The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released a redacted copy of its report on Project Azorian. This was the secret 1973-4 operation that involved raising a sunken Soviet submarine from the floor of the Pacific Ocean. In March 1968, the submarine…
1864 - Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley sinks USS Housatonic 1942 - First Construction Battalion (Seabees) arrive Bora Bora1944 - Carrier aircraft strike Japanese fleet at Truk, sinking ships and destroying aircraft(Source: Navy News Service)
1804 - Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, with volunteers from frigate Constitution and schooner Enterprise, enters Tripoli harbor by night in the ketch Intrepid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia. Decatur's raid succeeds without American losses…
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has received a full-rate production contract from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for its AN/SPQ-9B shipboard radar systems, which will enhance detection and tracking of high-speed threats such as sea-skimming anti-ship missiles…
1945 - USS Batfish (SS-310) sinks second Japanese submarine within three days1947 - First launching of guided missile (Loon) from a submarine, USS Cusk(Source: Navy News Service)
1862 - SecNav directs formation of organization to evaluate new inventions and technical development which eventually led to National Academy of Science.1971 - U.S. and USSR sign a treaty prohibiting the deployment of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor.(Source: Navy News Service)
1862 - Union gunboats destroy Confederate ships at Elizabeth City, NC1900 - Appointment of first naval governor of Guam, Commodore Seaton Schroder1960 - USS Sargo (SSN-583) surfaces at North Pole(Source: Nay News Service)
1862 - Joint amphibious force capture Roanoke Island, key to Albemarle Sound1890 - USS Omaha sailors and marines assist Hodogary, Japan in subduing large fire(Source: Navy News Service)
Amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) moored at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Feb. 1-2 to on load food, water and supplies for the Haiti relief effort.Ashland took on more than 200 pallets of supplies, including more than 35 cases of bottled water…
Commander, Submarine Forces Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC), Rear Adm. Douglas McAneny announced that a sunken vessel located in the Balabac Strait area of the Philippines is in fact the World War II submarine USS Flier (SS 250). “I am honored to announce that…
1854 - Dedication of first chapel built on Navy property, Annapolis, MD1941 - Chief Nurse Marion B. Olds and Nurse Leona Jackson, Navy, arrive on Guam.1971 - Moonwalk by CAPT Alan B. Shepherd, Jr. USN, Commander of Apollo 14 and CDR Edgar D…
1779 - John Paul Jones takes command of Bonhomme Richard1959 - Keel laying of USS Enterprise, first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, Newport News, VA(Source: Navy News Service)
Following two days underway, the future USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) completed Acceptance Trials Jan. 29, departing from, and returning to, the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego.Matthew…
As part of the National Shipbuilding Research Program’s (NSRP) core mission to reduce the costs associated with Navy shipbuilding and repair, the NSRP Executive Control Board has selected 14 new research and development projects for award, totaling approximately $1…
1801 - Senate approves peace treaty with France ending undeclared naval war that began 17981917 - US severs diplomatic relations with Germany(Source: Navy News Service)
