Boat History

30 April 1943 – British Submarine Seraph, took part in preparations for the invasion of Sicily in one of the most unusual operations of World War Two. In a cloak and dagger plot Seraph went to sea carrying a cadaver alleged to be that of the deceased Major Martin

26 April 56 – USS Corporal (SS 346) While participating in ASW exercise off Key West Florida, copied a distress call from Navy helicopter 51. The Chopper, also participating in the exercise, developed an oil leak and was in danger of being forced to ditch in the

22 April 1930 – On this date the United State joined Great Britain and Japan in signing the London Naval Treaty, which placed restrictions on submarine warfare and limited the tonnage of shipbuilding. The Treaty was the result of the London Naval Conference which met in Europe with

17 April 1943 –Coast Guard Cutter Spencer engaged German Submarine U – 175 on this date. Spencer dropped depth charges forcing the U Boat to surface. suffering extensive damage. The crew was attempting to scuttle when Lt. Ross P. Bullard and Boatswain’s Mate First C.S. “Mike” Hall boarded

11 April 1943 – USS Tunny (SS 282) began its day on the surface and sighted by a Japanese ship 40 kilometers off of Truk, in the Caroline Islands, but there was no subsequent attack. Early in the afternoon, she intercepted Japanese submarine I-9; Tunny fired three forward torpedoes, and

7 April 1979 – USS Ohio (SSBN-726), the first Trident class submarine was launched on this day in Groton, CT at General Dynamics Electric Boat. Ohio, the 17th State, had three previous ships so named and SSBN 726 was the lead ship in her class of nuclear-powered fleet

25 March 1915 – Tragedy struck the Submarine Service for the first time on this date in 1915. Off the Coast of Oahu, Submarine F-4 (SS 23) exploded and sank outside of Pearl Harbor.  Twenty-One of the crew perished, the sole crew member to survive was one who

20 March 1961 After transiting the Panama Canal the USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN 600) successfully fired its first Polaris A1 missile. By 1967 the TR Would be carrying the Polaris A3. © Gregg Smith Know a Subvet in East Idaho? Please share with them Follow us on

This day in Submarine History March 6, 1953 USS Tunny The submarine Tunny (SSG-282), a recipient of two Presidential Unit Citations in World War Two, begins a new phase in its life when it’s refitted on this day to launch the Regulus surface-to-surface missile. Tunny successfully conducted

3 March 1961 – The submarine tender USS Proteus (AS 19) opens Fleet Ballistic Site One in Holy Lock Scotland (located off the Firth of Clyde). It is the first of the original three locations for Fleet Ballistic Missile refit facilities. The second and third will be