1790:	Contract entered into for the construction of the first of the 10 revenue cutters, Massachusetts, at Newburyport, Massachusetts.
1952:	A Merchant Marine Detail was established at Yokohama, Japan to handle increased merchant marine problems occurring there as a result of the Korean Conflict.
1956:	CGC Pontchartrain, on Ocean Station November, rescued the passengers and crew of Pan American Clipper Flight 943 which ditched between Honolulu and San Francisco.