24 March 1944 A.D. USS BOWFIN (SS-287) Sinks Japanese Troop Transport & Cargo Ship
24 March 1944 A.D. USS BOWFIN (SS-287) Sinks Japanese Troop Transport & Cargo Ship http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1898 - The battleship USS Kentucky (BB 6) is launched in Newport News, Va. 1903 - Adm. George Dewey is commissioned Admiral of the Navy, the only person to hold this rank. Upon his death Jan. 16, 1917, Congress deactivates the rank. 1919 - The battleship USS Idaho (BB 42) is commissioned. Idaho serves with the Pacific fleet, participating in gunfire support of the Aleutian, Marianas, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa Campaigns, and is in Tokyo Bay Sept. 2, 1945 when Japan formally surrenders. 1936 - USS Balch (DD 363), named after Rear Adm. George B. Balch, is launched. 1944 - USS Bowfin (SS 287) attacks a Japanese convoy, sinking both a transport and army cargo ship. 1977 - The initial service acceptance trials for the CH 53E Super Stallion are completed at Naval Air Test Center (NATC), Naval Air Station Patuxent River. 1986 - The first oper...