17 March 1945 A.D. USS SEALION (SS-315) Sinks Oiler TRENGGANU; USS SPOT (SS-413) Sink Army Cargo Ship NANKING MARU & Damages/Beaches Cargo Ship IKOMASAN MARU
17 March 1945 A.D. USS SEALION (SS-315) Sinks Oiler TRENGGANU; USS SPOT (SS-413) Sink Army Cargo Ship NANKING MARU & Damages/Beaches Cargo Ship IKOMASAN MARU http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1898 - John Hollands submarine, Holland IV, performs the first successful diving and surfacing tests off Staten Island, N.Y. 1944 - USS Block Island (CVE 21) torpedo bomber aircraft from Composite Squadron (VC 6), along with USS Corry (DD 463) and USS Bronstein (DE 189), sink German submarine U 801 west of Cape Verdes. 1945 - USS Sealion (SS 315) sinks Bangkok-bound Thai oiler Samui off Trengganu coast, while USS Spot (SS 413) attacks a Japanese convoy and sinks army cargo vessel Nanking Maru off Yushiyama Island and damages cargo Ikomasan Maru, beached off Matsu Island. 1958 - The Naval Research Laboratory satellite Vanguard 1 is launched into orbit to test the capabilities of a three-stage launch vehicle and effects of the environment on a satellite and its syst...