7 May 1934 A.D. BOSTON: USS CONSTITUTION returns homeport after touring 90 cities along Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts
7 May 1934 A.D. BOSTON: USS CONSTITUTION returns homeport after touring 90 cities along Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1779 - The Continental Navy sloop Providence, captures the British brig Diligent off Sandy Hook and is later acquired for service in the Continental Navy. 1934 - The frigate Constitution completes her tour of 90 port cities along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts when she returned to Boston, Mass. 1942 - The Battle of the Coral Sea resumes as Task Force Seventeen (TF-17) intercepts the Japanese intending to invade Port Moresby, New Guinea marking the first naval battle where aircraft carriers engage each other out of sight from one another. 1945 - Marine Pfc. Albert E. Schwab scales a cliff, alone and under fire, to the enemy position skillfully uses his flame thrower to destroy two hostile gun emplacements. He is mortally wounded and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. 1945 - Gen. Afred Jod...