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SUBMARINE SQUADRON 2 - Naval Submarine Base, New London, Groton CT

Submarine Squadron 2, was established in New London, Connecticut, in the late 1930s. In 1941, the Navy sent SUBRON 2 to the Pacific, where it operated during World War II. In October of 1945, the squadron was back in New London, CT. Submarine Squadron 2 was disestablished in a ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, on 13 January 2012. The U.S. Navy reestablished Commander, Submarine Squadron (COMSUBRON) 2 in an official ceremony on Friday, 10 December 2021 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

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N/A			Commissioned 1930's - Decommissioned 13 January 2012 Recommissioned 10 December 2021 at PNSY, Kittery ME
			SUBRON2 Crest

Consolidated under SUBRON4 in 2012.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-07-22 USPO Type 6 "U.S. Submarine Base Br." New London CT
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1940-10-17 USPO Type 6 "US Submarine Base Br." New London CT
			21st Anniversary of Commissioning USS R-13 SS-90, Flagship.

From the Paul Huber collection.

 

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