top of page
Search
This Day in History: USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerrière
On this day in 1812, USS Constitution wins an intense naval battle against HMS Guerrière . Perhaps you know that Constitution is...
tara
Aug 194 min read
This Day in History: Quentin Walsh's Navy Cross
On this day in 1944, a Coast Guardsman leads a daring mission, capturing hundreds of Germans and freeing dozens of American POWs....
tara
Jun 274 min read
This Day in History: USS Scorpion
On this day in 1968, a nuclear submarine in the United States Navy makes her last contact with an American base. She would soon go...
tara
May 213 min read
This Day in History: Operation Drumbeat
On this day in 1942, an American passenger-cargo ship travels from Guatemala to New Orleans. No one could then know it, but Heredia ...
tara
May 164 min read
This Day in History: Escapades of John Paul Jones
On this day in 1778, American naval hero John Paul Jones writes a “Chivalrous Letter” to the Countess of Selkirk. Or so it has been...
tara
May 83 min read
This Day in History: Last German U-boat in American waters
On this day in 1945, Americans destroy a German submarine near Point Judith, Rhode Island. That submarine, U-853, had torpedoed an...
tara
May 73 min read
This Day in History: The Titanic
On this day in 1912, RMS Titanic departs on its maiden voyage from Southhampton to New York. That trip famously ended when the ship hit...
tara
Apr 103 min read
This Day in History: Navy Cross recipient George S. Rentz
On this day in 1942, a Navy chaplain engages in an action that would earn him the Navy Cross. George S. Rentz is the only Navy Chaplain...
tara
Feb 283 min read
This Day in History: USS Bismarck Sea sunk
On this day in 1945, kamikazes plow into American warships near Iwo Jima. One aircraft carrier, the USS Bismarck Sea, was fatally...
tara
Feb 213 min read
This Day in History: John Glover, unsung Revolutionary War hero
On this day in 1732, an American Patriot is born in Massachusetts. You may or may not know John Glover’s name, but you do know about the...
tara
Nov 5, 20243 min read
This Day in History: USS Philadelphia destroyed
On this day in 1803, the Tripolitans capture a stranded American vessel. Mere months later, Navy legend Stephen Decatur would set that...
tara
Oct 31, 20243 min read
This Day in History: The Airship USS Shenandoah
On this day in 1923, USS Shenandoah is christened. The rigid airship was intended for airborne surveillance, similar to what Germany...
tara
Oct 10, 20243 min read
This Day in History: Seaman Second Class John Cullen
On this day in 1920, a future U.S. Coast Guardsman is born. John “Jack” Cullen is best known for his role in finding and stopping Nazi...
tara
Oct 2, 20243 min read
This Day in History: Submarines in the American Revolution
On this day in 1776, Americans launch the first submarine attack. They hoped to break a British blockade of New York harbor. The...
tara
Sep 6, 20243 min read
This Day in History: America's Cup
On this day in 1851, the New York Yacht Club’s schooner, America , races and defeats fifteen yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Did the...
tara
Aug 22, 20243 min read
This Day in History: USS Squalus is rescued
On this day in 1939, the crew of the USS Squalus is rescued. The day before, the submarine had sunk to a shocking depth: 240 feet. The...
tara
May 24, 20243 min read
This Day in History: A Rush to Rescue USS Squalus
On this day in 1939, a Sargo-class submarine sinks during a deep dive. No submarine crew had ever been rescued once they’d sunk below 20...
tara
May 23, 20243 min read
This Day in History: USS Thresher sinks
On this day in 1963, the USS Thresher sinks off the coast of Cape Cod. Sadly, a rescue ship was floating helplessly above the wreckage,...
tara
Apr 10, 20243 min read
This Day in History: The Great White Fleet
On this day in 1909, sixteen American battleships arrive at Hampton Roads, Virginia. This “Great White Fleet” of U.S. Navy vessels had...
tara
Feb 22, 20243 min read
This Day in History: The Unlucky "Willie Dee"
On this day in 1943, a U.S. Navy destroyer accidentally torpedoes the battleship USS Iowa, then ferrying Franklin D. Roosevelt across the...
tara
Nov 14, 20233 min read
bottom of page