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 * 1862 - While CSS Arkansas makes her way down the Yazoo River, she encounters the Union gunboats USS Carondelet, USS Tyler, and USS Queen of the West. In the ensuing battle, CSS Arkansas damages the first two vessels and makes her way into the Mississippi River, where she boldly fights through the Federal fleet to find refuge at the Confederate batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
 * 1896 - USS Oregon is commissioned.
 * 1942 - USS Grunion sinks the Japanese submarine chasers CH-25 and 26 off Kiska.
 * 1942 - USS Terror, the first minelayer built as such, is commissioned. During WWII she participates in Operation Torch, the Battle of Iwo Jima, and the Battle of Okinawa.
 * 1943 - TBF aircraft from (VC 29) from USS Santee (CVE 29) sinks German submarine (U-509) south of the Azores.
 * 1943 - PBY from VP-92 and British warships HMS Rochester, HMS Mignonette, and HMS Balsam sink German submarine U-135 west of the Canary Islands. Previously, U-135 sank three and damaged one Allied vessels.

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