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This Day in Naval History – 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 Naval…
This Day in Naval History - April 30
From the Navy News Service 1798 - Congress establishes Department of the Navy. 1975 - falls to North Vietnamese forces.
This Day in Naval History - April 29
1814 - USS Peacock captures HMS Epervier. 1898 - warships engage Spanish gunboats and shore batteries at . 1944 - Fast carrier task force (12 carriers) commence two-day bombing of Truk.
This Day in Naval History - April 25
From the Navy News Service 1862 - Union naval forces occupy , 1914 - First combat observation mission by Navy plane, at .
This Day in Naval History - April 24
1778 - The Continental Navy sloop Ranger captures HMS Drake. 1862 - Battle of New Orleans; Union Navy under David Farragut runs past forts into Mississippi River.
This Day in Naval History - April 23
1918 - USS Stewart (DD 13) destroys German submarine off . 1934 - In the first Navy movement through the , more than 100 ships transited. 1945 - In only use of guided missiles in World War II…
This Day in Naval History - April 22
1778 - Capt. John Paul Jones of Ranger leads a landing party raid on . 1898 - warships begin a blockade of . 1987 - The U.S. Navy is ordered to provide assistance…
This Day in Naval History - April 19
1783 - George Washington proclaims the end of hostilities with . 1861 - President Lincoln orders the blockade of Southern ports from to . 1955 - USS Albany (CG…
This Day in Naval History - April 18
1848 - A Navy expedition to explore the Dead Sea and the River Jordan, commanded by Lt. William F. Lynch, reaches the . 1906 - The Navy assists in relief operations during the earthquake and fire.
This Day in Naval History - April 17
From the Navy News Service 1778 - The Sloop-in-war Ranger captures a British brig.
This Day in Naval History - April 16
1863 - Union gunboats pass Confederate batteries at Vicksburg. 1924 - Navy commences relief operations in Mississippi Valley floods, lasting until June 16. 1947…
This Day in Naval History - April 15
1885 - Naval forces land at Panama to protect American interests during a revolution. 1912 - USS Chester (CL 1) and USS Salem (CL 3) sailed from Massachusetts to assist RMS Titanic survivors.
This Day in Naval History - April 11
1783 - Congress declares the end of war with . 1900 - The Navy accepted its first submarine, USS Holland (SS 1). 1970 - Launch of Apollo 13, commanded by Capt. James A. Lovell Jr.
This Day in Naval History - April 10
1941 - USS Niblack (DD 424), while rescuing survivors of a torpedoed ship, depth-charged a German submarine; the first action of WW II between and German navies.
This Day in Naval History - April 09
1861 - Second relief convoy for left . 1941 - Commissioning of USS North Carolina (BB 55), which carried nine 16-inch guns. 1943 - Re-establishment of Commodore rank.
This Day in Naval History - April 08
1925 - The first planned night landings on a carrier take place aboard USS Langley (CV 1). 1950 - An unarmed Navy patrol aircraft is shot down over the Baltic Sea by the .
This Day in Naval History - April 05
By the Navy News Service 1946 - USS Missouri (BB 63) arrives in to return the body of Turkish ambassador to the and to show support and willingness to defend .
This Day in Naval History - April 03
1797 - Capt. Thomas Truxtun issues the first known American signal book using numerary system. 1942 - Adm. Chester Nimitz is named commander-in-chief, Pacific Ocean Areas…
This Day in Naval History - April 02
1781 - Navy frigate Alliance captures two British privateers, Mars and Minerva. 1827 - Construction of the first naval hospital begins at Portsmouth, Va. 1898 - U.S.
This Day in Naval History - April 21
1861 - USS Saratoga captures the slaver Nightingale. 1898 - U.S. declares war on Spain. 1952 - USS Horace A. Bass (APD 124) commences a series of eight amphibious…