26 April 1944 A.D. NW OF CANARY ISLANDS, OFF FRANCE: U-Boat (U-488) Sunk by USS FROST (DE-144), USS HUSE (DE-145), USS BARBER (DE-161) AND USS SNOWDEN (DE-246)
26 April 1944 A.D. NW OF CANARY ISLANDS, OFF FRANCE: U-Boat (U-488) Sunk by USS FROST (DE-144), USS HUSE (DE-145), USS BARBER (DE-161) AND USS SNOWDEN (DE-246) http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1860 - The screw steamship Mohawk captures the slaver Wildfire with 530 slaves on board in the Bahama Channel, taking them to a camp in Key West guarded by Mohawks Marines until returned home. 1869 - As a post-Civil War push for re-enlistments, the Good Conduct Medal, then called Good Conduct Badge, is authorized by Secretary of the Navy Adolphus E. Borie. 1918 - USS Stewart (DD 13) collides with an unidentified steamer near Brest, France. Just days earlier, Stewart crew members attacked a German submarine and saved the SS Florence H crew when she exploded internally. 1944 - USS Frost (DE 144), USS Huse (DE 145), USS Barber (DE 161) and USS Snowden (DE 246) sink the German submarine U 488 northwest of the Canary Islands. 1952 - While steaming at night in f...