Today In History - September 3rd
(click on a Submarine's Name & Hull# to see it's profile & history)
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| Wednesday, September 03, 1913 |  USS K-1 (was the Haddock) (SS-32) : Launched by the Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA. |
| Thursday, September 03, 1942 | USS Pompano (SS-181) : While enroute to Midway, Pompano sank a patrol craft with gunfire. |
| Thursday, September 03, 1942 | USS Amberjack (SS-219) : Departed on her 1st war patrol. |
| Friday, September 03, 1943 | USS Pollack (SS-180) : Pollack sank the 3,521 ton cargo ship Tagonoura Maru. |
| Friday, September 03, 1943 | USS Scamp (SS-277) : Scamp stood out of Brisbane, Australia on her 4th war patrol. She again patrolled off the Solomons and into the Bismarck Sea. (Exact date unknown) |
| Sunday, September 03, 1944 | USS Pargo (SS-264) : Pargo departed on her 5th war patrol. She ranged the South China Sea, pressing her attacks to damage several Japanese ships and to sink 2 more, including a minelayer.
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| Sunday, September 03, 1944 | USS Sea Devil (SS-400) : Sea Devil began her 1st war patrol. When she was 500 miles off Honshu she made contact with 2 sampan type patrol vessels. Rough seas precluded an attack. She continued to the shipping lanes near Japan. |
| Wednesday, September 03, 1952 | USS Cavalla (SS-244) : Cavalla was placed "Out of Commission" and entered the Electric Boat Co. for conversion to a hunter killer submarine. |
