| 1832: | Frigate Potomac is first U.S. Navy ship to entertain royalty, King and Queen of Sandwich Islands, Honolulu |
| 1864: | RADM David Farragut wins Battle of Mobile Bay, sealing off last Confederate port on Gulf Coast |
| 1882: | Authorizing of first steel warships, beginning of the modern Navy. |
| 1915: | First air spotting for shore batteries at Fort Monroe, VA |
| 1921: | Yangtze River Patrol Force established as command under Asiatic Fleet. |
| 1953: | Exchange of prisoners of war of Korean Conflict (Operation Big Switch) begins |
| 1967: | Operation Coronado III begins in Rung Sat Zone, Vietnam |
| 1990: | Navy and Marine Task Force (USS Saipan, USS Ponce, and USS Sumter) begin evacuation of U.S. citizens and foreign nationals from Liberia during civil war. |