| 1804: | American Squadron, including USS Constitution, attacks Tripoli |
| 1812: | Frigate Essex capture British brig Brothers |
| 1861: | Construction of USS Monitor authorized |
| 1861: | First manned ascent in a balloon from a ship, gunboat USS Fanny, to observe Confederate artillery position at Hampton Roads, VA |
| 1942: | Mildred McAffee (Horton) becomes the first woman officer commissioned into Naval Reserve. |
| 1950: | First Marine Corps aviation mission against North Korea by VMF-214, from USS Sicily |
| 1950: | First helicopter evacuation in Korea by VMO-6 |
| 1958: | USS Nautilus (SSN-571) is first ship to reach the geographic North Pole submerged. |
| 1970: | USS James Madison (SSBN-627) conducts first submerged launching of Poseidon nuclear missile off Cape Kennedy |