This Day in Naval History – May 13

May 12, 2010

1908 - Navy Nurse Corps established.

1908 - Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, later called Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, was officially established in the Territory of Hawaii as a coaling station for U.S. Navy ships transiting the Pacific Ocean.

1943 - Bureau of Navigation renamed Bureau of Naval Personnel

1945 - Aircraft from fast carrier task force begin 2-day attack on Kyushu airfields, Japan

1964 - Organization and deployment of world's first all nuclear-powered task group, USS Enterprise, USS Long Beach, and USS Bainbridge, to Sixth Fleet

(Source: Navy News Service)

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