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Post by stevep on Jan 12, 2020 13:10:51 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 12thYouTube (On This Day: January 12th)1813 - During the War of 1812, the frigate Chesapeake, commanded by Capt. Samuel Evans, captures British merchant Volunteer and two days later, British brig Liverpool Hero. 1943 - Submarine Guardfish (SS 217) sinks Japanese Patrol Boat No.1 about 10 miles southwest of the Tingwon Islands, located just southwest of the northern tip of New Hanover, Bismarck Archipelago. 1944 - PB4Ys bomb Japanese shipping in Kwajalein lagoon and sink the gunboat Ikuta Maru, while PBY-5s from Tarawa mine Tokowa and Torappu Channels and the south entrance to Maleolap. 1945 - Task Force 38, commanded by Vice Adm. John S. McCain, continues to bomb Japanese shipping, airfields and installations in French Indochina while also attacking three Japanese convoys, sinking approximately 30 Japanese vessels with numerous other vessels damaged. 1953 - Aircraft landings begin operational tests, day and night, onboard USS Antietam (CVA-36), the first angled flight deck carrier. 1991 - Guided Missile Cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) is commissioned. 2019 - USS Wichita (LCS 13) joined the fleet Jan. 12, where it will play a crucial role in strengthening naval power, increasing agility and protecting national interests. USS Wichita, Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, is designed to defeat asymmetric "anti-access" threats such as mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft.
This point might be contested depending on how you interpret the term . See Angled_decks, so it could be anything from HMS Triumph to HMS Ark Royal [as the 1st built as such] with a number of both British and American tests and conversions.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 12, 2020 13:15:42 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 12thYouTube (On This Day: January 12th)1813 - During the War of 1812, the frigate Chesapeake, commanded by Capt. Samuel Evans, captures British merchant Volunteer and two days later, British brig Liverpool Hero. 1943 - Submarine Guardfish (SS 217) sinks Japanese Patrol Boat No.1 about 10 miles southwest of the Tingwon Islands, located just southwest of the northern tip of New Hanover, Bismarck Archipelago. 1944 - PB4Ys bomb Japanese shipping in Kwajalein lagoon and sink the gunboat Ikuta Maru, while PBY-5s from Tarawa mine Tokowa and Torappu Channels and the south entrance to Maleolap. 1945 - Task Force 38, commanded by Vice Adm. John S. McCain, continues to bomb Japanese shipping, airfields and installations in French Indochina while also attacking three Japanese convoys, sinking approximately 30 Japanese vessels with numerous other vessels damaged. 1953 - Aircraft landings begin operational tests, day and night, onboard USS Antietam (CVA-36), the first angled flight deck carrier. 1991 - Guided Missile Cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) is commissioned. 2019 - USS Wichita (LCS 13) joined the fleet Jan. 12, where it will play a crucial role in strengthening naval power, increasing agility and protecting national interests. USS Wichita, Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, is designed to defeat asymmetric "anti-access" threats such as mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft. This point might be contested depending on how you interpret the term . See Angled_decks, so it could be anything from HMS Triumph to HMS Ark Royal [as the 1st built as such] with a number of both British and American tests and conversions. Well this comes from the official US Navy site, so i hoop they think they know what they are writing, but checking the Wikipedia article about Antietam, it also say that it was the first carrier with a true angled flight deck, but explains more after that: In December 1952 Antietam emerged from the yard as the world's first carrier with a true angled flight deck. The principle had been tried on other carriers with lines painted on an axis deck. Antietam's deck was based on a rudimentary sponson. The installation allowed for true angle deck tests, including arrested landings. Trials with British and US units proved during trials to be superior to the usual fore-aft deck.
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Post by stevep on Jan 12, 2020 13:56:49 GMT
This point might be contested depending on how you interpret the term . See Angled_decks, so it could be anything from HMS Triumph to HMS Ark Royal [as the 1st built as such] with a number of both British and American tests and conversions. Well this comes from the official US Navy site, so i hoop they think they know what they are writing, but checking the Wikipedia article about Antietam, it also say that it was the first carrier with a true angled flight deck, but explains more after that: In December 1952 Antietam emerged from the yard as the world's first carrier with a true angled flight deck. The principle had been tried on other carriers with lines painted on an axis deck. Antietam's deck was based on a rudimentary sponson. The installation allowed for true angle deck tests, including arrested landings. Trials with British and US units proved during trials to be superior to the usual fore-aft deck.
OK that's a bit clearer than the Wiki link I found.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 13, 2020 3:58:55 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 13th
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1865 - With 8,000 Union soldiers, Rear Adm. David Porter provides 59 warships and 2,000 Sailors and Marines to take Confederate Fort Fisher, N.C., after a 2-day assault.
1943 - PBY-5A aircraft from (VP-83) sink German submarine U-507 off Brazil, which had sunk 19 and damaged one Allied merchant vessels, including seven that were American.
1945 - Destroyer escort Fleming (DE 32) sinks a Japanese submarine 320 miles north-northeast of Truk.
1964 - Destroyer Manley (DD-940) evacuates 54 Americans and 36 allied nationals after the Zanzibar government is overthrown.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 14, 2020 3:55:08 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 14th
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1863 - Navy General Order 4, signed by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, announces the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, which is signed on Jan. 1, 1863.
1911 - Battleship Arkansas (BB 33) is launched. After service in two world wars, she is target ship for Bikini Atoll Atomic bomb tests.
1943 - USS Gudgeon (SS 211) lands six men, 2,000 pounds of equipment and supplies on Negros Island for first resupply mission for a submarine.
1944 - Five U.S. Navy submarines sink five different Japanese vessels in and around the Pacific Ocean. USS Albacore (SS 218) sinks Japanese destroyer Sazanami 300 miles off Yap; USS Scamp (SS 277) sinks the tanker Nippon Maru off Sorol Island; USS Guardfish (SS 217) sinks tanker Kenyo Maru southeast of Palau; USS Seawolf (SS 197) sinks tanker Yamazuru Maru off Okinawa, and USS Swordfish (SS 193) sinks transport Yamakuni Maru off Hachijo Jima.
1945 - USS Cobia (SS 245) sinks the Japanese minelayer Yurijima off the east coast of Malaya.
2006 - Amphibious Transport Dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17) is commissioned.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 15, 2020 4:12:54 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 15th
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1815 - The frigate President, commanded by Stephen Decatur, encounters HMS Endymion out of New York and attempts to board her, not realizing the War of 1812 ended with the Treaty of Ghent in Dec. 1814. After British reinforcements arrive, Decatur is forced to surrender.
1846 - The sloop of war Jamestown captures the slaver Robert Wilson off Porto Praya.
1865 - In a joint amphibious force with the Union army, Rear Adm. David D. Porter and Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Terry capture Fort Fisher, Wilmington, N.C., which is the last port by which supplies from Europe could reach Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lees troops at Richmond, Va.
1916 - The submarine E-2 explodes at the New York Navy Yard because of escaping gases during an overhaul. The interior ship is severely damaged and four men are killed.
1942 - Bad weather off Iceland causes destroyer Mayo (DD 422) and British trawler HMS Douglas to collide, and damages destroyer Simpson (DD 221).
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Post by lordroel on Jan 16, 2020 4:16:48 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 16th
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1815 - Benjamin Crowninshield takes office as the fifth Secretary of the Navy, serving until Sept. 30, 1818. He implements the new Board of Commissioners administrative system and the building of several ships. He also oversees strategy and naval policy for the brief and very successful war with Algiers in 1815.
1893 - The class protected cruiser Boston lands Marines at Honolulu, Hawaii, to protect American lives and property after the deposition of Queen Liliuokalani and the formation of a provisional government, under the influence of American residents.
1930 - USS Lexington (CV-2) completes a 30-day period in which she furnishes electricity to Tacoma, Wash., in an emergency arising from a drought that causes a water shortage and hydro-electric power is not available in the Puget Sound area.
1944 - TBF aircraft from Composite Squadron Thirteen (VC-13) of carrier Guadalcanal (CVE 60) sink the German submarine U-544 north-west of the Azores.
1945 - USS Otter (DE 210), USS Hubbard (DE 211), USS Hayter (DE 212) and USS Varian (DE 798) sink German submarine U 248 north-northeast of the Azores.
1971 - Amphibious Command Ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) is commissioned.
1991 - Operation Desert Storm begins to liberate Kuwait from Iraq. After three months, Iraq requests a cease fire, which is formalized by the United Nations in April.
2010 - Littoral Combat Ship USS Independence (LCS 2) is commissioned.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 17, 2020 9:42:06 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 17th
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1863 - Union iron-clad gunboat USS Baron de Kalb, with tinclad gunboats Forest Rose and Romeo, along with an Army transport, clear out Confederate strong holds up White River to Des Arc, Ark.
1899 - Gunboat USS Bennington, commanded by Cmdr. E.D. Taussig, claims Wake Island for the United States, giving the U.S. a cable route between Honolulu and Manila, a factor that influences territorial demands in the Pacific.
1943 - Submarine USS Whale (SS 239) sinks the Japanese transport Heiyo Maru.
1943 - Light aircraft carrier USS Cowpens (CV-25) is launched. Redesignated CVL 25 six months later, she serves in the Pacific during World War II.
1944 - Dauntless SBD scout planes and Avenger TBF torpedo bombers bomb Japanese shipping at Rabaul and sank three ships, damaging a third.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 18, 2020 7:41:08 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 18th
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1879 - USS Constitution, while sailing back to the U.S. from France, ran aground off Bollard Head on the south coast of England. She was towed to the Portsmouth Navy Yard and placed in Dry Dock 11 for inspection. The 82-year-old frigate survived the grounding and only needed to have 85 feet of her false keel replaced and several sheets of underwater copper. She resumed her voyage home on January 24th.
1885 - A Marine guard from steamer USS Alliance lands at Colon, Panama, (then in Colombia) to guard the railroad and to protect American lives and property during a period of political unrest.
1911 - The first aircraft landing onboard a ship takes place when pilot Eugene Ely lands onboard the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania while anchored in San Francisco Bay, Calif., and then makes a return flight back to Tanforan Field in San Francisco.
1942 - Submarine USS Plunger (SS 179) sinks the Japanese freighter Eizan Maru (ex-Panamanian Aurora) off the mouth of Kii Strait, Honshu.
1962 - USS Duxbury Bay transfers a Navy doctor to help a Danish crewman after a flash fire burned him onboard Danish tanker Prima Maersk in the Persian Gulf.
1991 - During Operation Desert Storm, HSL-44 (Det 8) SH-60Bs from USS Nicholas (FFG 47), along with Kuwaiti and Army vessels, engage and neutralize Iraqi forces on nine oil platforms in the Durrah oil field.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 19, 2020 8:25:54 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 19th
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1813 - William Jones takes office as the fourth Secretary of the Navy, serving until Dec. 1, 1814.
1840 - During the Exploring Expedition, USS Vincennes, commanded by Lt. Charles Wilkes, becomes the first U.S. Navy ship to reach the Antarctic Continent.
1943 - USS Swordfish (SS 193) sinks army cargo ship Myoho Maru, which was part of the Japanese Solomons reinforcement convoy, while USS Greenling (SS 213) damages Japanese cargo ship north of Rabaul.
1952 - During the Korean War, landing crafts from USS Horace A. Bass (APD 124) investigate the beaches around Kamak Bay (south west coast of Korea) when one of the crafts carrying frogmen comes under fire from North Korean guerillas, killing two and wounding three.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 20, 2020 3:53:19 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 20th
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1903 - President Theodore Roosevelt issues an Executive Order placing Midway Islands under the jurisdiction of the Navy Department due to recurring complaints of Japanese squatters and poachers.
1909 - Ship Fitter First Class George H. Wheeler and Boatswains Mate William H. Gowan display bravery and extraordinary heroism while fighting a fire and keeping it from spreading in Coquimbo, Chile. For their actions on this occasion, both men are awarded the Medal of Honor.
1914 - The aviation unit from Annapolis, Md., under Lt. John H. Towers, as Officer in Charge, arrived at Pensacola, Fla., to set up a flying school.
1943 - USS Brennan (DE 13) is commissioned. Originally launched as British destroyer escort Bentinck (BDE-13), she is reallocated to the United States and serves as a training ship in the Miami, Fla., area for student officers and prospective crews of destroyer escorts.
1944 - USS Batfish (SS 310) and USS Gar (SS 206) attack Japanese convoys and sink transport Hidaka Maru south of Shiono Misaki and army cargo ship Koyo Maru about 50 miles south-southwest of Palau.
2017 - By a 98-1 vote, the Senate confirms retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis to be the 26th secretary of defense. He is sworn in shortly afterward. Mattis is the first retired general officer to hold the position since General of the Army George C. Marshall in the early 1950s.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 21, 2020 4:02:00 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 21st
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1862 - Navy ship USS Ethan Allen, commanded by acting-Lt. William B. Eaton, captures the schooner Olive Branch at sea off the Florida coast.
1943 - Submarines USS Pollack (SS 180) and USS Gato (SS 212) attack and cause the sinking of two Japanese ships.
1945 - TF 38 aircraft attacks Japanese shipping and airfields on Formosa and in the Pescadores, sinking approximately 15 vessels.
1954 - The world's first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571) is christened and launched at Groton, Conn.
1961 - USS George Washington (SSBN 598) completes the first operational voyage as a fleet ballistic missile submarine, staying submerged 66 days.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 22, 2020 4:06:27 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 22nd
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1800 - Capt. Thomas Tingey is ordered to duty as the first Superintendent of the Washington Navy Yard.
1862 - During the Civil War, the side-wheel steamer Lexington conducts a reconnaissance up the Tennessee River and exchanges long-range fire with Fort Henry in Tennessee.
1870 - USS Nipsic, commanded by Cmdr. Thomas O. Selfrige, sails on an expedition to survey the Isthmus of Darien at Panama to determine the best route for a ship canal.
1941 - During World War II, USS Louisville (CA 28) arrives at New York with $148,342.212.55 in British gold brought from Simonstown, South Africa, to be deposited in American banks.
1944 - Operation Shingle, the Allied landing at Anzio and Nettuno, Italy, begins. While the landings are flawless and meet with little resistance from the Germans, USS Portent sinks during the invasion.
1994 - Coastal Patrol Ship USS Monsoon (PC 4) is commissioned.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 23, 2020 4:14:21 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 23rd
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1854 - The sloop of war USS Germantown captures the slaver R.P. Brown off Porto Praya.
1943 - Submarine USS Guardfish (SS 217) sinks the Japanese destroyer Hakaze off New Ireland.
1960 - The Bathyscaph "Trieste" descends on a nine hour journey seven miles to the deepest part of the worlds oceans, Challenger Deep, located at the southern end of the Mariana Trench.
1968 - USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is seized by North Korean forces in Sea of Japan. The crew is released on Dec. 23, 1968.
1988 - Guided Missile Cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) is commissioned.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 24, 2020 8:19:41 GMT
This Day In United States Naval History - January 24th
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1942 - During the Battle of Makassar Strait (Balikpapan), destroyers John D. Ford, Parrott, Pope, and Paul Jones attack the anchored Japanese invasion force in the harbor of Balikpapan, Borneo, sinking four of 12 transport ships.
1945 - Submarine Blackfin (SS 322) sinks the Japanese destroyer Shigure in the Gulf of Siam.
1956 - 1956-USS Jallao (SS 368) becomes the first U.S. Navy submarine to transit the Suez Canal traveling from the Mediterranean to Massawa, Eritrea, Ethiopia.
1991 - Desert Shield/Desert Storm SEAL platoons from USS Leftwich (DD 984) and USS Nicholas (FFG 47) recaptures the island, Jazirat Qurah, the first Kuwaiti territory from Iraqis.
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