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Naval History – July 09

  • 1846 – Sailors and Marines from USS Portsmouth occupy and raise flag over San Francisco.
  • 1918 – Henry Ford launches first of 100 Eagle boats.
  • 1944 – Organized Japanese resistence ceases on Saipan, Marianas.
  • 1960 – USS Wasp (CVA 18) departs Guantanamo Bay to support United Nations effort to calm the newly independent Congo.


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