This Day in Naval History – Feb. 17

February 16, 2010

1864 - Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley sinks USS Housatonic

1942 - First Construction Battalion (Seabees) arrive Bora Bora

1944 - Carrier aircraft strike Japanese fleet at Truk, sinking ships and destroying aircraft

(Source: Navy News Service)

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