Tuesday, January 11, 2011

This Day in Naval History - Jan. 11

From the Navy News Service

1863 - CSS Alabama sinks USS Hatteras off Galveston.
1900 - The gunboat Princeton takes possession of the Batan Islands in the northern Philippines.
1944 - Aircraft from USS Block Island (CVE 21) lead the first aircraft rocket attack on a German submarine.

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