SeaWaves Today in History March 22, 2009 1778 - British explorer Captain James Cook names Cape Flattery 1808 - The Battle of Sjællands Odde The Ship-of-the-Line Prinds Christian Frederik, commanded by Commander Carl W. Jessen, fights off Sjællands Odde against a English squadron of the ships-of-the-line Stately and Nassau and 3 frigates, commanded by Captain Parker. Prinds Christian Frederik is stranded by its own crew outside Odden Harbor after 3 hours of fighting. The ship is on fire and explodes after a few hours. 1820 - Commodore Stephen Decatur dies after duel with Capt. James Barron Longshoremen strike the Tacoma Mill Company 1902 - Tug HMS Energetic launched 1915 - "Naval Aviator" replaces former "Navy Air Pilot" for officers qualified as USN aviators 1919 - The Acting Secretary of the Treasury advised that light keepers and the officers and crews of vessels were not entitled to the benefits of the Public Health Service free of charge after retirement 1919 - Destroyer USS Sands laid down 1919 - Destroyers USS Thornton & Graham launched 1919 - Minesweeper USS Tern launched 1919 - Destroyer USS Hopewell commissioned 1921 - Depot Ship HMS Ausonia launched 1921 - Battleship USS Colorado launched 1924 - Submarine HMS Oberon laid down 1929 - Navy ships protect Americans and their property during Mexican revolution 1929 - US Coast Guard vessel sinks Canadian schooner 'I'm Alone' carrying 2,800 cases of liquor, in the Gulf of Mexico off coast of Louisiana; Captain John Thomas Randell 1878-1939 and crew taken to New Orleans as prisoners for violating prohibition laws; manufacture of liquor still legal in Canada 1933 - Destroyer HMS Eclipse laid down 1937 - Destroyer USS Wilson laid down 1940 - Boom defense vessel HMS Barthorpe launched 1940 - Cromer Knoll lightship is attacked by a lone Luftwaffe aircraft 1940 - USN initiates the development of guided missiles at the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the establishment of a project for adapting radio controls to a torpedo-carrying Great Lakes TG-2 torpedo bomber 1940 - All large Turkish steamers in foreign waters are ordered, by the Turkish government, to return home as soon as possible 1941 - U-126, U-202 commissioned 1941 - U-332, U-653 launched 1941 - U-48 was attacked by British destroyers with depth charges and suffered slight damage 1941 - U-124, both diesel engines were damaged and inoperable. The crew worked for five days at sea in the Atlantic to repair them 1941 - Corvettes HMCS Calgary, Fredericton (ex-Fort William), Regina & La Malbaie laid down 1941 - German battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau end a 20-day cruise in which they sank 22 ships. The battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau conducted Operation BERLIN that took place between 25 January and 22 March 1941. The patrol lasted 60 days and covered over 17,800 miles. The raiders were replenished with 30,355 tons of fuel and resupplied on a six occasions by not less than six supply ships. Also especially noteworthy was the use of the Dithmarschen-class multi-cargo auxiliaries Ermland and Uckermark (formerly Altmark) to widen the battlecruisers’ search front. In fact, it was Uckermark that made the majority of sightings on 15 March that led to the capture or destruction of sixteen merchant ships, mostly tankers, totaling 82,000-tons. In total, twenty-two Allied ships amounting to 115,622 tons were lost and Trans-Atlantic shipping cycles were completely disrupted. The shipping sunk in this operation exceeded the amounts lost by the Allies in any wolf pack convoy battle or the most successful cruise by a single U-boat. Admiral Raeder achieved the aim of widely dispersing enemy escort forces, creating opportunities for other raider sorties, and disrupting the British war economy. Without doubt, this was the crowning moment for German surface naval operations. 1941 - British government agrees to let US grain ships deliver an emergency cargo of flour to Vichy France 1941 - An emergency evacuation of East Base, US Antarctic Service, Marguerite Bay, is carried out. Two Curtiss R4C Condor flights (Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Ashley C. Snow and Radioman First Class Earl B. Perce, naval aviation pilots) bring out the entire complement of 24 people to Mikkelson Island, the emergency landing field 25 miles NE of Adelaide Island, whence they are taken on board miscellaneous auxiliary USCGC Bear, which soon sails for Punta Arenas, Chile, to rendezvous with Interior Department motorship MS North Star 1942 - Corvette HMCS Drumheller arriver Tobermory for workups 1942 - At 1757, the unescorted & unarmed Muskogee was hit by one torpedo from U-123 in the engine room and sank within 16 minutes about 450 miles SE of Bermuda. A first torpedo had missed the ship at 1706. Ten survivors managed to climb on two rafts and were questioned by Hardegen and also photographed before the U-boat left the area. However, none of the seven officers and 27 crewmen survived 1942 - Motor tanker Athelviscount damaged by U-202 at 38.46N, 52.44W 1942 - SS Thursobank sunk by U-373 at 38.05N, 68.30W 1942 - In the Mediterranean, U-73 was attacked by a Bristol-Beaufort bomber with 4 bombs, suffering heavy damage 1942 - SS Lady Nelson torpedoed & sunk by U-161, Kptlt Albrecht Achilles Knights Cross, CO, while at the dock in St Lucia. 17 passengers & crew were lost. SS Lady Nelson was salvaged & converted into Canada's first hospital ship. Under the command of Captains Welch, Armit, & O'Hara, Lady Nelson completed 31 voyages, steamed 192,000 miles, & transported 25,000 wounded men. She also repatriated British POW's from Japan, German POW's from Halifax to Hamburg, & Jamaican servicemen from Halifax to Jamaica. She also made six trips bringing 'war brides' to Canada from the UK. U-161 was a long-range Type IXC U-boat built by the Seebeck Yard, at Bremen. Commissioned on 08 Jul 41. Her first CO, Kptlt Hans-Ludwig Witt, Knights Cross, was one of Germany's best U-boat commanders, ranked as the 30th U-boat ace of the war. U-161 was sunk 27 Sep 43 in the South Atlantic NE of Bahia, in position 12-30S, 035-35W, by depth charges from a USN 'Mariner' patrol a/c from VP-74 Sqn. Kptlt Albrecht Achilles, Knights Cross, was the CO at the time of her loss. There were no survivors from U-161's crew of 53 men. U-161 was a 'Top Boat' & her loss was both a serious one for the U-boat force & a sign of the increasing allied air cover in nearly all theatres of operation. Albrecht Achilles was born in 1914, in Karlsruhe. He began his naval career in Apr 1934 & served on the school ship Schleswig-Holstein & on battlecruiser Gneisenau before he transferred to the U-boat force in Apr 1940. He made three patrols as the First Weapons Officer in U-66, commanded by the 'ace' KKpt Richard Zapp, Knights Cross. He left the boat in Nov 41 & in Jan 42 took command of the Type IXC boat U-161. He operated mostly in the Caribbean, but also in Brazilian & African waters. In Mar 42 he sank USCGC Acacia & in Oct 42 damaged HMS Phoebe. In all, he conducted 6 patrols & compiled a record of 14 ships sunk for a total of 64,542 tons and 6 ships damaged for a further 41,122 tons, ranking him as the 71st highest U-boat 'ace' of the war. He was awarded the Knights Cross on 16 Jan 43 (144th in the Kreigsmarine & 76th in the U-boat force) 1942 - Two unarmed US merchant tankers are torpedoed and sunk by German submarines in the Western Hemisphere. (1) U-124 sinks the first ship about 98 miles east SE of Wilmington, North Carolina, USA; this is the ninth ship torpedoed by this submarine off the North Carolina coast since 17 March. (2) U-123 sinks the second ship about 840 miles (1352 kilometers) NE of San Juan, Puerto Rico. U-123 draws near to the survivors on two rafts and question them before clearing the area; none of the 34-man crew, however, is ever seen again 1943 - U-665 (Type VIIC) is sunk in the North Atlantic west of Ireland in position 48.04N 10.26W by depth charges dropped by a British Whitley from Squadron 10OTU/Q. All 46 of the crew of U-665 are lost 1943 - Corvette HMCS Orillia completed refit Halifax NS 1943 - Corvette HMCS Oakville arrived Halifax to join WLEF 1943 - Frigate HMAS Lachlan laid down 1943 - Destroyer escorts USS Blessman & Menges laid down 1943 - Destroyer USS Remey laid down 1943 - Escort carrier HMS Premier launched 1943 - Destroyer HMS Termagant launched 1943 - U-524 sunk south of Madeira, Portugal, in position 30.15N, 18.13W, by depth charges from a USAAF Liberator. 52 dead (all hands lost) 1943 - U-338 shot down an RAF 502 Sqn Halifax 1943 - U-665 sunk in the North Atlantic west of Ireland, in position 48.04N, 10.26W, by depth charges from an RAF 10 Sqn Whitley. 46 dead (all hands lost) 1943 - U-563 was attacked by a Beaufighter aircraft in the North Atlantic and suffered slight damage 1943 - A captured seaman from the tanker Jamaica, which was sunk two weeks earlier, jumped overboard from U-221 1943 - U-571 was attacked by an aircraft in the North Atlantic and was damaged so badly that she had to return to base 1943 - HMS Tribune torpedoes and damages the German tanker Präsident Herrenschmidt about 10 nautical miles north-west of Cape Suvero 1943 - HMS Unbroken torpedoes and sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper No. 17/Milano off Cape San Vito, Sicily 1943 - HMS Rorqual lays 50 mines off Trapani, Sicily 1944 - Prime Minister Churchill declared that a clarification of the Atlantic Charter must be the subject for renewed consultation between the principal Allies 1944 - Tug HMCS Eckville assigned to Louisbourg NS 1944 - SS Watuka (1,621 GRT), Canadian collier sunk off Lunenburg, NS, in position 44-30N, 062-51W, by U-802, Kptlt. Helmut Schmoeckel, CO. Watuka had been in the Sydney to Halifax coastal convoy SH.125, & was within sight of the Halifax headlands, when the attack took place. One crewmember was lost from Watuka's crew. HMS Anticosti, a Western Isles-class ASW trawler, rescued 25 survivors later the same day. U-802 a type IXC/40, U-boat, built by Deutsche Schiff und Machinen Bau AG Seebeck Yard Bremen, commissioned 12 Jun 43, in service 23 months, with a record of sinking one ship. U-802 sailed from Germany on her last patrol 9 Apr 45 & subsequently arrived at Loch Eriboll on 11 May 45, where she was surrender to allied forces. U-802 was scuttled at Lisahally, Northern Ireland in operation Deadlight. Operation 'Deadlight' was the code name for the scuttling of the unwanted German U-boats which the allies got their hands on after the end of WW II. Most of these (if not all) operations took place from Lisahally, Northern Ireland or Loch Ryan, Scotland 1944 - Destroyer escort USS Clarence L Evans launched 1944 - Escort carrier USS Makassar Strait launched 1944 - Escort carrier USS Roi laid down 1944 - Destroyer escort USS Leslie LB Knox commissioned 1944 - In the Black Sea, U-24 used the machine gun to attack a Soviet train ashore 1944 - Submarine HMS Stonehange sailed from Trincomalee, Ceylon and arrived in patrol area between northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands on 25 February 1944. She was reported overdue on 22 March 1944. The cause of loss is unknown. Lost with all hands 1944 - U-2322 laid down 1944 - U-1019, U-1020 launched 1944 - U-486, U-1171, U-1233, U-1275 commissioned 1944 - Submarine HMS Syrtis sank Norwegian SS Narvik (241 BRT) near Sleipnesodden, Rødøy, Helgeland with gunfire 1944 - HMS Syrtis sank Norwegian SS Narvik near Sleipnesodden, Rødøy, Helgeland with gunfire 1944 - HMS Stonehange sailed from Trincomalee, Ceylon and arrived in patrol area between northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands on 25 February 1944. She was reported overdue on 22 March 1944. The cause of loss is unknown. Lost with all hands 1945 - US 5th Division crosses the Rhine near Nierstein 1945 - Lt(A) Robert Ross Sheppard RCNVR, member of RN's 1842 Sqn, was killed when his Corsair (JT 535) spun into the sea off Sydney, Australia while operating from HMS Formidable 1945 - Minesweeper HMS Mandate commissioned 1945 - U-315 attacked the convoy TBC-103 NW of Lands End with a spread of LUT torpedoes, reported one ship sunk and heard two detonations after running times of 8 minutes 27 seconds and 8 minutes 35 seconds. However, only the Empire Kingsley was hit & sunk. Eight crewmembers were lost. The master, 38 crewmembers and ten gunners were picked up by armed trawler HMS Fir & transferred to the Sennen lifeboat 1945 - U-711 observed one Gnat hit after 6 minutes 45 seconds at the stern of an armed trawler in Kola Inlet. The Gnat detonated near the BPS-5 of approximately 20 tons and damaged the motor boat 1945 - U-3526, U-3529, U-3530 commissioned 1945 - Lighter, Covered (Self-propelled) YF-724 lost off the Farallon Islands 1945 - Lighter, Covered (Self-propelled) YF-725 lost off the Farallon Islands 1945 - HMS Selene sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire northeast of Sumatra 1946 - USS Missouri departs US to return body of deceased Turkish ambassador to the US back to Turkey for burial. Missouri arrived in Istanbul on 5 April 1946 - Fairmile depot ship HMCS Provider paid off 1946 - Corvette HMCS Dawson foundered under tow for scrapyard Hamilton ON 1946 - Destroyer USS Theodore E Chandler commissioned 1949 - South of Guantanamo, Cuba, 19th CAG Sea Fury TG 116, piloted by Lt(P) Joseph MacBrien RCN, torque-stalled on landing approach to HMCS Magnificent and crashed into the sea. The pilot was recovered unhurt 1950 - Coastal escort (ex-minesweeper) HMCS New Liskeard commissioned 1951 - Destroyer HMAS Anzac commissioned 1955 - Captain Alexander Beaufort Fraser Fraser-Harris DSC, CD, RCN, was appointed Director of Naval Aviation at NSHQ, Ottawa. He thus became the first Canadian to fill this position, his three predecessors all being Royal Navy officers 1965 - USS Bennington commences Vietnam deployment with CVSG-59 1967 - P1RN Ronald D. Greenbury RCN disappeared from the HS 50 Sea King in which he was a crewman during a night training exercise off the Nova Scotia coast 1969 - USS Ticonderoga port call Subic Bay 1983 - Submarine HMS Trenchant ordered from Vickers Barrow 1991 - Naval forces continue counter air-defensive, combat air patrols, minesweeping and maritime interception operations 1991 - Fast Sealift Ship USNS Bellatrix departs Saudi Arabia enroute to Savannah GA with first cargo on-load of equipment returning to CONUS. Load consists primarily of equipment from US Army's 24th (Mechanized) Infantry Division. Eight other MSC ships are loaded out, scheduled to depart 1991 - USS Macdonough and Nicholas arrive at NAVBASE Charleston homeport; the first Navy surface combatants to return to CONUS. During six-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf, both ships enforced United Nations resolutions by challenging over 600 commercial ships and boarding many ships in search of contraband; escorted and protected numerous ships and planes returning from raids in Iraq and Kuwait; and conducted at- sea rescues of downed pilots. As the northern-most ship in the coalition task force, USS Nicholas and embarked helos conducted the first surface attack on Iraqi anti-aircraft sites and captured the first enemy prisoners of war. Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (Light) 44, Detachment Eight, arrives at NAVSTA Mayport homeport. During six-month embark aboard USS Nicholas, squadron saw considerable action against Iraqi forces and executed the first helicopter missile attack, captured the first enemy prisoners of war, rescued a downed pilot in the Arabian Gulf, discovered/destroyed mines, and conducted hundreds of merchant vessel identifications and/or challenges enforcing United Nations trade sanctions 2004 - USCGC Vashon commissioned at Galveston TX 2004 - US announced it would deploy a guided missile destroyer in the Sea of Japan in September as part of a US effort to deploy an anti-missile shield to protect against attacks from countries like North Korea by the end of 2004 2005 - National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has delivered the Alaskan Explorer, the second of four Alaska-class double-hull oil tankers being built for BP Oil Shipping Company, USA, a subsidiary of BP p.l.c. The Alaskan Explorer will join her sister ship, the Alaskan Frontier, which was delivered in August 2004 and is delivering oil from Alaska to West Coast ports, including BP refineries in Los Angeles, Calif., and Cherry Point, Wash. The third ship will be delivered in late 2005 and the fourth ship in 2006. These state-of-the-art ships are the most environmentally friendly oil tankers ever built. Their double hull construction has been designed for a life of 35 years and their deck structure has a life of 50 years, a robust configuration that will perform at peak efficiency for decades in the rigors of the Gulf of Alaska's waters. The diesel-electric propulsion system, with redundant engines, shafts and screws, significantly increases reliability and reduces air emissions and maintenance downtime. The ships use seawater instead of oil to cool and lubricate their propeller shafts, eliminating the possibility of accidental oil leaks. Their cargo piping, normally installed on the deck, is run inside the cargo tanks, to reduce the risk of small spills. The ships are 287 meters (941 feet) long, beam of 50 meters (164 feet) and a capacity of 1.3 million barrels of oil. Once completed, the four BP ships will be operated by the Alaska Tanker Company of Beaverton, Ore., which operates BP-chartered tankers used in the Alaska North Slope trade. Alaska Tanker Company is 25% owned by BP 2005 - Defense Minister Lee Jye vowed on Tuesday that the Taiwanese friendship flotilla will encounter no further problems in its worldwide tour, after the flotilla was yesterday blocked from docking in Singapore's harbor by the Singapore authorities, reportedly due to pressure from China. Meanwhile, Premier Frank Hsieh noted that the Ministry of National Defense can do more to alleviate further frustrations by choosing more carefully where to visit on following missions. The military friendship flotilla departed from Taiwan three weeks ago, carrying students from the ROC's Naval Academy on an annual trip, a journey which is a key part of their final graduation. The flotilla spends 100 days traveling around the world, visiting Taiwan's diplomatic allies and giving naval students an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the operations of a war ship 2005 - Ocean salvors were working today on ways to refloat training brigantine Irving Johnson that went aground near Oxnard, a US Coast Guard lieutenant said. Salvage teams hired by the ship's owner met at first light to prepare an attempt to refloat the vessel at high tide around 0730 hrs, said US Coast Guard Lt. Tim List. But the vessel remained aground some three hours later, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Prentice Danner. Irving Johnson went aground on a rock jetty at the entrance to Channel Island Harbor near Oxnard about 1530 yesterday, Danner said. The 20 passengers onboard the $4.5 million twin-masted sailing ship were college professors and honor students who volunteered to spend their spring breaks learning to sail. No one was injured. High surf violently tossed the ship yesterday, complicating efforts to stabilize it and pull it back to sea, List said. The diesel engine on the sail ship presents some pollution concerns. Crews could not remove any of the ship's fuel yesterday because of the surf, List said 2005 - News has been received that the planned visit to South African ports later this week by the US Navy’s Harry S Truman carrier strike group has been cancelled. Although the ships are apparently still heading towards the Cape they will now pass into the Atlantic without stopping at either Durban or Cape Town. No reason has been offered but it is understood that permission for the visit was not forthcoming from the South African government 2006 - Two more ships are leaving the James River, headed for disposal facilities in Virginia and Maryland, in what has become a regular occurrence since the Bush Administration took over management of the nation’s ship disposal program five years ago, the US Maritime Administration announced. The Howard W. Gilmore is scheduled to leave the James River Reserve Fleet at Fort Eustis on Thursday, making it the 50th ship to leave the river since January 1, 2001. It is one of the last World War II-vintage ships still at the fleet, which is good news for the ship disposal program, according to John Jamian, MARAD’s Acting Administrator. In a news conference at the fleet site today, Jamian said, “Our disposal efforts can keep moving to newer ships, which bring better prices in the scrap steel market. That means better deals for the taxpayers—and means we can sell some of these ships rather than paying to have them recycled.” In fact, the next ship set to leave is a barge, the UEB, sold to North American Ship Recycling of Sparrows Point, MD, for more than $76,000 2006 - A Covington LA Coast Guardsman received the Master Chief Petty Officer Angela M. McShan Inspirational Leadership Award at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington DC. Chief Boatswain's Mate Heath Bradley Jones is recognized for his work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when he assumed the duties of executive petty officer in charge of small boat Station New Orleans where he helped plan or participated in more than 100 search and rescue missions, as well as his work at Coast Guard Station Little Creek and Station Cape Charles VA 2006 - BC Ferries has confirmed that all 101 passengers and crew aboard the Queen of the North have been safely evacuated. The 125m-long, 8,889-gt vessel, built in 1969, struck a rock off Gil Island in Wright Sound at about 0043 and sank within an hour. Passengers were removed to Hartley Bay, a village 120km from the accident site in the Queen Charlotte Islands and some were taken aboard the Canadian Coast Guard vessel Sir Wilfrid Laurier. According to a BC Ferries statement, those passengers will be taken to the port of Prince Rupert. The ferry had departed from Prince Rupert at 2000 yesterday en route to Port Hardy on northern Vancouver Island. A Canadian military Cormorant helicopter and Buffalo aircraft, coast guard vessels, fishing boats and personal craft responded to the sinking vessel. No serious injuries or fatalities have been reported by the Canadian Coast Guard or BC Ferries to date. There were 16 vehicles on board, according to BC Ferries president David Hahn. Canada's Transportation Safety Board and Transport Canada have been notified of the sinking 2006 - The BC Treasury Board on March 22 approved an agreement that will allow the long-awaited purchase of replacements for the vessels on northern routes. The Treasury Board meeting was previously scheduled, and it was a coincidence that it was on the day that the passenger ferry struck a rock and sank off the north coast of the province. The terms of the agreement, under which the province will pay increased service fees to BC Ferries, have not been made public. It is estimated that the total cost to replace the Queen of the North, Queen of Prince Rupert and Queen of Chilliwack will be about $300 million. The new ferries should be in operation between 2009 and 2011. The three northern ferries were scheduled to be retired by 2010 2007 - USCG Commandant Admiral Thad W. Allen speaks at the 219th Permanent Joint Board on Defense Admiral Kidd Center Fleet ASW Center Naval Base Point Loma San Diego 2007 - At Greenock Fire Station Strathclyde, Peter Dymond, Chief Coastguard, officially closed the Sea of Change Project 2007 - President Vladimir Putin has signed an ordinance "On the Public Company United Shipbuilding Corporation," the Kremlin said 2007 - NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer travels to The Hague. He met with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, Deputy Prime Ministers Wouter Bos and André Rouvoet, Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen, Minister of Defense Eimert van Middelkoop and with Development Cooperation Minister Bert Koenders 2007 - A 10-deck passenger ferry bound from Norway to Denmark caught fire. Some 350 passengers of the Peter Wessel ferry, traveling from the city of Larvik to the city of Hirtshals, were evacuated onto upper decks, and the ship's owner, Color Line, said the fire has been localized and that the passengers are not in danger. A special tugboat is expected to tow the ferry to a Danish port for repairs 2007 - George P. Bush, the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and nephew of President George W. Bush, selected as one of 15 prospective ensigns for the intelligence unit of the Navy Reserve 2007 - Lisa Nowak, the former astronaut fired by NASA after she was charged with trying to kidnap a romantic rival, will develop flight lesson plans as part of her new military assignment 2007 - Aker Yards entered into a contract with Gulf Offshore NS for building of two Platform Supply Vessels based of the Aker design PSV 09 CD. The total value of the contract is approximately NOK 530 million. Delivery is scheduled in 4Q 2009 and 2Q 2010 2007 - Coast Guard is monitoring a jack-up rig that was run aground this morning to prevent it from sinking approximately one mile offshore and six miles south of the Port Aransas jetties. The crew of the tug Vinton Crosby radioed watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi around 0300 reporting the jackup rig Dolphin III, which they were towing, was listing to one side 2007 - An Estonian team probing the sinking of a passenger ferry 12-and-a-half years ago, which claimed 852 lives, said it had no evidence to show the accident was caused by an explosion 2007 - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen announced today the following assignments: Rear Adm. Raymond M. Klein is being assigned as president, Board of Inspection and Survey, Norfolk, Va. Klein is currently serving as deputy director, Submarine Warfare Division, N87B, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Rear Adm. Charles M. Lilli is being assigned as director for logistics and engineering, J4, US Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Lilli is currently serving as Commander, Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Defense Logistics Agency, Columbus, Ohio. Rear Adm. Mark F. Heinrich is being assigned as director, logistics operations, defense logistics operations, Washington, D.C. Heinrich is currently serving as commander, Defense Supply Center, Richmond, Defense Logistics Agency, Richmond, VA 2007 - An unprecedented project to clean up the Thames, making it fit for the 21st century announced by Environment Minister Ian Pearson. A single 30km long tunnel is planned to intercept sewage and rain water discharges along the length of the river and transport the waste water for treatment in East London. It would be the largest such project ever undertaken in UK 2007 - USCG rescued a couple from a sinking sailboat near Belle Rock in Rosario Strait 2007 - The Coast Guard pulled a Fort Lewis Army Sergeant from the waters of Puget Sound tonight after discovering him drifting approximately one half mile from Port Orchard 2008 - Sri Lankan patrol vessel P438 destroyed by a sea mine blast off the island's northeastern coast, leaving at least 10 sailors missing Copyright 2009 Shirlaw News Group ISSN 1710-6966 Today in History Archives This information is licensed to the recipient only. Images may be subject to copyright. Ask before you right-click. Royal Navy photos are Courtesy of www.oldships.org.uk unless otherwise indicated. To contact us: 418-145 West Keith Rd North Vancouver BC V7M 1L3 Canada Phone: 778-968-7447