Talk:Submarine Squadron 4

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• Providence moved to SUBRON 2
• Annapolis moved to SUBDEVRON 12
• Jimmy Carter and Connecticut are on the West Coast now (SUBDEVRON 5)
• Virginia, Texas, Hawaii and North Carolina are new to SUBRON 4
• Submarine Group Two Submarines and Squadrons

Buck (talk) 18:38, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

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I have removed the following info as it is large unencyclopedic

The Boats of SUBRON4, Key West, FL 1945-1959

USS HOWARD W. GILMORE (AS-16)

This Fulton-class submarine tender, was launched on 16 September 1943. After three years of tending duties on the West Coast, she sailed to her new home port, Key West, where she arrived 25 January 1946. Serving Submarine Squadron 4, the ship was to stay in Florida for the greater part of the next 13 years, serving submarines on their training and readiness duties.

USS PETREL (ASR-14) a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship launched on 26 September 1945, home port was Key West on 5 May 1950. Petrel continued training operations, with SubRon 4, at Key West throughout the 1950s, with occasional variations.

USS CLAMAGORE (SS343) Flagship of SUBRON 4, Key West, FL, January, 1946. Carried the Squadron Flag until 1 August 1959.

USS SEAPOACHER (SS406), 1 June 1949, was transferred to SUBRON 4 Key West, Florida until 20 October 1969.

USS THORNBACK (SS418), On 2 October 1953, the submarine was recommissioned and assigned to SUBRON 4. Moved to Charleston Naval Base in 1959.

USS QUILLBACK (SS424), recommissioned on 27 February 1953. QUILLBACK reported to Submarine Squadron FOUR at Key West, FL.

USS TRUMPETFISH (SS425) Reported to SUBRON4, Key West, FL, in 1953.

USS MEDREGAL (SS-480) After her WWII operations ended in Pacific theater, MEDREGAL transferred to SUBRON 4, Key West, FL.

USS REQUIN (SS481) Commissioned April 1945, January 6, 1946, REQUIN reports SUBRON 4, Key West, FL.

USS IREX (SS-482) While in transit to Pacific, WWII ended. IREX then transferred to SUBRON 4 Key West, FL. Attached 1945-1947.

USS ODAX (SS484) Commissioned in July 1945, she was assigned to SUBRON4 in Key West, FL.

USS AMBERJACK (SS522), January 1948, she reported to SUBRON 4, Key West, FL, operating East Coast/West Indies for 11 years.

(More boats to be added during Key West Homeport period.)

Relocation of SUBRON 4 from Key West, FL to Charleston, SC (1959 - 1995)

In 1959, the squadron was moved to Charleston, S.C. as part of a dispersal plan to make the Atlantic Fleet less vulnerable to nuclear attack. Built in 1901 and ultimately covering 1,575 acres (637 ha), Charleston Navy Base was located on the west bank of the Cooper River six miles (10 km) north of the point where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet to flow into the Atlantic Ocean. It was during SUBRON 4's early time in Charleston that it came to be called the SWAMP FOX SQUADRON after General Francis Marion, known as “The Swamp Fox,” a Revolutionary War officer from Berkeley County, South Carolina.

SUBRON4 Commanders 1959-1995 Charleston, SC

Capt. Richard C. Latham (AUG1959 - 27OCT1960)

Capt. Morton H. Lytle (27OCT1960 - TBD)

Capt. Phillip A. Beshany (TBD - 10AUG1962)

Capt. Murray F. Frazee, Jr. (10AUG1962 - JULY 1963)

Capt. Raymond W. Alexander (JULY 1963 - TBD)

Capt. George F. Morin (TBD - 5 July 1966)

Capt. Henry Hanssen (5 July 1966 - TBD)

Capt. R. G. Black (TBD - 11 OCT 1966)

Capt. Max C. Duncan (11 OCT 1966 - TBD)

Capt. William R. Banks (TBD - 11OCT1970)

Capt. John A Walsh (11OCT1970 - 1972)

Capt. Stan Anderson (1972 - 1974)

Capt. Al Baciocco (1974 - 1976)

Capt. Larry Burkhart (1976 - 1978)

Capt. Thomas C. Maloney (TBD - 1980s)

TBD (1978 - July1982)

Capt. James E. Collins (July1982 - 8AUG1984)

Capt. William A. Owens (8Aug1984 - TBD)

Capt. Mario P. Fiori (in Command July 1986 - June 1987)

Capt. John Jordan (June1987 - August1989)

TBD (August1989 - July1991)

Capt. Dennis Napior (July1991 - July1993)

Capt. Stanley R. Szemborski (July1993 - Late1995)

The Boats of SUBRON4, Charleston, SC 1959-1995

Home port: Pier Mike, Charleston Navy Base

THE TENDERS OF SUBRON4

USS HOWARD W. GILMORE (AS-16

This Fulton-class submarine tender, was launched on 16 September 1943. After the move of SUBRON4 from Key West, FL to Charleston, SC, GILMORE tended to SUBRON 4 boats until 1970 when she returned to Key West to relieve the USS BUSHNELL (AS-15) and was assigned sub tending duties there. Note: GILMORE departed from Charleston before ORION arrived. Tender USS L. Y. Spear (AS-36) took up tending duties in Summer 1970 until Orion's arrival in November 1970.

USS ORION AS18

This FULTON - class submarine tender was the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. Re-assigned Norfolk Navy Base on 15 October 1970, ORION changed homeport to Charleston, SC. with her new assignment to SUBRON4 sub tending duties in November 1970. In late 1979, ORION'S homeport was moved to Italy.

USS FRANK CABLE AS40

This Emory S. Land Class Submarine Tender Commissioned 29 October 1979. Homeport: Charleston, SC (CHAS) from 1980-1996. CABLE was selected for decommissioning in 1996 but then was reactivated and refitted to replace the USS Holland (AS-32) in the Western Pacific as Commander Seventh Fleet's mobile repair and support platform.

Current Homeport: Apra Harbor, Guam (The only active tender in the Pacific.)

PHOTO: A rare photo by COMSUBRON4 Capt. Dennis Napior: http://www.auburn.edu/~watkijm/SubRon4CHASSC.jpg

USS CANOPUS AS34

This Simon Lake-class submarine tender of the United States Navy, operational from 1965 to 1994. On 25 Nov 1983, her homeport was changed from Naval Weapons Station Charleston with SUBRON18 to Charleston Navy Base with SUBRON 4. She departed Charleston after overhaul in July 1985.

USS PETREL (ASR-14)

This was SUBRON 4's Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship.

USS Sturgeon SSN-637 (Decommissioned): 1 August 1994

Note: Her sail is on permanent display at the Naval Undersea Museum at Keyport, WA.

Link: http://www.navalunderseamuseum.org/

USS Grayling SSN-646 (Decommissioned): 18 July 1997

Note: Her sail is now a memorial on the grounds of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

at Kittery, Maine, and her anchor and chain are on display as a memorial in

downtown Grayling, Michigan.

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USS Ray SSN-653 (Decommissioned): 16 March 1993

USS Sandlance SSN-660 (Decommissioned): 7 August 1998

USS Sea Devil SSN-664 (Decommissioned): 16 October 1991

USS Seahorse SSN-669 (Decommissioned): 17 August 1995

USS Narwhal SSN-671 (Decommissioned): 1 July 1999

USS Bluefish SSN-675 (Decommissioned): 31 May 1996

USS Billfish SSN-676 (Decommissioned): 1 July 1999

USS Batfish SSN-681 (Decommissioned): 17 March 1999

USS L. Mendel Rivers SSN-686 (Decommissioned): 10 May 2001

USS Bonefish SS-582 (Decommissioned): 28 September 1988 (Note: Barbel-class Diesel-Electric Boat)

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NAVAL TRIVIA: STURGEON-CLASS BOAT DISPLAYS from Decommissioned Boats Locations of other Sturgeon-class boat sails on Permanent Display there were not in SUBRON4.

USS Tautog SSN-639 (Decommissioned): 31 March 1997 Note: The USS Tautog's sail was preserved and is now on display at Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas.

USS Lapon SSN-661 (Decommissioned): 8 August 1992 Note: The sail of this Sturgeon class boat, featured in the N.Y. Times Bestselling book

"Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story Of Submarine Espionage" by Sherry Sontag, is now on permanent display at the American Legion Post 639 in Springfield, MO.

USS Hawkbill SSN-666 (Decommissioned): 15 March 2000 Note: Her sail is now on permanent display at the entrance to Arco as part of the

first stage in the development of an Idaho Science Center.

USS Parche SSN-683 (Decommissioned): 18 July 2005 Note: The sail of this most decorated Sturgeon class boat is on display as the centerpiece of a

Navy Museum between the Bremerton ferry terminal and the entrance to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

CHARLESTON NAVY BASE CLOSURE AND SUBRON 4 DEACTIVATION

1996: CHARLESTON, SC. --The Base Realignment and Closure Commission announced on Feb 26th, 1993 that the Charleston Navy Base

would be closed. SUBRON 4 was deactivated in late 1995 just prior to the official closure of Naval Base Charleston, S.C., on April 1, 1996.

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The Reactivation Of Submarine Squadron Four Groton, CT

1997: GROTON, Conn. --Submarine Squadron 4 recently reactivated after a two-year break at Naval Submarine Base Groton, CT In 9 July 1997.

Source: All Hands, Nov 97, Issue 968, p42, 1/4p ALL HANDS, NOV 1997

UNDERSEA WARFARE MAGAZINE 1998-2010 Link: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/magarchive.html

SUBRON4 COMMANDERS 1997-PRESENT GROTON, CT (Date of Command)

Capt. Carl V. Mauney (9 July 1997 - 16APR1999)

Capt. Melvin G. Williams, Jr. (16APR1999 - 08SEP2000)

Capt. George E. Manaskie (08SEP2000 - 26JUL2002)

Capt. David E. Eyler (26JUL2002 - 29APR2004)

Capt. Robert H. Perry (29APR2004 – JUL2006)

Capt. Richard P. Breckenridge (JUL2006 - 27JUN2008)

Capt. Robert E. Clark II (27JUN2008 - 09APR2010)

Capt. Michael Bernacchi (09APR2010 - 13JAN2012)

Capt. Michael Holland (13JAN2012 - 30AUG2013)

Capt. Jim Waters (30AUG2013 - 30JUL2015)

Capt. John E. McGunnigle, Jr. (30JUL2015 - Present)

The Boats of SUBRON4 GROTON, CT Assigned at Reactivation (1997)

USS Trepang (SSN 674)

USS Billfish (SSN 676)

USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705)

USS Providence (SSN 719)

USS Miami (SSN 755)

USS Annapolis (SSN 760)

USS Hartford (SSN 768)

Gbawden (talk) 11:32, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Souvenir Tang?

Is the listed Murray Frazee the same Frazee who served in Tang? This lists a different initial... TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 01:08, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Submarine Squadron 4

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Submarine Squadron 4's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "DANFS":

• From USS Constitution: "Constitution". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
• From List of steam frigates of the United States Navy: This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
• From List of ships of the line of the United States Navy: "Ships of the Line Appendix". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
• From American Revolutionary War: "Bonhomme Richard". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
• From USS Narwhal (SSN-671): "Narwhal". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 2004-01-29. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
• From USS Trumpetfish (SS-425): "Trumpetfish SS-425". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
• From German submarine U-3008: This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. "U-3008". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
• From United States Sixth Fleet: "Little Rock I (CL-92)". Naval History and Heritage Command. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 07:12, 19 April 2018 (UTC)