| Year | Date | Historical Events |
| 1943 | Mar 4 | Keel laid down by the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT. |
| | Nov 14 | Launched. |
| 1944 | Feb 29 | Commissioned with LCDR. Herman J. Kossler in command.
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| | Apr 11 | Cavalla departed New London, CT. |
| | May 9 | Cavalla arrived at Pearl Harbor, HI. for voyage repairs and training. |
| | May 31 | Cavalla departed on er 1st war partol, bound for distant, enemy held waters. |
| | Jun 17 | Enroute to her station in the Philippines, Cavalla made contact with a large Japanese task force. Tracked the force for several hours, and relayed information which contributed to the victory of the Battle of the Philippine Sea "Marianas Turkey Shoot". |
| | Jun 19 | Cavalla found the carrier Shokaku landing planes and fired a spread of 6 torpedoes for 3 hits, enough to send her to the bottom. |
| | Sep 15 | Cavalla's 2nd war partol took her to the Philippine Seas as a member of a wolfpack operating in support of the invasion of Peleliu. |
| | Nov 25 | During Cavalla's 3rd war partol, she encountered 2 Japanese destroyers and made a daring suface attack which blew up the Shimotsuki.. |
| 1945 | Jan 5 | During a night surface attack on an enemy convoy, Cavalla sank 2 converted net tenders. |
| | May 12 | During her 5th partol she sighted the ally submarine HMS Terrapin, which was damaged by enemy depth charges and unable to submerge or make full speed. She stood by the wounded submarine and escorted her on the surface to Fremantle, Australia. |
| | May 27 | Cavalla arrived at Fremantle, Australia. |
| | Aug 15 | She was on her 6th partol, doing lifeguard duty offf Japan when she received the cease-fire order. A few minutes later she was bombed by a Japanese plane that apparently had not yet receive the information. |
| | Sep 2 | Cavalla was in Tokyo Bay for the signing of the surrender. |
| | Sep 3 | Cavalla departed for New London, CT. |
| | Oct 6 | Cavalla arrived at New London, CT. |
| 1946 | Mar 16 | Cavalla was placed "Out of Commission, In Reserve" at New London, CT. |
| 1951 | Apr 10 | Cavalla was recommissioned and assigned to SubRon 8 and engaged in various Fleet exercises in the Caribbean and off Nova Scotia. |
| 1952 | Sep 3 | Cavalla was placed "Out of Commission" and entered the Electric Boat Co. for conversion to a hunter killer submarine. |
| 1953 | Feb 18 | Cavalla was reclassified as SSK-244. |
| | Jul 15 | Cavalla was recommissioned and assigned to SubRon 10. |
| 1954 | Jan 1 | Cavalla was transfered to Submarine Development Group 2, to evaluate new weapons and equipment and participate in Fleet exercises. |
| 1957 | Jun 11 | Cavalla visited Norfolk, VA., for the International Naval Review. |
| 1959 | Aug 15 | Cavalla's classification reverted to SS-244. |
| 1963 | Jul 1 | Cavalla was reclassified as an Auxiliary Submarine AGSS-244. |
| 1969 | Dec 30 | Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register. |
| 1971 | Jan 21 | Cavalla was transferred to the Texas Submarine Veterans of WWII. She now resides at Seawolf Park on Pelican Island, just North of Galveston, TX. Cavalla has undergone an extensive restoration process, and is open for self guided tours.
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