- 1812 - The frigate, USS Essex, commanded by Capt. David Porter, captures the merchant brig, Lamprey, in the Atlantic.
- 1854 - USS Cyane bombards San Juan del Norte in retaliation for ill-treatment of US citizens. Marines and Sailors also seize weapons and powder in retribution for an attack on US Consular officials for refusal to pay reparation.
- 1939 - Rear Adm. Richard Byrd is appointed to command the 1939-1941 United States Antarctic Service Expedition. Under objectives outlined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Byrd establishes an east and west base and holds a wide range of scientific observations until international tensions end the expedition in early 1941.
- 1942 - USS Lansdowne sinks the German submarine U-153 off the Panama Canal Zone.
- 1943 - TBFs based on board USS Core sink German submarine U-487, 720 miles south-southwest of Faial Island.
- 1943 - The Japanese are intercepted from landing reinforcements in the Solomon Islands, resulting in the night Battle of Kolombangara. During the battle, the US Navy loses USS Gwin.
- 1991 - USS Kentucky is commissioned at Groton, Conn., the third Navy vessel to be named after the Bluegrass state. The Thoroughbred of the Fleet is an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine.
- 1996 - USS Wyoming is commissioned at Groton, Conn. The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine is the fourth named Wyoming and is homeported at Kings Bay, Ga.
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USS Saint Louis and HMNZS Leander firing during the action in the Battle of Kolombangara.
