| 1940: | FDR announces plans to recommission 35 more destroyers |
| 1942: | USS Tautog (SS-199) sinks Japanese sub, I-28; while USS Triton (SS-201) sinks I-164 |
| 1943: | Destroyers USS Moffett (DD 362) and USS Jouett (DD 396) sink German submarine U 128, which was credited with sinking 12 Allied merchant vessels, including 4 American ships. |
| 1944: | USS Gleaves (DD 423), USS Hilary P. Jones (DD 427), USS Hambleton (DD 455), USS Rodman (DD 456), USS Emmons (DD 457), USS Macomb (DD 458) and USS Nields (DD 616) and RAF Wellington (No.36 Squadron) sink German submarine U 616 off the coast of Algeria. |
| 1951: | Aircraft from carriers attack bridges between Wonsan and Hamhung, Korea |
| 1962: | Naval amphibious ready group lands Marines to guard Thailand's borders from Communist probes |
| 1966: | Naval Support Activity Saigon established |
| 1973: | First woman to hold a major Navy command, Captain Robin Lindsay Quigley assumes command of Navy Service School, San Diego, CA. |
| 1987: | USS Stark (FFG-31) struck by Iraqi Exocet missile in Persian Gulf, killing 37 Sailors. 21 were wounded. |
| 1990: | USS Roark (FF-1053) rescues 42 refugees from an unseaworthy craft in the South China Sea. |