USS Buffalo (SSN 715) is the Navy's 25th Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine. Her keel was laid on January 25, 1980, and she began her waterborne career on May 8, 1982, when she was launched by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia. She was commissioned on November 5, 1983, in Norfolk, Virginia, and one year later conducted an interfleet transfer to the Pacific Fleet Submarine Force via the Panama Canal. She has been homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, since 1984.

September 10, 2002 USS Buffalo's Nuclear Project Team at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility set a new Naval Sea Systems Command record in August for the shortest time required to turn over a reactor compartment (RC) during an engineered refueling overhaul (ERO). The team prepared the RC for refueling in 70 days after dry-docking, faster that the previous best time by any Naval shipyard. SSN 715 entered the drydock in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, earlier this year, and became the first ship to undergo nuclear refueling in Hawaii.

May 20, 2005 Cmdr. Brian N. Humm relieved Cmdr. Murray Gero as commanding officer of USS Buffalo during a change-of-command ceremony held aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine.

November 23, In a first for the U.S. Navy, an underwater glider was launched with the aid of Navy divers from the Dry Deck Shelter aboard the Buffalo Nov. 14. The glider is a uniquely mobile network component capable of moving to specific locations and depths and gathering various information, which is transmitted on a predetermined interval when it surfaces to computers via a built-in satellite phone.

June 12, 2006 USS Buffalo departed Naval Station Pearl Harbor for its first western Pacific deployment since the submarine's overhaul.

June 21, The Los Angeles-class attack submarine pulled to Yokosuka, Japan, for a scheduled port visit.

December 12, SSN 715 returned to Pearl Harbor following a six-month underway period to the western Pacific, its last Hawaii homecoming before changing homeports to Guam next year. During the underway period ship visited ports of Guam, Japan, Hong Kong and Saipan.

July 9, 2007 USS Buffalo departed Pearl Harbor for its new homeport of Guam.

July 15, 2008 Capt. Doug Wright relieved Capt. Phillip Sawyer as Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 (CSS 15) during a change-of-command ceremony aboard the Buffalo at Polaris Point.

October 4, USS Buffalo pulled to Busan, Republic of Korea, for a routine port call in conjunction with the International Fleet Review hosted by the Republic of Korea Navy.

August 1, 2009 Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNS) completed a dry-dock selected restricted availability (DSRA) on the Buffalo July 22, seven days before the chief of naval operations' (CNO) completion date.

August 7, Cmdr. Christopher Henry relieved Cmdr. Scott W. Pappano as CO of USS Buffalo.

December 20, Capt. Douglas E. Wright, commodore of Submarine Squadron 15, fired Cmdr. Christopher Henry due to a "loss of confidence in his ability to command." Henry's Deputy, Cmdr. Michael D. Lewis has taken over command of the USS Buffalo which is currently under going maintenance in Guam.

April 30, 2010 Cmdr. Richard E. Seif relieved Capt. Michael D. Lewis as commanding officer of the Buffalo during a ceremony at the Joint Region Marianas Base Theater.

May 17, SSN 715 recently arrived in Thailand to participate in the second phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise.

October 21, USS Buffalo pulled into Fleet Activities Yokosuka for a routine port call. The Los Angeles-class submarine departed Guam in late August for a scheduled western Pacific deployment.

July 25, 2011 USS Buffalo returned to homeport after a two-month deployment.

November 3, The Buffalo returned to Naval Base Guam after a three-week underway period.