| Year | Date | Historical Events |
| 1942 | Dec 7 | Keel laid down by the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT. |
| 1943 | Aug 8 | Launched. |
| | Nov 11 | Commissioned with LCDR. Eric L. Barr, Jr. in command. |
| 1944 | Apr 1 | Began war operations, completed 6 war partols from New Guinea to Farmosa and South China and Java Seas. |
| | Apr 27 | Sank the light cruiser Yubari along with 9 other Japanese vessels and a submarine chaser during the war. |
| 1945 | May 29 | Raised the American flag on Pratas Island after finding the island evacuated by a Japanese Naval Garrison. |
| 1946 | Mar 1 | Placed "Out of Commission, In Reserve" at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. |
| 1951 | May 3 | Recommissioned and reported to the Pacific Fleet for training duty. |
| 1952 | Jul 7 | Bluegill was placed "Out of Commission, In Reserve" and converted to a "hunter-killer" submarine (SSK). |
| 1953 | May 2 | Recommissioned and classified as SSK-242. |
| 1969 | Jun 28 | Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register. |
| 1971 | Jan 1 | Bluegill was sunk and moored to the bottom as a salvage trainer about two kilometers off Lahaina in 40 metres of water. For the next 13 years, her hull was used for underwater rescue training.
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| 1984 | Nov 1 | After a month of preparatory work, the twin Edenton-class salvage and rescue ships Beaufort (ATS-2) and Brunswick (ATS-3) raised Bluegill and towed her to deep water where she was sunk with military honors.
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