1775: |
Continental Congress resolves that each colony provide armed vessels
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1779: |
Commodore Abraham Whipple's squadron captures 11 prizes in largest prize value of Revolutionary War.
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1792: |
John Paul Jones dies in Paris, France
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1813: |
U.S. Frigate President captures British Daphne, Eliza Swan, Alert and Lion.
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1920: |
Naval aircraft sink ex-German cruiser Frankfurt in target practice.
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1943: |
German submarine shoots down K-47, the first and only U.S. airship lost during WW II.
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1947: |
President Harry S. Truman delegates responsibility for the civil administration of former Japanese mandated island to the Secretary of the Navy.
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1966: |
Launch of Gemini 10 with LCDR John W. Young, USN as Command Pilot. Mission involved 43 orbits at an altitude of 412.2 nautical miles and lasted 2 days, 22 hours, and 46 minutes. Recovery was by HS-3 helicopter from USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7).
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1973: |
Task Force 78, Mine Countermeasures Force, departs waters of North Vietnam after completing their minesweeping operations of 1,992 tow hours for the cost of $20,394,000.
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