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Celebrating the Heroism and Sacrifice of 9/11 9/11/2008 11:05:52 AM Today marks the seventh anniversary of the horrific attacks of 9/11, when a small group of terrorists used commercial airliners to crash into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon outside Washington, DC. A fourth airliner attack was thwarted by brave passengers and crashed in Pennsylvania... September 11: A Crew Remembers 9/11/2008 8:29:12 AM Normal 0 By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Candice Villarreal, USS Carl Vinson Public Affairs The shock of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 is a feeling that many USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Sailors have not forgotten. When those tragic attacks... This Day in Naval History - Aug. 07 8/7/2008 7:26:18 AM 1782 - Badge of Military Merit (Purple Heart) established. 1942 - Navy Amphibious Task Force lands Marines on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in first U.S. land offensive of World War II. 1964 - Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by Congress. For more information on naval history, visit the Naval Historical Center Web site at www... This Day in Naval History - Aug. 06 8/6/2008 6:30:02 AM 1862 - CSS Arkansas destroyed by her commanding officer to prevent capture by USS Essex. 1943 - Battle of Vella Gulf begins. U.S. destroyers sink three of four Japanese destroyers. 1945 - Atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima, Japan. Navy weaponeer, Capt. W.S. Parsons, armed the atomic bomb on the B-29 bomber, Enola Gay... This Day in Naval History - Aug. 05 8/5/2008 6:48:50 AM From the Navy News Service 1832 - Frigate Potomac is first U.S. Navy ship to entertain royalty, King and Queen of Sandwich Islands, Honolulu. 1864 - Rear Admiral David Farragut wins Battle of Mobile Bay, sealing off last Confederate port on Gulf Coast. 1882 - Authorizing of first steel warships, beginning of the modern Navy... Coast Guard Milestone 8/4/2008 9:48:21 AM Today (August 4, 2008) marks the 218th anniversary of the enactment of the law establishing the Revenue Cutter Service – the forerunner of the US Coast Guard. The service is as vigorous and important to the nation now as it was in the early days of the Republic. It is appropriate, though, to reflect... This Day in Naval History - Aug. 04 8/4/2008 8:31:33 AM From the Navy News Service 1846 - Sailors and Marines from USS Congress capture Santa Barbara. 1858 - First trans-Atlantic cable completed by USS Niagara and British ship Agamemnon. 1944 - 5th Fleet carrier task forces begin air attack against Iwo Jima and the Bonin Islands. 1947 - Birthdate of the Medical Service Corps... This Day in Naval History - Aug. 01 8/1/2008 8:51:09 AM From the Navy News Service 1801 - U.S. schooner Enterprise captures Tripolitan ship Tripoli. 1921 - Successful tests of gyroscopic high level bombsight (Norden Bombsight) at Torpedo Station, Yorktown, Va. Carl Norden developed the bombsight for the Bureau of Ordnance. 1946 - Office of Naval Research established... This Day in Naval History - July 02 7/2/2008 8:14:31 AM 1923 - Commissioning of Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 1926 - Distinguished Flying Cross authorized by Congress. 1937 - Amelia Earhart disappears in Pacific. Navy conducts extensive unsuccessful search. 1945 - USS Barb (SS 220) bombards Japanese installations on Kaihyo Island,... This Day in Naval History - June 20 6/20/2008 7:21:17 AM 1813 - Fifteen U.S. gunboats engage three British ships in Hampton Roads, Va. 1815 - Trials of Fulton I, built by Robert Fulton, are completed in New York. This ship would become the Navy's first steam-driven warship. 1898 - U.S. forces occupied Guam, which became first colony of United States in the Pacific... This Day in Naval History - June 18 6/18/2008 8:27:19 AM 1812 - U.S. declares war on Great Britain for impressment of Sailors and interference with commerce. 1942 - First African-American officer, Bernard W. Robinson, commissioned in Naval Reserve. 1957 - Chief of Naval Operations approves ship characteristics of the Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine... This Day in Naval History - June 02 6/2/2008 8:05:11 AM 1941 - First escort carrier, USS Long Island (CVE 1), commissioned. For more information about naval history, visit the Naval Historical Center Web site at www.history.navy.mil.... This Day in Naval History - May 29 5/29/2008 7:50:44 AM 1781 - Frigate Alliance captures HMS Atalanta and Trepassy off Nova Scotia. 1991 - Amphibious Task Force in Bangladesh for cyclone relief redeployed. For more information about naval history, visit the Naval historical Center Web site at http://www.history.navy.mil.... This Day in Naval History - May 28 5/28/2008 7:48:08 AM 1813 - Frigate Essex and prize capture five British whalers. 1917 - First underway fueling in U.S. Navy, USS Maumee fuels 6 destroyers in North Atlantic. LCDR Chester W. Nimitz served as Maumee's executive officer and chief engineer. 1957 - 1st of 24 detonations, Operation Plumbbob nuclear test... This Day in Naval History - May 21 5/21/2008 9:10:31 AM 1850 - Washington Navy Yard begins work on first castings for the Dahlgren guns. 1917 - USS Ericsson fires first torpedo of war. 1944 - Accidental explosion on board an LST unloading ammunition in West Loch, Pearl Harbor, and the resulting fire and other explosions sink five LSTs. 1964... This Day in Naval History - March 07 3/7/2008 6:20:55 AM 1778 - Continental Navy frigate Randolph (32 guns) engages HMS Yarmouth (64). Randolph explodes and sinks with the loss of all but four men. 1958 - Commissioning of USS Grayback (SS 574), first submarine built from keel up with guided-missile capability, to fire Regulus II missile. 1960... This Day in Naval History - March 06 3/6/2008 10:15:26 AM From the Navy News Service 1822 - USS Enterprise captures four pirate ships in the Gulf of Mexico. 1862 - USS Monitor departs New York for Hampton Roads, Va. 1942 - U.S. cruisers and destroyers bombard Vila and Munda, Solomon Islands, sinking two Japanese destroyers. ... This Day in Naval History - March 06 3/6/2008 6:54:37 AM 1822 - USS Enterprise captures four pirate ships in the Gulf of Mexico. 1862 - USS Monitor departs New York for Hampton Roads, Va. 1942 - U.S. cruisers and destroyers bombard Vila and Munda, Solomon Islands, sinking two Japanese destroyers. For more information about naval history, visit the Naval Historical Center Web site at www... This Day in Naval History - March 05 3/5/2008 10:07:22 AM From the Navy News Service 1942 - The name "Seabees" is officially authorized. 1943 - USS Bogue (CVE 9) begins the first anti-submarine operations by an escort carrier. 1960 - USS Newport News (CA 148) and personnel from Port Lyautey complete emergency relief operatons at Agadir, Morocco, after an earthquake Feb. 29. ... This Day in Naval History - March 01 3/3/2008 10:19:14 AM From the Navy News Service 1942 - Patrol Wing (VP) 82 aircraft sinks German submarine, U-656. It is the Navy's first submarine kill of World War II. 1954 - The first of six detonations takes place during Operation Castle nuclear test. 1980 - USS Vulcan (AR 5) completes first six-month deployment with women as part of its crew. ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...