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Today in U.S. Naval History: June 19

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June 19, 2014

USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama. Painting by Xanthus Smith, 1922, depicting Alabama sinking, at left, after her fight with the Kearsarge (seen at right). (Courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)

USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama. Painting by Xanthus Smith, 1922, depicting Alabama sinking, at left, after her fight with the Kearsarge (seen at right). (Courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)

Today in U.S. Naval History - June 19

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 three destroyers to U.N. mediator for the Palestine truce.


For more information about naval history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website at history.navy.mil.

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