This Day in Navy History - July 29
1846 - Sailors and Marines from U.S. sloop Cyane capture San Diego.
1918 - Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, visits Queenstown, Ireland.
1945 - U.S. warships bombard Hamamatsu, Japan.
For more information about naval history, visit the Naval Historical Center Web site at www.history.navy.mil.