This Day in Naval History - Aug. 17

From the Navy News Service

1812 - Frigate President captures British schooner L'Adeline in North Atlantic.  Read about this and other battles that saved this country from these War of 1812 books.

1942 - Submarines USS Nautilus (SS 168) and USS Argonaut (SS 166) land 222 Marines on Makin Island, first amphibious attack made from submarines.

1959 - Adm. Arleigh Burke re-appointed as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) for third two-year term, serving longest term as CNO.

1962 - Navy's first hydrofoil patrol craft, USS High Point (PCH 1) launched at Seattle, Wash.

This Day in Naval History - Aug. 03

From the Navy News Service

1804 - American Squadron, including USS Constitution, attacks Tripoli.

1812 - Frigate Essex capture British brig Brothers.

1861 - Construction of USS Monitor authorized.

1861 - First manned ascent in a balloon from a ship, gunboat USS Fanny, to observe Confederate artillery position at Hampton Roads, Va.

1942 - Mildred McAffee (Horton) becomes the first woman officer commissioned into the Naval Reserve.

1950 - First Marine Corps aviation mission against North Korea by VMF-214, from USS Sicily (CVE 118).  Read about this historic event and others from the best Korean War books.

1950 - First helicopter evacuation in Korea by VMO-6.

1958 - USS Nautilus (SSN 571) is first ship to reach the geographic North Pole while submerged.

1970 - USS James Madison (SSBN 627) conducts first submerged launching of Poseidon nuclear missile off Cape Kennedy.