Today in #NavyHistory: 1922 - USS Jupiter (Fuel Ship #3) is recommissioned as USS Langley (CV 1), the Navys first aircraft carrier. 1945 - USS Blenny attacks a Japanese convoy off the coast of French Indochina and sinks the merchant tankers No.21 Nanshin Maru and Hosten Maru, along with fishing boat Yamakuni Maru about 40 miles south of Cam Ranh Bay. 1952 - During the Korean War, USS Wiltsie (DD 716) and Brinkley Bass (DD 887) engage shore batteries at Wonsan, Korea. Bass scores seven direct hits on batteries located near the city of Wonsan. 1959 - USS Staten Island (AGB) deliveres six tons of food and clothing to New Zealand territorial island south of Samoa after storm devastates the area. 2003 - The United States begins Operation Iraqi Freedom after USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) is among the first to launch tomahawk missiles on Iraq, along with other Navy ships in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 2009 - USS Gettysburg (CG 64) apprehends six pirates in the Gulf of Aden after a distress call from two nearby merchant vessels. Thank you Naval History & Heritage Command for recording our Navys history!
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:00:00 +0000
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