1861 - Second relief convoy for Fort Sumter left New York1941 - Commissioning of USS North Carolina, which carried 9 16-inch guns1943 - Re-establishment of Commodore rank1959 - Selection of first 7 Mercury astronauts, include 4 naval aviators(Source: Navy News Service)
1909- Race Point, Massachusetts-The sloop Keewaydin IV’s mast was carried away and the sloop anchored 2 miles SW of station, but dragged ashore. Station crew was on the beach when she struck and the keeper rowed out surf and threw a heaving line on board…
1925 - First planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-11950 - Unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR1951 - 1st of 4 detonations, Operation Greenhouse nuclear test(Source: Navy New Service)
1938- Congress passed HR 8982, an amendment to the Alien Fishing Act (50 Stat. 639). The amendment clarified the earlier laws on salmon fishing in Alaskan waters by limiting commercial salmon fishing in the vicinity of Bristol Bay, Alaska, to U…
1776 - Continental brig Lexington captures British Edward1917 - Navy takes control of all wireless radio stations in the U.S.1942 - Navy accepts African Americans for general service1945 - First two Navy flight nurses land on an active battlefield (Iwo Jima): ENS Jane Kendeigh…
1894- President authorized the Revenue Cutter Service to enforce the Paris Award, which was concerned with the preservation of fur seals in Alaska.1917- The United States declared war on Germany and joined the Allied Powers in World War I…
1776 - Sloop-of-war Ranger, frigate Queen of France and frigate Warren capture British Hibernia and 7 other vessels1862 - Naval Gunfire from Tyler and Lexington help save Union Troops at Battle of Shiloh1909 - Commander Robert E. Peary reports reaching the North Pole1917 - U…
1950- The Coast Guard announced that former enlisted women of the Coast Guard Reserve could apply for enlistment in the Women’s Volunteer Reserve (SPARS). Enlistments were to be for a three-year period with written agreement to serve on active duty in time of war or national emergency…
1946 - USS Missouri arrives in Turkey to return the body of Turkish ambassador to the U.S. and to show U.S. support and willingness to defend Turkey.(Source: Navy News Service)
1897- Federal Civil Service rules were applied to Life-Saving Service (under Executive Order May 6, 1896).1916-The official birthday of Coast Guard aviation. On this date LT Elmer F. Stone reported to Pensacola Naval Air Station for flight training…
1893 - Navy General Order 409 of 25 February 1893 establishes the rate of Chief Petty Officer as of this date.1917 - Boatswain's Mate 1/c John I. Eopolucci, a Naval Armed Guard on board the steamship Aztec, died when the vessel was sunk by a German U-boat…
1932- United States signed Whaling Convention at Geneva with 21 other countries. 1995- Coast Guard Communication Area Master Station Atlantic sent a final message by Morse Code and then signed off, officially ending more than 100 years of telegraph communication…
1854 - Commodore Matthew Perry negotiates Treaty of Kanagawa to open trade between U.S. and Japan1971 - Poseidon (C-3) missile becomes operational when USS James Madison began her 3rd patrol carrying 16 tactical Poseidon missiles.1992 - USS Missouri (BB-63)…
1867- Alaska purchase treaty signed with Russia.1942- By Presidential proclamation, the Coast Guard was designated as a service of the Navy to be administered by the Commandant of Coast Guard under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy…
1944 - First use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor)1972 - Easter Offensive began in Vietnam(Source: U.S. Navy News Service)