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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
21 JUL 1952 SSN-575 Events Seawolf Contract Awarded
27 JUL 1953 World Events Korean War Armistice
07 SEP 1953 SSN-575 Events Seawolf Keel Laid
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
17 JAN 1955 Cold War Historic Firsts USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) sends historic message -
"Underway on Nuclear Power" at 1100
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
18 JUL 1955 SSN-578 Events Skate Contract Awarded
18 JUL 1955 SSN-579 Events Swordfish Contract Awarded
21 JUL 1955 SSN-575 Events Seawolf Launching
21 JUL 1955 SSN-578 Events Skate Keel Laid
29 SEP 1955 SSN-583 Events Sargo Contract Awarded
01 OCT 1955 SSN-586 Events Triton Contract Awarded
05 OCT 1955 SSN-585 Events Skipjack Contract Awarded
25 JAN 1956 SSN-579 Events Swordfish Keel Laid
21 FEB 1956 SSN-583 Events Sargo Keel Laid
29 MAY 1956 SSN-585 Events Skipjack Keel Laid
29 MAY 1956 SSN-586 Events Triton Keel Laid
30 NOV 1956 SSGN-587 Events Halibut Contract Awarded
30 MAR 1957 SSN-575 Events USS SEAWOLF (SSN 575) Commissioning
11 APR 1957 SSGN-587 Events Halibut Keel Laid
16 MAY 1957 SSN-578 Events Skate Launching
23 JUL 1957 SSN-588 Events Scamp Contract Awarded
23 JUL 1957 SSN-588 Events Scamp Keel Laid
27 AUG 1957 SSN-579 Events Swordfish Launching
25 SEP 1957 Cold War Historic Firsts USS SEAWOLF (SSN 575) is the first nuclear submarine
to take a president of the United States
(Dwight D. Eisenhower) for a cruise
10 OCT 1957 SSN-583 Events Sargo Launching
15 NOV 1957 SSN-597 Events Tullibee Contract Awarded
23 DEC 1957 SSN-578 Events USS SKATE (SSN 578) Commissioning
24 FEB 1958 SSN-591 Events Shark Keel Laid
04 MAR 1958 Cold War Historic Firsts USS SKATE (SSN 578) makes the fastest trans-Atlantic crossing
from the United States to England. Traveled 3,161 miles
in 203 hours (2,828 under water).
29 MAR 1958 Cold War Historic Firsts USS SKATE (SSN 578) returns to the United States after setting speed
record across the Atlantic; broke first record by returning in 173 hours
20 MAY 1958 SSBN-600 Events Theodore Roosevelt Keel Laid
26 MAY 1958 SSN-585 Events Skipjack Launching
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