14 February 1945 A.D. USS GATO (SS-212) Sinks Japanese COV-9 in the Yellow Sea; USS HAWKBILL (SS-366) Sinks Japanese CH-4 & CH-114 in the Java Sea
14 February 1945 A.D. USS GATO (SS-212) Sinks Japanese COV-9 in the Yellow Sea; USS HAWKBILL (SS-366) Sinks Japanese CH-4 & CH-114 in the Java Sea http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1778 - Continental ship, Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones, receives the first official salute to a U.S. Stars and Stripes flag by a foreign government (the French fleet) at Quiberon, France. 1813 - The frigate Essex, commanded by Capt. David Porter, becomes the first U.S. Navy warship to round Cape Horn and enter the Pacific Ocean. 1814 - The frigate Constitution, commanded by Capt. Charles Stewart, captures the British Lovely Ann off Guiana, the first of four during a five-day period. 1945 - USS Gato (SS 212) sinks Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No.9 in the Yellow Sea and USS Hawkbill (SS 366) sinks Japanese auxiliary submarine chasers Cha 4 and Cha 114 in the Java Sea. 1945 - Water Tender Second Class Elmer C. Bigelow heroically fights a blaze after USS Fletcher (DD 44...