5/13/2005
- HMS Dreadnought, a 98-gun second-rater, was launched in 1801.
- Turkish torpedo boat Muavenet fired three torpedoes to sink HMS Goliath during the Battle of Gallipoli. The ship capsized almost immediately taking 570 of the 700-strong crew to the bottom. Her loss, and that of other battleships, effectively ended naval bombardment of the pennisula. The battle, part of World War I, pitched the British and other allied forces against the Ottoman Empire. Ultimately, the Turks won the engagement, but only after suffering over 87,000 dead.
- USS Nimitz (CVN-68) was launched in 1972. She is the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers. All US carriers built in the last 33 years have followed her basic design.
- US Navy Nurse Corps established in 1908, however nurses had already been stationed onboard naval vessels for decades.
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