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This Day in Naval History β April 30
1798 - Congress establishes Department of the Navy 1975 - Saigon falls to North Vietnamese forces (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in Naval History β April 29
1898 - U.S.
This Day in Naval History β April 28
1962 - Naval forces capture Forts Jackson and St. 1944 - U.S. 1993 - SECDEF memo orders Armed Forces to train and assign women on combat aircraft and most combat shipsβ¦
This Day in Naval History β April 27
1861 - President Lincoln extended blockade of Confederacy to VA and NC ports 1865 - Body of John Wilkes Booth brought to Washington Navy Yard. (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in Naval History β April 26
1921 - U.S.
This Day in Naval History β April 23
1945 - In only U.S.
This Day in Naval History β April 22
1861 - USS Saratoga captures slaver, Nightingale. 1898 - U.S. at war against Spain. 1906 - Commander Robert Peary discovered supposed Arctic Continent did not exist.
This Day in Naval History β April 21
1861 - USS Saratoga captures slaver, Nightingale. 1898 - U.S. at war against Spain. 1906 - Commander Robert Peary discovered supposed Arctic Continent did not exist.
This Day in Naval History β April 20
1861 - Norfolk Navy Yard abandoned and burned by Union forces. 1914 - In first call to action of naval aviators, detachment on USS Birmingham sailed to Tampico, Mexico.
This Day in Naval History β April 19
1783 - George Washington proclaims end of hostilities 1861 - President Lincoln orders blockade of Southern ports from SC to Texas 1955 - USS Albany and USS William Wood begin to provide disaster
This Day in Naval History β April 16
1959 - Helicopters from USS Edisto begin rescue operations in Montevideo, Uruguay. By 26 April they had carried 277 flood victims to safety.
This Day in Naval History β April 15
1962 - USS Princeton brought first Marine helicopters to Vietnam. This was first Marine advisory unit to arrive in South Vietnam. 1986 - Operation Eldorado Canyonβ¦
This Day in Naval History β April 14
1988 - USS Samuel B.
This Day in Naval History β April 13
1847 - Naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico 1861 - Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces 1960 - Navy's navigation satellite, Transit, placed into orbit from
This Day in Naval History β April 12
1962 - U.S. 1981 - First launching of re-useable Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) with all Navy crew. CAPT John W. Young, USN (Ret.) commanded, while LCDR Robert L. Crippen, USN was the pilot.
This Day in Naval History β April 9
1861 - Second relief convoy for Fort Sumter left New York 1941 - Commissioning of USS North Carolina, which carried 9 16-inch guns 1943 - Re-establishment of Commodore rank 1959 - Selection o
This Day in Naval History β April 8
1925 - First planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1 1950 - Unarmed Navy patrol aircraft shot down over Baltic Sea by USSR 1951 - 1st of 4 detonations, Operation Greenhouse nuc
This Day in Naval History β April 7
1917 - Navy takes control of all wireless radio stations in the U.S.
This Day in Naval History β April 6
1909 - Commander Robert E. 1917 - U.S. 1945 - First heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa. 1961 - USS Lake Champlain brings oxygen to aid stricken passenger of British liner Queen of Bermuda.
This Day in Naval History β April 5
1946 - USS Missouri arrives in Turkey to return the body of Turkish ambassador to the U.S. and to show U.S. support and willingness to defend Turkey. (Source: Navy News Service)