8 February 1991 A.D. OPERATION DESERT STORM—USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) Puts 36 Rounds on Iraqi Artillery from 16-Inch Guns
8 February 1991 A.D. OPERATION DESERT STORM—USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) Puts 36 Rounds on Iraqi Artillery from 16-Inch Guns http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1862 - During the Civil War, a joint amphibious expedition under the command of Flag Officer L. M. Goldsborough and U.S. Army Brigadier Gen. Ambrose Burnside captures Roanoke Island, N.C., securing Norfolk Navy Yard and eventually the destruction of CSS Virginia. 1890 - A detachment of USS Omaha Sailors and Marines comes ashore at the town of Hodogaya, Japan, to assist in fighting an extensive fire. 1942 - A Japanese destroyer sinks after being torpedoed by Navy submarine S37 (SS 142) the day before off Makassar. 1943 - USS Snook (SS 279) attacks a Japanese convoy off the west coast of Kyushu and sinks the transport Lima Maru and survives depth charges about 30 miles southeast of Goto Retto. 1953 - USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) conducts counter-battery fire on a gun shelling Korean sampans in the Ko...