Today in Submarine History

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1909 - PCU CARP (later F-1) (SS-20) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/20LINKS.html) keel laid as CARP at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA.
1909 - PCU BARRACUDA (later F-2) (SS-21) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/21LINKS.html) keel laid as BARRACUDA at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA.
1943 - PCU TRUMPETFISH (SS-425) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/425LINKS.html) keel laid as TRUMPETFISH at William Cramp and Co. Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, PA.
1943 - PCU TUSK (SS-426) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/426LINKS.html) keel laid as TUSK at William Cramp and Co. Shipbuilding Co,, Philadelphia, PA.
1944 - PCU PIPER (SS-409) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/409LINKS.html) commissioned USS PIPER (SS-409) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.
1944 - PCU TORO (SS-422) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/422LINKS.html) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.
1989 - USS HONOLULU (SSN-718) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/718LINKS.html) equipment operation failure.
1991- PCU MONTPELIER (SSN-765) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/765LINKS.html) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.

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1918 - PCU R-1 (SS-78) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/78LINKS.html) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA; sponsored by Mrs. George W. Dashiell.

1923 - PCU S-24 (SS-129) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/129LINKS.html) commissioned USS S-24 (SS-129) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA; Lt. Comdr. Louis E. Denfeld commanding.

1937 - PCU SNAPPER (SS-185) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/185LINKS.html) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH ;sponsored by Mrs. Harold R. Stark, wife of Rear Admiral Stark, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance.

1942 - PCU CERO (SS-225) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/225LINKS.html) keel laid as CERO at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.

1943 - PCU SPOT (SS-413) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/413LINKS.html) keel laid as SPOT at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

1944 - USS HARDER (SS-257) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/257LINKS.html) was sunk by depth charging in a battle with Japanese forces on her sixth war patrol in Dasol Bay, west coast of Luzon Island, P.I.
Seventy-eight men including Commander Sam Dealy were lost with her.
Comdr. Dealey was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
She received the Presidential Unit Citation, and in accordance with Navy custom it was presented to the second HARDER upon commissioning.
She was the thirty-sixth U.S. submarine loss of World War II.
HARDER received 6 battle stars for World War II service.

1944 - PCU REQUIN (SS-481) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/481LINKS.html) keel laid as REQUIN at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH.

1945 - PCU SARDA (SS-488) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/488LINKS.html) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.

1963 - PCU BARB (SSN-596) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/596LINKS.html) commissioned USS BARB (SSN-596) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp, Pascagoula, MS.

1963 - PCU GEORGE BANCROFT (SSBN-643) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/643LINKS.html) keel laid as GEORGE BANCROFT at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT.

1964 - PCU GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (SSBN-656) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/656LINKS.html) keel laid as GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.

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For Cross-Atlantic balances sake...:D

german subs post WW2:

U2365 type XXIII
(self sunk in 1945, 1956 repaired... and 1966 sunk again and retired)
U2367 (same as above)
U2540 XXI (same as above, but ended her life as training target)

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U1 type 201 1962-1991 Worldwide First Submarine with (AIP) Air Independant Propulsion. (I think, us navy prefixes non-nuclear but AIP boats "ssp") ....there was WW2 class ship protoypes using hydrogenperoxid but i leave them aside for now..

It was used to test "closed cycle diesel engine" technology. It got scrapped
in 1991.
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U1-U8 type 205 1961-1993 (first into service - last into retirement)
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Hans techel (named after the engineer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_202_submarine
1957 - 1966 - a failed experiment. three were built. Navy didnt like them.
It was ment to me a smallest coastal water roaming vessel.

At last the boats were used as sonic probe carrier to test a new sonar-system.

30 million german marks (very roughly 15 mil $US) money have been burned.

they did not use a normal propeller...


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U13-U30 type 206 first went 1973 into service, some are still in service after beeing overhauled and modernized 2011. Others retired during 197ies.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Boot-Klasse_206

These are standard diesel-electric subs. One of these , U-24, made the infamous "kill" of the USS Enterprise (see targeting periscope photo below)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Uss_enterprise_viewed_by_U24.jpg/220px-Uss_enterprise_viewed_by_U24.jpg

rumours has it, that the commander, if not some admiral of the us navy
bragged about the inpenetrability of a carrier squadron perimeter previously.

After the U24 sneaked through all the defense perimeters of the combat group and fotographed (http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3041/vlcsnap41624yv2.jpg) the USS enterprise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)) during a manuver from different premium killshot angles through the attack periscope, some U.S. officers were in trouble as the admiral was in all out rage.


Good we are on same side nowadays.-) The bragging hasnt ceased.. but is a bit less loud maybe.
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U31-U36 type 212A 2002 - no retirements. First Submaring using a fuel cell propulsion system

Its abilities include
-a very silent running mode, due to the new AIP fuelcell propulsion
-can submerge a veeery long time in comparision to other boaths in this class/size (3 weeks without snorkeling) only topped by subs with a reactor, which are larger,clumsier and easier to detect by design.
- the whole ship is antimagnetic, and build for stealthyness.
-can come very close to shore - it can operate in as little as 17 metres.

weapons include torps and missiles against air, sea and land targets.
can be modified to carry cruise missiles.

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little is known about them ... since they represent the latest and greatest ... a lot of it is classified... and their effectiveness in manuvers is yet to be determined
(or leaked out).

[FADM Gryphon]

1941 - PCU FINBACK (SS-230) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/230LINKS.html) launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. A. E Watson.

1945 - PCU COCHINO (SS-345) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/345LINKS.html) commissioned USS COCHINO (SS-345) at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.

1949 - a series of casualties, not the least of which was fire in the after battery, caused the eventual demise of PCU COCHINO (SS-345) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/345LINKS.html).


1956 - PCU SALMON (SSR-573) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/573LINKS.html) commissioned USS SALMON (SSR-573) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.

1958 - PCU ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN-601) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/601LINKS.html) keel laid as ROBERT E. LEE at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.

1960 - USS SEADRAGON (SSN-584) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/584LINKS.html) charted the Northwest Passage and surfaced at the North Pole where the crew played baseball.

1976 - USS POLLACK (SSN-603) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/603LINKS.html) snagged the nets of Japanese fishing boats in the eastern channel of the the Tsushima Strait. Two boats cut away and abandoned their nets. POLLACK suffered no major damage and there was no known damage to the fishing boats.

[FADM Gryphon]

1918 - PCU H-6 (SS-149) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/149LINKS.html) launched at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
1941 - PCU SILVERSIDES (SS-236) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/236LINKS.html) launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth H. Hogan.
1942 - PCU SAWFISH (SS-276) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/276LINKS.html) commissioned USS SAWFISH (SS-276) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. Comdr. Eugene T. Sands commanding.
1949- USS COCHINO (SS-345) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/345LINKS.html) exploded and sank in Arctic seas, drowning six Navy rescuers and a COCHINO technician. She took an up bubble from all the flooding aft and slipped beneath the surface by her stern into 950 feet of water about 100 nautical miles from the coast of Norway. COCHINO has been called the first U.S. submarine loss of the Cold War.
1949 - USS TUSK (SS-426) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/426LINKS.html) crew members were washed overboard while rescuing the crew of fire damaged USS COCHINO (SS-345) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/345LINKS.html) in the Norwegian Sea, six died.
1957 - Ex-TARPON (SS-175) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/175LINKS.html) sold for scrapping but she foundered while under tow off Cape Hatteras, NC.
1964 - PCU STONEWALL JACKSON (SSBN-634) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/634LINKS.html) commissioned USS STONEWALL JACKSON (SSBN-634) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.
1980 - PCU SALT LAKE CITY (SSN-716) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/716LINKS.html) keel laid as SALT LAKE CITY at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.

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1905 - PCU CUTTLEFISH (later B-2) (SS-11) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/11LINKS.html) keel laid as CUTTLEFISH at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.
1917 - PCU L-8 (SS-48) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/48LINKS.html) commissioned USS L-8 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. J. Parker, Jr., commanding.
1943 - PCU BANG (SS-385) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/385LINKS.html) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. R. W. Neblett.
1943 - PCU PILOTFISH (SS-386) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/386LINKS.html) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.
1944 - PCU THREADFIN (SS-410) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/410LINKS.html) commissioned USS THREADFIN (SS-410) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Comdr. John J. Foote commanding.
1958 - PCU GROWLER (SSG-577) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/577LINKS.html) commissioned USS GROWLER (SSG-577) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
1990 - Ex-DANIEL WEBSTER (SSBN-626) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/626LINKS.html) stricken; to be disposed of, retain as a submarine Moored Training Ship.
1999 - Ex-ANDREW JACKSON (SSBN-619) (http://www.esryle.com/coblinks/links/619LINKS.html) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

[FADM Gryphon]

1917 - Keel is laid for the USS R-24 (SS 101)
1917 - USS N-7 (SS 59) is launched
1924 - USS S-3 (SS-107) Collided with USS S-49 at New London 19-May-
1944 - USS Spot (SS 413) is launched
1950 - Keel is laid for the USS K-3 (Bonita)
1961 - Keel is laid for the USS John Adams (SSBN 620)
1984 - USS Alabama (SSBN 731) is launched
1989 - Keel is laid for the USS Montpelier (SSN 765)