Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz describes the invasion, from which 27 Medals of Honor are given, as one where uncommon valor was a common virtue. 2005 - Fast Attack Submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) is commissioned. (Source: Naval History and Heritage Command, Communication and Outreach Division)...
USS Delaware entering the first drydock in America at Gosport Navy Yard (Norfolk), June 17, 1833. (Courtesy Tommy Trampp, NavSource) 1815 - Commodore Stephen Decatur's squadron engages the Algerian flagship Mashouda near Cape de Gatt, Spain. Though the Algerian frigate maneuvers actively to e...
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However, I was shocked to read the farewell note of a kamikaze pilot on my first visit to the Museum of Naval History when I was a JMSDF student at Etajima. The pilot, just 17 when he wrote his note, crashed into an American ship and lost his life. I remember thinking that I was...
“On this day in history” 27 August 1940, Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser HMS Dunvegan Castle (Capt. H. Ardill) struck by 3 torpedoes from submarine U-46 (Oblt. E. Endrass) while escorting Convoy SL-43 (convoy commodore RAdm. J. C. Hamilton). The first torpedo struck Dunvegan Cast...
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There is no battleship Chinese naval history?www.bestchinanews.com/Military/530.html Battleship (battleship, or also known as combat ships warship) is a mainly to large caliber gun attack with heavy armor protection high tonnage of the navy warship. Is a large surface warship that can ca...
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