Navy miscellany

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1800 - During the Quasi-War with France, the schooner, USS Experiment, commanded by Lt. Charles Stewart, captures the French privateer Deux Amix off Barbuda, West Indies.
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1814 - The sloop-of-war, USS Wasp, commanded by Johnston Blakely, sinks the British brig sloop, HMS Avon, south of Ireland.
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1864 - During the Civil War, the 8-gun paddle-wheeler, USS Naiad engages a Confederate battery at Rowes Landing, La., and silences it.

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1782 - The Ship of the Line USS America is given to France to replace the French ship, Magnifique, which ran aground and was destroyed Aug. 11 while attempting to enter Boston harbor. The ship symbolizes the appreciation for France's service to America and her sacrifices during the American Revolution.

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1804 - The bomb-ketch USS Intrepid outfitted as fireship, blew up in failed attack on Tripoli with loss of all hands.
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U.S. Navy ketch Intrepid. Contemporary sketch by Midshipman William Lewis, with a description reading:
"The Ketch Intrepid taken by the Constitution of(f) Tripoli in Dec. 1803. Was the vessel with which Capt. Decatur
burnt the Philadelphia in Feby 1804. She served as a store vessel off Tripoli and was at last turned into an Infernal
in order to blow up part of the Bashaw's castle. In this unfortunate attempt she was blown up & all her crew perished.
Cpt. Sommers, Lieuts. Wadsworth & Israel & 10 or 12 men. 4th Septr. '04."

1954 - The icebreakers USS Burton Island and USCGC Northwind complete the first transit of Northwest Passage through the McClure Strait.
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1776 - The Continental Navy adopts the first uniforms for naval officers. The dress prescribed was extremely somber and reflected the attitude of the Congress to eliminate the ornate trappings evidenced in the Royal Navy and move towards a democratic society. The naval officers quickly rebelled and demanded a more ornate uniform with dark blue coat and tri-corner hat, colored facings, and cuffs with gold buttons and lace, a uniform strikingly similar to that of the Royal Navy.



Uniforms of the U.S. Navy 1776-1783

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1814 - Beginning of Battle of Plattsburgh (6 – 11 September 1814)

1930 - USS Grebe (AM 43) arrives at Santo Domingo with supplies and medicines for victims of a hurricane
three days prior. She is joined by USS Gilmer (DD 223) with a party of Marines for relief and rescue work.
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A World Apart . . . What the Sea Washed Away

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1858 — The sloop-of-war USS Marion captures the American slave ship Brothers off the southeast coast of Africa.
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Honoring the Proud Women Who Serve in the U.S. Navy

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Operation Tomodachi: Partnerships, Presence, Readiness and Heritage

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1814 — During the Battle of Lake Champlain, Commodore Thomas Macdonough anchors his ships in a position that the British squadron attacks head on, using only a few guns at a time. The British squadron is defeated, ending the final invasion of the British in the northern states. USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), a guided missile cruiser, is named after the famous battle.

1942 — Pharmacists Mate First Class Wheeler B. Lipes performs an emergency appendectomy on Seaman 1st Class Darrell D. Rector on board USS Seadragon (SS 194) on patrol in the South China Sea.

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1804 - In the First Barbary War, the frigates USS Constellation (1797) and USS President (1800) capture two ships while attempting to enter the harbor during the blockade of Barbary ports, while the brig USS Argus, and USS Constellation later capture a third vessel attempting to enter.
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Action between U.S. Frigate Constellation (at left) and French Frigate Insurgente, 9 February 1799.

1944 - USS Noa (APD 24) and USS Fullam (DD 474) collide off the Palau Islands. Despite this, USS Fullam, not only rescues all of USS Noa's men, but she also carries out daily shore bombardment and night harassing fire, as well as underwater demolition.
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1814 — During the War of 1812, the British bomb Fort McHenry at Baltimore Harbor for 25 hours. The sight of Fort McHenry's flag and the British withdrawing from Baltimore the next morning inspires Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.

1906 — Sailors and Marines from USS Denver (Cruiser #14) land in Havana at the request of the Cuban government to preserve order during a revolution.
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1944 — USS Warrington (DD 383) sinks off the Bahamas in a hurricane. After a prolonged search, numerous Navy vessels rescue only five officers and 68 men of the destroyer's 20 officers and 301 men.
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1814 — During the War of 1812, the sloop-of-war, Wasp captures and burns the British merchant brig, HMS Bacchus, in the Atlantic. A week later, she captures the brig, Atlanta.
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1976 — While conducting nighttime underway replenishments off Scotland, USS Bordelon (DD 881) loses control and collides with USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). Though suffering extensive superstructure damage with six men injured, USS Bordelon continues under her own power.
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Finding Greatness: The Navy's First Woman SCUBA Diver

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1814 - A squadron from the schooner USS Carolina attacks and raids the base of the pirate Jean Lafitte
at Barataria, Louisiana capturing six schooners and other small craft while the pirates flee the attack.