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Today In History - March 11th
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Wednesday, March 11, 1942   USS Pollack (SS-180) :  Pollack torpedoed and sank the 1454 ton cargo ship Fukushu Maru. She damaged a second cargo ship with gunfire before returning to Pearl Harbor, HI.
Thursday, March 11, 1943   USS S-31 (SS-136) :  S-31 continued West on her 6th war patrol.
Thursday, March 11, 1943   USS Haddock (SS-231) :  Haddock departed Midway Island for her 4th war patrol.
Saturday, March 11, 1944   USS Bowfin (SS-287) :  Bowfin attacked the freighter again, but the Japanese escorts drove her down once more. Later that day, she rose to periscope depth, found the damaged ship alone, and finished the 4,470-ton Tsukikawa Maru off with four well aimed torpedoes.
Saturday, March 11, 1944   USS Queenfish (SS-393) :  Commissioned with LCDR. Charles E. Loughlin in command.
Sunday, March 11, 1945   USS Trigger (SS-237) :  Trigger, with new skipper CDR. David R. Connole, stood out to sea to begin her 12th war patrol and headed for the Nansei Shoto area.
Sunday, March 11, 1945   USS Ronquil (SS-396) :  Ronquil began her 4th war patrol. She rescued 10 Army aviators from a B-29 bomber downed between the Bonins and Japan.
Sunday, March 11, 1945   USS Segundo (SS-398) :  Segundo sank the cargo ship Shori Maru.
Saturday, March 11, 1961   USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) :  Commissioned.
Saturday, March 11, 1978   USS Omaha (SSN-692) :  Commissioned with CDR. Ted A. Hamilton in command.