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This Day In US Naval History - January 21
1862 - Navy ship USS Ethan Allen, commanded by acting-Lt. William B. Eaton, captures the schooner Olive Branch at sea off the Florida coast. 1943 - Submarines USS Pollack (SS 180) and USS Gato (SS 212) attack and cause the sinking of two Japanese ships. 1945 - TF 38 aircraft attacks Japanese shipping and airfields on Formosa and in the Pescadores, sinking approximately 15 vessels. 1954 - The world's first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571) is christened and launched at Groton, Conn.
This Day In US Naval History - January 18
1879 - USS Constitution, while sailing back to the U.S. from France, ran aground off Bollard Head on the south coast of England. She was towed to the Portsmouth Navy Yard and placed in Dry Dock 11 for inspection. The 82-year-old frigate survived the grounding and only needed to have 85 feet of her false keel replaced and several sheets of underwater copper. She resumed her voyage home on January 24th.
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 31
1961 - Lieutenant Commander Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr.
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 28
1778 - Second New Providence Expedition raised the flag with thirteen stripes over Fort Nassau. 1960 - Navy demonstrates value of moon communication relay, used in fleet broadcasts.
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 27
1942 - USS Gudgeon is first US sub to sink enemy submarine in action, Japanese I-173. 1945 - Commissioning of USS Higbee (DD-806), first U.S. Navy ship named after women member of U.S. Navy.
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 26
1949 - USS Norton Sound, first guided-missile ship, launches first guided missile, Loon. 1960 - USS John S. McCain rescues the entire 41-man crew of the sinking Japanese freighter…
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 25
1963 - 1st Seabee Technical Assistance Team arrives in Vietnam 1968 - Operation Windsong I in Mekong Delta, Vietnam (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 24
1942 - Battle of Makassar Strait, destroyer attack on Japanese convoy in first surface action in the Pacific during World War II 1991 - Helos from USS Leftwich and USS Nicholas recapture first Kuwa
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 21
1954 - Launching of Nautilus, first nuclear submarine, at Groton, CT 1961 - USS George Washington completes first operational voyage of fleet ballistic missile submarine staying submerged 66 days
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 20
1903 - Theordore Roosevelt issues Executive Order placing Midway Islands under jurisdiction of the Navy Department. 1914 - School for naval air training opens in Pensacola, FL.
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 19
1840 - LT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 18
1911 - First aircraft landing on board a ship, USS Pennsylvania by Eugene Ely. 1962 - After a flash fire in the Persian Gulf on Danish tanker, Prima Maersk, burned a crewman…
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 17
1832- USS Peacock makes contact with Vietnamese court officials 1900 - US (CDR Taussig in USS Bennington) takes formal possession of Wake Island 1955 - USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear-
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 14
1943 - In first submarine resupply mission, USS Gudgeon lands 6 men, 2,000 pounds of equipment and supplies on Negros Island.
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 13
1865 - Amphibious attack on Fort Fisher, NC 1964 - USS Manley evacuates 54 American and 36 allied nationals after Zanzibar government is overthrown (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 12
1813 - US Frigate Chesapeake captures British Volunteer 1848 - Attack on Sloop Lexington, San Blas, Mexico 1953 - Landings tested on board USS Antietam, first angled deck carrier (Source: Nav
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 11
1863 - CSS Alabama sinks USS Hatteras off Galveston 1944 - Aircraft from USS Block Island make first aircraft rocket attack on German submarine (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 10
1847 - American naval forces occupy Los Angeles. 1917 - Navy places first production order for aerial photographic equipment. 1934 - VP-10F flies first non-stop…
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 7
1960 - Launch of first fully-guided flight of Polaris missile at Cape Canaveral (flew 900 miles) 1967 - Mobile Riverine Force begins arriving at Vung Tau, Vietnam (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in U.S. Naval History – January 6
1967- Operation Deckhouse V begins in Mekong Delta, Vietnam. 1996 - USS Hopper, named for RADM Grace Hopper, commissioned.
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