Captain Sue S. Dauser (Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.)Captain Sue S. Dauser (Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.)
Today in U.S. Naval History - February 26
1811 - Congress authorizes first naval hospital
1913 - Approval of experimental wind tunnel for Navy
1944 - Sue Sophia Dauser, Superintendent of the Navy's Nurse Corps is first woman in Navy to receive rank of Captain.
For more information about naval history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website at history.navy.mil.