Boats Lost February

Boats Lost February

FEBRUARY 11 February 1942 SS 174 Shark  59 killed all hands lost 1   February 1943 SS 278 Scorpion 77 killed all hands lost 16 February 1943 SS 219 Amberjack 72 or 73 killed all hands lost depth charged by subchaser 26 February 1944 SS 208 Grayback 80

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This day in Submarine History

This day in Submarine History

8 January 2005 – The USS San Francisco SSN 711, while traveling at an estimated 25 knots squarely struck an underwater “seamount’ about 350 miles South of Guam. The impact brought the boat to an abrupt halt, severely damaged the forward ballast tanks and destroyed the sonar

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Boats Lost January

Boats Lost January

JANUARY 21 January 1942  SS 141 –   ran aground at Taka and scuttled 1 later died as a POW 24 January 1942  SS 131 –  46 killed 3 survivors after transiting the Panama Canal and while surfaced was struck by a surface escort (PS 460) on the starboard side of the torpedo

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This Day in Submarine History

This Day in Submarine History

25 December 1957 – Release date for “The Enemy Below” with Robert Mitchum and Kurt Jürgens. A game of cat and mouse between Mitchum a former Merchant Marine officer now activated in the reserve and in command of a Destroyer Escort. His opponent is Kurt Jürgens as a well-matched pair

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This Day in Submarine History

This Day in Submarine History

9 December 1941 – USS Swordfish (SS-193) in port in Manila on December 7th, got underway the next day on her first War Patrol. Off the coast of Hainan, China she made the initial U.S. submarine attack on a Japanese ship on this date, damaging the target. That

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Boats Lost December

Boats Lost December

DECEMBER 17 December 1927 SS 109 40 killed after a collision with USCGC Paulding off Provincetown Massachusetts. 2   December 1943 SS 289 Capelin 76 killed all hands lost (exact date unknown) Suspected mine explosion off Celebes 10 December 1941 SS 195 Sealion 5 killed 1 died later

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This Day in Submarine History

This Day in Submarine History

24 November 1968, The USS Dolphin (AGSS 555) The specially built Dolphin with a cylindrical pressure hull, hemispherical Heads on each end and no free flood area became the deepest diving submarine on this date. Dolphin achieved a depth of 3,000 feet which at the time was

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This Day in Submarine History

This Day in Submarine History

16 November 1963 – President John F. Kennedy observed a missile test of the USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN 619), from the deck of missile range instrumentation ship USS Observation Island. Andrew Jackson successfully launched a Polaris A-2 missile from a position just off Cape Canaveral. The President

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This Day in Boat History

This Day in Boat History

13 November 1976 the USS Los Angeles (SSN 688), lead boat of its class, was commissioned in Newport News, Virginia. By 2007 Los Angeles would be the oldest submarine in the U.S. Fleet. As part of tradition the wardroom of the oldest submarine in the Navy carries

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Boats Lost – November

Boats Lost - November

16 Nov 1943 SS 226 Corvina 82 killed all hands lost Torpedoed while on surface off Truk 19 Nov 1943 SS191 Sculpin 63 killed 41 taken prisoner after absorbing 18 depth charges the boat was badly out of trim and surfaced. The CO Commander Cromwell was injured

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