11 May 1862 A.D. Confederates Destroy CSS VIRGINIA
11 May 1862 A.D.
Confederates Destroy CSS
VIRGINIA
1862 - CSS Virginia is destroyed by Confederates
off Craney Island to prevent capture.
1898 - During the Spanish-American War, Marines and Sailors from USS Marblehead (C 11) and USS Nashville (PG 7) cut the trans-oceanic cable near Cienfuegos, Cuba, isolating Cuba from Spain. For heroism during this action, 54 Marines and Sailors received the Medal of Honor.
1943 - In the Attu Operation, Task Force 16, commanded by Rear Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid, landed a force of 3,000 US Army troops of the 7th Division in the cold and the mist of the Aleutians.
1945 - During the Okinawa Campaign, kamikazes crash into Task Force 58s flagship, USS Bunker Hill (CV 17). As a result, Vice Adm. Marc A. Mitscher transfers his flag to USS English (DD 696), then to USS Enterprise (CV 6) on May 14.
1945 - German submarine U 541 surrenders to Allied Forces.
1950 - Viking Rocket #4 is launched from USS Norton Sound (AV-11), near the equator, for a successful 106.4 mile vertical flight called Project Reach.
1898 - During the Spanish-American War, Marines and Sailors from USS Marblehead (C 11) and USS Nashville (PG 7) cut the trans-oceanic cable near Cienfuegos, Cuba, isolating Cuba from Spain. For heroism during this action, 54 Marines and Sailors received the Medal of Honor.
1943 - In the Attu Operation, Task Force 16, commanded by Rear Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid, landed a force of 3,000 US Army troops of the 7th Division in the cold and the mist of the Aleutians.
1945 - During the Okinawa Campaign, kamikazes crash into Task Force 58s flagship, USS Bunker Hill (CV 17). As a result, Vice Adm. Marc A. Mitscher transfers his flag to USS English (DD 696), then to USS Enterprise (CV 6) on May 14.
1945 - German submarine U 541 surrenders to Allied Forces.
1950 - Viking Rocket #4 is launched from USS Norton Sound (AV-11), near the equator, for a successful 106.4 mile vertical flight called Project Reach.
Editors. “1862 – C.S.S. Virginia blown up by her crew off Craney Island to avoid capture.” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/may-11/. Accessed 6 May 2015.
1862 – C.S.S. Virginia blown up by her crew off
Craney Island to avoid capture. The fall of Norfolk to Union forces denied
Virginia her base, and when it was discovered that she drew too much water to
be brought up the James River, Flag Officer Tattnall ordered the celebrated
ironclad’s destruction. “Thus perished the Virginia,” Tattnall wrote, “and with
her many highflown hopes of naval supremacy and success.” For the Union, the
end of Virginia not only removed the formidable threat to the large base at
Fort Monroe, but gave Flag Officer Goldsborough’s fleet free passage up the
James River as far as Drewry’s Bluff, a factor which was to save the Peninsular
Campaign from probable disaster.
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