Boat History

On this day in 1987 24 February – The USS Scamp (SSN 588) while in a Nor’easter answers a distress call regarding the Philippine Freighter ‘MV Balsa 24”. The storm was so fierce it tore two 300 pound hatches from the sail and greatly hampered rescue efforts

7 February 2006 – USS Ohio (SSGN 726) returned to the fleet after its conversion from Ballistic missiles to Cruise missiles. Following the conversion each missile tube was capable of holding 7 Tomahawk Cruise missiles for a possible total of 154 Tomahawks. The Ohio is now slated

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 26 February 1944 SS 208 Grayback 80 killed all hands lost

27 January 1951 – Release date for “Operation Pacific” starring John Wayne, and the ever present Ward Bond. Some notable moments are when the ‘Thunderfish’ trades movies with another boat and is asked if their movie is any good the reply is ‘it’s good for credit on

From the Australian Broadcast Company A senior member of the US Congress has called for a dual-crewed American submarine to be based in Australia as part of an interim measure under the AUKUS agreement.  Republican Rob Wittman also argued Australian shipbuilders and sailors should be sent to

17 January 1955 – USS Nautilus (SSN 571) under Commander Eugene P. (Dennis) Wilkinson cast off from Subbase New London and sent the historic message “underway on Nuclear Power”.

USS Hawkbill (SSN 666) was launched on April 12, 1969 at the  Mare Island Naval Shipyard and was the last of the Sturgeon class (637) Fast Attack Submarine. Hawkbill was decommissioned on March 15, 2000. The sail was shipped to the Idaho Science Center in Arco, Idaho

Photo of the launch of the USS Hawkbill (SS 366) launched on 9 January 1944 in the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. A Balao class boat, after “sea trials” on Lake Michigan it transited to New Orleans via the Illinois River, then by barge down the