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Today in Naval History
July 10
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Year at a Glance
1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt travels to Cartagena, Colombia, by USS Houston (CA 30). His visit was the first by a U.S. president to South America.
On This Day

1934

President Franklin D. Roosevelt travels to Cartagena, Colombia, by USS Houston (CA 30). His visit was the first by a U.S. president to South America.

1943

In Operation Husky, naval gunfire helps Allied troops land on Sicily, Italy. It is the first extensive use of LST's and smaller landing craft to deliver heavy equipment over the beach.

1945

USS Runner (SS 476) sinks the Japanese minesweeper (No.27) off Tado Saki, Honshu.

1971

USS Ponce (AFSB 15) is commissioned. The final Austin-class amphibious transport dock is named after a city in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

1993

USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) is commissioned at New London, Conn., the 14th Ohio-class submarine.