Fleet Timeline

Fleet Timeline

Date Category Event
04 DEC 1942 SS-241 Events Bashaw Keel Laid
25 JUL 1943 SS-241 Events Bashaw Launching
25 OCT 1943 SS-241 Events USS BASHAW (SS 241) Commissioning
08 FEB 1944 SS-525 Events Grenadier Keel Laid
15 DEC 1944 SS-525 Events Grenadier Launching
08 MAY 1945 World Events V-E Day - WWII Ends - European Theater
02 SEP 1945 World Events V-J Day - WWII Ends - Pacific Theater
28 FEB 1946 World Events **************** !! COLD WAR BEGINS !! ****************
25 JUN 1950 World Events Korean War Starts
10 FEB 1951 SS-525 Events USS GRENADIER (SS 525) Commissioning
02 AUG 1951 SSN-571 Events Nautilus Contract Awarded
14 JUN 1952 SSN-571 Events Nautilus Keel Laid
27 JUL 1953 World Events Korean War Armistice
31 JUL 1954 SSN-571 Homeports USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) Homeport Established at Groton, CT
30 SEP 1954 SSN-571 Events USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) Commissioning
01 FEB 1955 SSN-571 Events Ship Restricted Availability (SRA) - USS West
Milton (ARD 7) - New London, CT
11 FEB 1955 SSN-571 Events Underway - SUBASENLON CT to Electric Boat Division Wetdocks
11 FEB 1955 SSN-571 Events Undocking - USS West Milton (ARD 7) - New London, CT
25 FEB 1955 SSN-571 Events Builders Sea Trials - Underway periodically from from Electric Boat
25 FEB 1955 SSN-571 Events Underway from Electric Boat Division Wetdocks for Builders Sea Trials
11 APR 1957 SSGN-587 Events Halibut Keel Laid
24 FEB 1958 SSN-591 Events Shark Keel Laid
20 MAY 1958 SSBN-600 Events Theodore Roosevelt Keel Laid
09 JAN 1959 SSGN-587 Events Halibut Launching
03 OCT 1959 SSBN-600 Events Theodore Roosevelt Launching
04 JAN 1960 SSGN-587 Events USS HALIBUT (SSGN 587) Commissioning
16 MAR 1960 SSN-591 Events Shark Launching
22 JUL 1960 SSBN-616 Events Lafayette Contract Awarded
17 JAN 1961 SSBN-616 Events Lafayette Keel Laid
09 FEB 1961 SSN-591 Events USS SHARK (SSN 591) Commissioning
13 FEB 1961 SSBN-600 Events USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN 600) Commissioning
30 NOV 1961 SSN-637 Events Sturgeon Contract Awarded
11 JAN 1962 SSBN-644 Events Lewis and Clark Contract Awarded
08 MAY 1962 SSBN-616 Events Lafayette Launching
15 FEB 1963 SSBN-616 Events Lafayette Placed In Service
19 FEB 1963 SSBN-616 Events Fast Cruise - Electric Boat Division - Groton CT
26 MAR 1963 SSN-648 Events Aspro Contract Awarded
23 APR 1963 SSBN-616 Events USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN 616) Commissioning
29 JUL 1963 SSBN-644 Events Lewis and Clark Keel Laid
10 AUG 1963 SSN-637 Events Sturgeon Keel Laid
22 NOV 1963 World Events Assassination of President John F.Kennedy
09 DEC 1963 SSN-665 Events Guitarro Keel Laid
21 NOV 1964 SSBN-644 Events Lewis and Clark Launching
23 NOV 1964 SSN-648 Events Aspro Keel Laid
22 DEC 1965 SSBN-644 Events USS LEWIS AND CLARK (SSBN 644) Commissioning
26 FEB 1966 SSN-637 Events Sturgeon Launching
15 JUL 1966 SSN-673 Events Flying Fish Contract Awarded
03 MAR 1967 SSN-637 Events USS STURGEON (SSN 637) Commissioning
15 MAR 1967 SSN-677 Events Drum Contract Awarded
30 JUN 1967 SSN-673 Events Flying Fish Keel Laid
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