1 March 1942 A.D. ENS Tepuni, USN from VP-82 Sinks U-Boat (U-656) Off Newfoundland—1st U-Boat Sunk by U.S. Forces in WWII
1 March 1942 A.D. ENS Tepuni, USN from VP-82 Sinks U-Boat (U-656)
Off Newfoundland—1st U-Boat Sunk by U.S. Forces in WWII
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- Side-wheel steamship Harvest Moon, while underway near Georgetown, S.C., with
Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren on board, hits a Confederate mine (or
"torpedo" in contemporary terms) and sinks with the loss of one of
her crew.
1942 - Naval Reserve pilot Ensign William Tepuni, flying a Lockheed Hudson reconnaissance, light bombing and transport aircraft (PBO) from VP-82 Squadron based at Naval Air Station Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada, attacks and sinks German submarine U 656 southwest of NewfoundlandX the first U-boat sunk by U.S. forces in World War II.
1953 - During the Korean War, USS Valley Forge (CVA 45) aircraft raid the No.1 power plant at Chosen, Korea and heavily damage the strongly defended industrial site.
1991 - Following USS Missouri's (BB 63) bombardment of Faylaka Island during Operation Desert Storm, hundreds of Iraqi soldiers wave white flags and surrender to the battleships Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) flying overhead.
1942 - Naval Reserve pilot Ensign William Tepuni, flying a Lockheed Hudson reconnaissance, light bombing and transport aircraft (PBO) from VP-82 Squadron based at Naval Air Station Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada, attacks and sinks German submarine U 656 southwest of NewfoundlandX the first U-boat sunk by U.S. forces in World War II.
1953 - During the Korean War, USS Valley Forge (CVA 45) aircraft raid the No.1 power plant at Chosen, Korea and heavily damage the strongly defended industrial site.
1991 - Following USS Missouri's (BB 63) bombardment of Faylaka Island during Operation Desert Storm, hundreds of Iraqi soldiers wave white flags and surrender to the battleships Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) flying overhead.
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