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Date Event Category
04 DEC 1942 Bashaw Keel Laid SS-241 Events
25 JUL 1943 Bashaw Launching SS-241 Events
25 OCT 1943 USS BASHAW (SS 241) Commissioning SS-241 Events
08 FEB 1944 Grenadier Keel Laid SS-525 Events
15 DEC 1944 Grenadier Launching SS-525 Events
08 MAY 1945 V-E Day - WWII Ends - European Theater World Events
02 SEP 1945 V-J Day - WWII Ends - Pacific Theater World Events
28 FEB 1946 **************** !! COLD WAR BEGINS !! **************** World Events
25 JUN 1950 Korean War Starts World Events
10 FEB 1951 USS GRENADIER (SS 525) Commissioning SS-525 Events
02 AUG 1951 Nautilus Contract Awarded SSN-571 Events
14 JUN 1952 Nautilus Keel Laid SSN-571 Events
21 JUL 1952 Seawolf Contract Awarded SSN-575 Events
27 JUL 1953 Korean War Armistice World Events
07 SEP 1953 Seawolf Keel Laid SSN-575 Events
31 JUL 1954 USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) Homeport Established at Groton, CT SSN-571 Homeports
30 SEP 1954 USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) Commissioning SSN-571 Events
17 JAN 1955 USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) sends historic message -
"Underway on Nuclear Power" at 1100		 Cold War Historic Firsts
01 FEB 1955 Ship Restricted Availability (SRA) - USS WEST
MILTON (ARD 7) - New London, CT		 SSN-571 Events
11 FEB 1955 Underway - SUBASENLON CT to Electric Boat Division Wetdocks SSN-571 Events
11 FEB 1955 Undocking - USS WEST MILTON (ARD 7) - New London, CT SSN-571 Events
25 FEB 1955 Builders Sea Trials - Underway periodically from from Electric Boat SSN-571 Events
25 FEB 1955 Underway from Electric Boat Division Wetdocks for Builders Sea Trials SSN-571 Events
18 JUL 1955 Skate Contract Awarded SSN-578 Events
18 JUL 1955 Swordfish Contract Awarded SSN-579 Events
21 JUL 1955 Seawolf Launching SSN-575 Events
21 JUL 1955 Skate Keel Laid SSN-578 Events
29 SEP 1955 Sargo Contract Awarded SSN-583 Events
01 OCT 1955 Triton Contract Awarded SSN-586 Events
05 OCT 1955 Skipjack Contract Awarded SSN-585 Events
25 JAN 1956 Swordfish Keel Laid SSN-579 Events
21 FEB 1956 Sargo Keel Laid SSN-583 Events
29 MAY 1956 Skipjack Keel Laid SSN-585 Events
29 MAY 1956 Triton Keel Laid SSN-586 Events
30 NOV 1956 Halibut Contract Awarded SSGN-587 Events
30 MAR 1957 USS SEAWOLF (SSN 575) Commissioning SSN-575 Events
11 APR 1957 Halibut Keel Laid SSGN-587 Events
16 MAY 1957 Skate Launching SSN-578 Events
23 JUL 1957 Scamp Contract Awarded SSN-588 Events
23 JUL 1957 Scamp Keel Laid SSN-588 Events
27 AUG 1957 Swordfish Launching SSN-579 Events
25 SEP 1957 USS SEAWOLF (SSN 575) is the first nuclear submarine
to take a president of the United States
(Dwight D. Eisenhower) for a cruise		 Cold War Historic Firsts
10 OCT 1957 Sargo Launching SSN-583 Events
15 NOV 1957 Tullibee Contract Awarded SSN-597 Events
23 DEC 1957 USS SKATE (SSN 578) Commissioning SSN-578 Events
24 FEB 1958 Shark Keel Laid SSN-591 Events
04 MAR 1958 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).		 Cold War Historic Firsts
29 MAR 1958 USS SKATE (SSN 578) returns to the United States after setting speed
record across the Atlantic; broke first record by returning in 173 hours		 Cold War Historic Firsts
20 MAY 1958 Theodore Roosevelt Keel Laid SSBN-600 Events
26 MAY 1958 Skipjack Launching SSN-585 Events
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