FY 16 1st Qtr USN Hx Flashcards
1820
Schooner Lynx:
Mission Suppressing Pirates
Never heard from again and no trace of 50 man crew.
Schooner - sailing ship with 2+ masts
First ship on the line for Barbary States
1863
Iron side’s wheel gunboat
Duped by Confederate Alabama and sunk in battle.
Gunboat - watercraft carrying one+ guise for coastal targets.
1900
Gunboat USS Princeton takes possession of Bataan Island group in the Philippines. (during the Philippine insurrection.
Over throw of Spanish Rulers (Emperors). US occupied the Philippines after Spanish-American War, then another war broke out. Filipinos fought for their independence. Lost to US.
1905
Gunboat USS Petrel is first navy ship to enter Pearl Harbor.
Sailors were awarded the MOH after a fire in 1901
1944
USS Block Island makes first aircraft rocket attack on German Sub.
1991
USS Chosin is commissioned. A guided missile cruiser.