| 1776: | Sloop-of-war Ranger, frigate Queen of France and frigate Warren capture British Hibernia and 7 other vessels |
| 1862: | Naval Gunfire from Tyler and Lexington help save Union Troops at Battle of Shiloh |
| 1909: | Commander Robert E. Peary reports reaching the North Pole |
| 1917: | U.S. declares war on Germany |
| 1945: | First heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa. |
| 1961: | USS Lake Champlain brings oxygen to aid stricken passenger of British liner Queen of Bermuda. |
| 1968: | USS New Jersey recommissioned for shore bombardment duty in Vietnam |
| 1989: | President orders DOD to assist in Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup |
| 1993: | Branch Navy Hospital Adak responds to crash of civilian Chinese airline providing lifesaving treatment and medical evacuation of 89 injured passengers. Only one passenger out of 265 passengers died. |