Today in Naval History - 8 Jun 1830 - Sloop-of-war Vincennes becomes first U.S. warship to circle the globe 1853 - Commodore Matthew Perry arrives at Uraga, Japan to begin negotiations for a treaty with Japan 1880 - Congress authorizes the Office of Judge Advocate General 1937 - Observation of total eclipse of the sun by U.S. Navy detachment commanded by CAPT J. F. Hellweg, USN, participating in the National Geographic Society - United States Navy Eclipse Expedition at Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands, Pacific Ocean. USS Avocet was assigned to this expediton. 1958 - Navy and Post Office deliver first official missile mail when USS Barbero (SS-317) fired Regulus II missile with 3000 letters 100 miles east of Jacksonville, FL to Mayport, FL. 1960 - Helicopters from USS Yorktown (CVS-10) rescue 54 crewmen of British SS Shunlee, grounded on Pratus Reef in South China Sea. 1962 - Medical team from Naval Hospital, Bethesda, MD; Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD; and Naval Preventative Medicine Unit No. 2 Norfolk, VA sent to San Pedro Sula, Honduras to fight epidemic of infectious gastroenteritis. 1967 - USS Liberty (AGTR-5) attacked by Israeli forces in Mediterranean. history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 12:00:00 +0000
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