27 DECEMBER 1917 USS SANTEE Even before the United States entered WWI, our Navy was assisting the British in combating Kaiser Wilhelm II’s U-boats. This effort intensified after US entry in June 1917. At the time, targets for the U-boats were Read More
18-20 DECEMBER 1944 MONAGHAN vs. THE TEMPEST The Pacific war was a long one for USS MONAGHAN (DD-354). She was the ready destroyer at Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941 and was just getting underway to investigate a Read More
13 DECEMBER 1975 USS ALBANY COLLISION The catastrophic collision of the container ship Dali with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on 26 March 2024 is by no means the only time such an event has occurred. Indeed, on this date 50 years Read More
7-8 DECEMBER 1941 WHERE WERE THE CARRIERS? Most everyone will recall that one significant shortcoming of the Pearl Harbor raid from the Japanese perspective was its failure to destroy the American Navy’s aircraft carriers. Yamamoto had targeted them in particular, appreciating Read More
7 DECEMBER 1941 DETERMINATION vs. COMPLACENCY Japan emerged from the First World War as a bona fide naval power, a rival to US primacy in the Pacific. And as early as 1918, Imperial Defense Policy identified the United States as her Read More
1 DECEMBER 1778 “COME AND TAKE IT!” The colony of Georgia was a late arrival to our Revolutionary War, her citizens needing British protection from hostile Creeks and Cherokees to their west. Nevertheless, the Continental Congress authorized the construction of forts Read More