SeaWaves Today in History July 12, 2009

 

100 BC - Roman dictator Julius Caesar was born
1775 - Bruno de Hezeta (Heceta) party lands at future site of Grenville Bay and claims the Pacific Northwest for Spain
1801 - Off Algeciras, Sir James Saumarez avenged the loss a few days before of HMS Hannibal during a fight with shore batteries. Although his other ships had also suffered damage, he succeeded in repairing them with remarkable speed at Gibraltar, and returned unexpectedly to Algeciras. There he caught a Franco-Spanish squadron at night and took three ships of the line, including two Spanish First Rate three-deckers
1813 - War of 1812 - Rear Admiral George Cockburn attacks Ocracoke, North Carolina, with four ships of the line and tenders
1836 - Commissioning of Charles H. Haswell as first regularly appointed Engineer Officer
1862 - US Congress authorized the Medal of Honor
1911 - Depot Ship HMS Adamant launched
1913 - Green River water reaches Tacoma
1915 - Gunboat FS Friso commissioned
1915 - Submarine HMS E19 completed
1916 - USS North Carolina is first Navy ship to carry and operate aircraft with a catapult
1917 - Minesweeper HNLMS M-2 launched
1917 - Destroyers USS Rathburne & Talbot laid down
1918 - Drifters HMC CD 32, CD 33, CD 39, CD 40 commissioned
1918 - Japanese battleship Kawachi blew up at Shunan killing at least 621
1919 - Destroyer HMS Sardonyx commissioned
1921 - Congress creates Bureau of Aeronautics to be in charge of all matter pertaining to naval aeronautics
1922 - Submarine USS S-34 commissioned
1924 - HMCS Naden 1st Lt, Lt Ronald Cameron Watson RCN & 4 ratings died in a boating accident off Ross Bay, Victoria BC
1934 - Sloop HMS Leith commissioned
1936 - Merchant ship SS Miralda launched
1938 - Minesweeper HMS Bramble launched 
1939 - Destroyer USS Monssen laid down
1940 - US liner SS Manhattan, with 800 American citizens departs Lisbon for New York 
1940 - Corvettes HMCS Rimouski & Pictou laid down
1940 - Italian bombers hit two Greek naval vessels at Crete 
1940 - At 0206, the unescorted Ia was torpedoed by U-99 and sunk at 0248 by a coup de grâce
1940 - At 2231, U-99 missed the Merisaar with one torpedo, surfaced and stopped the ship with 20-mm gunfire across the bow. The crew abandoned ship and the U-boat tried to sink the ship with another torpedo at 2350, but also missed due to the rough seas. The use of the deck gun was also not possible, so Kretschmer told the crew to reboard their vessel and ordered them to set course directly for Bordeaux. On 15 July, Merisaar was bombed and sunk by a German aircraft south of Queenstown
1941 - Minesweepers HMS Taitam & Waglan laid down
1941 - U-415 laid down
1941 - U-160 launched
1942 - In the Aleutians, a USN salvage party is transported to Akutan Island to begin salvaging the Zeke fighter (Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 21) discovered there on 10 July
1942 - At 0022, the Cortona, dispersed from Convoy OS-33, was torpedoed and damaged by U-116 south of the Azores. Three minutes later, the ship was torpedoed by U-201, which sank her later with a coup de grâce. 29 crewmembers and two gunners were lost. The master, 18 crewmembers and four gunners in a lifeboat were picked up after ten days by destroyer HMS Pathfinder and landed at Londonderry
1942 - HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Adda with gunfire and one torpedo off Monte Santo, south of the Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia
1942 - At 0945, the Shaftesbury, dispersed from Convoy OS-33 on 11 July, was hit in the stern by two torpedoes from U-116 and sank after 15 minutes about 430 miles 115° from Las Palmas, Canary Islands. The master was taken prisoner by the U-boat, landed at Lorient on 23 August and was then taken to the POW camp Milag Nord. The second officer and 22 survivors were picked up on 23 July by Tuscan Star in 28°15N/22°15W, transferred to HMS Folkestone and landed at Freetown. The chief officer and 20 survivors made landfall at Villa Cisneros, Spanish Sahara and were later brought to Las Palmas
1942 - SS Tachira sunk by U-129 at 18.15N, 81.45W. One killed
1942 - At 0413, the Siris, dispersed from Convoy OS-33, was torpedoed by U-201 south of the Azores and sank at 0626 after the U-boat had fired 100 rounds from the deck gun at the vessel. One crewmember and two gunners were lost. The master, 46 crewmembers and five gunners were picked up after ten days by HMS Jonquil, transferred to HMS Ibis and landed at Milford Haven
1942 - At 0147, the Port Hunter, dispersed from Convoy OS-33 on 11 July, was torpedoed by U-582 west of Madeira and disappeared after several heavy detonations, which were seen as flashes at the horizon by other ships of the convoy. The master, 68 crewmembers, 14 gunners and five passengers were lost. Three crewmembers sleeping on deck had been blown into the water and were later rescued by HMS Pelican. The master John Bentham Bradley had been in command of the Port Denison when she was bombed & sunk by a German aircraft 26 Sep 1940
1943 - In the Aleutians, the IJN task force tasked with evacuating Japanese personnel from Kiska Island again after refueling 500 miles SW of the island awaiting heavy fog. After the fog lifts, they retire to Paramushiru Island in the Kurile Islands
1943 - Allied armies seized the port of Syracuse and ten other Sicilian towns 
1943 - Minesweeper USS Sentinel sunk by German aircraft off Licata Sicily
1943 - Minesweeper HMS Seabear (ex-HMS St Thomas) laid down Toronto ON
1943 - Frigate USS Gloucester launched
1943 - Submarines USS Pampanito & Picuda launched
1943 - Minesweeper HMAS Strahan launched
1943 - Destroyer USS O'Brien laid down
1943 - U-409 sunk in the Mediterranean NE of Algiers, in position 37.12N, 04.00E, by depth charges from destroyer HMS Inconstant. 11 dead and 37 survivors
1943 - U-506 sunk in the North Atlantic west of Vigo, Spain, in position 42.30N, 16.30W, by 7 depth charges from a USAAF 1st ASW Sqn B-24. 48 dead and 6 survivors
1943 - U-561 sunk in the Straits of Messina, in position 38.16N, 15.39E, by torpedoes from HM MTB 81. 42 dead, 5 survivors
1943 - Minesweeper USS Sentinel bombed & sunk by German aircraft off Licata, Sicily
1943 - 90 miles off Recife Brazil U-185 was attacked by a USN VB-107 Liberator. The boat was not damaged much and reported the attack by radio, although the bomber crew believed the boat to have sustained serious blows
1943 - Japanese submarine Ro-107 was sunk by USS Taylor off Kolombangara
1943 - Italian submarine Bronzo was captured off Syracuse, Sicily by minesweepers HMS Seaham, Boston, Poole & Cromarty. Bronzo was commissioned into the RN as HMS P-714. On 29 January 1944 she was transferred to the Free French as Narval
1943 - U-865 launched
1943 - At 0656, the unescorted and zigzagging African Star was hit by a torpedo from U-172, which struck the port side at the #4 hold. The explosion blew the hatch covers off the #4 and #5 holds, disabled the generator, the steering controls and the radio aerials. One armed guard was blown overboard and drowned. The engines were secured as the ship began to list to port, slowly settled and lost way. Eight officers, 48 men and 30 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 5-in and one 3-in and eight 20-mm guns) left the ship in two lifeboats (one containing 45 men and the other 37) and a raft. At 0718, a second torpedo from U-172 struck the African Star on the starboard side between #4 and #5 holds. She broke in two and sank within one minute. Then U-172 surfaced about 1000 yards from the ship and took a few men on board. After questioning the men, the Germans gave directions to the nearest land and returned them to the boats. One lifeboat was equipped with an emergency transmitter and sent SOS, later aircraft spotted the boats and 37 hours after the attack the Brazilian destroyer Maranhao picked up the survivors and landed them at Rio de Janeiro. The master John George Waller was also master of the Challenger, which was sunk on 17 May 1942 by U-155
1943 - Three Beaufighters attacked U-441. 10 men were killed and 13 more wounded, including most of the naval officers
1943 - A torpedo explosion on board of U-709 killed 2 men and wounded another
1943 - HMS Taurus sinks small Greek Romano & 12 small sailing vessels with gunfire in Gulf of Saloniki
1944 - Tugs HMCS Gleneagle & Glenkeen laid down Kingston ON
1944 - HMC ML 116 commissioned
1944 - Frigate HMCS Sussexvale launched Lauzon PQ
1944 - Frigate HMCS Thetford Mines arrived Bermuda for workups
1944 - Destroyer USS Ebert commissioned
1944 - Minesweeper USS Pivot commissioned
1945 - Corvettes HMCS Napanee, Pictou, Halifax, Beauharnois & Strathroy paid off Sorel PQ 
1945 - HMCS ML 080 & ML 100 paid off
1945 - Submarine USS Remora launched
1945 - HMS Supreme sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam
1946 - Destroyer HMS St Hames commissioned
1946 - Destroyer USS Hamner commissioned
1947 - Torpedo training ship & ex destroyer HMCS Qu'Appelle placed on disposal list
1947 - RCN acquired its own aircraft inventory and all naval aircraft transferred from RCAF
1949 - HM S/M Tally Ho arrived Halifax for ASW training
1951 - Ninth Naval District forces assist in flood relief work in Kansas City through 20 July
1953 - Destroyer HMCS Cayuga departed Kitimat for Ocean Falls BC
1953 - In Korean waters, destroyer HMCS Huron found herself approaching the island in fog, but as fate would have it neither the ships speed nor course was logged to be plotted by relieving officers & crew. The patrol line was assumed to be at end for a return & course was set to return on the patrol leg back however 2nd OOW determined, incorrectly, that Huron should be a further 20 degrees to maintain her course of 30 degrees & insisted to OOW to set a new heading. Huron had a visibility of 1 cable (608') and a speed of 12 knots. When radar operator, GAY, reported land less than a kilometer away & as close as 2500' away & at 12 knots Huron would take ground in less than 3 minutes. Course & speed was however maintained by 2nd OOW. Then the ASDIC rating, George Guertin noted ground in direct path of ship. Meanwhile 2 lookouts saw the mountains of Pang Yang Do above them, with no time to shout warnings. Huron took ground 0038 on 13 Jul 53. A full 7 hours of high damage control state with pumping flooding & cargo jettison ahead while teams in relief took turns shoring bulkheads. Huron had by early morning many UN ship/air cover & managed to find a way off rocks before daylight & enemy gun emplacements but the Asdic Dome had been bent so badly the ship could not enter the floating drydock which met them mid-sea from Japan. Huron traveled slowly astern with heated bearings, the long trip back to Sasebo arriving Jul 18 at a speed of max five knots
1953 - United Nations Fleet launches heavy air and sea attack on Wonsan; Major John Bolt, USMC becomes first jet ace in Marine Corps
1965 - Aircraft carrier HMS (ex HMCS) Magnificent arrived Faslane from Devonport for scrapping
1971 - USS Oriskany port call Subic Bay 
1972 - USS Ticonderoga port call Sasebo
1984 - Submarine HMS Trenchant laid down
1987 - Submarine HMS Unseen (later HMCS Victoria) laid down Cammell Laird Birkenhead 
1988 - SECDEF approves opening Navy's Underwater Construction Teams, fleet oilers, ammunition ships, and combat stores ships to women
Commander Rosemary B. Mariner becomes first woman to command an operational aviation squadron (VAQ-34)
1995 - Muckleshoot tribe drops Sand Point land claim
1998 - Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel HMCS Moncton commissioned at Pointe du Chene NB
2003 - Aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan commissioned at Norfolk
2003 - Amphibious ship USS San Antonio launched at Avondale
2004 - Amphibious ship HMS Bulwark arrived homeport of Devonport for first time
2004 - LST USS Barbour County sunk as target for Harpoon & Maverick missiles
2005 - In the sixth annual event that has become known as the "Night of Nights," historic Morse code radio station KPH will return to the air in commemoration of the last commercial Morse message sent in the United States. This year's Night of Nights is special: it's the 100th anniversary of KPH, KSM will appear on the air for the first time and four other US coast stations will be on the air, several of them on MF in addition to HF. KPH, the ex-RCA coast station located north of San Francisco,  will return to the air for commemorative broadcasts on 12 July at 1701 PDT (13 July at 0001 GMT), 6 years and one minute after the last commercial Morse transmission in the US. These on-the-air events are intended to honor the men and women who followed the radiotelegraph trade on ships and at coast stations around the world and made it one of honor and skill. Transmissions are expected to continue until at least midnight PDT (0700GMT). Veteran Morse operators, including former KPH staff members, will be on duty at the receiving station at Point Reyes, CA listening for calls from ships and sending messages just as they did for so many years before Morse operations were shut down. The transmitters are located 18 miles south of Point Reyes in Bolinas CA at the transmitting station established in 1913 by the American Marconi Co.  The original KPH transmitters, receivers and antennas will be used to activate frequencies in all the commercial maritime HF bands and on MF as well. Many of the KPH transmitters will be 50s vintage RCA sets.  KSM will use a 1940s vintage Press Wireless PW-15 transmitter on 12Mc.  Power output will be 4 to 5kW.  The transmitting antennas include a Marconi T for MF, double extended Zepps for 4, 6 and 8Mc and H over 2s for 12, 16 and 22Mc. KPH will send traffic lists, weather and press broadcasts as well as special commemorative messages, many of which will be sent by hand. At other times the KPH and KSM "wheel" will be sent to mark the transmitting frequencies. KPH is operated by the Maritime Radio Historical Society in cooperation with the Point Reyes National Seashore, part of the National Park Service
2005 - Decommissioned cruiser USS Vincennes departed San Diego under tow for Bremerton
2005 - President Roh Moo-hyun attended a ceremony for the launching of a 13,000-ton class multipurpose ship serving as a light aircraft carrier in Busan. The landing ship is capable of carrying 700 troops, 10 CH-60 helicopters, seven amphibious vehicles, six tanks and two small landing boats. The 200-meter-long and 31-meter-wide ship, sailing at the maximum speed of 43 knots per hour, will be deployed by the South Korean Navy in 2007 after a trial operation
2005 - A test of a Geographic Response Plan, complete with oil boom deployment will be conducted July 12 and 13 in Yaquina Bay OR. A Geographic Response Plan is a plan used by federal, state and local agencies in cooperation with pollution response contractors during the first 12 hours of a large scale pollution incident. The US Coast Guard Sector in Portland, The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Clean Rivers Cooperative, Cowlitz Clean Sweep, Marine Response Corporation, National Response Corporation and US Environmental Services within specific areas of Yaquina Bay will participate in the exercise. The goal of the exercise is to enhance preparedness in the event of a large pollution incident and test protection, deflection and collection strategies for mitigating oil in sensitive environmental and economic areas. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Coast Guard have been collaborating for the past 6 months and have just concluded a stakeholder’s workshop in the Yaquina Bay at Newport OR area. In addition, resources and habitat information from governmental, business, tribal, port and environmental experts were verified and discussed during the workshop. The above mentioned contractors also offered their perspective and insight
2005 - Celebrity Cruises will build a new cruise ship and launch a new class of landmark ships, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and German shipbuilder Meyer Werft announced today after signing a letter of intent.  Celebrity also has an option for a second ship. The agreement is subject to customary conditions being satisfactorily met.  Celebrity incorporates many features typically associated with luxury cruising in its new ship. More than 90 percent of the ship’s staterooms are outside cabins and more than 90 percent of those rooms have balconies. The standard stateroom on this ship is much larger than the standard stateroom in the cruise industry. The average standard stateroom on Celebrity’s new ship is 215 square feet. Other distinctive features are planned for the new design and will be announced in coming months. Their inclusion on the ship, like the added balconies and larger staterooms, is the result of Celebrity’s close dialogue with its guests and trade partners. The new ship, Celebrity’s first wide-body construction, has a volume of 117,000 gross registered tons, and length and width of 1,033 feet by 121 feet, making it a post-Panamax vessel.  The 1,425-stateroom ship accommodates 2,850 guests (double occupancy) and 1,250 crew
2005 - An inflatable raft with six crewmembers from the missing barge SP-13 was found in the Okhotsk Sea. A small boat which name is unclear yet found the crewmembers in trouble. According to the Vladivostok sea rescue coordinating center, “all rescued sailors are alive and got aboard the boat that headed for Magadan.” The raft has been spotted at 1423 Vladivostok time (0707 Moscow time)
2005 - The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of Mobile Zone reopened state port Gulfport, Miss., Escambia River and bayou Chico, Fla., to all vessel traffic. The COTP has opened the Port of Mobile to all vessel traffic with a 40-foot draft restriction.  The Port of Pascagoula, Miss., is open to all traffic with 26-foot draft restriction.  Panama City, Fla., Bay Channel and Gulf Channel are open to vessels with a draft of 25-feet or less for daylight transit only. The Port of Pensacola, Fla., and a 36-mile section of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from the Pensacola Bay Bridge to Fort Walton Beach, Fla., remain closed and will open once all post storm surveys and evaluations have been satisfactorily completed
2005 - The Port of Philadelphia has rolled out RAPID (Regional Agile Port Intermodal Distribution) Center, a new seaport operation center, which was utilized during the current deployment of the 10th Mountain Division from Ft. Drum, New York. RAPID Center is a collaborative effort between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Department of Defense (DOD), the United States Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, the United States Maritime Administration and the Delaware River Maritime Enterprise Council (DRMEC). This is the first DOD-funded seaport operations center. RAPID Center is a neutral, secure, electronic communication system. It was developed by The Howland Group, a female-owned business enterprise, for the non-profit DRMEC, which was established to develop rapid and secure supply chains for DOD and commercial shippers
2005 - A delegation comprising officers of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Coast Guards, led by Secretary Defense Lt Gen (Ret’d) Tariq Wasim Ghazi, visited the US aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz. Onboard Nimitz, about 175 kilometers from Karachi, Rear Admiral Peter H Daly welcomed the secretary defense and his delegation and briefed them about the ship. The USS Nimitz is one of a dozen US aircraft carriers. The secretary defense inspected F-18 aircraft on board the USS Nimitz and also witnessed a demonstration of flight operations
2005 - One of the main Russian rivers, the Volga, is polluted with 2,400 sunken and abandoned ships, Russian Diving Services Association President Alexander Rodionov said. Rodionov said oil tankers and passenger and cargo ships pollute the Volga basin from the town of Tver, some 150 kilometers north of Moscow, to the City of Astrakhan in European Russia's southeast, which has 800 such ships. The ships present real danger for the environment of the Volga and its tributaries because they contain the remains of fuel and batteries' shells whose acid has been washed out by the current. Corrosion and insecticides inside the ships are also harmful to the ecology. Most such ships sunk in the 1990s and it is difficult to find their owners. Those found have to pay for lifting work, but are "reluctant" to do so, Rodionov said
2005 - The Philippine Coast Guard reported that passenger Ro/Ro Princess of the World was now docked at the Timex Wharf, Ricudo town, in Zamboanga City. The ferry was completely burned, Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Armand Balilo said. Princess of the World arrived at the wharf at 0300 local time today, after being towed from an area five miles from the coast of Dulugin, Siocon Town, Zamboanga del Norte where it had drifted after catching fire on Jul 7
2005 - Fincantieri officially presented the latest Carnival cruiseship to roll off the assembly line at the Monfalcone yard to its new owners yesterday. The 110,000 grt Carnival Liberty is the fourth vessel in a series that includes the Carnival Conquest, Carnival Glory and Carnival Valor and is due to be christened at the port of Civitavecchia on July 19 before beginning its commercial life in the Mediterranean
2005 - The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has approved one application under Section 9 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended. Callaway Barge Lines, Inc., Green Cove Springs, FL has received approval to sell the 2,322-gross-ton freight barge Rebekah to Intertug SA, a Venezuelan corporation, and transfer said Vessel to Venezuelan registry and flag
2005 - The Maritime Administration has released its updated Report on Survey of US Shipbuilding and Repair Facilities - 2004.  The expanded report contains facility information on over 250 US shipyards, including many small and medium sized yards. The survey is required by law primarily for use in determining whether an adequate shipbuilding and repair industrial base exists for use in a national emergency.  Moreover, it provides basic information concerning shipyard capabilities, which would be of interest to prospective shipowner/operators.  In addition, the Report provides information on current and future shipbuilding activity, as well as industry capital investments
2005 - At 2022 Brixham Coastguard were contacted on VHF radio by the dive boat Sirrus from Exmouth, reporting that one of their student divers had just been seen descending rapidly in difficulty shortly after surfacing with the rest of the group. The three divers (two students and one instructor) had been diving together at a depth of 28 meters on the wreck of Bretagne, 4.5 miles East of Hopes Head when the individual got into difficulty. Brixham Coastguard sent Torbay and Exmouth RNLI lifeboats to the scene and scrambled the rescue helicopter from Culdrose with a Royal Naval search and rescue diver on board.  Following Brixham Coastguard's emergency broadcast to all vessels in the area, a helicopter from HMS Bulwark was sent to the scene and another dive boat called Seaquest to help with a surface search. The rescue helicopter with the Royal Naval diver was on scene at 2120 at the last reported position for the dive and the diver undertook a sea bed search up to his maximum dive time but with nothing found.  The surface search confirmed that the missing diver had not resurfaced.  After the dive was completed, further dives in the area were not attempted by other divers due to darkness. The two other divers from the group were checked by a paramedic member of the lifeboat crew and due to the potential risk from rapid ascent; both were winched on board the helicopter from HMS Bulwark and transferred to the Plymouth hyperbaric dive chamber.  The Plymouth Coastguard Rescue Team met the helicopter for the landing and transfer of the divers to the unit. Torbay and Exmouth lifeboats remained on scene with the Rescue Helicopter from Culdrose and continued a sea surface search, with nothing found
2005 - 20-year old USS Duluth sailor stabbed in a confrontation with four civilians in Victoria BC
2006 - Dr. Imre Szekeres, Minister of Defense of Hungary visits NATO Headquarters 
2006 - Genco Shipping & Trading Limited announced that the it has agreed to acquire three drybulk vessels from affiliates of Franco Compania Naviera S.A., for an aggregate purchase price of $81.25 million. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and the vessels are expected to be delivered between August and November of 2006
2006 - Matson Navigation Company announced that its newest containership, MV Maunalei, has been delivered to the company by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard. The delivery of the Maunalei represents the completion of a historic four ship modernization and replacement strategy, following the delivery of Manukai in 2003, Maunawili in 2004 and Manulani in 2005
2006 - The TT-Line has sold the Spirit III for up to $20m more than it paid for the ship in 2003. But with cost of modification work done to make the ship suitable for Bass Strait, the TT-Line will probably only keep about $3.7m from the sale, The Mercury reported. It also has to pay its shipbroker more than $752,500 in commission
2006 - Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Company (Asry) awarded a major contract from National Drilling Company (NDC), in Abu Dhabi, for their offshore self-elevating three legged jack-up drill rig the Al Mariyah. The rig, originally manufactured by Nippon Kokan KK in 1982, is owned by NDC and has been lying unused 
2006 - The 110-foot tender packer Norqueen, based out of Vancouver BC, taking on water near the southwest side of Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska. The Coast Guard received notification of the situation around 0719. A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crew was dispatched from Air Station Sitka to drop two dewatering pumps to the vessel. Using the pumps the vessel's three man crew is keeping up with the flow of water. The crew of the Norqueen believes the water is coming in through a split plank in the vessel's wooden hull. The 71-foot fishing vessel Northern Cloud, also from Vancouver, is standing by in the area. Commercial assistance from Sitka is en route to the scene to assist
2006 - Prime Minister Stephen Harper was pleased to announce today the appointment of Barbara Oliver Hagerman as the newest Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
2006 - A retired naval navigator was surprised when an antique collector showed up at his home with a brass marine chronometer and a silver tobacco case that belonged to Chungking, once the biggest warship in China about 60 years ago. "I'm sure they belong to the cruiser Chungking," said Ruan Xingren, 79, who worked on board the ship in the chart house in 1948-1949
2006 - At 1458 Dover Coastguard received a telephone call from the Camber Sands Beach Manager reporting that he had received notification from a worried mother of a missing seven year old girl called Danielle. Dover Coastguard called out the Dungeness and Rye Bay coastguard rescue teams, East Sussex coastguard sector manager, Coastguard spotter plane 'Echo November' and Rye Bay RNLI inshore lifeboat, and Sussex police. Danielle had last been seen over an hour earlier by her mother on the beach. When mother realized that Danielle was missing she initiated her own search of the immediate area. After no success, she went to the beach manager who immediately contacted the coastguard. Dover Coastguard coordinated a search of a large area. Danielle was eventually located by the Coastguard spotter plane some two and a half miles from where she originally went missing. The aircraft was able to communicate with the coastguard search teams on the beach and direct them to her. She was then reunited with her worried mother
2006 - Chevalier Paul, the second of two Horizon anti-air warfare (AAW) frigates for the French Navy, was ceremonially launched at DCN’s Lorient Shipyard
2006 - A US Navy sailor assigned to 9th Naval Construction Regiment died due to enemy action while operating in Iraq's Anbar province 
2006 - UNESCO World Heritage committee decided Wednesday to place the Finnish archipelago in Merenkurkku, the narrowest part of the Gulf of Bothnia, on its list of protected sites
2007 - Captain Steven DiNobile will assume the duties of commanding officer from current commanding officer Captain Loyd Pyle at Naval Station Norfolk
2007 - 60 crewmembers of HNLMS Bruinvis decorated for Operation Active Endeavour service
2007 - Warship Electronic Chart Display Information (WECDIS) launch aboard HMS Westminster in Plymouth
2007 - A tanker carrying more than 19 million gallons of fuel oil grounded off New York City on but was not leaking. The White Sea ran aground off Sandy Hook at approximately 0630 after losing steerage
2007 - Lt. Matt Baer turns over command of Coast Guard Station Seattle to Lt. Melanie Burnham during a ceremony at Integrated Support Command Seattle
2007 - Japanese and Pakistani warships helped rescue sailors from a cargo vessel sinking in waters off Oman. The 23-man crew of the South Korean cargo ship Orchin Sun issued a distress signal just after midnight





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