1941 - Admiral Ernest J. King assumes duty as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet.1959 - Commissioning of first fleet ballistic missile submarine, USS George Washington (SSB(N)-598), at Groton, CT.(Source: Navy News Service)
1798 - First annual report by Secretary of the Navy, sent by Benjamin Stoddert.1812 - USS Constitution (Captain William Bainbridge) captures HMS Java off Brazil after a three hour battle.1943 - USS Silversides (SS-236) sinks three Japanese ships and damages a fourth off Palau…
1867 - U.S. claims Midway Island, first territory annexed outside Continental limits.1905 - Drydock Dewey left Solomon's Island, MD, enroute through the Suez Canal to the Philippines to serve as repair base. This, the longest towing job ever accomplished…
YYK Enterprises, Inc., National City, Calif., is being awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum ceiling amount of $16,250,000, to provide interior and exterior preservation services onboard…
1814 - Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812.1864 - Naval Forces under Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter with Army forces under Major General Benjamin F. Butler begin unsuccessful two-day attack against Fort Fisher, NC.1950 - Under cover of naval gunfire support…
An SA-330 Puma helicopter lifts a load of stores from the Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS San Jose (T-AFS 7) during a vertical replenishment with an amphibious dock landing ship. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist…
1826 - Captain Thomas ap Catesby Jones of USS Peacock and King Kamehameha negotiate first treaty between Hawaii and a foreign power.1910 - LT Theodore G. Ellyson becomes first naval officer sent to flight training.1941 - Gallant defenders of Wake Island (Sailors…
1775 - Congress commissions first naval officers: Esek Hopkins, Commander in Chief of the Fleet, Captains Dudley Saltonstall, Abraham Whipple, Nicolas Biddle, and John Hopkins. Lieutenants included John Paul Jones.1841 - Commissioning of USS Mississippi…
The Navy officially accepted delivery of the future USS Independence (LCS 2) Dec. 18 during a short ceremony in Mobile, Ala. Independence is the second littoral combat ship delivered to the Navy, and the first LCS of the General Dynamics variant…
1861 - Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel.1943 - USS Grayling (SS-208) sinks fourth Japanese ship since 18 December.1951 - First helicopter landing aboard a hospital ship, USS Consolation…
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit has been awarded a follow-on contract to provide performance-based logistics (PBL) support for navigation and steering systems installed on U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines…
Austal has received authorization from the U.S. Navy to commence construction on the first of up to ten 338-ft Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV).After Austal successfully completed the Production Readiness Review (PRR) and necessary DoD approvals were obtained…
The oceanographer of the Navy and director of the U.S. Navy's Task Force Climate Change discussed the national security implications of the changing global climate at the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen Dec. 16. Formally…
1902 - Admiral of the Navy George Dewey receives orders to send his battleship to Trinidad and then to Venezuela to make sure that Great Britain's and Germany's dispute with Venezuela was settled by peaceful arbitration not force.1944 -…
1846 - Ships under Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry capture Laguna de Terminos during Mexican War.1941 - Admiral Chester W. Nimitz named Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, to relieve Admiral Husband Kimmel. Admiral William Pye becomes acting commander until Nimitz's arrival…
