7 March 1778 A.D. Continental Frigate, RANDOLPH, Explodes While Attacking HMS YARMOUTH Off Barbados—4 of 305 Sailors Survive
7 March 1778 A.D. Continental Frigate, RANDOLPH, Explodes While Attacking HMS YARMOUTH Off Barbados—4 of 305 Sailors Survive http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1778 - Continental frigate Randolph explodes while attacking HMS Yarmouth off the coast of Barbados, killing all but four of her 305 crew. 1942 - USS Grenadier (SS 210) torpedoes Japanese Asahisan Maru south of Shioya Saki, causing damage to the transport ship. 1956 - The fleet assignment of the all-weather fighter, F3H-2N Demon, begins with the delivery of six to VF-14 at Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Fla. 1958 - USS Grayback (SSG 574) is commissioned. She is the first submarine built from the keel up with guided missile capability to fire the Regulus II missile. 1960 - USS Kearsarge (CVS 33) rescues four Russian soldiers from their landing craft 1,000 miles from Midway Island, which had been drifting several weeks after their engine failed off Kamchatka Peninsula. 1994 - The Navy issues the fi...