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The Daily Cold: June 2

1969

  • June 2: The fleet attack submarine USS Sea Leopard (SS-483) was underway on Cold War operations. According to official Navy histories, Sea Leopard “deployed on a special operation to the North Atlantic” on 2 June 1969. She returned to Norfolk on 15 August and then entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in January 1970 for overhaul.
Sea Leopard (SS-483) starboard view underway, 8 June 1970 leaving Philadelphia Naval Shipyard after entering a six-month overhaul. (NAVSOURCE

1971

The Seawolf (SSN-575) is about to received her new “Special Projects” hull section at Mare Island on 2 June 1971. She is in dry dock #4. (NAVSOURCE)

USS Seawolf (SSN-575) in drydock at Mare Island on 2 June 1971. The nuclear-powered Seawolf received a new “special projects” hull section on this date.

  • June 2: The nuclear submarine USS Seawolf (SSN-575) underwent a major conversion at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. On that day she received a new “special projects” hull section, as documented by U.S. Navy photographs and archives.

1973

  • June 2: The new Sturgeon-class submarine USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686) was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding. The launch ceremony was sponsored by Congressman Rivers’s daughters Ravenel and Eastman.
    L. Mendel Rivers would later be commissioned into service in late 1974.

Sources: Official Naval archives and photo collections including the Naval History and Heritage Command (DANFS) and contemporary museum and media reports.

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The Prewar Patrol: June

U.S. Navy Submarine Events in June (1900–1939)

  • 4 June 1913 – USS H-2 (SS-29) launched: The H‑class submarine originally named Nautilus was launched at Union Iron Works, San Francisco. USS H-2 later served on the West Coast and in Caribbean patrols during WWI.
H-2 (SS-29) underway, probably while running trials in California waters, 1913. (NAVSOURCE)
Official USN photo # NH 99351, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
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The Daily Cold: June 1

1946

  • June 1, 1946: USS Whale (SS-239) was decommissioned at New London.
  • June 1, 1946: USS Roncador (SS-301) was decommissioned and placed in reserve.

1947

  • June 1, 1947: USS Sea Robin (SS-407) completed a simulated war patrol circling South America and became the first U.S. submarine to round Cape Horn.
John Harrington TM2/SS was stationed between the tubes when Sea Robin rounded the Horn on 1 June, 1947. Thus becoming the first US submariner to accomplish this feat.
From: http://www.ss-407.net/
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