This Day In United States Naval History

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This Day In United States Naval History - July 11th

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1798 - President John Adams signs an act that reestablishes the Marine Corps under the Constitution. The following day, Maj. William W. Burrows is appointed Commandant of the Marine Corps.

1918 - Henry Ford launches the first of the 100 intended Eagle boats. These boats have a solid cement bow, especially built for ramming and sinking submarines. Note, production is halted after (PE 60), though some of the boats continue to serve as training and transport vessels until 1947.

1943 - Gunfire from U.S. cruisers and destroyers stop German and Italian tank attacks against Army beachhead at Gela, Sicily. Troop transport SS Robert Rowan is set afire by air attack and explodes. USS Orizaba (AP 24) rescues all hands of 421 troops, merchant marines and guards.

1944 - USS Sealion (SS 315), in the Yellow Sea off the west coast of Korea, near Shosei Jima, sinks two Japanese freighters.

1953 - Marine Maj. John F. Bolt, during the Korean War, becomes the first jet ace in Marine Corps history when he shoots down his 5th and 6th MIG 15 while leading a four plane (F 86) flight in an attack on four MIG's east of Sinui-Ju.

1987 - USS Helena (SSN 725) is commissioned at Groton, Conn. The Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine is the fourth named for the capitol of Montana.

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This Day In United States Naval History - July 12th

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1836 - Charles H. Haswell is commissioned as the first regularly appointed Engineer Officer. In Oct. 1844, he is promoted to Engineer in Chief of the Navy.

1916 - The AB-3 flying boat, piloted by Lt. Godfrey de Chevalier, is catapulted from USS North Carolina (ACR 12) while underway in Pensacola Bay, Fla. The launch completes calibration of the first catapult designed for shipboard use.

1943 - USS Taylor (DD 468) sinks Japanese submarine (RO 107), east of Kolombangara, Solomon Islands.

1988 - Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci III approves opening the Navys Underwater Construction Teams, fleet oilers, ammunition ships and combat stores ships to women.

1990 - Cmdr. Rosemary B. Mariner becomes the first woman to command an operational aviation squadron, Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 34 (VAQ 34). She is one of the first women to become qualified as a Naval Aviator in 1974 and one of the first women to fly light attack aircraft. Mariner attained the rank of Captain before retiring in 1997.

2003 - USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk. The ninth in the Nimitz-class of nuclear-powered supercarriers, the ships motto is Peace through Strength, a phrase coined by President Reagan.

2018 - Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer inducted U.S. Sen. John S. McCain III into the official namesake of the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) in a ceremony on board.

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This Day In United States Naval History - July 13th

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1812 - The frigate, USS Essex, commanded by Capt. David Porter, captures the merchant brig, Lamprey, in the Atlantic.

1854 - The sloop of war, USS Cyane, bombards San Juan del Norte (Greytown), Nicaragua, in retaliation for ill-treatment of U.S. citizens. Marines and Sailors also seize weapons and powder in retribution for an attack on U.S. Consular officials for U.S. refusal to pay reparation.

1939 - Rear Adm. Richard Byrd is appointed to command the 1939-1941 U.S. Antarctic Service Expedition. Under objectives outlined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Byrd establishes an east and west base and holds a wide range of scientific observations until international tensions end the expedition in early 1941.

1942 - USS Lansdowne (DD 486) sinks the German submarine (U 153) off the Panama Canal Zone.

1943 - TBF aircraft (VC 13) based on board USS Core (ACV 13) sinks German submarine U 487, 720 miles south-southwest of Fayal, Azores.

1943 - The Japanese are intercepted from landing reinforcements in the Solomon Islands, resulting in the night Battle of Kolombangara. During the battle, the U.S. Navy loses USS Gwin (DD 433).

1991 - USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) is commissioned at Groton, Conn., the third Navy vessel to be named after the Bluegrass state. The Thoroughbred of the Fleet is an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine.

1996 - USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) is commissioned at Groton, Conn. The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine is the fourth named Wyoming and is homeported at Kings Bay, Ga.

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This Day In United States Naval History - July 14th

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1813 - During the War of 1812, Lt. John M. Gamble becomes the first Marine to command a ship in battle, USS Greenwich, when she captures British whaling ship Seringapatam.

1853 - Commodore Matthew C. Perry lands and holds the first meeting with the Japanese at Uraga, in which he delivers President Millard Fillmores request for a treaty to representatives to the Emperor. Allowing time for reflection and discussion, Commodore Perry returns in March 1854 and finalizes the Treaty of Kanagawa.

1944 - USS William C. Miller (DE 259) sinks Japanese submarine (RO 48) and teams with USS Gilmer (APD 11) to sink Japanese submarine (I 6).

1945 - In the first naval gunfire bombardment of the Japanese home islands, Task Unit 34.8.1 warships bombard ironworks plant at Kamaishi, Japan.

1952 - The keel to the Navys first supercarrier, USS Forrestal (CVA 59), is laid down.

1955 - The first flight of jet-propelled Martin P6M seaplane is completed at Baltimore, Md.

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So July 2020 has three significant events for the USN

Before the first week, the USS Ronald Reagan sailed with the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Philippine Sea. On July 4th, the USS Ronald Reagan and the USS Antietam sailed the San Bernardino Strait in the Philippines in transit towards the South China Sea.

Once inn the South China Sea, the Reagan linked up with the USS Nimitz in the South China Sea.

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Then on July 12, the USS Bonhomme Richard caught fire in Naval Base San Diego, injuring 56 to 60 personnel (sailors, marines, civilian personnel)

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Jul 14, 2020 16:44:21 GMT gillan1220 said:

Then on July 12, the USS Bonhomme Richard caught fire in Naval Base San Diego, injuring 56 to 60 personnel (sailors, marines, civilian personnel)

Well this will not be forgotten, cannot remember the last time that a US navy ship of here size burned down.

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Jul 14, 2020 16:45:37 GMT lordroel said:

Jul 14, 2020 16:44:21 GMT gillan1220 said:

Then on July 12, the USS Bonhomme Richard caught fire in Naval Base San Diego, injuring 56 to 60 personnel (sailors, marines, civilian personnel)

Well this will not be forgotten, cannot remember the last time that a US navy ship of here size burned down.

Probably during World War II.

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This Day In United States Naval History - July 15th

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1862 - While CSS Arkansas makes her way down the Yazoo River, she encounters the Union gunboats USS Carondelet, USS Tyler, and USS Queen of the West. In the ensuing battle, CSS Arkansas damages the first two vessels and makes her way into the Mississippi River, where she boldly fights through the Federal fleet to find refuge at the Confederate batteries at Vicksburg, Miss.

1896 - USS Oregon (BB 3) is commissioned.

1942 - USS Grunion (SS 216) sinks the Japanese submarine chasers (25 and 26) off Kiska, Aleutian Islands.

1942 - USS Terror (CM 5), the first minelayer built as such, is commissioned. During World War II she participates in Operation Torch, the Battle for Iwo Jima, and the Okinawa Invasion, where she is struck by a kamikaze on May 1, 1945.

1943 - TBF aircraft from (VC 29) from USS Santee (CVE 29) sinks German submarine (U 509) south of the Azores.

1943 - PBY (VP 92) and British destroyer HMS Rochester and frigates HMS Mignonette and HMS Balsam sink German submarine (U 135) west of the Canary Islands. Previously, (U 135) sank 3 and damaged 1 Allied vessels, none from the United States.

2017 - The guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) is commissioned in a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The ship honors Chief Aviation Ordnanceman John Finn, who received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the first attack by Japanese airplanes at Pearl Harbor.

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This Day In United States Naval History - July 16th

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1862 - Congress establishes the rank of Rear Admiral, with David G. Farragut named as the first Rear Admiral.

1863 - The screw sloop of war USS Wyoming, commanded by Capt. D. McDougal, is fired on by shore batteries and Japanese ships of the Prince of Nagoya. During this action, Wyoming became the first foreign warship to take the offensive to uphold treaty rights in Japan.

1915 - The first Navy ships, the battleships USS Ohio (BB 12), USS Missouri (BB 11), and USS Wisconsin (BB 9) transit the Panama Canal, steaming from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

1943 - TBFs (VC 13) based on board USS Core (CVE 13) sink German submarine (U 67) in the mid-Atlantic.

1945 - The first atomic bomb test, Trinity, is detonated at Alamogordo, N.M.

1957 - An F8U 1P Crusader (Bu#144608), piloted by Maj. John H. Glenn, Jr., USMC, breaks the transcontinental speed record by crossing the country from Los Alamitos, Calif., to Floyd Bennett Field, N.Y., in 3 hours and 22 min., 50.05 sec. for an average speed of 723.517 mph. This is the first upper atmosphere supersonic flight from the West Coast to the East Coast.

1987 - Republic of Korea Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Choe Sang-Hwa gives a model of the Korean Turtle "Kobuksan" to Secretary of the Navy James Webb Jr. as a symbol of the partnership between the two nations.

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This Day In United States Naval History - July 17th

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1858 - The steam screw frigate, USS Niagara, and the British ship, HMS Agamemnon, depart Queenstown, Ireland, to assist in laying the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable.

1898 - Santiago, Cuba surrenders to U.S. Naval forces during the Spanish-American War.

1927 - Maj. Ross E. Rowell, USMC, leads a flight of five DHs, which are two-seat biplanes, in a strafing and dive bombing attack against bandit forces surrounding a garrison of Marines at Ocotal, Nicaragua.

1944 - At the Naval Magazine at Port Chicago, Calif., an explosion occurs on the pier where SS E.A. Bryan is loading ammunition and while SS Quinault Victory is preparing to load ammunition. The subsequent explosion of SS E.A. Bryan spins SS Quinault Victory in the air killing 320 men. African Americans constitute nearly 75 percent of the fatalities.

1944 - USS Gabilan (SS 252) sinks Japanese minesweeper (W 25) northwest of Zenizu, Japan.

1975 - U.S. Apollo (Apollo 18) and Soviet Soyuz (Soyuz 19) space craft dock in space, making the first manned space flight conducted jointly by the 2 nations. The Apollo craft remains for 9 days, 1 hour, and approximately 28 minutes. USS New Orleans (LPH 11) later recovers the Apollo craft.

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This Day In United States Naval History - July 18th

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1779 - In the largest prize value of the American Revolution, Commodore Abraham Whipples squadron consisting of Continental frigates Providence, Queen of France and sloop Ranger, captures 11 British prizes off the Newfoundland Banks sailing from Jamaica. The cargoes are worth more than $1 million.

1792 - Continental Navy Capt. John Paul Jones dies in Paris, France. A legend during the American Revolution, Jones argues for Congress establishing a United States Navy. When it fails to do so, the unemployed captain found work as a rear admiral in the Russian navy for a couple of years, but eventually returns to France, where he dies. More than a century later, his body is discovered, exhumed, brought back to the United States under huge fanfare and reburied in a magnificent sarcophagus at the United States Naval Academy.

1813 - During the War of 1812, the frigate, USS President, commanded by John Rodgers, sinks the British brig, HMS Daphne, off the Irish coast. In the next few weeks, she engages three more vessels. USS President captures the ship, HMS Eliza Swan July 24, burns the brig, HMS Alert, on July 29, and captures the bark Lion on Aug. 2.

1918 - During action in the Viller-Cottertes section, south of Soissons, France, Sgt. Matej Kocaks company is stopped by enemy gun fire from a hidden machine gun nest. While only covered by gun fire, he goes forward alone and rushes the enemy position with his bayonet, eventually driving off the enemy. Later on that same day, he organizes French colonial soldiers separated from their company and leads an attack disabling a second machine gun nest. For his "extraordinary heroism" on both of these occasions, he is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by both the Navy and Army.

1943 - German submarine (U 134) shoots down (K 74), the first and only U.S. airship lost during WW II, in the Fla. straits. In Aug. 1943, (U 134) is sunk by British aircraft near Vigo, Spain.

1944 - USS Cobia (SS 245) sinks a Japanese gunboat and an army cargo ship west of Chichi Jima; additionally, USS Lapon (SS 260) sinks Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser off the southern end of Palawan, a survey ship and auxiliary submarine chaser northwest of Labuan, Borneo, and USS Plaice (SS 390) attacks a Japanese convoy and sinks submarine chaser, Ch50, 200 miles northwest of Chichi Jima.

1966 - Gemini 10 is launched with Lt. Cmdr. John L. Young as command pilot and Michael Collins is the pilot. The mission entails 43 orbits at an altitude of 412.2 nautical miles and lasts two days, 22 hours, and 46 minutes.

1981 - USS Dallas (SSN 700) is commissioned at Groton, Conn., her first homeport. The Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine is the first to be built with an all-digital fire control and sonar system.

1992 - USS Shiloh (CG 67) is commissioned at Bath, Maine. The 21st Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser is the named after the Civil War Battle of Shiloh. The cruisers original homeport is Naval Station San Diego, although currently the ship is homeported at Yokosuka, Japan.

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This Day In United States Naval History - July 19th

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1812 - The frigate, USS Constitution, under the command of Capt. Isaac Hull, escapes a British squadron on a three-day chase off the coast of New Jersey.

1918 - While serving with the Sixth Regiment Marines in the vicinity of Vierzy, France, Medical Corps officer Lt. Joel T. Boone twice leaves the shelter of a ravine. Despite extreme enemy fire and heavy gas mist, he applies dressings and first aid to wounded Marines. For his actions on this occasion, he is awarded the Medal of Honor. Boone later attains the rank of vice admiral.

1918 - During World War I, USS San Diego (Armored Cruiser No. 6) sinks off Fire Island, N.Y., by a mine placed by German submarine (U 156). The cruiser sinks in 28 minutes with the loss of six lives and is the only major warship lost by the U.S. in World War I.

1940 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the second Naval Expansion Act.

1943 - PBM (VP 74) sinks German submarine (U 513) off Santos, Brazil. A small seaplane tender from USS Barnegat (AVP 10) rescues survivors.

1960 - USS Ammen (DD 527) and USS Collett (DD 730) collide in the fog off California, killing 11 men and injuring 20 other shipmates.

1997 - USS Seawolf (SSN 21) is commissioned at the Electric Boat Shipyard in Groton, Conn.

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This Day In United States Naval History - July 20th

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1846 - In the effort to negotiate a treaty with Japan, Commodore James Biddle arrives with the ship of the line, USS Columbus, and the sloop of war, USS Vincennes, at Edo (Yedo), Japan. These are the first U.S. warships to visit Japan.

1861 - During the Civil War, the wooden screw gunboat, USS Albatross, commanded by Cmdr. G.A. Prentiss, recaptures the civilian schooner, Enchantress, off Hatteras Inlet. She is previously captured by the Confederate privateer, CSS Jefferson Davis, on July 6. Also on this date, the wooden screw steamship, USS Mount Vernon, commanded by Oliver S. Glisson, seizes the sloop, Wild Pigeon, on the Rappahannock River.

1942 - Adm. William D. Leahy becomes Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Army and the Navy, the precursor to the post of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In Dec. 1944, Leahy is promoted to Fleet Admiral. Fleet Adm. Leahy also dies on this date in 1959.

1945 - USS Threadfin (SS 410) sinks the Japanese minesweeper (W 39) northwest of Mokpo, Korea.

1960 - In the first launch of the Polaris missile, USS George Washington (SSBN 598) successfully fires two operational Polaris missiles while submerged off Florida.

1969 - Former Navy pilot Neil Armstrong is the first man to set foot on the moon, saying That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong is Commander of Apollo 11, which during its 8 day mission lands on the Sea of Tranquility. Michael Collins is the Command Module Pilot and Edwin Buzz E. Aldrin Jr., is the Lunar Module Pilot.

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This Day In United States Naval History - July 21st

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1905 - USS Bennington (Gunboat #4) is wrecked by a boiler explosion at San Diego, Calif. One officer and 65 enlisted men die in the explosion, along with numerous crew injuries.

1918 - During World War I, German submarine (U 156) surfaces and fires on U.S. tugboat, Perth Amboy, and four barges, three miles off Nauset Beach, Cape Cod, Mass.

1943 - PBY aircraft (VP 94) sinks German submarine (U 662) off the mouth of Amazon River, Brazil.

1944 - Following landing on Guams Asan-Adelup Beachhead, Pfc. Luther Skaggs, Jr., takes command of his squad, leading his men to a position to provide fire support for the Marine assault. Severely wounded that night when Japanese forces counter-attack, he fights on for many hours, until enemy opposition was suppressed. For his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" on this occasion, Skaggs was awarded the Medal of Honor.

1944 - Task Force 53, (commanded by Rear Adm. Richard L. Connolly) lands the Third Marine Division and the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, along with the U.S. Army 77th Infantry Division on Guam. The island is declared secure on Aug. 9 though bands of enemy Japanese are long encountered after VJ Day.

1946 - In the first U.S. test of adaptability of jet aircraft to shipboard operations, an XFD 1 Phantom piloted by Lt. Cmdr. James Davidson makes landings and takeoffs without catapults from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42)

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There is this lesser known history of the U.S. Navy I just learned yesterday.

On April 1, 1960, the USS Triton (SSRN-586) was sailing in between the islands of Cebu and Bohol in the Philippines when her periscope poked out of the water. There happened to be a fisherman nearby the periscope. The fisheman was terrified, thinking it was a sea monster.

The fisherman was identified as 19-year-old Rufino Baring of Punta Engano, Mactan Island, who believed he had encountered a sea monster: "I was very frightened. I tried to get away as fast as I could."

So far, this was the only time a U.S. Navy submarine was detected by a human being without the use of sonar.

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