| 1861: | U.S. squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, NC |
| 1862: | Union gunboat Pittsburgh support Army troops in landing at Eunice, Arkansas |
| 1915: | Navy salvage divers raise F-4, first U.S. submarine sunk in accident |
| 1916: | Congress passes act for expansion of Navy but most ships not completed until after World War I. |
| 1964: | USS Boxer and 2 LSDs arrive off coast of Hispaniola to give medical aid to Haiti and Dominican Republic which were badly damaged by Hurricane Cleo. |