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November
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1776
Captain John Paul Jones in Alfred with brig Providence captures British transport Mellish, carrying winter uniforms later used by Washington's troops
1890
USS Maine, first American battleship, is launched
1890
First Army-Navy football game (Navy won 24 to 0)
1912
LT Theodore Ellyson makes first successful launching of an airplane (A-3) by catapult at the Washington Navy Yard
1915
An AB-2 flying boat piloted by LCDR Henry Mustin makes the first underway catapult launch from a ship, USS North Carolina, at Pensacola Bay, FL.
1921
USS Olympia arrives at the Washington Navy Yard from France carrying the body of the Unknown Soldier for internment at Arlington National Cemetery
1924
USS Langley, first aircraft carrier, reports for duty
1942
First officer and enlisted women from training schools report for shore duty
1943
Battleship Oklahoma, sunk at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, is refloated
1981
Commissioning of first Trident-class Nuclear Powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine, USS Ohio (SSBN-726)
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December
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1861
Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel
1867
U.S. claims Midway Island, first territory annexed outside Continental limits
1941
USS Lexington (CV-2) sails with Task Force 12 to ferry Marine aircraft to Midway, leaving no carriers at Pearl Harbor
1941
PBY piloted by LT Utter of VP-101 shoots down Japanese ZERO in the first Navy air-to-air kill during World War II
1941
Admiral Ernest J. King designated Commander- in-Chief, United States Fleet in charge of all operating naval fleets and coastal frontier forces, reporting directly to the President
1942
Eight PT boats (PT 36, PT 37, PT 40, PT 43, PT 44, PT 48, PT 59, and PT 109) turn back 8
Japanese destroyers attempting to reinforce Japanese forces on Guadalcanal
1943
USS Silversides (SS-236) sinks three Japanese ships and damages a fourth off Palau
*Editor's note - see the Silversides page at: http://www.silversides.org/silversides.html
1965
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) and USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) become first nuclear-powered task unit used in combat operations with launch of air strikes near Bien Hoa, Vietnam
1982
Recommissioning of USS New Jersey (BB-62), the first of four Iowa-class battleships that were returned to service in 1980s
1983
Aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down
1998
In Operation Desert Fox, Navy cruise missiles attack Iraq
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