Naval History and Heritage Command

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.

PBY (VP 94) sinks German submarine (U 590) at the mouth of the Amazon River, Brazil.

The organized Japanese resistance ceases on Saipan, Mariana Islands.

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.

USS Wasp (CVS 18) departs Guantanamo Bay to support the United Nations effort to calm the newly independent Congo.

USS Thresher (SSN 593) is launched at Portsmouth, N.H.

USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) is commissioned at Groton, Conn. The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine. 

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).

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.