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…
Sailors of Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, based out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 Platoon 501 based out of Sasebo, Japan, are diving in the Yellow Sea in support of the recovery and salvage of the Republic of Korea Ship (ROK) Cheonan…
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…
The crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul captured 10 suspected pirates and rescued eight crewmembers from the Indian cargo dhow Faize Osamani near Salalah, Oman, April 5 after a dhow and three skiffs attempted to attack the Motor Vessel Rising Sun the same day…
1861 - Second relief convoy for Fort Sumter left New York1941 - Commissioning of USS North Carolina, which carried 9 16-inch guns1943 - Re-establishment of Commodore rank1959 - Selection of first 7 Mercury astronauts, include 4 naval aviators(Source: Navy News Service)
MAR Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a maximum amount $30,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in support of the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme, for the operation, maintenance…
1925 - First planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-11950 - Unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR1951 - 1st of 4 detonations, Operation Greenhouse nuclear test(Source: Navy New Service)
Commander, Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet, Rear Adm. Rich Landolt, has assumed the duties as the senior naval officer in charge of U.S. Navy assistance to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in their salvage efforts for the ROKS Cheonan Apr. 5. Landolt…
1776 - Continental brig Lexington captures British Edward1917 - Navy takes control of all wireless radio stations in the U.S.1942 - Navy accepts African Americans for general service1945 - First two Navy flight nurses land on an active battlefield (Iwo Jima): ENS Jane Kendeigh…
1776 - Sloop-of-war Ranger, frigate Queen of France and frigate Warren capture British Hibernia and 7 other vessels1862 - Naval Gunfire from Tyler and Lexington help save Union Troops at Battle of Shiloh1909 - Commander Robert E. Peary reports reaching the North Pole1917 - U…
1946 - USS Missouri arrives in Turkey to return the body of Turkish ambassador to the U.S. and to show U.S. support and willingness to defend Turkey.(Source: Navy News Service)
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $13,200,000 modification for planned and growth supplemental work under a previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-2100) for the accomplishment of the fiscal 2008 Extended…
1893 - Navy General Order 409 of 25 February 1893 establishes the rate of Chief Petty Officer as of this date.1917 - Boatswain's Mate 1/c John I. Eopolucci, a Naval Armed Guard on board the steamship Aztec, died when the vessel was sunk by a German U-boat…
1854 - Commodore Matthew Perry negotiates Treaty of Kanagawa to open trade between U.S. and Japan1971 - Poseidon (C-3) missile becomes operational when USS James Madison began her 3rd patrol carrying 16 tactical Poseidon missiles.1992 - USS Missouri (BB-63)…
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus joined Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick to announce that the name of the Department of the Navy's fourth Joint High Speed Vessel will be USNS Fall River (JHSV 4), during a brief ceremony at Heritage State Park on the Fall River waterfront…
