1856 - CDR Andrew H. Foote lands at Canton, China, with 287 Sailors and Marines to stop attacks by Chinese on U.S. military and civilians.1917 - USS Kanawha, Noma and Wakiva sink German sub off France.1933 - Navy crew (LCDR Thomas G…
1813- Capt. David Porter claims Marquesas Islands for the United States.1943 - Carrier force attacks bases on Tarawa and Makin begun.1943 - USS Nautilus (SS-168) enters Tarawa lagoon in first submarine photograph reconnaissance mission…
Seaward Marine Services, Inc., Fairfax, Va., was awarded a $9,096,597 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-D-4219) on Nov. 13, 2009, for waterborne hull cleaning and associated services to support the director of ocean engineering…
1890 - USS Maine, first American battleship, is launched.1922 - CDR Kenneth Whiting in a PT seaplane, makes first catapult launching from aircraft carrier, USS Langley, at anchor in the York River.1962 - USS Currituck (AV-7) rescues…
1776 - First salute to an American flag (Grand Union flag) flying from Continental Navy ship Andrew Doria, by Dutch fort at St. Eustatius, West Indies.1856 - Barrier Forts reduction began at Canton China.1942 - Navy's first Night Fighter squadron (VMF(N)-531) established at Cherry Point…
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $6,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-2100) for the accomplishment of the fiscal year 2008 Extended Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (EDSRA) of USS Enterprise (CVN 65)…
1776 - First salute to an American flag (Grand Union flag) flying from Continental Navy ship Andrew Doria, by Dutch fort at St. Eustatius, West Indies.1856 - Barrier Forts reduction began at Canton China.1942 - Navy's first Night Fighter squadron (VMF(N)-531) established at Cherry Point…
1776 - Captain John Paul Jones in Alfred with brig Providence captures British transport Mellish, carrying winter uniforms later used by Washington's troops.1942 - Loss of USS Juneau (CL-52) during Battle of Guadalcanal results in loss of Five Sullivan Brothers…
1912 - LT Theodore Ellyson makes first successful launching of an airplane (A-3) by catapult at the Washington Navy Yard.1940 - CNO Admiral Stark submits memorandum to Secretary of the Navy on 4 plans if U.S. enters war. He favors the fourth one…
1870 - Navy expedition to explore the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southern Mexico, commanded by CAPT Robert W. Shufeldt, enters the Coatzacoalcos River to begin a survey for possible interoceanic canal. Support provided by USS Kansas and USS Mayflower…
1775 - Congress votes to raise two battalions of Continental Marines, establishing the Marine Corps.1941 - U.S. escorted convoy WS 12, carrying 20,000 British troops to Singapore, sails from Halifax(Source: Navy News Service)
Nov. 5, 2009, the German navy frigate Hessen (F221) pulls alongside the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) for a refueling at sea. This is the first time Dwight D. Eisenhower has provided fuel for a German ship. Dwight D. Eisenhower…
1861 - CAPT Charles Wilkes seizes two Confederate diplomats from the British steamer Trent, causing an international controversy with Great Britain (known as the Trent Affair).1942 - Operation Torch (Allied landings in French Northwest Africa)…
1851 - U.S. Navy expedition under command of LT William Lewis Herndon, on a mission to explore the valley of the Amazon and its tributaries, reaches Iquitos in the jungle region of the upper Amazon after their departure from Lima, Peru. 1941 - On Neutrality Patrol…
1775 - Commodore Esek Hopkins appointed to Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy.1915 - In AB-2 flying boat, LCDR Henry C. Mustin makes first underway catapult launch from a ship, USS North Carolina, at Pensacola Bay, FL.1917 - German submarine torpedoes USS Alcedo off French coast…