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• 1859 - USS Saginaw launches from Mare Island. The steamer is the first Navy ship built on the West Coast.
• 1867 - The Civil Engineer Corps is established by Congress.
• 1945 - USS Bowfin sinks Japanese transport Chokai Maru, and patrol bombers PB4Y-2 sink transport Nichirin Maru in East China Sea.
• 1952 - During the Korean War, USS Endicott silences enemy guns on the east coast of Chuuronjang, Korea in a counter-battery engagement.
• 1973 - The first four female Navy pilots begin training. The women are: Lt. j.g. Barbara A. Allen; Lt. j.g Judith A. Neuffer; Ensign Jane M. Skiles and Ensign Kathleen L. McNary.

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  The first Navy ship built on the West Coast is launched.

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