This Day in Navy History
October 30, 2007
October 30, 1775 - Congress authorizes four vessels for the defense of the United Colonies.
1799 - William Balch becomes the Navy's first commissioned chaplain.
1990 - Two Sailors are killed when a steam line ruptures in the boiler room of USS Iwo Jima (LPH 2) in the Persian Gulf.
[Source: www.history.navy.mil]
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