1846 - During the Mexican-American War, Cmdr. John B. Montgomery and his detachment of Marines and sailors from the sloop-of-war USS Portsmouth raise the U.S. flag over (Yerba Buena) San Francisco, Calif.
1943 - PBY (VP 94) sinks German submarine (U 590) at the mouth of the Amazon River, Brazil.
1943 - Ensign John J. Parle is the Officer-in-Charge of small boats on board USS (LST 375). While preparing for the assault landing on Sicily, Italy, a smoke pot in a boat accidentally ignites. Realizing an explosion will give their position away, Parle grabs the pot and throws it over the side. As a result of the smoke and fumes he inhaled, he dies on July 17, 1943. For his "valor and courage above and beyond the call of duty" on this occasion, he is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
1944 - The organized Japanese resistance ceases on Saipan, Mariana Islands.
1950 - During the Korean War, Cmdr. Michael J. L. Luosey assumes command of the Navy of the Republic of Korea. He subsequently serves as its Deputy Commander until June 1, 1952.
1960 - USS Wasp (CVS 18) departs Guantanamo Bay to support the United Nations effort to calm the newly independent Congo.
1960 - USS Thresher (SSN 593) is launched at Portsmouth, N.H.
1988 - USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723) is commissioned at Newport News, Va., near its homeport of Norfolk. The Los Angeles-class submarine is currently homeported at Guam with Submarine Squadron 15.
1994 - USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) is commissioned at Groton, Conn. The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine is homeported at Kings Bay, Ga.
1994 - USS Dextrous (MCM 13), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, is commissioned at Ingleside, Texas, which includes former Sailors from the original Dextrous (AM 341).
1994 - USS Port Royal (CG 73) is commissioned at Savannah, Ga. The guided-missile cruiser is the 27th and last ship of the Ticonderoga-class cruisers. Named after American Revolutionary and Civil War battles at Port Royal Sound, S.C., the ship is homeported at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
