On 3 June 1968 Gato-class submarine USS Cavalla SS-244 was decommissioned for the 3rd and final time
MuseumShip at Galveston Naval Museum, Galveston, TX
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On 27 May 1944 Balao-class submarine USS Becuna SS-319 was commissioned with LCDR H.D. Sturr in command
Submarine Becuna at Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA
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62 years ago today, on 25 May 1964 Grayback class submarine USS Growler SSG-577 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Intrepid Museum, New York, NY
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82 years ago, on 23 May 1944, Balao-class submarine USS Razorback (SS-394) ran aground in the late evening of 23 May 1944 at Race Rock Light outside New London submarine base.
MuseumShip at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, AR
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80 years ago today, on 22 May 1946 Gato-class submarine USS Cobia SS-245 was decommissioned for the first time.
MuseumShip at Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, WI
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24 years ago today, on 21 May 2002, USS Dolphin (AGSS-555) partially flooded, shorting electrical panels and starting fires, due to a failed torpedo tube gasket.
MuseumShip at Maritime Museum of San Diego, CA
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57 years ago today, on 18 May 1969 Gato-class submarine USS Drum SS-228 arrived at Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
MuseumShip at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL
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67 years ago today, on 16 May 1959 Barbel-class submarine USS Blueback SS-581 was launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS, sponsored by Virginia McManes, wife of Rear Admiral Kenmore McManes.
MuseumShip at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Portland, Oregon.
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78 years ago today, on 15 May 1946 Gato class submarine USS Croaker SS-246 was decommissioned for the first time.
MuseumShip at Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park, Buffalo, NY
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85 years ago today, on 12 May 1941 Gato-class submarine USS Drum SS-228 was launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME, sponsored by Mrs. Beatrice M. Holcomb, wife of Major General Thomas Holcomb, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.
MuseumShip at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL
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