1 March 1942 A.D. ENS Tepuni, USN from VP-82 Sinks U-Boat (U-656) Off Newfoundland—1st U-Boat Sunk by U.S. Forces in WWII
1 March 1942 A.D. ENS Tepuni, USN from VP-82 Sinks U-Boat (U-656) Off Newfoundland—1 st U-Boat Sunk by U.S. Forces in WWII http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1865 - Side-wheel steamship Harvest Moon, while underway near Georgetown, S.C., with Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren on board, hits a Confederate mine (or "torpedo" in contemporary terms) and sinks with the loss of one of her crew. 1942 - Naval Reserve pilot Ensign William Tepuni, flying a Lockheed Hudson reconnaissance, light bombing and transport aircraft (PBO) from VP-82 Squadron based at Naval Air Station Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada, attacks and sinks German submarine U 656 southwest of NewfoundlandX the first U-boat sunk by U.S. forces in World War II. 1953 - During the Korean War, USS Valley Forge (CVA 45) aircraft raid the No.1 power plant at Chosen, Korea and heavily damage the strongly defended industrial site. 1991 - Following USS Missouri's (BB 63) bombardment of Faylaka Isla...