1943:	Naval task groups bombard Japanese forces on Kiska, Alaska
1943:	PT-109, under command of LTJG John F. Kennedy, cut in half by Japanese destroyer Amagiri
1950:	Amphibious force ships land Marine First Provisional Brigade at Pusan, Korea helping to save this last area of South Korea from capture.
1964:	Three North Vietnamese PT boats attack USS Maddox (DD-731) in international waters in Gulf of Tonkin. Maddox sinks one.