1909- Burnt Island, Maine: The schooner Regina stranded five miles north of the station. The Life-Saving crew, in a small power boat, arrived at the same time as the tug Bismarck. After the tug had pulled her afloat, the keeper piloted them out into clear water…
1814 - USS Peacock captures HMS Epervier1898 - U.S. warships engage Spanish gunboats and shore batteries at Cienfuegos, Cuba1944 - Fast carrier task force (12 carriers) commence 2 day bombing of Truk1975 - Operation Frequent Wind…
1908- Secretary of Commerce and Labor was authorized to patrol regattas and transfer that authority to another Department if need be. Thus the Revenue Cutter Service became the primary federal agency that patrolled regattas. 1918- CGC Seneca…
1962 - Naval forces capture Forts Jackson and St. Philip, LA1965 - Dominican Republic intervention began1944 - U.S. LSTs attacked during Operation Tiger1993 - SECDEF memo orders Armed Forces to train and assign women on combat aircraft and most combat ships…
1865-The boilers on the 260-foot wooden-hulled steamboat Sultana exploded while the vessel was traveling on the Mississippi River near Memphis. Sultana, although designed to carry a maximum of 376 passengers, actually embarked over 2,400, most…
1861 - President Lincoln extended blockade of Confederacy to VA and NC ports1865 - Body of John Wilkes Booth brought to Washington Navy Yard.(Source: Navy News Service)
1898- During the Spanish-American War, Morrill, Hudson, and Hamilton, formerly Revenue Cutters and recently armed for service in the so-called 'Mosquito Fleet,' passed through Hampton Roads and after asking formal permission of the Commodore…
1869 - The Good Conduct Medal was authorized 1921 - U.S. Naval Detachment left Yugoslavia after administering area around Spalato for 2 years to guarantee transfer of area from Austria to new country1952 - USS Hobson sinks after colliding with USS Wasp…
1880-Captain Jerome G. Kiah and his crew of six surfmen from the Point Aux Barques Life-Saving Station responded to a distress signal from a stranded scow in Lake Huron. They departed their station in their pulling surfboat but the boat capsized a number of times in the icy water…
1918 - USS Stewart destroys German submarine off France1945 - In only U.S. use of guided missiles in WW II, 2 BAT missiles release at Balikiapan, Borneo1956 - Project Vanguard, earth satellite launching program, assigned to DCNO (Air)(Source: Navy News Service)
1790- Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, submitted a bill to Congress to create a 'system of cutters' to enforce tariff and customs laws along the nation's coastline. Congress passed his bill on 4 August of the same year.1944…
1861 - USS Saratoga captures slaver, Nightingale.1898 - U.S. at war against Spain.1906 - Commander Robert Peary discovered supposed Arctic Continent did not exist.1972 - Moonwalk in the Descartes Highlands by CAPT John W. Young, USN Commander of Apollo 16…
1838- The passenger steamboat Oronoko suffered a catastrophic boiler explosion while tied up at Princeton, Mississippi that killed over 100 passengers. This was one of three fatal steamboat boiler explosions within as many months that forced…
1861 - USS Saratoga captures slaver, Nightingale.1898 - U.S. at war against Spain.1906 - Commander Robert Peary discovered supposed Arctic Continent did not exist.1972 - Moonwalk in the Descartes Highlands by CAPT John W. Young, USN Commander of Apollo 16…
1871- Secretary of Treasury was authorized by Congress to employ crews of experienced surfmen at lifeboat stations at maximum rate of $40 per month, marking the end of the volunteer system. This was the beginning of direct Federal control over life-saving activities…
