This Day in Naval History - Jan. 23
January 23, 2008
From the Navy News Service
1960 - The Bathyscaph Trieste descends to the deepest part of the ocean -- the Marianas Trench.
1968 - USS Pueblo (AGER 2) is seized by North Korean forces in the Sea of Japan.
1991 - Navy A-6 Intruders sink an Iraqi tanker and accompanying hovercraft that were monitoring allied air activity over the northern Persian Gulf.
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