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Today In History - May 5th
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| Tuesday, May 5, 1942 |  USS Permit (SS-178) : Permit departed Fremantle, Australia and was engaged in her 5th war patrol off Makassar, Celebes Island and in the enemy shipping route stretching towards Balikpapan, Borneo. | | Wednesday, May 5, 1943 | USS Sawfish (SS-276) : Off the coast of Honshu, Sawfish sank the converted gunboat Hakkai Maru. | | Wednesday, May 5, 1943 | USS Snook (SS-279) : Snook sighted two freighters standing out of Dairen and took up the chase. She trailed both until after nightfall, then let go with a spread of 3 torpedoes that quickly sank the Kinko Maru. | | Friday, May 5, 1944 | USS Spearfish (SS-190) : Spearfish sank a freighter. | | Friday, May 5, 1944 | USS Pogy (SS-266) : Pogy attacked and sank a freighter. | | Saturday, May 5, 1945 | USS Hawkbill (SS-366) : Departing on her 4th war patrol, Hawkbill served on lifeguard station for a B-24 strike on the Kangean Islands north of Bali. | | Saturday, May 5, 1945 | USS Tench (SS-417) : Tench departed for her 2nd war patrol which took her to Tsugaru Strait between Honshu and Hokkaido. Her mission was to interdict Japanses shipping as it attempted to run North & South between the Kurils and Tokyo. | | Friday, May 5, 1972 | USS Silversides (SSN-679) : Commissioned with CDR. John E. Allen in command.
Following shakedown in the Atlantic and Caribbean, Silversides began operations in the Atlantic, homeported at Charleston, SC.
| | Saturday, May 5, 1973 | USS William H Bates (SSN-680) : Commissioned. |
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