1796 - Congress authorizes completion of 3 frigates1861 - Norfolk Navy Yard abandoned and burned by Union forces.1914 - In first call to action of naval aviators, detachment on USS Birmingham sailed to Tampico, Mexico.1915 - First Navy contract for lighter-than-air craft awarded…
The last operational World War II tank-landing ship, the USS LST-325, was scheduled to refuel at the Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon during the weekend of April 16 on a visit to the city’s riverfront. This LST – which stands for Landing Ship, Tanks – is one of only two such ships preserved in the U…
1813-A tremendous explosion aboard the cutter Gallatin, commanded by Master John H. Silliman (who was not aboard at the time) blew off her quarterdeck while the cutter was tied up in Charleston, South Carolina. The cutter was quickly engulfed in flames and then sank at anchor…
1783 - George Washington proclaims end of hostilities1861 - President Lincoln orders blockade of Southern ports from SC to Texas1955 - USS Albany and USS William Wood begin to provide disaster relief to citizens of Volos, Greece, ending 21 April(Source: Navy News Service)
1805-The cutter Louisiana engaged two pirate vessels that had been fitted out at New Orleans. Twenty shots were exchanged but the pirate vessels escaped.1851- The Minots Ledge Lighthouse, the first one built in the United States that was exposed to the full force of the ocean…
1863 - Union gunboats pass Confederate batteries at Vicksburg1924 - Navy commences relief operations in Mississippi Valley floods, lasting until 16 June1947 - Act of Congress gives Navy Nurse Corps members commissioned rank1959…
1909- Point Judith, Rhode Island: The schooner G.A. Hayden grounded northeast of the station. The sea being too rough for surfboat, life-saving crew took the beach apparatus to the wreck and succeeded in reaching her with the second shot. The…
1885 - Naval forces land at Panama to protect American interests during revolution1912 - USS Chester and USS Salem sailed from MA to assist RMS Titanic survivors1918 - First Marine Aviation Force formed at Marine Flying Field, Miami…
1876- An Act of Congress (19 Stat. L., 132, 139) provided that any person 'who shall willfully and unlawfully injure any pier, break-water, or other work of the United States for the improvement of rivers or harbors, on navigation in the United States…
1898 - Commissioning of first Post Civil War hospital ship, USS Solace1969 - North Korean aircraft shoots down Navy EC-121 reconnaissance aircraft from VQ-1 over the Sea of Japan1988 - USS Samuel B. Roberts struck Iranian mine off Qatar1989…
1909- Cleveland, Ohio, Lake Erie. Two boys were unable to pull against the wind, were in danger of drifting on the breakwater. Life-saving crew at Cleveland went out, took the 2 boys in their power lifeboat, and towed their boat to East Ninth Street pier.(Source: USCG Historian’s Office)
1847 - Naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico1861 - Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces1960 - Navy's navigation satellite, Transit, placed into orbit from Cape Canaveral, FL and demonstrates ability…
1808- Subsistence for Army officers fixed at 20 cents per ration, later that year applied to all officers of the revenue cutters.1843- Captain Alexander V. Fraser, Revenue Cutter Service, appointed Chief of newly-created Revenue Marine Bureau of Treasury (he was…
1861 - Civil War begins when Confederates fire on Fort Sumter, SC1911 - LT Theodore Ellyson qualifies as first naval aviator1962 - U.S. Navy demonstrates new landing craft with retractable hydrofoils, LCVP (H)1975 - Operation Eagle…
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…
