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Today in Naval History
February 26
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Year at a Glance
1944 - Sue Sophia Dauser, Superintendent of the Navy's Nurse Corps, is the first woman in the Navy to receive the rank of captain.
On This Day

1944

Sue Sophia Dauser, Superintendent of the Navy's Nurse Corps, is the first woman in the Navy to receive rank of captain.

1945

TBMs (VC 82) from USS Anzio (CVE-57) sink two Japanese submarines: I-368, 35 miles west of Iwo Jima, and RO-43, 50 miles west-northwest of Iwo Jima.

1945

USS Finnegan (DE-307) sinks Japanese submarine I-370, 120 miles south of Iwo Jima.

1991

During Operation Desert Storm, A-6E aircraft of VA-155 from USS Ranger (CVA-61) and Marine aircraft bomb Iraqi troops fleeing Kuwait City to Basra.