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1864 - British, French & Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits. 1918 - USS Mount Vernon torpedoed by German submarine off France. 1923 - U.S. Asiatic Fleet arrives at Yokohama, Japan, to provide medical assistance and supplies after Kondo Plain earthquake. 1939 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders Navy to form a Neutrality Patrol to report the presence of foreign warships within 300 miles of eastern United States. 1946 - USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt (CVB-42) and 4 escorts visit Greece to underscore U.S. support for the Greek Government which faced a Communist insurgency. 1982 - Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph. 1990 - USS Acadia (AD-42) departs San Diego for first war-time deployment of male-female crew on combat vessel.
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1807 - Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat. 1939 - German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia. 1941 - German submarine, U-652, attacks USS Greer, which was tracking the submarine southeast of Iceland. Greer is not damaged, but drops depth charges, damaging U-652. 1954 - Icebreakers, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) and USCG Northwind, complete first transit of Northwest passage through McClure Strait. 1960 - USS Bushnell and Penguin begin relief operations in Marathon, FL, after Hurricane Donna.
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1798 - Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize. 1826 - USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe. 1878 - SS Princess Alice sinks; 645 die. 1903 - Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup. 1939 - German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia. 1943 - American landings on Lae and Salamaua. 1945 - Japanese surrender Wake Island in ceremony on board USS Levy (DE-162). 1954 - The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
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1807 - The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon. 1918 - Navy ships and crews assist earthquake victims of Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan. 1940 - Destroyer-for-Bases agreement between U.S. and United Kingdom. 1944 - USS Finback (SS-230) rescues Lieutenant George Bush, USNR (VT-51), shot down while attacking Chichi Jima. 1945 - Japan signs surrender documents on board USS Missouri (BB-63) at anchor in Tokyo Bay. FADM Chester W. Nimitz, USN, signs for the U.S. In different ceremonies, Japanese forces on Palau Islands, Truk, and on Pagan Island and Rota in the Marianas surrender.
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1781 - French fleet traps British fleet at Yorktown, VA 1925 - CDR John Rodgers and crew of 4 in PN-9 run out of fuel on first San Francisco to Hawaii flight. Landing at sea, they rigged a sail and set sail for Hawaii. 1941 - U.S. assumes responsibility for trans-Atlantic convoys from Argentia, Canada to the meridian of Iceland 1942 - First Seabee unit to serve in a combat area, 6th Naval Construction Battalion, arrives on Guadalcanal. 1945 - USS Benevolence (AH-13) evacuates civilian internees from 2 internment camps near Tokyo, Japan
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1836 - HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands. 1943 - Commissioning of USS Harmon (DE-678), first Navy ship named for an African American Sailor. 1944 - Carrier task group begins 3-day attack on Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands. 1986 - Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die.
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Nice looking sheaves you've got there Danny. -
1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang—are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. 1682 - William Penn left England to sail to New World 1791 - The HMS Pandora sank after running aground on a reef the previous day. 1799 - Bataafse fleet surrender to English 1929 - Near New London, CT, 26 officers and men test Momsen lung to exit submerged USS S-4 1961 - Two Cuban frigates fire on a Naval Reserve aircraft on a training mission over international waters
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HMS Volage?
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1350 - Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships. 1612 - Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese 1915 - Navy salvage divers raise F-4, first U.S. submarine sunk in accident. 1914 - Arizonian is 1st vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal. 1916 - Congress passes act for expansion of Navy but most ships not completed until after World War I. 1943 - Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany 1964 - USS Boxer and 2 LSDs arrive off coast of Hispaniola to give medical aid to Haiti and Dominican Republic which were badly damaged by Hurricane Cleo.
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Hi Bob, Can't wait to see you start on this build. If it's anything like your Triton, then we're in for a good show of craftsmanship.
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HMS Challenger?
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1609 - Henry Hudson, discovers & explores Delaware Bay. 1914 - Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed. 1952 - Units on USS Boxer (CV-21) launch explosive-filled drone which explodes against railroad bridge near Hungnam, Korea. First guided missile launched from ship during Korean Conflict. 1965 - CDR Scott Carpenter and 9 aquanauts enter SeaLab II, 205 ft. below Southern California's waters to conduct underwater living and working tests. 1991 - A helicopter from USS America (CV-66) rescues 3 civilian sailors who spent 10 days in a lifeboat 80 miles off Capt May, NJ after their sailboat capsized.
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Is it HMS Rattler, the first British warship to adopt a screw propeller powered by a steam engine?
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1499 - Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians. 1704 - Battle at Malaga: French vs English & Dutch fleet. 1951 - 23 fighters from USS Essex (CV-9) escort Air Force heavy bombers attacking Najin, Korea since target was beyond range of land-based fighters.
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I'll give it to you Dave. I have it down as Svetlana 1856-1892. Your turn mate.
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1217 - Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats French fleet. 1608 - 1st English convoy lands at Surat India. 1658 - Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish fleet. 1831 - John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle. 1833 - HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina. 1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal. 1912 - Launching of USS Jupiter, first electrically propelled Navy ship. 1942 - U.S. carrier aircraft begin 2-day Battle of Eastern Solomons where Japanese task force defeated and one Japanese carrier sunk. Japanese recall expedition to recapture Guadalcanal. 1960 - USS Bexar (APA-237) deploys to Pangahan Province in response to emergency request for aid from the Province's governor.
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First clue. She was Russian.
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1541 - French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada. 1864 - RADM David Farragut's squadron captures Fort Morgan at Mobile Bay winning control of Mobile Bay 1958 - Massive concentration of Pacific Fleet in Quemoy-Matsu area prevents invasion of islands by China. 1958 - In Taiwan Straits Crisis, Units of 7th Fleet move into Taiwan area to support Taiwan against Chinese Communists. 1963 - The first satellite communications ship, USNS Kingsport (T-AG-164) in Lagos, Nigeria, connected President John F. Kennedy with Nigerian Prime Minister Balewa who was aboard for the first satellite (Syncom II) relayed telephone conversation between heads of state.
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Another old one from me. Not a great picture but I left the flags on to help . Good Luck.
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It must be the Canada that was renamed in 1977 to Quack?
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1780 - James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to Britain(Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage). 1851 - The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America. 1945 - First surrender of Japanese garrison at end of World War II; USS Levy receives surrender of Mille Atoll in Marshall Islands. 1962 - Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga. 1980 - USS Passumpsic rescues 28 Vietnamese refugees.
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Happy Birthday Mobbsie, hope you have a great day. Your Aggie is looking neat and I too like the colours you are using.
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