5/13/2005
- Four American frigates surrendered with fall of Charleston, South Carolina in 1780.
- US Secretary of the Navy, John Branch, resigns in 1831 as part of the Petticoat Affair.
- The US declares war against Mexico in 1846.
- The US battleship ”Indiana” bombarded San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1898 during the Spanish-American War.
- USS ”Florida” (BB-30) was launched in 1910.
- USS ”Tarawa” (CV-40) was launched in 1940.
- Khmer Rouge naval forces seize the U.S. merchant ship SS Mayagüez in 1975. The crew was released, following a military assault by Marines a few days later.
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