U.S. Navy tugs and diving barge alongside USS Guitarro (SSN-665) May 15, 1969 (U.S. Navy photo)U.S. Navy tugs and diving barge alongside USS Guitarro (SSN-665) May 15, 1969 (U.S. Navy photo)
Today in U.S. Naval Hostory - May 15
1800 - Capt. Preble in Essex arrives in Batavia, Java, to escort U.S. merchant ships
1942 - First Naval Air Transport Service flight across Pacific
1969 - Sinking of USS Guitarro (SSN-665)
1991 - Amphibious Task Force arrives at Chittagong, Bangladesh, for relief operations after Cyclone Marian
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