1815:	Commodore Stephen Decatur concludes agreement with Bey of Tunis to compensate U.S. for seizure of merchant ships during the War of 1812.
1865:	East India Squadron established to operate from Sunda Strait to Japan.
1874:	Commissioning of USS Intrepid, first U.S. warship equipped with torpedoes
1912:	First attempt to launch an airplane by catapult made at Annapolis.
1933:	USS Constitution commences tour of principal U.S. seaports.
1964:	All-nuclear task force with USS Long Beach, USS Enterprise, and USS Bainbridge leaves Norfolk, VA to begin voyage, Operation Sea Orbit, to circle the globe without refueling. They returned on 3 October.