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| This Month in Naval History | ||||||||||||||||
| January 16, 1780 British Admiral Rodney defeated a fleet of 11 Spanish frigates and thus relieved the siege of Gibraltar. January 5-9th 1814 - The USS President captures three British vessels in the West Indies: Wanderere, Edward and Jonathan January 11th 18-20th The USS Enterprises supported by the Rattlesnake seized the Spanish Brigantine, the Isabella that had been captured by the British January 15th 1815 The USS President ran aground while trying to run the British blockade off Long Island. It is then captured. January 13th 1942- The submarine USS Searhaven sinks the Japanese cargo ship Shiraha Mura January 24th 1942- Battle of Makassar Strait- Four US destroyer- the USS Parrott, Paul Jones, John T Ford and Pope pounce on a Japanese troop convoy in the Makassar Straits of the Java Sea. Four Japanese transports are sunk, while the John T Ford is damaged |
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The Navy in the News
Sailors killed in explosion on USS Cole (DDG 67) honored in memorial in Norfolk |
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