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The US Navy publishes photographs of the damaged nuclear attack submarine USS San Francisco taken while in dry dock on the island of Guam. |
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US Navy Cmdr. Kevin Mooney was removed from command of the the USS San Francisco and reassigned to shore duty pending an investigation of the January 8th collision with an underwater mountain 350 miles south of Guam. One of the 137 crewmembers died and 23 were injured. |
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The USS San Francisco (SSN 711), a Los Angeles Class nuclear submarine, runs aground while conducting submerged operations approximately 350 miles south of the island of Guam. The incident occurred at approximately 4 p.m., Jan. 7, Hawaii Standard Time (12 noon, Jan. 8, Guam Time). Machinist Mate 2n ... |
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The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman leaves the harbor of Marseille. The carrier will be on standby in case of a strike on Iraq. |
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The USS Greeneville, a nuclear powered submarine, surfaces underneath the Japanese fishing boat killing 9 crew and passengers. |
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Netscape, the company behind the Navigator web browser, goes public with what turned out to be the largest Initial Public Offering (IPO) in Wall Street history. |
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United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard is arrested for espionage and providing Israel with classified information on Arab nations. |
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Sen. William Cohen and Sen. William Roth reveal that the Navy has been paying $640 each for toilet seats that sell to consumers for $25. |
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Lt.JG Barbara Allen bocomes the US Navy's first female aviator. |
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U.S. Navy sailors of the submarine USS Barb rescue downed B-52G crewman Major Kent Dodson from the Pacific Ocean 300 miles south of Guam in 40 foot waves of Typhoon Rita. |
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Bob Kerrey participates in a U.S. Navy SEAL attack on the isolated peasant village of Thanh Phong, Vietnam based on intelligence that Viet Cong were holding a district-level meeting at the site. Kerry confessed to CNN in 2001 that after the lethal fire had ended, when the firing was over, "all we h ... |
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The 82 member crew of the USS Pueblo is released by the DPRK (North Korea) after being held for 11 months on charges of espionage. |
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The USS Scorpion, a Skipjack-class nuclear powered submarine, sinks 400 miles southwest of the Azores taking her crew of 99 to the bottom with no survivors. |
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Kerry receives his Navy commission as an Ensign. |
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The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes the first under water circumnavigation of the earth. |
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U.S.S. George Washington, the first ballistic missile submarine, is commissioned.
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The U.S. Navy launches the USS George Washington (SSBN-598) as the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles. Her keel was laid down at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton, Connecticut on 1 November 1957. |
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The USS Barbero (SS-317), a guided missile submarine, fires a Regulus cruise missile toward the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Mayport, Florida. In 22 minutes the missile lands, delivering two official USPS mail containers. |
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The submarine U.S.S. Nautilus begins the first nuclear-powered test voyage. |
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The USS Nautilus, a nuclear submarine created under the leadership of Admiral Rickover, travels beneath the Arctic ice cap. |
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The first nuclear powered submarine (pressurized water reactor), Nautilus, is launched. |
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The United States Navy commissions its first Aircraft Carrier, the USS Langley (CV-1). It has a flight deck of 533 feet. |
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The United States Navy demonstrates its radio controlled flying bomb. |
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Esek Hopkins is appointed commander-in-chief of the newly established Continental Navy. Within two years he is cashiered for failure to follow orders from Congress. |
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Congress establishes the American Navy. |
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