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Today In History - April 30th
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| Monday, April 30, 1923 |  USS S-12 (SS-117) : Commissioned with LT. Francis S. Low in command.
| | Saturday, April 30, 1938 | USS Seal (SS-183) : Commissioned with LT. Karl G. Hensel in command.
| | Thursday, April 30, 1942 | USS Silversides (SS-236) : Silversides departed Pearl Harbor, HI. on her 1st war patrol and headed for the Japanese home islands, in the area of Kii Suido. | | Friday, April 30, 1943 | USS Narwhal (was V-5) (SS-167) : Narwhal began her 4th war patrol, departing Dutch Harbor, Alaska for the western Aleutian Islands. | | Friday, April 30, 1943 | USS Trigger (SS-237) : Trigger's 5th war patrol returned her to Japanese home waters. Trigger lay athwart the projected track of Admiral Koga returning from Truk. Koga's task force came in sight the morning of 22 May, but zigged away, out of range, "a bitter disappointment". | | Friday, April 30, 1943 | USS Scorpion (SS-278) : Scorpion stalked, fired on, and finally torpedoed and sank a 600 ton patrol ship. During the fight, however, Scorpion received her first casualty. LCR. R. M. Raymond, on board as prospective Commanding Officer, was hit and killed by gunfire. | | Sunday, April 30, 1944 | USS Muskallunge (SS-262) : After overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., Muskallunge left Pearl Harbor, HI. on her 3rd war patrol. In June she joined 8 other submarines in an operation designed to intercept any enemy forces approaching the Marianas Islands. | | Sunday, April 30, 1944 | USS Puffer (SS-268) : Puffer began her 4th war patrol in the Madoero Straits, Makassar Straits and the Sulu Sea. She acted as lifeguard for the first Allied carrier strike on Soerabaja. | | Sunday, April 30, 1944 | USS Rasher (SS-269) : Rasher departed for her 4th war partol, returning to the Makassar Strait-Cekebes Sea area. | | Sunday, April 30, 1944 | USS Bang (SS-385) : Bang sank the 2,859-ton cargo ship, Nittatsu Maru. | | Monday, April 30, 1945 | USS Ray (SS-271) : Ray departed from Guam on her 7th war patrol for lifeguard duty off Kyushu. | | Monday, April 30, 1945 | USS Mapiro (SS-376) : Commissioned with CDR. Vincent A. Sisler, Jr., in command.
| | Monday, April 30, 1945 | USS Trepang (SS-412) : Trepang sank the 4667 ton, heavily laden freighter, Miho Maru. | | Monday, April 30, 1945 | USS Springer (SS-414) : Springer and Trepang contacted 3 targets. Trepang sank the cargo ship Miho Maru.
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