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 * 1862 - CSS Virginia is destroyed by Confederates off Craney Island to prevent capture.
 * 1898 - During the Spanish-American War, Marines and Sailors from USS Marblehead (C-11) and USS Nashville (PG 7) cut the trans-oceanic cable near Cienfuegos, Cuba, isolating Cuba from Spain. For heroism during this action, 54 Marines and Sailors received the Medal of Honor.
 * 1943 - In the Attu Operation, Task Force 16, commanded by Rear Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid, landed a force of 3,000 US Army troops of the 7th Division in the cold and the mist of the Aleutians.
 * 1945 - During the Battle of Okinawa, kamikazes attack USS Bunker Hill.
 * 1945 - German submarine U 541 surrenders to Allied Forces.
 * 1950 - Viking Rocket #4 is launched from USS Norton Sound (AV-11), near the equator, for a successful 106.4 mile vertical flight called Project Reach.

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