1942- A Coast Guard aircraft, Hall PH-3 No. V-177, dropped food to a raft with 6 survivors of a torpedoed tanker.1985-Vice President George Bush made an official visit to Base Miami Beach to extend the thanks of the nation to those involved in Operation Hat Trick…
1813 - US Frigate Chesapeake captures British brig Hero1815 - HMS Endymion, Tenedos and Pomone capture USS President1863 - Navy General Order 4, Emancipation Proclamation1943 - In first submarine resupply mission, USS Gudgeon lands 6 men…
1853- The ship Cornelius Grinnell grounded in a heavy surf off Squan Beach New Jersey. A surf car was used to rescue all 234 persons on board.1925- Alaskan Game Law enforced by Coast Guard.1918-Surfmen from the Humboldt Bay Lifesaving…
1865 - Amphibious attack on Fort Fisher, NC1964 - USS Manley evacuates 54 American and 36 allied nationals after Zanzibar government is overthrown(Source: Navy News Service)
1850- The wreck of Ayrshire on Squan Beach N.J. 201 of 202 persons on board were saved by the life car. First use of the life car in the U.S.1923- Title 'Commandant' was authorized for the service head of the Coast Guard. This officer was…
1813 - US Frigate Chesapeake captures British Volunteer1848 - Attack on Sloop Lexington, San Blas, Mexico1953 - Landings tested on board USS Antietam, first angled deck carrier(Source: Navy News Service)
1882- At 9 a.m during a thick snowstorm, the schooner A .F. Ames of Rockland, Maine, was bound from Perth Amboy to Boston with a crew of seven persons. She stranded during a thick snowstorm five hundred yards east of Race Point and one mile and three-quarters west of Station No…
1863 - CSS Alabama sinks USS Hatteras off Galveston1944 - Aircraft from USS Block Island make first aircraft rocket attack on German submarine(Source: Navy News Service)
1877- The French steamer Amerique grounded off Sea Bright, New Jersey. 189 persons were rescued by the USLSS crew, three died.1947- During Operation HIGHJUMP, Coast Guard icebreaker Northwind successfully completed the first major rescue mission involving a submarine…
1847 - Battle of San Gabriel (Navy, Marines, Army defeat Mexicans in CA)(Source: Navy News Service)
1877- The French steamer Amerique grounded off Sea Bright, New Jersey. 189 persons were rescued by the USLSS crew, three died.1947- During Operation HIGHJUMP, Coast Guard icebreaker Northwind successfully completed the first major rescue mission involving a submarine…
1960 - Launch of first fully-guided flight of Polaris missile at Cape Canaveral (flew 900 miles)1967 - Mobile Riverine Force begins arriving at Vung Tau, Vietnam(Source: Navy News Service)
1916 - First enlisted flight training class at Pensacola, FL1942 - Japanese capture 11 Navy Nurses in Manila, Philippines1967- Operation Deckhouse V begins in Mekong Delta, Vietnam.1996 - USS Hopper, named for RADM Grace Hopper, commissioned.(Source: Navy News Service)
1883- At 1 o’clock in the afternoon, the crew of the Quoddy Head Station discovered a schooner at anchor. The weather was bitter cold, with a gale from the northwest. The men got the boat out and pulled to the vessel. She proved to be Clara Dinsmore from Boston…
1855 - USS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops1875 - CDR Edward Lull begins expedition to locate best ship canal route across Panama. Route followed 30 years later.1943 - USS Helena (CL-50) fired first proximity fused projectile…
