Naval History and Heritage Command

During the Civil War, the screw steam gunboat Aroostook captures schooner Eureka off Galveston, Texas, which had been bound for Havana with a cargo of cotton. Also on this date, the side-wheel gunboat Jacob Bell transports and supports a troop landing at St. George’s Island, Md., where some 30 Confederates, some of whom were blockade runners, are captured.

USS Frazier’s (DD 607) bow is badly damaged when she intentionally rams and eventually sinks Japanese submarine I-35 off Tarawa in tandem with USS Meade (DD 602). No injuries or casualties are suffered and two days later Frazier sails for repairs at Pearl Harbor.

USS Besugo (SS 321) sinks the Japanese landing ship T-151 off the northern tip of Palawan while USS Guavina (SS 362) sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Dowa Maru northwest of Borneo.

A Navy C-2A Greyhound crashes in the Philippine Sea while enroute to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Search and rescue efforts recover eight Sailors and continue for two days.  Three Sailors lose their lives in the crash.