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The Barbary Wars
@Mediterranean Feb 16 1804
Burning USS Philadelphia
The war of 1812
On August 19, 1812, USS Constitution met and defeated HMS Guerriere, a 38-gun British frigate under the command of Captain James Richard Dacres. While relatively inconsequential in strategic terms for the War of 1812, the stunning victory provided a much needed morale boost for the American public.
Clash of the Ironclads
- date
- combatants
- other name
- March 9 1862 draw
- Monitor vs Virginia
- Battle of Hampton Roads
The Spanish American War
- Feb 15 1898
- Preceded by Cuban independence
- Explosion killed 250
Voyage of the Great White Fleet
The Great White Fleet was a sixteen battleship fleet that sailed on a world voyage from December 16, 1907 - February 22, 1909. Its primary purpose was to showcase American naval power. Dubbed the Great White Fleet because the ships were painted all white.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941, over 15 U.S. Navy ships were sunk or damaged, including all 8 battleships of the Pacific Fleet. Some 3,400 Navy and Marine Corps personnel were killed or wounded.
The Battle of the Atlantic
On the Atlantic side of World War II, The German submarine menace was contained, and England and Europe got vital supplies and troops. The first phase of the battle for the Atlantic lasted from the autumn of 1939 until the fall of France in June 1940.
1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany’s subsequent counter-blockade. The campaign peaked from mid-1940 through to the end of 1943.
Battle of Coral Sea
May 4-8 1942
Fleets never saw each other
USS Lexington and USS Yorktown vs
Shoho, Shokaku and Zuikaku
US won losing and oiler and Lexington
Battle of Normandy
June 6 1944
Largest amphibious operation in history.
Battle of Midway
1942
Turning point of the war in the pacific
USS Yorktown USS Horner and USS Enterprise
Guadalcanal
November 1942. The island meant the southern Solomons under allied control
Battle of Leyte Gulf
- October 23 1944
- Japanese sent naval force to salvage the Philippines
- Final blow to the Japanese
- Largest Naval Battle
Battle of Iwo Jima
Feb Mar 1945
Capture of the island
USS Pueblo
January 23, 1968
Intelligence Vessel captured by NK
82/83 made it
USS Independence
1946
CV-22/ CVL/22
4th with name
Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons tests
Shots: Able & Baker
USS Nautilus
First Nuclear Submarine
January 17, 1955
First to reach North Pole
USS Forrestal Fire
July 29, 1967
Accidental rocket launched
Greatest lost of life since WW2
Cold War
Mar 12, 1947 – Dec 26, 1991
Truman Doctrine - The dissolution of the Soviet Union
US did not recognize USSR as a legitimate part of the international community
USS Stark attack
May 1987
Iraq accidental kill of 37 sailors
USS Vincennes incident
July 3 1988
Vincennes Navy ship mistakenly takes down commercial plane defending oil trade route in the Persian Gulf
Operation Preying Mantis
April 18, 1988 counter attack on Iran after the mining of USS Samuel April 14 1988
USS Cole attack (/bombing)
Oct 12 2000
Al-Qaeda suicide attack Yemen
9 11
4 coordinated attacks
Al Qaeda almost 3,000 death
2 x New York, Washington DC, Shanksville Pennsylvania.
