First Civil Engineering Corps News

Today in U.S. Naval History - April 4 1776 - Continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel 1854 - Sailors and Marines from sailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai 1898 - Appointment of first Civil Engineering Corps officer, Mordecai Endicott, as Chief, Bureau of Yards and Docks 1949 - Establishment of NATO For more information about naval history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website at history.navy.mil.

1776 - Continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel   1854 - Sailors and Marines from sailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai   1898 - Appointment of first Civil Engineering Corps officer, Mordecai Endicott, as Chief, Bureau of Yards and Docks   1949 - Establishment of NATO   (Source: Navy News Service)

From the Navy News Service 1776 - The Continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke; this is the first American capture of a British armed vessel. 1854 - Sailors and Marines from sailing sloop Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai. 1898 - Appointment of the first Civil Engineering Corps officer, Rear Adm. Mordecai Endicott, as chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks. 1949 - NATO is established.