Boat History

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

9 February 1960 USS Sargo (SSN 583) Passed under the North Pole after a transit from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Finding a thin spot in the ice 25 feet from the pole it surfaced and raised a Hawaiian flag. The next day Sargo submerged and proceeded to the

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

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

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

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

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

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