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NNS080905-09. DOE Recognizes NSWC Carderock for Federal Energy and Water Management
By Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communications
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) in Washington selected Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock, a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) field activity, Aug. 18 for the 2008 Federal Energy and Water Management Award.
NSWC Carderock is one of two Navy commands to earn the award for its energy efficiency and energy management program in the organization category.
"I can't say enough good things about our facilities division, their innovation and dedication," said Capt. Mark W. Thomas, NSWC Carderock Division commander. "They understand that every dollar they save is another dollar that can go toward ships, submarines, carriers and warfighters--and that's what we're all here for."
DoE, in conjunction with the Federal Interagency Energy Policy Committee, sponsors the Federal Energy and Water Management Awards. These awards honor individuals and organizations making significant contributions to the efficient use of energy and water resources in the federal government.
Awards recognize outstanding achievements in the following areas:
* the conservation and efficient use of energy and water;
* the use of renewable energy sources;
* implementing sustainable practices for high performance buildings; and
* implementing sustainable practices for vehicle fleet management.
Earlier this year, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock's Ship Systems Engineering Station (SSES), Philadelphia, Pa., earned a FY 2007 Secretary of the Navy Energy Award (Platinum Award) by implementing energy efficient lighting systems, new heating and lighting systems, direct digital control systems and improvements to HVAC controls and the cooling tower. These efforts reduced energy consumption per square foot by 15.5 percent. Additionally, SSES developed and executed activity-funded projects and initiatives to help meet and exceed mandated energy and water reduction goals.
The Department of the Navy's worldwide energy program is currently exceeding the Energy Policy Act goals. The program, managed by Naval Facilities Engineering Command, includes state-of-the-art technology and design, uses the most energy efficient products, focuses on improving individual energy efficiency, and operations and maintenance strategies that significantly reduce energy and water consumption by Navy and Marine Corps installations worldwide, saving taxpayers more than $400 million (inflation adjusted) each year.
The winners will be recognized at a ceremony to be held Oct. 22, in Washington.
For more information, visit the Department of Navy's Energy Program at
https://energy.navy.mil.
For more news from Naval Sea Systems Command, visit
www.navy.mil/local/navsea/.
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NNS080905-13. "Bichos" Kids' Visit Kearsarge
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Emmitt J. Hawks, Continuing Promise 2008 Public Affairs
USS KEARSARGE, At Sea (NNS) -- Fourteen guests from Spanish television children's show "Bichos" visited USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) to film during a guided tour, Sept. 2 while the ship was here conducting operations in support of the humanitarian/civic assistance (HCA) mission Continuing Promise (CP) 2008.
Arriving by a landing craft utility (LCU) boat,
"Bichos" staff members and six junior reporters came prepared to film their guided tour aboard the ship and tell Colombia's younger generation about their experience.
"We brought junior reporters with us to gain a youthful perspective about what joint-military, multi-national forces are like here aboard Kearsarge," said Arier Santiago, a representative of the Integrated Action Team (IAT), a group dedicated to improving relations between people of Colombia and foreign nations. "It is important for the youth of our country to formulate their opinions about relationships with foreign nations. If we have more opportunities, like coming aboard a naval ship available to this age group, the positive impression left on them will be a catalyst for change."
The group toured the well deck, upper vehicle storage, flight deck, bridge, and the ship's television studio. After the tour, they enjoyed lunch in the ship's galley and were treated to a special Damage Control Olympics event involving Kearsarge Sailors and Coast Guardsmen from their own country.
"I believe the ship's crew showed this group a good time," said Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Danielle Ybarra, working as translator for the tour. "We were able to show off our ship to a generation who will remember us for decades to come."
As the tour came to a close, the group headed for the flight deck to be flown back to Santa Marta by pilots from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 in a CH-53E "Super Stallion."
"It was a really great experience," said Natalia Cajica, one of the junior reporters. "I was amazed at how big the ship was and all the technology it takes to run it. I love journalism, but I really want to work with electronics and maybe join the Navy."
The ship is scheduled to complete its CP mission in Colombia Sept. 9 and then head to Panama, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.
Kearsarge's mission during CP 2008 is to conduct joint civil-military operations including medical, dental, veterinary and civil engineering support to six partner nations and to send a strong message of United States compassion, support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean.
The CP Caribbean phase is the second of two HCA deployments to the Southern Command area of focus for 2008. The first CP deployment was conducted by USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Pacific.
For more news on Continuing Promise, visit U.S. Southern Command's Web site at
www.southcom.mil.
For more news from USS Kearsarge, visit
www.navy.mil/local/lhd3/.
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NNS080905-20. Truman Sailors Bring Down the House
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Felicito Rustique, USS Harry S. Truman Public Affairs
SUFFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Sounds of demolition echoed through the air as USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Sailors helped tear down two homes during a community relations (COMREL) project Aug. 27 in Suffolk, Va.
Last April, disaster struck hard when a tornado touched down, damaging homes and causing some to be condemned. Four months later, neighborhoods are still trying to clean up and move on.
Ens. Maximiliano Pino of combat systems department, a Truman COMREL coordinator, lives in Suffolk. Through his local church, he learned of some neighbors who needed help. Pino said the approximate 60 Sailors who volunteered were exactly what he needed.
"I think it's going well," Pino said. "We're looking through the building which we weren't doing when we got here, and there's a big pile of stuff on the side of the road that needs to be picked up."
Pino emphasized the importance of Sailors participating in community relations events because they help the cause as well as the Sailors themselves.
"We are gone quite a bit, but it's very good for us to come home to our own people and take care of our own folks and to show them that we're people too and we care," Pino said. "We're out here doing good things."
Sailors took apart and removed everything they could within reasonable safety. The physical labor of demolishing walls and ripping apart floors gave Sailors a chance to do something different for a day.
"Us taking time out from our regular job and coming out and helping in the community shows what we're really capable of, that we can give a helping hand," said Airman Terence Emmanuel, one of Truman's volunteers. "I had fun. We had fun. Everybody enjoyed themselves, and it was a plus at the end of the day."
As Sailors literally brought down the roof at the event, Barbara Chappell, one of the homeowners who had her home demolished, welcomed the destruction.
"Oh, it's a blessing. I'm actually crying happy tears," Chappell said. "You just can't go day to day and take it lightly. People need to think about what they have and think of it as a blessing."
Pino said participating in community relations events provides nothing but positive effects for everybody involved.
"If you guys get the opportunity to do a COMREL, join on and make sure that you do your part and good things will come," Pino said.
For more news from USS Harry S. Truman, visit
www.navy.mil/local/cvn75/.
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NNS080905-14. GW, CVW 5 Pass COE With Flying Colors
By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Reckard, USS George Washington Public Affairs
PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- USS George Washington (CVN 73) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 passed their Combat Operations Efficiency (COE) certification with flying colors Sept. 2.
Cmdr. Brad Brown, George Washington's air boss, noted that the ship's crew received the highest possible score on the COE and did it on the first official day of the evaluation.
"There are several metrics that the Navy measures as far as your training and readiness," Brown said. "We were only supposed to make [the second highest level]. However, we did so well that we exceeded [expectations] and actually achieved [the highest level] early and maintained those standards."
Cmdr. Stephen Blasch, George Washington's mini boss, added that the COE allows the ship to operate in areas where there are no aircraft divert fields.
"In order to do that, there are a lot of things that we have to accomplish," Blasch said. "A lot of it involves time. The big picture is, the less time it takes to launch and recover a cycle, the better we're going to be, because that's less time that the aircraft are attempting landings."
While several days were written into the ship's schedule leaving plenty of time to successfully complete the certification. George Washington's crew was able to pass the COE on the first official day of the evaluation, which was an important step towards getting to the crew's new home in the forward-deployed naval forces.
"The original plan was that we would take a couple more days than what we did," Brown said. "However, we came out of the blocks running hard and it paid off. The air wing's performance was exceptional, the integration between the flight deck and air wing and the pilots and the air crew and the maintenance on the air wing was exceptional, so everything flowed and we got done earlier than expected."
CVW 5 and George Washington have been underway with each other for less than two weeks, but both sides came into the team positive, excited and ready to work hard.
"I think as a whole everybody has come into this relationship with the expectation that it's going to work," said Brown. "We have a great relationship with the CAG (Commander, CVW 5) all the way down to the deck plate airmen. Everybody's excited and ready to go. We're Sailors and we love being at sea and doing a good job for our country, and everybody's on board with that. It's really exciting to be a part of that team."
George Washington is conducting training and operating in the eastern Pacific Ocean before continuing to Japan, where the ship will replace USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier.
For more news from USS George Washington, visit
www.navy.mil/local/cvn73/.
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NNS080905-08. NSWC Port Hueneme Co-Hosts Navy Small Business Conference
By NSWC Port Hueneme Public Affairs
PORT HUENEME, Calif. (NNS) -- Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Port Hueneme, co-sponsored the 20th Annual Navy Gold Coast Small Business Opportunity Conference Aug. 27-28 in San Diego. The theme for this year's event was "Utilizing Your Tool Kit for Tomorrow's Navy."
The event was held in conjunction with the Navy Office of Small Business Programs and the San Diego Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA).
The Gold Coast Conference is the Navy's largest West Coast small business event and is intended to provide a forum to educate, guide and assist businesses, particularly small businesses, in working with the government, primarily the Department of Defense (DoD). Representatives of major DoD, federal and civilian agency buying activities were brought together with small businesses interested in selling their products and services to the government and its prime contractors. The symposium featured more than 250 exhibitors, keynote speakers, advanced training topics in breakout sessions, workshops and networking opportunities between both government and industry attendees.
"We had an outstanding committee of 'professional' volunteers this year, and I truly appreciate all the support and effort they provided," said Capt. David Ruehlin, NSWC Port Hueneme Office of Logistics deputy commander. "With more than 1,200 attendees, 223 booths, 45 posters, 15 speakers and 12 workshops, this event offered something for everyone, and I heard nothing but praise for the opportunities presented to both large and small business to become better informed and better connected with the Navy. This was without a doubt the best Navy Gold Coast event ever," said Ruehlin.
The Gold Coast Conference is co-hosted on a rotating basis by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command and the U.S. Marine Corps. The naval base at Port Hueneme -- now known as Naval Base Ventura County -- founded the Gold Coast Conference in 1989, with the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Port Hueneme, Calif., hosting the very first event. Twenty years later, the event has come full circle with NSWC Port Hueneme co-sponsoring the 2008 conference, an event which welcomed far more than the 150 in attendance at its inception.
In addition to co-sponsoring the 2008 conference, NSWC Port Hueneme's support for small business was recognized with a Champions of Veterans Enterprise Award for exceeding the Small Business Disabled Veteran goal for contracting. NSWC Port Hueneme was one of only three Navy organizations to receive this honor.
NSWC Port Hueneme, a field activity of NAVSEA, is the Navy's In-Service Engineering Agent for surface weapons and combat systems, employing approximately 2,000 military and civilian personnel.
For more news from Naval Sea Systems Command, visit
www.navy.mil/local/navsea/.
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NNS080905-06. Navy's Newest Submarine Class Conducts Tomahawk Cruise Missile Launches
From Naval Sea Systems Command Public Affairs
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy conducted multiple launches of Tomahawk cruise missiles from USS Virginia (SSN 774) in August in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the program's developmental and operational testing efforts.
The test launches, the first ever for a Virginia-class submarine, included the launch and extended flight of multiple missiles to demonstrate the Virginia's launch capabilities.
"Completing the Tomahawk flight tests is an important milestone in proving the class design and brings us a significant step closer to the program's full rate production decision in 2009," said Rear Adm. (sel.) David Johnson, Virginia Class program manager. "The Virginia Class was conceived and designed as a multi-purpose warship, and these flight tests are another indication of the significant capabilities a Virginia submarine brings to the fight."
Capt. Rick McQueen, program manager for Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR) Tomahawk Program Office, noted that the missile launches were the culmination of years of a joint effort between NAVAIR and Naval Sea Systems Command developers and engineers.
"Virginia Class submarines provide a brand new flexible, stealthy platform for employment of the Tomahawk Weapon System, while the Tomahawk provides the platform with a long range, accurate and flexible strike capability to support the Navy's warfighting roles," said McQueen.
The submarine force has experienced an influx of capability during the past 15 months, according to Rear Adm. William Hilarides, Program Executive Officer Submarines. As examples, he cited the SSGN Strike certification of USS Florida (SSGN 728) in May 2007; USS Ohio's (SSGN 726) participation as a special operations forces command, control and support platform during the Exercise Key Resolve/Foal Eagle in February/March 2008; and the Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System's successful debut during the international Exercise Bold Monarch in May/June 2008.
"We will keep pushing the boundaries to deliver the capability to the hands of the warfighter," Hilarides concluded.
The Virginia Class is currently executing operational evaluation (OPEVAL) testing that is designed to evaluate the submarine's war fighting capabilities in operationally realistic and demanding scenarios across its seven mission areas – anti-submarine; anti-surface ship; strike; naval special warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; battle group support; and mine warfare. The OPEVAL testing, conducted by the Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force, continues through the fall.
The Virginia Class has celebrated three construction milestones so far this year – the April 12 keel authentication of Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) New Mexico (SSN 779), USS North Carolina's (SSN 777) commissioning May 3, and the Christening of PCU New Hampshire (SSN 778) June 21. New Hampshire will be commissioned into the Navy Oct. 25 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, marking the first time in 12 years the Navy has commissioned two submarines of the same class in the same year. In the coming months the Virginia Class program will also celebrate PCU Missouri's (SSN 780) keel laying Sept. 27 at General Dynamics Electric Boat's Groton, Conn., facility, and PCU New Mexico's christening at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding's shipyard in Newport News, Va., Dec. 13.
For more news from Naval Sea Systems Command, visit
www.navy.mil/local/navsea/.
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NNS080905-05. Navy Accepts Delivery of Green Bay
By Program Executive Office Ships Public Affairs
NEW ORLEANS (NNS) -- The Navy accepted delivery of Green Bay (LPD 20) from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (NGSB) in New Orleans, La., Aug. 29. This is the fourth ship of the San Antonio class of amphibious transport dock ships NGSB has delivered.
Capt. Beth Dexter, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Gulf Coast and Green Bay's Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Joe Olson accepted the ship on behalf of the Navy during a simple on board ceremony. Following the delivery ceremony, the crew of Green Bay boarded its ship. The ship's sponsor, Mrs. Rose Magnus, and her husband, retired Marine Corps Gen. Robert Magnus, joined the crew for their first onboard meal in the "Lambeau Lounge." With the move aboard the ship, the crew started their regular duties of standing watches, preparing meals, training and conducting post-delivery testing.
During the next two-and-a-half months, as Northrop Grumman Avondale Operations puts the finishing touches on the ship, the crew will participate in various inspections and crew certification events, including a light-off assessment before they depart New Orleans.
In late November, Green Bay will transit through the Panama Canal en route to its homeport of San Diego where it will join sister ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18). In late January 2009, Green Bay will be commissioned in a formal ceremony in Long Beach, Calif.
For more news from Naval Sea Systems Command, visit
www.navy.mil/local/navsea/.
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NNS080905-04. NAVSEA Teamwork Delivers USS George Washington On Time
By Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communications
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) repair work will enable USS George Washington (CVN 73) to assume its role in Yokosuka, Japan, as our nation's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in September.
Working as "One Shipyard," skilled personnel from two NAVSEA field activities -- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) and Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) provided most of the craftsmen and skills required to complete the effort on Aug. 21, after only 91 days of repair work. The efforts of "One Shipyard" enabled a six-week reduction of USS George Washington's repair schedule from initial forecasts.
"NAVSEA's One Shipyard concept provides the fleet customer with a more capable and more flexible maintenance resource," said Capt. Mark Whitney, PSNS & IMF commander.
The ship's arrival was delayed due to a May 22 fire in an unmanned Auxiliary Boiler Exhaust and Supply space. NAVSEA shipyards, with PSNS & IMF being assigned lead maintenance authority (LMA), assumed the responsibility of coordinating all maintenance activities assigned to the recovery effort including Ship's Force, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding and their associated Master Ship Repair contractors and more than 15 alteration installation teams.
"This Herculean effort was the largest and most complex emergent repair ever executed on a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier," said Vice Adm. Thomas Kilcline, Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Project, engineering and production personnel from PSNS & IMF and NNSY responded quickly to the repair challenge. The fire recovery effort required more than 55,000 man-days of work and cost approximately $70 million. More than 4,630 jobs were tasked to PSNS & IMF. NNSY also provided 85 tradesmen for the repair efforts.
"This is when you really see a 'One Shipyard' response. Everyone pitches in to help in something like this. We all work for the U.S. Navy," said Glenn Edwards, NNSY's carrier program manager.
NAVSEA's four public shipyards -- Puget Sound, Norfolk, Pearl Harbor and Portsmouth -- play a major role in maintaining America's Navy and providing a wartime surge capability to keep the nation's ships ready for combat.
For more news from Naval Sea Systems Command, visit
www.navy.mil/local/navsea/.
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NNS080905-03. Hawaii-Based Chief Selectees Participate in Beach Clean-Up, Help Save Sea Turtles
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jason Swink, Fleet Public Affairs Detachment Hawaii Public Affairs
PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Navy Region Hawaii chief petty officer (CPO) selectees volunteered with Save the Sea Turtles International Aug. 30, during their monthly beach clean-up on Oahu's northern shores.
As part of the community service phase of CPO induction, 10 chief selects and four members of the chief community combed the shoreline and bushes near Chun's Reef and removed trash and debris that posed a threat to endangered green sea turtles.
"We're out there helping to clean up the environment to avoid the endangerment of the sea turtles" said Chief (Sel.) Religious Programs Specialist (SW) Tshombe Harris, one of the Navy volunteers. "It partly teaches you a sense of community involvement and community relations.
"It also helps a chief understand the good that the Navy can give back to the community. While we were out there we saw people who were driving by, strangers who just because they saw us out there, they would honk and wave and give us little 'shakas'. That is part of what representing the Navy is and being ambassadors. As chiefs that is what we do."
The Sailors recorded all of the trash and debris collected as part of a National Marine Debris Monitoring Program, a scientific survey of debris found on United States coastlines.
"One of the main things is tracking cigarette butts. We probably must have picked up thousands of cigarette butts. I couldn't go three inches with out picking up a cigarette butt," said Harris.
According to Save the Sea Turtles International, thousands of turtles and other sea life are injured or killed each year worldwide due to land and marine debris.
"We are changing that, one beach at a time, with Adopt-A-Beach Hawaii," explained Marlu West, president of Save the Sea Turtles International.
The organization has sponsored beach clean-ups on the north shore of Oahu every month for more than eight years to help preserve their natural habitats.
For more news from Commander, Navy Region Hawaii, visit
www.navy.mil/local/cnrh/.
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NNS080905-01. FISCs Reach Fiscal Year 2008 Contracting Capacity
From Commander, Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers Public Affairs
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers (FISCs) Jacksonville, Norfolk, Pearl Harbor, Puget Sound and San Diego will no longer accept end-of-fiscal-year (FY) 2008 expiring funds requirements effective Aug. 28.
The contracting offices at these FISCs have reached capacity with almost 8,000 procurement actions in process. All new non-urgent Requests for Contractual Procurement (RCPs) submitted on or after Aug. 28 will be returned to the customer marked as follows:
"Your requirement was received after the advertised due dates for FY-08 COMFISCS Expiring Funds Requirements. We regret we are no longer able to accept FY-08 expiring funds requirements. Please consult your local FISC contracting office if you have any urgent requirements that will impact operational readiness, safety of personnel or result in destruction of government property."
The following RCPs will continue to be accepted:
1. RCPs with a Whiskey Requisition number beginning with G or W in the first position of the last four digits of the requisition serial number; for example, R21297-6214-W058 (CASREPs).
2. Amendments to existing RCPs.
3. RCPs citing FY-09 funding (next fiscal year renewals).
The following RCPs will continue to be accepted on a case-by-case basis until capacity is reached:
1. Any urgent requirements that will impact operational readiness, safety of personnel or result in destruction of government property. Please consult your local FISC contracting office if you have any of these requirements.
2. RCPs going to FISC Sigonella or FISC Yokosuka for work within their areas of responsibility.
3. NMCI work ("Yes" in NMCI-related block); Contract Number: N00024-00-D-6000
4. RCPs specifying an "Option Exercise," or "Exercise of an Option."
Until Sept. 30, the Contracting Corporate Board (CCB) will screen any manually submitted RCPs and accept and assign only truly urgent work that can be statutorily completed. This is necessary to ensure COMFISCS can complete customer requirements already in house.
The Commander, Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers provides an array of integrated global logistics and contracting services to Navy and joint operational units across all warfare enterprises. COMFISCS is responsible for facilitating best business practices and efficiencies across the seven FISCs located in San Diego; Norfolk, Va.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Yokosuka, Japan; Pearl Harbor; Bremerton (Puget Sound), Wash.; and Sigonella, Italy. The commands also optimize the performance of base supply functions and standardizing levels of service across 13 regions and 79 Navy installations.
COMFISCS comprises more than 7,000 military and civilian logistics professionals, operating as a single cohesive team providing global logistics services from nearly 135 locations worldwide. A component of the Naval Supply Systems Command, headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pa., COMFISCS is part of a worldwide logistics network of more than 25,000 military and civilian personnel providing "One-Touch Supply."
For more news from Commander, Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers, visit
www.navy.mil/local/comfisc/.
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NNS020724-07. This Day in Naval History - Sept. 06
From the Navy News Service
1918 - Sailors fire first of the five railroad batteries at Tergnier, a German rail head in the Comeigne Forest. These 14-inch, 50-caliber guns were originally designed for battleships.
1939 - Navy begins formation of neutrality patrol for Atlantic Ocean.
1940 - First destroyers transferred to Great Britain at Halifax, Nova Scotia, under "Destroyers for Bases" agreement.
1944 - USS Independence (CVL 22) begins use of specially trained air group for night work. First time a fully-equipped night carrier operates with fast carrier task force.
1945 - U.S. troops begin returning home when Task Force 11 left Tokyo Bay for the United States.
1953 - Exchange of prisoners of war from Korean War (Operation Big Switch) ends.
For more information about naval history, visit the Naval Historical Center Web site at
www.history.navy.mil.
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NNS020724-08. This Day in Naval History - Sept. 07
From the Navy News Service
1776 - David Bushnell attempts to destroy a British ship-of-the-line, HMS Asia, in New York Harbor with his submarine Turtle.
1814 - USS Wasp captures HMS Avon.
1864 - USS Wachusett captures CSS Florida at Bahia, Brazil.
1942 - First air evacuation of casualties to hospital ships off shore occurs at Guadalcanal.
For more information about naval history, visit the Naval Historical Center Web site at
www.history.navy.mil.
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NNS020708-16. This Day in Naval History - Sept. 08
From the Navy News Service
1923 - In disaster at Point Honda, Calif., seven destroyers run aground through faulty navigation.
1939 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims a limited national emergency and increases enlisted strength in the Navy and Marine Corps; also authorizes the recall to active duty of officers, men and nurses on the retired lists of the Navy and Marine Corps.
1954 - U.S. signs Manila Treaty forming SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization).
1958 - Lt. R. H. Tabor, wearing a Navy-developed pressure suit, completes a 72-hour simulated flight at altitudes as high a 139,000 feet. It was another step in the development of the Navy spacesuit, which NASA accepted in 1959 for use by Mercury astronauts.
For more information on naval history, visit the Naval Historical Center Web site at
www.history.navy.mil.
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