| 1898: | USS Oregon departs San Francisco for 14,000 mile trip around South America to join U.S. Squadron off Cuba |
| 1917: | Navy Department authorizes enrollment of women in Naval Reserve with ratings of yeoman, radio electrician, or other essential ratings |
| 1942: | SecNav gave Civil Engineering Corps command of Seabees |
| 2003: | Operation Iraqi Freedom begins with Tomahawk strikes from Navy ships and submarines |