This Day in Naval History - July 05

From the Navy News Service

1814 - Sloop-of-war Peacock captures British Stranger, Venus, Adiona and Fortitude.

1815 - Commodore Stephen Decatur's squadron arrives at Tripoli to collect reparations for seizure of American merchant ships in violation of Treaty of 1805.

This Day in Naval History - June 30

From the Navy News Service

1815 - USS Peacock takes HMS Nautilus, last action of the War of 1812.

1943 - 3rd Fleet Amphibious Force lands troops on Rendova Island while naval gunfire silences Japanese artillery.

1951 - Naval Administration of Marianas ends.