| Year | Date | Historical Events |
| 1943 | Jan 27 | Keel laid down by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI. |
| | Aug 1 | Launched by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wis. |
| | Nov 30 | Commissioned with LCDR. James M. Clement in command.
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| | Dec 19 | Golet departed Manitowoc via the Mississippi River for New Orleans, LA. |
| | Dec 28 | Golet arrived in New Orleans, LA. She conducted shakedown training at Panama and final battle practice in Hawaiian waters. |
| 1944 | Mar 18 | Golet departed Pearl Harbor, HI. for her 1st war patrol off the Kurile Island chain, Southern Hokkaido and Eastern Honshu, Japan. |
| | May 3 | Severe combinations of fog, rain and ice were encountered and only one ship worth a torpedo came into view. This enemy proved too fast for Golet to gain torpedo range. She returned to Midway, Island. |
| | May 28 | LT. James S. Clark took command of Golet and departed Midway to patrol off northern Honshu, Japan. A door of silence closed behind her and Golet was never heard from again. |
| | Jun 14 | Japanese antisubmarine records available after the war revealed that Golet was the probable victim of a Japanese antisubmarine attack made 14 June 1944. 82 men lost. |