- 1902 - Admiral of the Navy George Dewey receives orders to send his battleship to Trinidad and then to Venezuela to make sure Great Britain and Germany's dispute with Venezuela was settled by peaceful arbitration not force.
- 1944 - Adm. William Halsey's 3rd Fleet encounters a typhoon northeast of Samar. Destroyers USS Hull (DD 350), USS Monaghan (DD 354) and USS Spence (DD 512) sink, while 21 other ships are damaged.
- 1965 - The River Patrol Force is established in Vietnam.
- 1965 - Helicopters from Helicopter Squadron 11 on USS Wasp (CVS 18) pick up crew and capsule of Gemini 7 after picking up the crew and capsule of Gemini 6 two days earlier.
- 1967 - Operation Preakness II begins in Mekong Delta.
- 1972 - Mining and bombing of North Vietnam resumes with Linebacker II Operation.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
December 18th in Naval History
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