This Day in Naval History – March 25

March 25, 2009

1813 - USS Essex takes Neryeda, first capture by U.S. Navy in Pacific

1898 - Assist. SECNAV Theodore Roosevelt proposes Navy investigate military application of Samuel Langley's flying machine, beginning naval aviation

(Source: Navy News Service)

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