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Today In History - March 13th
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| Monday, March 13, 1916 |  USS E-2 (Sturgeon) (SS-25) : E-2 was placed out of commission for use as a laboratory, for exhaustive tests of the Edison storage battery.
| | Friday, March 13, 1942 | USS Permit (SS-178) : Permit sank the scuttled PT-32 of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three. | | Friday, March 13, 1942 | USS Sculpin (SS-191) : Sculpin departed Fremantle, Australia on her 3rd war patrol in the Banda Sea area. | | Friday, March 13, 1942 | USS Gar (SS-206) : Gar torpedoed and sank the 1520 ton cargo ship Chichiubu Maru. | | Saturday, March 13, 1943 | USS Gudgeon (SS-211) : Gudgeon departed on her 7th war patrol. | | Monday, March 13, 1944 | USS Swordfish (SS-193) : Swordfish put to sea for her 11th war patrol, conducted in the Marianas Islands. Although several enemy ships were damaged during this patrol, no sinkings could be confirmed. | | Monday, March 13, 1944 | USS Sand Lance (SS-381) : (Cont'd.) At least 2 of the ships went to the bottom, light cruiser Tatsuta and cargoman Kokuyo Maru, carrying over 1,000 enemy troops. For her success, Sand Lance underwent a 16- hour, 100 depth charge pounding from the accompanying destroyers. | | Monday, March 13, 1944 | USS Sand Lance (SS-381) : Sand Lance came up to periscope depth and found herself in the midst of a Japanese convoy, consisting of 5 merchantmen and 3 heavily armed warships. Sand Lance had only six torpedoes remaining, but she made them count. | | Tuesday, March 13, 1945 | USS Crevalle (SS-291) : Crevalle put to sea on her 6th war patrol from Pearl Harbor, HI. Cruising in the East China Sea, she took up a lifeguard station during air strikes preparing for the Okinawa invasion. | | Wednesday, March 13, 1946 | USS R-13 (SS-90) : R-13 was sold for scrap. | | Wednesday, March 13, 1946 | USS R-20 (SS-97) : R-20 was sold for scrap to Macey O. Scott of Miami, FL. | | Saturday, March 13, 1993 | USS Montpelier (SSN-765) : Commissioned with CDR. Victor Fiebig in command.
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