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This Day in Naval History β April 1
1893 - Navy General Order 409 of 25 February 1893 establishes the rate of Chief Petty Officer as of this date. 1917 - Boatswain's Mate 1/c John I. Eopolucci, a Navalβ¦
This Day in Naval History β April 30
798 - 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
1805 - Naval forces capture Derne, Tripoli; raise U.S. 1813 - U.S. 1865 - Body of John Wilkes Booth brought to Washington Navy Yard.
This Day in Naval History β April 24
1959 - Organization of American States asks U.S. 1981 - RCA delivers to the Navy, NOVA I, the 1st production unit of the improved navigational satellite.
This Day in Naval History β April 23
1945 - In only U.S.
This Day in Naval History - April 22
1898 - U.S. 1987 - U.S.
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 βApril 16
1778 - Sloop-in-war Ranger captures British brig (Source: Navy News Service)
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 14
1988 - USS Samuel B.
This Day in Naval History β April 13
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 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 3
1992 - First five coed recruit companies from Orlando, FL Naval Training Center granduate.
This Day in Naval History β April 2
1898 - Adoption of U.S. 1947 - UN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. 1951 - First Navy use of jet aircraft as a bomber, launched from a carrier, USS Princeton.