Today in Naval History: Oct 2 1799 - Washington Navy Yard is established. 1842 - The sloop, Concord, wrecks with the loss of three lives in the Mozambique Channel. 1939 - Foreign ministers of Western Hemisphere countries agree to establish a neutrality zone around the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North and South America to be enforced by the U.S. Navy. The zone is established at a Congress of American States meeting in Panama.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 15:09:27 +0000
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