1898 - USS Holland, first practical submarine, launched1942 - United States Naval Forces Europe established to plan joint operations with British1958 - Navy Vanguard rocket launches 3.25 pound sphere from Cape Canaveral1959 - USS…
1911 - Hulk of USS Maine sunk at sea in deep water with full military honors.1945 - Iwo Jima declared secure.1966 - Launch of Gemini 8. Former naval aviator Neil Armstrong flew on this mission which completed 7 orbits in 10 hours and 41 minutes at an altitude of 161…
The USS Fort McHenry arrived in Haiti Jan. 18, six days after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean nation. The Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship's Sailors and embarked Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) provided critical medical…
1943 - Numbered fleet system established1947 - Ensign John W. Lee becomes first African American officer commissioned in regular Navy. He was assigned to USS Kearsage.1957 - Airship ZPG-2 lands NAS Key West after 11 day non-stop flight…
Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) has completed its mission departed the Joint Task Force-Haiti area of operations. Over the course of seven weeks, the ship's U.S military and civilian medical personnel treated 871 patients, receiving…
1917 - All American merchant ships to be armed in war zones1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt designates Admiral Ernest J. King to serve as the Chief of Naval Operations, as well as the Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet to which he was appointed on 30 December 1941…
1935 - Birth of Naval Security Group when OP-20G became the Communications Security Group1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Act1942 - In a PT boat, LCDR John Bulkeley leaves the Philippines to take General Douglas…
1783 - USS Alliance (CAPT John Barry) defeats HMS Sybil in final naval action of Revolution in West Indies waters1933 - Pacific Fleet provides assistance after earthquake at Long Beach, CA1945 - Navy and civilian nurses interned at Los Banos…
1798 - Appointment of first surgeon U.S. Navy, George Balfour1847 - Commodore David Connor leads successful amphibious assault near Vera Cruz, Mexico1862 - First battle between ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia1914 - Test of…
1854 - Commodore Matthew Perry opens treaty negotiations with Japan1862 - Ironclad ram CSS Virginia destroys USS Cumberland and Congress1945 - Phyllis Daley becomes first African-American Ensign, Navy Nurse Corps1958 - Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is decommissioned…
1942 - Name 'Seabees' and insignia officially authorized1943 - USS Bogue begins first anti-submarine operations by escort carrier.1960 - USS Newport News (CA-148) and personnel from Port Lyautey complete emergency relief operatons at Agadir…
1911 - Appropriation of first funds for experiments in naval aviation.1925 - Congress authorizes restoration of USS Constitution.1947 - Operation Highjump, air operations in Antarctica, ends.1963 - Navy Hercules aircraft completes…
1776 - First amphibious landing operation. Continental naval squadron under Commodore Esek Hopkins lands Sailors and Marines, commanded by Captain Samuel Nicholas, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, capturing urgently-needed ordnance and gunpowder…
1859 - Launch of Saginaw at Mare Island, first Navy ship built on West Coast of U.S.1867 - Birthday of Civil Engineer Corps.1899 - Act of Congress creates the rank Admiral of the Navy for George Dewey.1973 - Women begin pilot training to U.S. Navy.(Source: Navy News Service)
1942 - U-656 becomes the first German submarine of World War II to be sunk by Naval air (VP-82).1954 - 1st of 6 detonations, Operation Castle nuclear test.(Source: Navy News Service)
