US Submariner's Almanac for October 2002

 

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  At Jim Christley's request I deleted the line about USS Escolar being decommisssioned.  She is a Lost Boat, and they do not become decommissioned.

From: Jim Christley oldsubs@worldnet.att.net

Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 9:16 AM

Subject: US Submariner's Almanac - October

  

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Here is the October entry for the US Submariner's Almanac.  As usual, errors are mine.  Enjoy.

 

In 1925, the Navy accepts delivery of twelve aircraft designed to be flown from submarines. In October and November test of one of the aircraft, a Glen Martin MS-1 aboard the USS S-1.

 

Navy orders the G-4 from American Laurenti. The submarine was designed by Cesare Laurenti, an Italian submarine designer and builder. It was the only foreign submarine design used by the Navy

 

October 1912 Simon Lake's G-1 purchased by the Navy, thus providing an alternaitve to Electric Boat for submarine design and construction. G-1 was the first US submarine built at Newport News.

 

·        USS O-14 (SS 75) is Commissioned    1-Oct-1918

·        USS S-8 (SS 113) is Commissioned    1-Oct-1920

·        USS Barracuda V-1 ( SS 163) is Commissioned    1-Oct-1924

·        Keel is laid for the USS Pollack (SS 180)    1-Oct-1935

·        Keel is laid for the USS Stingray (SS 186)    1-Oct-1936

·        Keel is laid for the USS Haddo (SS 255)    1-Oct-1941

·        USS Scorpion (SS 278) is Commissioned    1-Oct-1942

·        USS Angler (SS 240) is Commissioned    1-Oct-1943

·        USS Argonaut (SS 475) is Launched    1-Oct-1944

·        USS Capitaine (SS 336) is Launched    1-Oct-1944

·        USS Quillback (SS 424) is Launched    1-Oct-1944

·        USS Tigrone (SS 419) is decommissioned for the second time.  1-Oct-1957

·        USS Sargo (SSN 583) is Commissioned    1-Oct-1958

·        USS Bugara (SS 331) is Decommissioned    1-Oct-1970

·        USS Sea Robin (SS 407) is Decommissioned    1-Oct-1970

·        USS Albacore (SS 569) is Decommissioned    1-Oct-1972

·        USS Bang (SS 385) is decommissioned for the third and final time.        1-Oct-1972

·        USS Picuda (SS 382) is decommissioned for the second time.    1-Oct-1972

·        USS Tirante (SS 420) is decommissioned for the second time.    1-Oct-1973

·        USS Salmon (SS 573) is Decommissioned    1-Oct-1977

·        USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610) Collides with USS Leftwich (DD-984) 40 miles   west of Subic Bay Phillipines                     1-Oct-1982

·        USS Portsmouth (SSN 707) is Commissioned    1-Oct-1983

·        USS Blueback (SS 581) is Decommissioned    1-Oct-1990

·        USS Gato (SSN 615) is Decommissioned    1-Oct-1995

·        USS Searaven (SS 196) is Commissioned    2-Oct-1939

·        USS Tuna (SS 203) is Launched    2-Oct-1940

·        Keel is laid for the USS Irex (SS 482)    2-Oct-1944

·        USS Dolphin V-7 ( SS 169) is Decommissioned    2-Oct-1945

·        Keel is laid for the USS Nathan Hale (SSBN 623)    2-Oct-1961

·        USS Seawolf (SS-197) was lost on 3-Oct-1944 with the loss of 102 officers  and men when it was sunk just north of Morotai, between PI and Indonesia, by  USS Rowell; 02°-32 N 129° 18E.        3-Oct-1944

·        USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN 600) is Launched    3-Oct-1959

·        USS Medregal (SS-480) Struck by torpedo from USS Sabalo (SS-302)     3-Oct-1963

·        USS Charlotte (SSN 766) is Launched    3-Oct-1992

·        Keel is laid for the USS A-2 (SS 3)    3-Oct-1900

·        USS C-1 Octopus (SS 9) is Launched    4-Oct-1906

·        USS K-2 (SS 33) is Launched    4-Oct-1913

·        USS S-16 (SS 121) is decommissioned for the second time.    4-Oct-1944

·        USS S-17 (SS 122) is decommissioned for the second time.    4-Oct-1944

·        USS Bang (SS 385) is commissioned for the third time    4-Oct-1952

·        USS O-5 (SS-66) Battery explosion (After battery)    5-Oct-1918

·        USS R-8 (SS-85) Collided with USS Widgeon (AM-22) in Pearl Harbor   5-Oct-1925

·        USS Permit (SS 178) is Launched    5-Oct-1936

·        Keel is laid for the USS Gato (SS 212)    5-Oct-1940

·        USS Growler (SSG-577) Suffers flooding through cable fitting while on deep  submergence off Isle of Shoals off New Hampshire    5-Oct-1959

·        USS Sea Devil (SSN 664) is Launched    5-Oct-1967

·        USS Omaha (SSN 692) is Decommissioned    5-Oct-1995

·        USS Stingray (SS 186) is Launched    6-Oct-1937

·        Keel is laid for the USS Mackerel (SS 204)    6-Oct-1939

·        USS Tench (SS 417) is Commissioned    6-Oct-1944

·        USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) is Commissioned    6-Oct-1984

·        Keel is laid for the USS Cheyenne (SSN 773)    6-Oct-1992

·        Keel is laid for the USS O-16 (SS 77)    7-Oct-1916

·        USS R-19 (SS 96) is Commissioned    7-Oct-1918

·        Keel is laid for the USS Cuttlefish V-9 ( SS 171)    7-Oct-1931

·        USS Tinosa (SS 283) is Launched    7-Oct-1942

·        USS S-44 (SS-155) was lost on 7-Oct-1943 with the loss of 56 officers and  men when it was sunk on 5th patrol off Paramushiru, Kuriles (Northern); One  day out of Attu (2 men were taken prisoner, both survived the war).   7-Oct-1943

·        USS Halibut (SS-232) Collided with USS Thomas (DD-102) off Hawaii   8-Oct-1943

·        USS Scamp (SSN 588) is Launched    8-Oct-1960

·        USS Snook (SSN 592) is Decommissioned    8-Oct-1986

·        USS H-4 (SS 147) is Launched    9-Oct-1918

·        USS O-1 (SS 62) is Launched        9-Oct-1918

·        USS Haddo (SS 255) is Commissioned    9-Oct-1942

·        USS Sandlance (SS 381) is Commissioned    9-Oct-1943

·        USS S-30 (SS 135) is Decommissioned    9-Oct-1945

·        USS T-1 (Mackerel) (SS ) is Commissioned    9-Oct-1953

·        USS Batfish (SSN 681) is Launched    9-Oct-1971

·        Keel is laid for the USS Dallas (SSN 700)    9-Oct-1976

·        USS Groton (SSN 694) is Launched    9-Oct-1976

·        USS Columbia (SSN 771) is Commissioned    9-Oct-1995

·        USS R-14 (SS 91) is Launched        10-Oct-1919

·        USS S-43 (SS 154) is Decommissioned    10-Oct-1945

·        USS Burrfish (SS 312) is Decommissioned    10-Oct-1946

·        USS Sargo (SSN 583) is Launched    10-Oct-1957

·        USS F-1 (SS-20) Aground of Watsonville, CA when mooring slips in gale, two  crew lost    11-Oct-1912

·        USS F-2 (SS-31) Struck by USS H-1(SS 28) while moored at San Pedro 11-Oct-1917

·        USS O-5 (SS-66) was lost on 11-Oct-1923 with the loss of 2 officers and men  when it was sunk after collision with SS ABABGAREZ (United Fruit) off Panama  Canal.    11-Oct-1923

·        USS Wahoo (SS-238) was lost on 11-Oct-1943 with the loss of 79 officers and  men when it was sunk in or near La Perouse Strait.    11-Oct-1943

·        USS O-8 (SS 69) is decommissioned for the second time.    11-Oct-1945

·        USS Grayling (SSN 646) is Commissioned    11-Oct-1969

·        USS Spinax (SS 489) is Decommissioned    11-Oct-1969

·        USS Dorado (SS-248) was lost on 12-Oct-1943 with the loss of 78 officers and  men when it was sunk in Western Atlantic, possibly near Cuba    12-Oct-1943

·        USS Pipefish (SS 388) is Launched    12-Oct-1943

·        USS Tilefish (SS 307) is Decommissioned    12-Oct-1959

·        USS Whale (SSN 638) is Commissioned    12-Oct-1968

·        USS Holland (SS 1) is Commissioned    12-Oct-1900

·        USS Thornback (SS 418) is Commissioned    13-Oct-1944

·        USS Chicago (SSN 721) is Launched    13-Oct-1984

·        USS S-48 (SS 159) is Commissioned    14-Oct-1922

·        Keel is laid for the USS Segundo (SS 398)    14-Oct-1943

·        USS Lagarto (SS 371) is Commissioned    14-Oct-1944

·        USS T-2 (Marlin) (SS ) is Launched    14-Oct-1953

·        USS Sunfish (SSN 649) is Launched    14-Oct-1966

·        USS Whale (SSN 638) is Launched    14-Oct-1966

·        Keel is laid for the USS Providence (SSN 719)    14-Oct-1982

·        USS West Virginia (SSBN 736) is Launched    14-Oct-1989

·        USS S-26 (SS 131) is Commissioned    15-Oct-1923

·        USS S-25 (SS-130) Collided with USS Ortolan (AM-45)     15-Oct-1925

·        USS Tang (SS 306) is Commissioned    15-Oct-1943

·        USS Carbonero (SS 337) is Launched    15-Oct-1944

·        USS Sea Fox (SS 402) is Decommissioned    15-Oct-1952

·        USS Blueback (SS 581) is Commissioned    15-Oct-1959

·        USS Trumpetfish (SS 425) is Decommissioned    15-Oct-1973

·        USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) is Launched    15-Oct-1983

·        Keel is laid for the USS R-1 (SS 78)    16-Oct-1917

·        Keel is laid for the USS R-2 (SS 79)    16-Oct-1917

·        Keel is laid for the USS R-4 (SS 81)    16-Oct-1917

·        Keel is laid for the USS R-5 (SS 82)    16-Oct-1917

·        Keel is laid for the USS S-25 (SS 130)    16-Oct-1918

·        USS Jack (SS 259) is Launched    16-Oct-1942

·        USS Needlefish (SS 379) is Commissioned    16-Oct-1943

·        USS Picuda (SS 382) is Commissioned    16-Oct-1943

·        USS Greenling (SS 213) is Decommissioned    16-Oct-1946

·        USS Wahoo (SS 565) is Launched    16-Oct-1951

·        USS Guitarro (SSN-665) Sank alongside pier at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Refloated and refitted            16-Oct-1968

·        Keel is laid for the USS La Jolla (SSN 701)    16-Oct-1976

·        USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716) is Launched    16-Oct-1982

·        USS Sea Devil (SSN 664) is Decommissioned    16-Oct-1991

·        USS Dorado (SS-248) was lost on 12-Oct-1943 with the loss of 78 officers and  men when it was sunk in Western Atlantic, possibly near Cuba    17-Oct-1944

·        USS H-7 (SS 150) is Launched    17-Oct-1918

·        USS R-13 (SS 90) is Commissioned    17-Oct-1919

·        USS Bream (SS 243) is Launched    17-Oct-1943

·        USS Shark (SS 314) is Launched    17-Oct-1943

·        USS Conger (SS 477) is Launched    17-Oct-1944

·        USS Runner (SS 476) is Launched    17-Oct-1944

·        USS Cachalot V-8 ( SS 170) is Decommissioned    17-Oct-1945

·        USS Stingray (SS 186) is Decommissioned    17-Oct-1945

·        USS Tinosa (SSN 606) is Commissioned    17-Oct-1964

·        USS Dolphin (SS 555) is Commissioned    17-Oct-1968

·        USS Amberjack (SS 522) is Decommissioned    17-Oct-1973

·        USS B-1 Viper (SS 10) is Commissioned    18-Oct-1907

·        USS B-2 Cuttlefish (SS 11) is Commissioned    18-Oct-1907

·        USS S-27 (SS 132) is Launched    18-Oct-1922

·        Keel is laid for the USS Squalus/Sailfish (SS 192)    18-Oct-1937

·        USS Flier (SS 250) is Commissioned    18-Oct-1943

·        USS Springer (SS 414) is Commissioned    18-Oct-1944

·        USS Bergall (SS 320) is Decommissioned    18-Oct-1958

·        USS Von Steuben (SSBN 632) is Launched    18-Oct-1963

·        USS Tusk (SS 426) is Decommissioned    18-Oct-1973

·        USS O-11 (SS 72) is Commissioned    19-Oct-1918

·        USS O-12 (SS 73) is Commissioned    19-Oct-1918

·        USS O-2 (SS 63) is Commissioned    19-Oct-1918

·        USS O-3 (SS-64) Collided with SS HAMPDON about 5 miles from Smith Point in  Chesapeake Bay    19-Oct-1920

·        USS Cachalot V-8 ( SS 170) is Launched    19-Oct-1933

·        USS S-31 (SS 136) is decommissioned for the second time.    19-Oct-1945

·        USS S-32 (SS 137) is decommissioned for the second time.    19-Oct-1945

·        Keel is laid for the USS Richard B. Russell (SSN 687)    19-Oct-1971

·        Keel is laid for the USS Indianapolis (SSN 697)    19-Oct-1974

·        USS Philadelphia (SSN 690) is Launched    19-Oct-1974

·        USS A-7 Shark (SS 8) is Launched    19-Oct-1901

·        Keel is laid for the USS G-2 (SS 27)    19-Oct-1909

·        USS O-4 (SS 65) is Launched        19-Oct-1917

·        Keel is laid for the USS Barracuda V-1 ( SS 163)    19-Oct-1921

·        Keel is laid for the USS Bass V-2 ( SS 164)    19-Oct-1921

·        USS E-1 (SS 24) is Decommissioned    19-Oct-1921

·        USS E-2 (SS 25) is Decommissioned    19-Oct-1921

·        USS E-2 (SS 25) is decommissioned for the second time.    19-Oct-1921

·        USS H-5 (SS 148) is Decommissioned    19-Oct-1922

·        USS S-48 (SS-143) Battery explosion    19-Oct-1923

·        USS S-1 (SS 105) is Decommissioned    19-Oct-1937

·        USS Haddock (SS 231) is Launched    19-Oct-1941

·        Keel is laid for the USS Darter (SS 227)    19-Oct-1942

·        USS Darter (SS 576) is Commissioned    19-Oct-1956

·        USS West Virginia (SSBN 736) is Commissioned    19-Oct-1990

·        Keel is laid for the USS Cachalot V-8 ( SS 170)    21-Oct-1931

·        Keel is laid for the USS Bugara (SS 331)    21-Oct-1943

·        Keel is laid for the USS Bullhead (SS 332)    21-Oct-1943

·        USS Chub (SS 329) is Commissioned    21-Oct-1944

·        USS Archerfish (SS 311) is decommissioned for the second time.   21-Oct-1955

·        USS Topeka (SSN 754) is Commissioned    21-Oct-1988

·        USS S-14 (SS 119) is Launched    22-Oct-1919

·        Keel is laid for the USS S-48 (SS 159)    22-Oct-1920

·        Keel is laid for the USS S-49 (SS 160)    22-Oct-1920

·        USS S-26 (SS 131) is Launched    22-Oct-1922

·        USS Trigger (SS 237) is Launched    22-Oct-1941

·        USS Dace (SS 247) is commissioned for the third time    22-Oct-1954

·        USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN 640) is Commissioned    22-Oct-1965

·        USS R-23 (SS 100) is Commissioned    23-Oct-1919

·        USS R-25 (SS 102) is Commissioned    23-Oct-1919

·        USS R-26 (SS 103) is Commissioned    23-Oct-1919

·        USS H-2 (SS 29) is Decommissioned    23-Oct-1922

·        USS H-3 (SS 30) is Decommissioned    23-Oct-1922

·        USS H-6 (SS 149) is Decommissioned    23-Oct-1922

·        USS H-7 (SS 150) is Decommissioned    23-Oct-1922

·        USS Skipjack (SS 184) is Launched    23-Oct-1937

·        USS Seadragon (SS 194) is Commissioned    23-Oct-1939

·        USS S-33 (SS 138) is decommissioned for the second time.    23-Oct-1945

·        USS S-34 (SS 139) is Decommissioned    23-Oct-1945

·        USS Hammerhead (SS 364) is decommissioned for the third and final time.     23-Oct-1954

·        Keel is laid for the USS Henry Clay (SSBN 625)    23-Oct-1961

·        USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658) is Launched    23-Oct-1965

·        USS K-4 (SS 35) is Commissioned    24-Oct-1914

·        USS H-4 (SS 147) is Commissioned    24-Oct-1918

·        USS H-7 (SS 150) is Commissioned    24-Oct-1918

·        Keel is laid for the USS Shark (SS 174)    24-Oct-1933

·        Keel is laid for the USS Shad (SS 235)    24-Oct-1941

·        Keel is laid for the USS Robalo (SS 273)    24-Oct-1942

·        USS Snook (SS 279) is Commissioned    24-Oct-1942

·        USS Hammerhead (SS 364) is Launched    24-Oct-1943

·        USS Darter (SS-227) was lost on 24-Oct-1944 when it became grounded on Bombay Shoal off Palawan then was destroyed. All the crew were rescued by

·        USS Dace.    24-Oct-1944

·        USS Cuttlefish V-9 ( SS 171) is Decommissioned    24-Oct-1945

·        Keel is laid for the USS Wahoo (SS 565)    24-Oct-1949

·        USS Cabezon (SS 334) is Decommissioned    24-Oct-1953

·        USS Kraken (SS 370) is Decommissioned    24-Oct-1959

·        USS Snook (SSN 592) is Commissioned    24-Oct-1961

·        USS La Jolla (SSN 701) is Commissioned    24-Oct-1981

·        Keel is laid for the USS Miami (SSN 755)    24-Oct-1986

·        Keel is laid for the USS Kentucky (SSBN 737)    24-Oct-1987

·        Keel is laid for the USS Maryland (SSBN 738)    24-Oct-1987

·        Keel is laid for the USS West Virginia (SSBN 736)    24-Oct-1987

·        USS H-4 (SS 147) is Decommissioned    25-Oct-1922

·        Keel is laid for the USS Kete (SS 369)    25-Oct-1943

·        USS Bashaw (SS 241) is Commissioned    25-Oct-1943

·        USS Tilefish (SS 307) is Launched    25-Oct-1943

·        USS Tang (SS 306) is Decommissioned    25-Oct-1944

·        USS Tang (SS-306) with the loss of 83 shipmates    25-Oct-1944

·        USS Tigrone (SS 419) is Commissioned    25-Oct-1944

·        USS S-42 (SS 153) is Decommissioned    25-Oct-1945

·        USS S-47 (SS 158) is Decommissioned    25-Oct-1945

·        USS Tang (SS 563) is Commissioned    25-Oct-1951

·        USS Snook (SSN-592) Grounds in Dabob Bay, Washington     25-Oct-1972

·        Keel is laid for the USS Seawolf (SSN 21)    25-Oct-1989

·        USS C-4 (SS-15) collides with USS Castine (PG-6) at Provencetown, MA  26-Oct-1910

·        USS R-20 (SS 97) is Commissioned    26-Oct-1918

·        USS R-4 (SS 81) is Launched        26-Oct-1918

·        USS S-1 (SS 105) is Launched        26-Oct-1918

·        USS Rock (SS 274) is Commissioned    26-Oct-1943

·        USS Brill (SS 330) is Commissioned    26-Oct-1944

·        USS Ling (SS 297) is Decommissioned    26-Oct-1946

·        USS Grampus (SS 523) is Commissioned    26-Oct-1949

·        USS L-9 (SS 49) is Launched    27-Oct-1915

·        Flotilla of submarines arrive in Azores after transiting from Halifax. US      Submarine Force's first wartime overseas deployment.        27-Oct-1917

·        USS S-23 (SS 128) is Launched    27-Oct-1920

·        USS S-44 (SS 155) is Launched    27-Oct-1923

·        Keel is laid for the USS Porpoise (SS 172)    27-Oct-1933

·        Keel is laid for the USS Sturgeon (SS 187)    27-Oct-1936

·        Keel is laid for the USS Swordfish (SS 193)    27-Oct-1937

·        USS Grouper (SS 214) is Launched    27-Oct-1941

·        USS Balao (SS 285) is Launched    27-Oct-1942

·        USS Lapon (SS 260) is Launched    27-Oct-1942

·        USS Piranha (SS 389) is Launched    27-Oct-1943

·        USS Pomfret (SS 391) is Launched    27-Oct-1943

·        USS Sterlet (SS 392) is Launched    27-Oct-1943

·        USS Dogfish (SS 350) is Launched    27-Oct-1945

·        Keel is laid for the USS Pintado (SSN 672)    27-Oct-1967

·        USS San Francisco (SSN 711) is Launched    27-Oct-1979

·        USS G-1 (SS 19.5) is Commissioned    28-Oct-1912

·        USS O-5 (SS-66) Battery explosion    28-Oct-1923

·        Keel is laid for the USS Trepang (SSN 674)    28-Oct-1967

·        Keel is laid for the USS Springfield (SSN 761)    28-Oct-1988

·        USS Ashville (SSN 758) is Launched    28-Oct-1989

·        USS O-11 (SS 72) is Launched    29-Oct-1917

·        USS S-30 (SS 135) is Commissioned    29-Oct-1920

·        USS Spearfish (SS 190) is Launched    29-Oct-1938

·        Keel is laid for the USS Cisco (SS 290)    29-Oct-1942

·        USS S-18 (SS 123) is Decommissioned    29-Oct-1945

·        USS S-40 (SS 145) is Decommissioned    29-Oct-1945

·        USS Seadragon (SS 194) is decommissioned for the second time.    29-Oct-1946

·        USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN 641) is Commissioned    29-Oct-1965

·        USS Remora (SS 487) is Decommissioned    29-Oct-1973

·        USS Birmingham (SSN 695) is Launched    29-Oct-1977

·        USS K-3 (SS 34) is Commissioned    30-Oct-1914

·        USS S-23 (SS 128) is Commissioned    30-Oct-1923

·        Keel is laid for the USS Flier (SS 250)    30-Oct-1942

·        USS Hake (SS 256) is Commissioned    30-Oct-1942

·        Keel is laid for the USS Sea Cat (SS 399)    30-Oct-1943

·        Keel is laid for the USS Springer (SS 414)    30-Oct-1943

·        USS Seawolf (SS-197) with the loss of 102 shipmates    30-Oct-1944

·        USS S-45 (SS 156) is Decommissioned    30-Oct-1945

·        USS Baya (SS 318) is decommissioned for the second time.    30-Oct-1972

·        USS Sealion (SS 315) is Launched    31-Oct-1943

·        USS Bergall (SS-320) Struck by USS Norris (DDE-859) off Norfolk, VA     31-Oct-1954

·        USS Snook (SSN 592) is Launched    31-Oct-1960

·        USS Norfolk (SSN 714) is Launched    31-Oct-1981

·        USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) Two crew lost when swept overboard in rough   sea three miles off Portsmouth, NH     31-Oct-1986

 

End of October

 

Jim