1914 - U.S. Marines land in Haiti to protect U.S. consulate1943 - Beginning of 2 day battle of Rennell Island after which U.S. transports reached Guadalcanal(Source: Navy News Service)
1778 - Second New Providence Expedition raised the flag with thirteen stripes over Fort Nassau.1960 - Navy demonstrates value of moon communication relay, used in fleet broadcasts.1962 - USS Cook (APD-130) rescues 25 survivors from after section of Panamanian tanker…
1942 - USS Gudgeon is first US sub to sink enemy submarine in action, Japanese I-173.1945 - Commissioning of USS Higbee (DD-806), first U.S. Navy ship named after women member of U.S. Navy.1967 - Fire in Command Module at Cape Kennedy during simulation countdown…
1911 - 1st hydroaeroplane flight is witnessed by naval aviator1913 - The body of John Paul Jones is laid in its final resting place in the Chapel of Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD1949 - USS Norton Sound, first guided-missile ship, launches first guided missile…
1963 - 1st Seabee Technical Assistance Team arrives in Vietnam1968 - Operation Windsong I in Mekong Delta, Vietnam(Source: Navy News Service)
1800 - CAPT Thomas Tingey ordered to duty as first Superintendent of the Washington Navy Yard1944 - Operation Shingle, Allied landing at Anzio, Italy(Source: Navy News Service)
Detyens Shipyards, Inc., North Charleston, S.C., is being awarded a $6,405,847 firm-fixed-price contract for a 55-calendar day regular overhaul of Military Sealift Command's fleet replenishment oiler USNS Lenthall. The ship's primary mission…
1800 - CAPT Thomas Tingey ordered to duty as first Superintendent of the Washington Navy Yard1944 - Operation Shingle, Allied landing at Anzio, Italy(Source: Navy News Service)
U.S. Navy Maritime Prepositioning Ship USNS 1ST LT Jack Lummus is loading cargo at Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 18-19 in support of international disaster relief efforts underway in Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake.…
USS Los Angeles (SSN 688) will arrive at the Port of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 20, for a final visit that includes a decommissioning ceremony Jan. 23. USS Los Angeles departed Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Jan. 14, and is stopping in Los Angeles…
1783 - Hostilities cease between Great Britain and the United States 1903 - Theordore Roosevelt issues Executive Order placing Midway Islands under jurisdiction of the Navy Department. 1914 - School for naval air training opens in Pensacola…
Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed Jan. 16 beginning a five to seven day transit to Haiti, where more than 800 military and civilian aid workers aboard the ship will provide relief in response to the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation Jan…
Austal-designed and built Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), USS Independence has officially joined the operating forces of the United States Navy following a commissioning ceremony held near Austal’s Mobile, Ala. facility. Thousands of Navy officials…
1840 - LT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast(Source: Navy News Service)
1911 - First aircraft landing on board a ship, USS Pennsylvania by Eugene Ely.1962 - After a flash fire in the Persian Gulf on Danish tanker, Prima Maersk, burned a crewman, USS Duxbury Bay transfers a Navy doctor to help the Danish crewman…