| 1823: | After pirate attack, LT David G. Farragut leads landing party to destroy pirate stronghold in Cuba. |
| 1944: | Invasion and recapture of Guam begins. |
| 1946: | In first U.S. test of adaptability of jet aircraft to shipboard operations, XFD-1 Phantom makes landings and takeoffs without catapults from Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
| 1987: | Navy escorts first Earnest Will Convoy in the Persian Gulf. |