18 March 1945 A.D. USS MENGES (DE-320), USS MOSELY (DE-321), USS PRIDE (DE-323) & USS LOWE (DE-325) Sink U-Boat U-866 Off Nova Scotia
18 March 1945 A.D. USS MENGES (DE-320), USS MOSELY (DE-321), USS PRIDE (DE-323) & USS LOWE (DE-325) Sink U-Boat U-866 Off Nova Scotia http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1901 - During the Philippine Insurrection, USS Vicksburg (Gunboat #11), commanded by Cmdr. E.B. Barry, begins supporting the U.S. Armys operations under Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston around Kasiguran Bay and Palanan Bay, Luzon, Philippines. 1945 - Four destroyers, USS Menges (DE 320), USS Mosely (DE 321), USS Pride (DE 323) and USS Lowe (DE 325), sink the German submarine U 866 south of Nova Scotia. 1945 - Planes from Task Force 58 attack airfields on southern Kyushu and shipping lanes, including a Japanese convoy escorted by Coast Defense Vessel No. 29 and submarine chaser Ch 58. 1974 - As a part of the cease fire between Egypt and Israel after the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Task Force 56 is sent to sweep mines from the northern part of the Suez Canal as part of Operation Nimble Star. 198...