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| Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 853 | Subject: 6-25/26 history Pacific 06/25/62: The USS Tiru (SS-416) suffers a fire which forces the vessel to make an emergency surfacing 15 miles southwest of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with 18 men suffering from smoke inhalation. A malfunction of a practice torpedo in the torpedo room caused the fire. 6-26-1962 Naval Facilites Engineering Command Cape Hatteras makes first Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) detection of a Soviet diesel submarine. | ||
