10 NOVEMBER 1822 USS SHARK VS. Caroline Officially, the US government banned American participation in the African slave trade in 1808, although enforcement was not attempted until our Navy began patrolling off West Africa in 1820. Two years later those patrols Read More
3 NOVEMBER 1962 FIRST ALL-MISSILE CRUISER With the WWII Pacific battle for the Marshalls winding down and the fight to retake the Marianas just beginning, our Navy laid the keel for the second Oregon City-class heavy cruiser, CA-123, at Bethlehem Read More
27-28 OCTOBER 1855 USS DECATUR vs. The Indians The Oregon Treaty with England in 1846 deeded that portion of British Columbia south of the 49th parallel to the United States–the area that would become our States of Washington and Oregon. Settlers Read More
21 OCTOBER 1904 DOGGER BANK INCIDENT In 1904, frictions between Japan and Russia erupted into war when the Japanese attacked and destroyed the Russian Navy’s 1st Pacific Squadron at its base in Port Arthur (modern China). Tsar Nicholas II reacted by Read More
15-18 OCTOBER 1942 USS MEREDITH, DD-434 (cont.) In ten minutes, all to be seen of MEREDITH was floating debris, life rafts, and the black heads of sailors bobbing in a thick mat of oil. VIREO (AT-144) escaped the attack almost unscathed, Read More
15-18 OCTOBER 1942 USS MEREDITH, DD-434 The Gleaves-class destroyer USS MEREDITH (DD-434) was no stranger to the young War. After a brief stint in the Atlantic, MEREDITH transferred to the Pacific, where in April 1942 she screened HORNET (CV-8) on the Read More
TODAY IN NAVAL HISTORY 10 OCTOBER 1913 THE PANAMA CANAL At 1401 this afternoon, in a media event, President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button in the Executive Building of downtown Washington DC. Two thousand miles to the south, dynamite charges Read More
2-4 OCTOBER 1912 THE CHARGE UP COYOTEPE The US Marines had been in Nicaragua off and on since December 1909, each time to quell civil unrest and prop-up conservative pro-American governments. In this latest foray, the administration of Adolfo Díaz had Read More
TODAY IN NAVAL HISTORY 27-28 SEPTEMBER 1066 THE MIRACULOUS CROSSING For the first week of January in the year 1066, King Edward the Confessor of England agonized on his death bed. A sudden apoplexy (cerebral hemorrhage) caused lapses in and Read More
20 SEPTEMBER 1776 PROVIDENCE vs. MILFORD On 10 May 1776, temporary CAPT John Paul Jones assumed command of the Continental Navy sloop Providence, armed with twelve 4-pounder guns. Jones received his permanent appointment on August 8th and departed the Delaware Capes Read More