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 * 1812 - USS Constitution, under the command of Capt. Isaac Hull, escapes a British squadron on a three-day chase off the coast of New Jersey.
 * 1918 - While serving with the 6th Marine Regiment in the vicinity of Vierzy, Medical Corps officer Lt. Joel T. Boone twice leaves the shelter of a ravine. Despite extreme enemy fire and heavy gas mist, he applies dressings and first aid to wounded Marines. For his actions on this occasion, he is awarded the Medal of Honor.
 * 1918 - USS San Diego sinks off Fire Island, by a mine placed by German submarine U-156. The cruiser sinks in 28 minutes with the loss of six lives and is the only major warship lost by the US in World War I.
 * 1940 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Two-Ocean Navy Act, the largest naval procurement bill in US history, which increased the size of the Navy by 70%.
 * 1943 - PBM from VP 74 sink German submarine U-513 off Santos. A small seaplane tender from USS Barnegat rescues survivors.
 * 1960 - USS Ammen and USS Collett collide in the fog off California, killing 11 men and injuring 20 other shipmates.
 * 1997 - USS Seawolf is commissioned at the Electric Boat Shipyard in Groton.

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