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Today In History - April 23rd
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| Monday, April 23, 1923 |  USS S-34 (SS-139) : S-34 was recommissioned, and after further trials and various exercises off the East Coast and in the Caribbean Sea, she returned to the West Coast. | | Thursday, April 23, 1942 | USS Triton (SS-201) : Triton contacted a 2,000 ton trawler near Marcus. After missing with 2 torpedoes, she surfaced to battle with her deck guns and left the trawler a sinking wreck. | | Friday, April 23, 1943 | USS Seawolf (SS-197) : Seawolf sank the old destroyer, Patrol Boat No. 89. | | Friday, April 23, 1943 | USS Gar (SS-206) : During Gar's 7th war patrol, she sank five small craft with gunfire. | | Sunday, April 23, 1944 | USS Seadragon (SS-194) : (Cont'd.) The patrol boats moved toward Seadragon as Daiju Maru sank and, during the next two hours, delivered a 40 depth charge attack. Later that day, Seadragon conducted an unsuccessful attack on a naval auxiliary. | | Sunday, April 23, 1944 | USS Ray (SS-271) : Ray departed on her 4th war patrol to the Davao Gulf-Molucca Passage area. | | Monday, April 23, 1945 | USS Bowfin (SS-287) : Bowfin got underway for her 8th war patrol, and plied the waters North of Honshu and Hokkaido. | | Tuesday, April 23, 1963 | USS Lafayette (SSBN-616) : Commissioned with CDR. P. J. Hannifin in command of the Blue Crew and CDR. James T. Strong in command of the Gold Crew.
| | Thursday, April 23, 1964 | USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629) : Commissioned with CDR. George P. Steele, III, in command of the Blue Crew and LCDR. Alan B. Crabtree in command of the Gold Crew.
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