1917 - First Navy ships, Destroyer Division 8, arrive at Queenstown, Ireland, to provide convoy escorts against German U-boats1942 - Battle of Coral Sea, first carrier vs. carrier battle, begins1945 - Japanese attempt to land on Okinawa repulsed…
1861 - USS Surprise captures Confederate privateer Savannah1898 - Marines land at Cavite, Philippines, and raise U.S. flag1949 - First Navy firing of a high altitude Viking rocket at White Sands, NM(Source: Navy News Service)
1798 - Congress establishes Department of the Navy1975 - Saigon falls to North Vietnamese forces(Source: Navy News Service)
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…
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…
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)
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…
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)
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…
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…
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…
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)
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…
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…
Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $10,208,402 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-4417) for the execution efforts of the USS Miami (SSN 755) docking continuous maintenance availability…
