1813:	During the War of 1812, the frigate Congress, commanded by John Smith, captures and burns the British merchant brig, Jean, in the Atlantic.
1855:	The screw ship Powhatan lands her Marine guard at Shanghai, China, to protect the lives and property of Americans during a period of unrest.
1882:	Commodore Shufeldt (USS Swatara) lands in Korea to negotiate first treaty between Korea and Western power
1912:	Navy establishes North Atlantic Ice Patrol following RMS Titanic disaster
1944:	USS England (DE 635) sinks Japanese submarine I 16, the first of five submarines the destroyer sinks in a weeks time.
1944:	USS Niblack (DD 424), USS Ludlow (DD 438), and British aircraft sink German submarine U 960 off Oran, Algeria.
1965:	30th Naval Construction Regiment activated at Danang, Vietnam