Today in U.S. Naval Hostory: March 6

MarineLink.com March 6, 2014

Watercolor by Oscar Parkes. (U.S. Naval History & Heritage Command Photograph)

Today in U.S. Naval Hostory - March 6

1822 - USS Enterprise captures four pirate ships in Gulf of Mexico

1862 - USS Monitor departed New York for Hampton Roads, Va.

1942 - U.S. Cruisers and destroyers bombard Vila and Munda, Solomon Islands, sinking two Japanese destroyers

1945 - First two Navy flight nurses land on an active battlefield (Iwo Jima): Nurse (with relative rank of Ensign) Jane Kendeigh, USNR, and Chief Nurse (with relative rank of Lieutenant j.g.) Emily G. Purvis, USN

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