Boat 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

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

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

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

2 September 1944 – Future President George H.W. Bush is shot down off the island of Chichi Jima (near Iwo Jima). He was rescued by the USS Finback (SS 230) which was stationed in the area just for that purpose. It rescued five aviators, the most dramatic

27 August 03 – The USS Connecticut (SSN 22) was participating in ICEX 2003, and surfaced through the artic ice near the North Pole. Some of the crew were playing a hastily organized game of football while others hit golf balls, or engaged in a contest to

21 August 1964 – USS Daniel Boone (SSBN 629) on this date became the first SSBN permanently assigned to the Pacific Fleet. Eventually the two crews would spend “Off Crew” in Hawaii, flying back and forth to Guam where the Daniel Boone was stationed. © Gregg Smith

14-15 August 1942 – S-39 (SS 144) While on Patrol in the Coral Sea the SS 144 ran aground in heavy seas off Rossel Island. The 21 by 10 mile volcanic island it lies at the end of the Louisiade Archipelago, about 230 miles Southeast of New

9 August 1944 – While on her 6th war patrol the USS Bowfin (SS\AGSS 287) spotted four freighters near the harbor for  Minami Daito. Launching a torpedo for each target two were hit and sunk and a third was damaged. The fourth ‘stray’ torpedo hit a pier,

31 July 1944 Lawson Ramage, Commanding Officer of the USS Parche SS 384, penetrated the screen of a Japanese Convoy and initiated a surface action by crippling a freighter. He then redirected action against the two lead tankers sinking one and damaging the second. Ramage calmly ordered