1952 - USS Iowa bombards Chongjin, Korea.1973 - Launch of Skylab 2 mission, which was first U.S. manned orbiting space station. It had an all Navy crew of CAPT Charles Conrad, Jr., USN. (commanding), CDR Joseph P. Kerwin, USN and CDR Paul J…
The future USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), the 58th ship of the Arleigh Burke-class, successfully completed a combined builder's and acceptance 'super trial' May 20, after spending four days at sea operating in the Atlantic Ocean.Because of the maturity of the class…
1917 - First U.S. convoy to cross North Atlantic during World War I leaves Hampton Roads, VA1918 - USS Olympia anchors at Kola Inlet, Murmansk, Russia, to protect refugees during Russian Revolution1939 - First and only use of VADM Allan…
1850 - Washington Navy Yard begins work on first castings for the Dahlgren guns1917 - USS Ericsson fires first torpedo of war1944 - During preparations for the invasion of Saipan an accidental ordnance blast on LST 353 sets off cataclysmic ammunition explosions at West Loch…
1801 - Four warships sent to Mediterranean to protect American commerce1815 - Commodore Stephen Decatur ( Frigate Guerriere) sails with 10 ships to suppress Mediterranean pirates' raids on U.S. shipping1844 - USS Constitution sails from…
1882 - Commodore Shufeldt (USS Swatara) lands in Korea to negotiate first treaty between Korea and Western power1912 - Navy establishes North Atlantic Ice Patrol following RMS Titanic disaster1965 - 30th Naval Construction Regiment activated at Danang, Vietnam(Source: Navy News Service)
1775 - Benedict Arnold captures British sloop and renames her Enterprise, first of many famous ships with that name1798 - Appointment of Benjamin Stoddert as first Secretary of the Navy1969 - Launch of Apollo 10, dress rehearsal for first lunar landing mission…
1940 - FDR announces plans to recommission 35 more destroyers 1942 - USS Tautog (SS-199) sinks Japanese sub, I-28; while USS Triton (SS-201) sinks I-1641951 - Aircraft from carriers attack bridges between Wonsan and Hamhung, Korea1962…
1801 - Tripoli declares war against the United States1836 - U.S. Exploring Expedition authorized to conduct exploration of Pacific Ocean and South Seas, first major scientific expedition overseas. LT Charles Wilkes USN, would lead the expedition in surveying South America…
1908 - Navy Nurse Corps established.1908 - Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, later called Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, was officially established in the Territory of Hawaii as a coaling station for U.S. Navy ships transiting the Pacific Ocean.1943…
1780 - Fall of Charleston, SC; three Continental Navy frigates (Boston, Providence, and Ranger) captured; and one American frigate (Queen of France) sunk to prevent capture1846 - U.S. declares war against Mexico1975 - SS Mayaguez seized by Khmer Rouge and escorted to Koh Tang Island…
1862 - CSS Virginia blown up by Confederates to prevent capture.1898 - Sailors and Marines from USS Marblehead cut trans-oceanic cable near Cienfuegos, Cuba, isolating Cuba from Spain.1943 - Naval task force lands Army troops on Attu…
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $26,755,525 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2303) to provide additional systems engineering services associated with the detail, design, and construction of the DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer…
1775 - Force under Ethan Allan and Benedict Arnold cross Lake Champlain and capture British fort at Ticonderoga, New York.1800 - USS Constitution captures Letter of Marque Sandwich.1862 - Confederates destroy Norfolk and Pensacola Navy Yards…
1779 - Continental Navy sloop Providence captures British brig Diligent off Cape Charles1934 - USS Constitution completes tour of principal U.S. ports1940 - FDR orders Pacific Fleet to remain in Hawaiian waters indefinitely1942…
