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 * 1846 - Sailors and Marines from USS Congress land to capture Santa Barbara during the Mexican–American War.
 * 1898 - During the Spanish–American War, USS Monterey becomes the first monitor to cross the Pacific Ocean, reaching Manila Bay from San Francisco.
 * 1939 - USS Yorktown and USS Enterprise use hydraulic flush-deck catapults to launch SBC-3 and O3U-3 aircraft from flight and hangar deck catapults.
 * 1943 - The first Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal is awarded to a female. Ensign Rosalie Thorne scores 211 out of 240 to qualify.
 * 1943 - A radar-equipped Catalina PBY carries out predawn bombing of a submarine base and main Japanese camp area on Kiska. The Catalina also drops 92 empty beer bottles (for the disconcerting whistling effect they produce) on those targets. Also on this date, USS Finback sinks Japanese cargo ship Kaisho Maru in the Java Sea off the north coast of Java while USS Seadragon damages Japanese transport Kembu Maru east of Ponape.

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