1944 - First use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor)1972 - Easter Offensive began in Vietnam(Source: U.S. Navy News Service)
Navy Capt. Charles Denman speaks during a change of command ceremony March 26 in Singapore. Denman took command of Sealift Logistics Command, Far East from Navy Capt. Jim Romano who will move on to MSC headquarters in Washington, D.C. Military…
The Navy's newest littoral combat ship, USS Independence (LCS 2), sailed away from Mobile, Ala. for the first time March 26. The milestone marks the commencement of initial testing and evaluation of the aluminum vessel.'We are excited to set sail…
On Marh 26, General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), laid the keel for USNS William McLean, the twelfth ship of the Lewis and Clark class of dry cargo-ammunition ships (T-AKE). The ship is named in honor of the U…
1954 - Carrier aircraft began reconnaissance near Dien Bien Phu, Indochina1960 - Launch of first fully integrated Fleet Ballistic Missile from USS Observation Island1973 - Naval Advisory Group and Naval forces, Vietnam disestablished and last U…
1942 - ADM King becomes both Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet1943 - Battle of Komandorski Islands, prevents Japanese reinforcements from reaching Attu1966 - Operation Jackstay in Navy's first amphibious assault in…
1813 - USS Essex takes Neryeda, first capture by U.S. Navy in Pacific1898 - Assist. SECNAV Theodore Roosevelt proposes Navy investigate military application of Samuel Langley's flying machine, beginning naval aviation(Source: Navy News Service)
DRS C3 System, Inc., Stevensville, Md., is being awarded a $7,935,427 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development activities associated with integrated power system (IPS) advanced modules and IPS ship design tools. This effort…
1903 - George Dewey commissioned Admiral of the Navy with the date of rank, 2 March 1899. He was the only person to hold this rank.(Source: Navy News Service)
1815 - USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin in battle lasting 22 minutes1882 - SECNAV Hunt issues General Order No. 292 creating Office of Naval Intelligence.1917 - Launching of USS New Mexico, first dreadnought with turboelectric drive1945 - Carriers begin pre-assault strikes on Okinawa…
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded an $80,886,408 cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort contract for fiscal 2010 advance planning to prepare and make ready for the refueling complex overhaul of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and its reactor plants…
1820 - Commodore Stephen Decatur dies after duel with Capt. James Barron1915 - 'Naval Aviator' replaces former 'Navy Air Pilot' for officers qualified as aviators1929 - Navy ships protect Americans and their property during Mexican revolution1946 - USS Missouri departs U…
1898 - USS Oregon departs San Francisco for 14,000 mile trip around South America to join U.S. Squadron off Cuba1917 - Navy Department authorizes enrollment of women in Naval Reserve with ratings of yeoman, radio electrician, or other essential ratings…
1945 - Carriers begin 3 month Okinawa Campaign by destroying aircraft on Kyushu, Japan1974 - Navy sent to sweep mines from Suez Canal(Source: Navy News Service)
Maersk Line, Ltd, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded an $8,630,000 firm-fixed-price contract for a nine-month time charter of tanker MT Samho Moonstone, currently a foreign-flag vessel, which will be re-named and U.S.-flagged upon delivery to the government…
