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This Day In Naval History: June 13
1881 - The bark-rigged wooden steamship Jeannette sinks after she is crushed in an Arctic ice pack during the expedition to reach the North Pole through the Bering Strait. Only 13 of her crew survive out of 33. 1900 - During the Boxer Rebellion, the International Relief Expedition turns back near Anting, China, and moves to Sanstun after the Tientsin-Peking railroad is cut by the Boxers, whose anti-foreign mantra grew to burning homes and killing foreigners as well as Chinese Christians.
This Day in Naval History - June 13
From the Navy News Service 1881 - USS Jeannette crushed in Arctic ice pack. 1967 - Operation in .
This Day in Naval History - June 13
From the Navy News Service 1881 - USS Jeannette crushed in Arctic ice pack. 1967 - Operation Great Bend in Rung Sat Zone, Vietnam.