1864:	RADM David Farragut's squadron captures Fort Morgan at Mobile Bay winning control of Mobile Bay
1958:	In Taiwan Straits Crisis, Units of 7th Fleet move into Taiwan area to support Taiwan against Chinese Communists.
1958:	Massive concentration of Pacific Fleet in Quemoy-Matsu area prevents invasion of islands by China.
1963:	The first satellite communications ship, USNS Kingsport (T-AG-164) in Lagos, Nigeria, connected President John F. Kennedy with Nigerian Prime Minister Balewa who was aboard for the first satellite (Syncom II) relayed telephone conversation between heads of state.