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This Day in Navy History

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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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