16 December 1944 A.D. USS SWORDFISH (SS-193) Attacks Japanese Convoy South of Hinian
Island; Sink Army Transport Ship ATSUTASAN MARU
1821 - Lt. Robert F. Stockton
and Dr. Eli Ayers, a naval surgeon and member of American Colonizing Society,
persuade a local African king to sell territory for a colony that becomes the
Republic of Liberia.
1907 - The Great White Fleet departs Hampton Roads, Va. to circumnavigate the world. The Great White Fleet returns to Hampton Roads Feb. 22, 1909.
1922 - Lt. Cmdr. Walter A. Edwards, commanding USS Bainbridge (DD 246), leads the rescue of 482 passengers from the burning French transport Vinh-Long by placing his destroyer in dangerous positions to ensure the passengers could disembark, despite a series of explosions. He later brings them to Constantinople. For his leadership and heroism, Edwards receives the Medal of Honor.
1944 - USS Swordfish (SS 193) attacks a Japanese convoy south of Hainan Island and sinks Japanese army transport Atsutasan Maru.
1998 - In Operation Desert Fox, Navy cruise missiles attack Iraq to degrade Saddam Husseins ability to make and use weapons of mass destruction. After much of the Iraqi infrastructure is destroyed, the U.S. ceases fire Dec. 20.
1907 - The Great White Fleet departs Hampton Roads, Va. to circumnavigate the world. The Great White Fleet returns to Hampton Roads Feb. 22, 1909.
1922 - Lt. Cmdr. Walter A. Edwards, commanding USS Bainbridge (DD 246), leads the rescue of 482 passengers from the burning French transport Vinh-Long by placing his destroyer in dangerous positions to ensure the passengers could disembark, despite a series of explosions. He later brings them to Constantinople. For his leadership and heroism, Edwards receives the Medal of Honor.
1944 - USS Swordfish (SS 193) attacks a Japanese convoy south of Hainan Island and sinks Japanese army transport Atsutasan Maru.
1998 - In Operation Desert Fox, Navy cruise missiles attack Iraq to degrade Saddam Husseins ability to make and use weapons of mass destruction. After much of the Iraqi infrastructure is destroyed, the U.S. ceases fire Dec. 20.
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