speeds in excess of 25 knots. Her armament includes Tomahawk cruise missiles and MK-48 advanced capability torpedoes. Tomohawk missiles are long-range, subsonic cruise missiles used for striking high value or heavily defended land targets. They have a range of 1,000 miles and travel at 550 miles-per-hour. USS CHEYENNE (SSN-773) returned from deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She returned to Pearl Harbor, HI after being deployed nearly nine months. CHEYENNE was one of the Navy’s first ships to launch a Tomahawk cruise missile in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. April 24 1925 - USS R-23 (SS-100) decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; laid up in the Reserve Fleet at League Island, PA. USS R-27 (SS-104) decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; laid up in the Reserve Fleet at League Island, PA. 1960 - USS TRITON (SSRN-586) suffered a serious casualty in the after torpedo room when a hydraulic line to the stern planes mechanism burst just prior to the end of her global circumnavigation. Quick action by crew members prevented the accident from getting out of control. 1961 - PCU HADDOCK (SSN-621) keel laid as HADDOCK at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, MS. 1963 - PCU JACK (SSN-605) launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. 1981 - PCU SAN FRANCISCO (SSN-711) commissioned USS SAN FRANCISCO (SSN-711) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1988 - USS BONEFISH (SS-582) suffered explosions and fire in her battery compartment during operations with USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Carr (FFG-52) in the Caribbean off Florida, killing three men. Submarine experts said that the most likely cause was ignition of accumulated hydrogen gas while the batteries were being recharged. USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) grounded in Carr Inlet, Puget Sound, WA. April 25 1917 - PCU R-23 (SS-100) keel laid as R-23 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. 1943 - PCU DACE (SS-247) launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1945 - PCU UNICORN (SS-436) keel laid as UNICORN at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1958 - USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571) sprung a small saltwater leak in one of the steam condensers shortly after leaving Groton, CT, as she headed south toward the Panama Canal to transit 53

to the Pacific for her expedition to the North Pole. After passing through the Canal and experiencing a fire (05/04/1958), NAUTILUS put into Mare Island Naval Shipyard, near San Francisco, CA, for repairs. The source of the leak could not be pinpointed, however, and she proceeded to Seattle, WA. During the trip to Seattle, the captain decided to use the same type of additive that is sold for leaky car radiators to try to repair the leak in the condenser. Upon arrival in Seattle in late May or early June, 140 quarts were purchased and half were poured into the cooling system. The reactor plant was started and the leak stopped. 1981 - PCU CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI (SSN-705) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1987 - USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) ran aground in the St. James River at Newport News, VA during sea trials following a $115 million overhaul. The grounding delayed the ship's return to service. 2002 - the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701), with the deep submergence rescue vehicle Mystic (DSRV-1) attached, got underway from Sasebo, Japan to participate in the submarine rescue Exercise Pacific Reach 2002. LA JOLLA and Mystic operated with surface ships and submarines from the U.S., Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Singapore during Exercise Pacific Reach. Mystic was specifically designed to fill the need for an improved means of rescuing the crew of a submarine immobilized on the ocean floor. It can operate independently of surface conditions or under ice for rapid response to an accident anywhere in the world. April 26 1917 - PCU R-16 (SS-93) keel laid as R-16 at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA. PCU R-25 (SS-102) keel laid as R-25 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. PCU R-26 (SS-103) keel laid as R-26 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT. 1935 - USS S-15 (SS-120) decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; laid up in the Reserve Fleet. 1943 - PCU PARGO (SS-264) commissioned USS PARGO (SS-264) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1944 - PCU SPIKEFISH (SS-404) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1961 - USS ANDREW JACKSON (SSBN-619) keel laid as ANDREW JACKSON at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1975 - PCU BATON ROUGE (SSN-689) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, Company, Newport News, VA. PCU BIRMINGHAM (SSN-695) keel laid as BIRMINGHAM at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, Company, Newport News, VA. 1980 - PCU MICHIGAN (SSBN-727) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 2000 - Ex-JAMES K. POLK (SSBN/SSN-645) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2004 - the Los Angeles class attack submarine USS MIAMI (SSN-755), homeported in Groton, CT, moored at Port Everglades, FL, for Fleet Week 2004. Fleet Week is a weeklong salute to the U.S. military, which includes a four-day visit by U.S. Navy ships capped off by a two-day air show. April 27 1939 - PCU THRESHER (SS-200) keel laid as THRESHER at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 54

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reflects a crew that worked hard to have a successful deployment. SANTA FE received the award for meritorious service and outstanding performance of duty in the conduct of operations of vital importance to the national security as a unit of the Pacific Fleet from September 2003 to March 2004. Established by the Secretary of the Navy on 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 which, subsequent to December 6, 1941, distinguished itself by outstanding heroism in action against the enemy, but not sufficient to warrant award of the Presidential Unit Citation. It is also awarded for extremely meritorious service not involving combat but in support of military operations, which were outstanding when compared to other units performing similar service. April 30 1917 - PCU R-15 (SS-92) keel laid as R-15 at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA. 1923 - PCU S-12 (SS-117) commissioned USS S-12 (SS-117) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. PCU S-42 (SS-153) launched at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA. 1926 - USS N-1 (SS-53) decommissioned at Philadelphia, PA. USS N-2 (SS-54) decommissioned at Philadelphia, PA. USS N-3 (SS-55) decommissioned at Philadelphia, PA. 1938 - PCU SEAL (SS-183) commissioned USS SEAL (SS-183) at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1942 - PCU PETO (SS-265) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co, Manitowoc, WI. 1943 - PCU BANG (SS-385) keel laid as BANG at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1944 - PCU KRAKEN (SS-370) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI. 1945 - PCU MAPIRO (SS-376) commissioned USS MAPIRO (SS-376) at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI. 1952 - USS TUNNY (SS-282) second decommissioning. 1983 - PCU OLYMPIA (SSN-717) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1986 - Ex-TRITON (SSN-586) struck from the Naval Vessel Register, in storage at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, awaiting processing through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. She is currently scheduled to begin processing. 1997 - USS NEW YORK CITY (SSN-696) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register; in storage at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard awaiting disposal through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

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Reading Base United States Submarine Memorial 1300 Hill Road Reading, PA E-mail: [email protected] http://readingbase.enter.net

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USS Trigger SS-237 WWII Memorial Philadelphia, PA Indenpendence Seaport Museum 311 S. Columbus Blvd Philadelphia, PA E-mail: http://ussvi.net/mem/state-pa.htm

USS Wahoo SS-238 Memorial Wahoo Drive Williamsport, PA http://www.milvet.state.pa.us/DMVA/1256.htm

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Independence Seaport Museum - USS Becuna 211 South Columbus Blvd. & Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19106, PA Phone: 215.413.8619 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.phillyseaport.org/ships_becuna.shtml

Carnegie Science Center - USS Requin One Allegheny Avenue Pittsburgh, PA Phone: 412.237.3400 http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/default.aspx?pageId=38

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USS Thresher SSN-593 & USS Scorpion SSN-589 Memorial Independence Seaport Museum 211 S. Columbus Blvd Philadelphia, PA Phone: 215-925-5439 http://www.decklog.com/SSN-589.asp

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May 2014 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 USS Lagarto (SS-371) in 1945

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For entertainment on U.S. submarines movies, television, ice cream machines and stereo music players are available. The USS SEAWOLF also had an electronic organ. There have been instances of boxing matches held onboard, and the crew of one submarine had a kite flying contest from an anchored submarine.

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