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Today In History - April 17th
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| Saturday, April 17, 1915 |  USS B-1 (Viper) (SS-10) : B-1 was recommissioned. | | Saturday, April 17, 1915 | USS A-3 (Grampus) (SS-4) : Commissioned and assigned to the First Submarine Division, Torpedo Flotilla, Asiatic Fleet. | | Saturday, April 17, 1915 | USS A-5 (Pike) (SS-6) : Recommissioned and assigned to the Asiatic Fleet. | | Thursday, April 17, 1919 | USS R-3 (SS-80) : Commissioned at Boston, MA. with LCDR. Allen Herschel Guthrie in command. After shakedown off the Massachusetts coast, R-3 was assigned to Submarine Division 9 at New London, CT.
| | Friday, April 17, 1942 | USS Spearfish (SS-190) : Spearfish sank an enemy cargo ship of approximately 4,000 tons. | | Monday, April 17, 1944 | USS Tautog (SS-199) : Tautog departed Midway Island on her 11th war patrol and returned to the Kurils. | | Monday, April 17, 1944 | USS Harder (SS-257) : Harder spotted a merchant ship escorted by destroyers. Firing 4 torpedoes, she sank the 7,000 ton Matsue Maru and damaged one of the escorts. | | Monday, April 17, 1944 | USS Guitarro (SS-363) : Guitarro arrived at Pearl Harbor, HI. and prepared for her 1st war patrol off Formosa. | | Tuesday, April 17, 1945 | USS Cod (SS-224) : Cod used her deck gun to sink a tug and it's tow. | | Tuesday, April 17, 1945 | USS Rasher (SS-269) : Rasher departed on her 7th war patrol, for lifeguard station off Honshu. |
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