29 March 1944 A.D. USS ERICSSON (DD-440) & USS KEARNY (DD-432) Sink U-Boat (U-223); U-223 Previously Sank SS DORCHESTER of Four Chaplains Fame, 3 Feb 1943
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29 March 1944 A.D. USS ERICSSON (DD-440) & USS KEARNY (DD-432) Sink U-Boat (U-223); U-223 Previously Sank SS DORCHESTER of Four Chaplains Fame, 3 Feb 1943 USS ERICSSON (DD-440) http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1844 - Uriah P. Levy, the Navys first Jewish flag officer, is promoted to the rank of captain. He also becomes the first of the Jewish faith promoted to commodore and is instrumental in persuading Congress to abolish flogging in the Navy. 1863 - Union troops brought ashore by USS Norwich to Jacksonville, Fla., ransack and loot the residents before evacuating the city. Also on this date, USS South Carolina, captures the schooner Nellie off Port Royal, S.C. 1944 - USS Haddo (SS 255) torpedoes and sinks Japanese army cargo ship Nichian Maru in South China Sea. Also on this date, USS Tunny (SS 282) torpedoes the Japanese battleship Musashi off Palau, necessitating for her to be repaired in Japan. 1944 - USS Ericsson (DD 440) and USS Kearny...