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June 2002
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1. NavyChief.com Contest
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2. Navy Ships and Mt. Vernon Tribute
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Special thanks to subscriber and Shipmate Ed Loudenslarger for this article idea. Ed has experienced passing Mt. Vernon and he says, "it is a moving tribute."
Navy ships passing Mt. Vernon pay tribute to George Washington.
Commodore Charles Morris, United States Navy, related the earliest known account of this ceremony. In May of 1801, three men-of-war of the U.S. Navy passed up the Potomac River to the new Navy Yard in the District of Columbia. Commodore Morris, as a young midshipman, was on board the two-year old frigate USS Congress (36 guns, Captain James Sever). In his autobiography he states:
"The ship was delayed by head-winds so that we
did not reach Washington till late in May. We passed the frigate United States in the lower part of the Potomac. About 10 o'clock in the morning of a beautifully serene day, we passed Mount Vernon. Every one was on deck to look upon the dwelling where Washington had made his home. Mrs. Washington and others of the family could be distinguished in the portico which fronts the river. When opposite the house, by order of Captain Sever, the sails were lowered, the colors displayed half-masted, and a mourning salute of thirteen guns was fired as a mark of respect to the memory of Washington, whose life had so recently closed, and whose tomb was in our view. The general silence on board the ship and around us, except when broken by the cannon's sound, the echo and re-echo of that sound from the near and distant hills, as it died away in the distance, the whole ship's company uncovered and motionless, and the associations connected with the ceremony, seemed to make a deep impression upon all, as they did certainly upon me. When the salute was finished the sails were again set, the colors hoisted, and we proceeded up the river. The frigate New York had preceded us, without saluting, but we found her grounded on the bar at the entrance of the eastern branch of the Potomac, and the Congress, passing her, was the first ship of war that reached what has since become the Navy Yard at Washington. The frigates New York and United States joined us a few days afterwards."
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The USNR TAR and SELRES selection board is underway and the USN board is just around the corner. Another round of selectees will have a summer filled with fun and training!
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4. The Ship's Store - New Items
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5. This Month in U.S. Navy History
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U.S. Navy History for June includes:
1777:
John Paul Jones takes command of Ranger
1794:
The first officers of the U.S. Navy under the Constitution are appointed. The first 6 captains appointed to superintend the construction of new ships were John Barry, Samuel Nicholson, Silas Talbot, Joshua Barney, Richard Dale, and Thomas Truxtun
1830:
Sloop-of-war Vincennes becomes first U.S. warship to circle the globe
1914:
General Order 99 prohibits alcohol on board naval vessels, or at navy yards or stations
1927:
USS Memphis arrives at Washington, DC, with Charles Lindbergh and his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, after his non-stop flight across the Atlantic
1934:
USS Ranger, first ship designed from the keel up as a carrier, is commissioned at Norfolk, VA
1941:
First escort carrier, USS Long Island (CVE-1), commissioned
1942:
Battle of Midway (4-6 June). The 4 Japanese carriers which attacked Pearl Harbor are sunk; this decisive U.S. victory is a turning point in the Pacific war
1942:
First African-American officer, Bernard W. Robinson, commissioned in Naval Reserve
1945:
Okinawa was declared secure after the most costly naval campaign in history. The U.S. lost 30 ships with an additional 223 damaged, mostly from kamikaze attacks. The U.S. had 5,000 dead and 5,000 wounded - the Japanese lost 100,000
1954:
First test of steam catapult aboard USS Hancock
1958:
Navy and Post Office deliver first official missile mail when USS Barbero (SS-317) fired a Regulus II missile with 3,000 letters 100 miles east of Jacksonville, FL to Mayport, FL.
1959:
Launching of USS George Washington (SSBN-598), the first nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine, at Groton, CT
1985:
Steelworker Second Class Robert D. Stethem, USN was killed by militant Shi'ite hijackers on TWA Flight 847. He posthumously received a Bronze Star for his heroism
1991:
2 battle groups and amphibious ships evacuate dependents and Air Force personnel from Clark Air Force Base after Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines
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