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This Day in Naval History – Jan 4
1910 - Commissioning of USS Michigan (BB-27), the first U.S. dreadnought battleship. 1863 - Blockading ship USS Quaker City captures sloop Mercury carrying despatches…
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 30
1862 - Launching of first turreted warship, USS Monitor 1968 - Tet Offensive begins in Vietnam (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 29
1914 - U.S. Marines land in Haiti to protect U.S. consulate 1943 - Beginning of 2 day battle of Rennell Island after which U.S. transports reached Guadalcanal (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 28
1778 - Second New Providence Expedition raised the flag with thirteen stripes over Fort Nassau. 1960 - Navy demonstrates value of moon communication relay, used in fleet broadcasts.
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 27
1942 - USS Gudgeon is first US sub to sink enemy submarine in action, Japanese I-173. 1945 - Commissioning of USS Higbee (DD-806), first U.S. Navy ship named after women member of U.S. Navy.
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 26
1949 - USS Norton Sound, first guided-missile ship, launches first guided missile, Loon. 1960 - USS John S. McCain rescues the entire 41-man crew of the sinking Japanese freighter…
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 23
1960 - Bathyscaph Trieste descends to deepest part of the ocean, Marianas Trench 1968 - USS Pueblo seized by North Korean forces in Sea of Japan (Source: Navy news Service)
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 22
1800 - CAPT Thomas Tingey ordered to duty as first Superintendent of the Washington Navy Yard 1944 - Operation Shingle, Allied landing at Anzio, Italy (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 21
1954 - Launching of Nautilus, first nuclear submarine, at Groton, CT 1961 - USS George Washington completes first operational voyage of fleet ballistic missile submarine staying submerged 66 days (S
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 20
1903 - Theordore Roosevelt issues Executive Order placing Midway Islands under jurisdiction of the Navy Department. 1914 - School for naval air training opens in Pensacola, FL.
This Day in Naval History- Jan. 19
1840 - LT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 16
1930 - USS Lexington provides power to Tacoma, WA, when floods knocked out city power plants 1991 - Operation Desert Storm, liberation of Kuwait from Iraq, begins (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 15
1865 - In largest amphibious operation of war, Union forces capture Ft. Fisher, Wilmington, NC, by joint amphibious force. 1997 - Navy physician CAPT Jerry Lineger…
This Day in Naval History - Jan. 14
1813 - US Frigate Chesapeake captures British brig Hero 1815 - HMS Endymion, Tenedos and Pomone capture USS President 1863 - Navy General Order 4, Emancipation Proclamation 1943 - In first su
This Day in Naval History - Jan. 13
1865 - Amphibious attack on Fort Fisher, NC 1964 - USS Manley evacuates 54 American and 36 allied nationals after Zanzibar government is overthrown (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in Naval History - Jan. 12
1813 - US Frigate Chesapeake captures British Volunteer 1848 - Attack on Sloop Lexington, San Blas, Mexico 1953 - Landings tested on board USS Antietam, first angled deck carrier
This Day in Naval History - Jan. 8
1847 - Battle of San Gabriel (Navy, Marines, Army defeat Mexicans in CA) (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in Naval History - Jan. 7
1960 - Launch of first fully-guided flight of Polaris missile at Cape Canaveral (flew 900 miles) 1967 - Mobile Riverine Force begins arriving at Vung Tau, Vietnam (Source: Navy News Service)
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 6
1967- Operation Deckhouse V begins in Mekong Delta, Vietnam. 1996 - USS Hopper, named for RADM Grace Hopper, commissioned.
This Day in Naval History – Jan. 5
1875 - CDR Edward Lull begins expedition to locate best ship canal route across Panama. Route followed 30 years later. 1943 - USS Helena (CL-50) fired first proximity…