1859 - Launch of Saginaw at Mare Island, first Navy ship built on West Coast of U.S.1867 - Birthday of Civil Engineer Corps.1899 - Act of Congress creates the rank Admiral of the Navy for George Dewey.1973 - Women begin pilot training to U.S. Navy.(Source: Navy News Service)
1942 - U-656 becomes the first German submarine of World War II to be sunk by Naval air (VP-82).1954 - 1st of 6 detonations, Operation Castle nuclear test.(Source: Navy News Service)
1811 - Congress authorizes first naval hospital1913 - Approval of experimental wind tunnel for Navy1944 - Sue Sophia Dauser, Superintendent of the Navy's Nurse Corps is first woman in Navy to receive rank of Captain.(Source: Navy News Service)
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), delivered USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) to the U.S. Navy. The ship is named in honor of Commodore Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858), the U.S. Navy officer who established American trade with Japan in the mid-19th Century…
1861 - Saratoga, member of U.S. African Squadron, captures slaver sloop Express1933 - Commissioning of USS Ranger, first true aircraft carrier1959 - USS Galveston fires first Talos surface-to-air missile(Source: Navy News Service)
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $19,400,942 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-2100) for planned and growth supplemental work for the accomplishment of the fiscal year 2008 extended…
1813 - USS Hornet, Captain James Lawrence, captures HMS Peacock1968 - Task Force Clearwater established in I Corps(Source: Navy News Service)
1795 - U.S. Navy Office of Purveyor of Supplies is established. This is the Navy Supply Corps Birthday.1919 - Launching of Osmond Ingram (DD-255), first Navy ship named for an enlisted man1944 - Carrier groups under Spruance attack Saipan…
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Tewksbury, Mass., is being awarded a $27,828,683 not-to-exceed modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-5346) for common display system (CDS) hardware and software integration with the…
1865 - RADM Porter's gunboats' bombardment cause surrender of Wilmington, NC .1870 - After arriving on USS Nipsic, and supported by USS Guard and USS Nyack, the Darien Expedition, commanded by CDR Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., begins active…
The Navy's first littoral combat ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1), left Naval Station Mayport Feb. 16 for her maiden operational deployment to the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) areas of focus.During the independent deployment…
1814 - USS Constitution captures British brig Catherine1945 - Marines with naval gunfire support land on Iwo Jima; island secured 16 March.(Source: Navy News Service)
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., was awarded on Feb. 10 a $41,288,005 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for life cycle engineering and support services on the LPD 17 class amphibious transport dock ship program. Work will be performed in Pascagoula…
1814 - USS Constitution captures British brig Catherine1945 - Marines with naval gunfire support land on Iwo Jima; island secured 16 March.(Source: Navy News Service)
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released a redacted copy of its report on Project Azorian. This was the secret 1973-4 operation that involved raising a sunken Soviet submarine from the floor of the Pacific Ocean. In March 1968, the submarine…
