TODAY IN NAVAL HISTORY 31 AUGUST 1812 THE MISSING HUSBAND Not even three months had passed since war was declared against England in 1812. Both the US Army and the US Navy were filling their ranks for the fight. A Read More
27 AUGUST 1928 KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT World War I left a scar on the psyche of the Western hemisphere. Northern France was left a moonscape of stripped forests, ghost villages, and farmland rendered permanently useless by unexploded ordnance. The 117,000 American fighting Read More
22 AUGUST 1863 NOT ABOVE MAKING A BUCK! Blockade running during our Civil War was a profitable enterprise for those who were successful. The running of war materials brought a handsome price, but even higher profit margins accompanied “luxury” items, such Read More
6-23 AUGUST 1864 CRUISE OF CSS TALLAHASSEE One of the more successful efforts of the Confederacy during the Civil War was their campaign against Union commercial shipping. CSS TALLAHASSEE was one such raider, a sleek and fast cruiser built in England Read More
11 AUGUST 1958 OPENING THE ARCTIC The 1950s saw the United States embroiled in a “Cold War” to halt the spread of Soviet Communism. Indeed, by the late 50s the Soviets, once thought to be technologically backward, appeared to have a Read More
5 AUGUST 1864 CDR TUNIS CRAVEN, HERO OF MOBILE BAY To a boy from Portsmouth, NH, the life of the sea seemed natural, thus, when Tunis Augustus MacDonough Craven was appointed a Midshipman on 2 February 1829, no one was surprised. Read More