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This Day in Naval History – June 19

Friday, June 19, 2009

1864 - USS Kearsarge sinks Confederate raider Alabama off France

1944 - Battle of the Philippine Sea begins ("The Marianas Turkey Shoot")

1948 - Chief of Naval Operations assigns 3 destroyers to U.N. mediator for the Palestine truce.

(Source: Navy News Service)

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