This day in military history..
Chukpike
Banned
November 13th,
1776 - Captain John Paul Jones in Alfred with brig Providence captures British transport Mellish, carrying winter uniforms later used by Washington's troops.
1942 - Loss of USS Juneau (CL-52) during Battle of Guadalcanal results in loss of Five Sullivan Brothers.
1776 - Captain John Paul Jones in Alfred with brig Providence captures British transport Mellish, carrying winter uniforms later used by Washington's troops.
1942 - Loss of USS Juneau (CL-52) during Battle of Guadalcanal results in loss of Five Sullivan Brothers.
Chukpike
Banned
November 19
1813- Capt. David Porter claims Marquesas Islands for the United States.
1943 - Carrier force attacks bases on Tarawa and Makin begun.
1943 - USS Nautilus (SS-168) enters Tarawa lagoon in first submarine photograph reconnaissance mission.
1969 - Navy astronauts CDR Charles Conrad Jr. and CDR Alan L. Bean are 3rd and 4th men to walk on the moon. They were part of Apollo 12 mission. CDR Richard F. Gordon, Jr., the Command Module Pilot, remained in lunar orbit. During the mission lasting 19 days, 4 hours, and 36 minutes, the astronauts recovered 243 lbs of lunar material. Recovery by HS-4 helicopters from USS Hornet (CVS-12).
1943 - Carrier force attacks bases on Tarawa and Makin begun.
1943 - USS Nautilus (SS-168) enters Tarawa lagoon in first submarine photograph reconnaissance mission.
1969 - Navy astronauts CDR Charles Conrad Jr. and CDR Alan L. Bean are 3rd and 4th men to walk on the moon. They were part of Apollo 12 mission. CDR Richard F. Gordon, Jr., the Command Module Pilot, remained in lunar orbit. During the mission lasting 19 days, 4 hours, and 36 minutes, the astronauts recovered 243 lbs of lunar material. Recovery by HS-4 helicopters from USS Hornet (CVS-12).
Chukpike
Banned
November 20th:
1943 - Operation Galvanic, under command of Vice Admiral Raymond Spruance, lands Navy, Marine, and Army forces on Tarawa and Makin.
1962 - President John F. Kennedy lifts the Blockade of Cuba.
1943 - Operation Galvanic, under command of Vice Admiral Raymond Spruance, lands Navy, Marine, and Army forces on Tarawa and Makin.
1962 - President John F. Kennedy lifts the Blockade of Cuba.
tomtom22
Chief Engineer
November 20
1942: Northeast and southwest of Stalingrad, the attacking Soviet armies are making rapid progress in the direction of Kalach on the Don, the chosen meeting-point of the two pincers. 6. and 4. Armee hurriedly dispatch mobile units to bolster the unprepared and crumbling German defenses west and south of the Don. A crisis of major proportions is in the offing.
1943: The Red Army achieves a breakthrough near Kremenchug in the Ukraine, and advances toward Kirovograd.
1944: German troops of Heeresgruppe E evacuate Tirana in Albania.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/november.html
1968 HMAS Sydney at Vung Tau HMAS Sydney disembarks the 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, at Vung Tau, Vietnam.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp
1942: Northeast and southwest of Stalingrad, the attacking Soviet armies are making rapid progress in the direction of Kalach on the Don, the chosen meeting-point of the two pincers. 6. and 4. Armee hurriedly dispatch mobile units to bolster the unprepared and crumbling German defenses west and south of the Don. A crisis of major proportions is in the offing.
1943: The Red Army achieves a breakthrough near Kremenchug in the Ukraine, and advances toward Kirovograd.
1944: German troops of Heeresgruppe E evacuate Tirana in Albania.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/november.html
1968 HMAS Sydney at Vung Tau HMAS Sydney disembarks the 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, at Vung Tau, Vietnam.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp
Nov 22
1861 Near Pensacola, Fla Union held Ft. Pickens & USS Niagara, Richmond & Montgomery open an all day exchange of fire with Confederate held Ft. McRee, Ft. Barrancas, & batterys @ the Pensacola Navy Yard.
1864 Sherman's Left Wing capture Millidgeville, the Georgia State Capitol
1861 Near Pensacola, Fla Union held Ft. Pickens & USS Niagara, Richmond & Montgomery open an all day exchange of fire with Confederate held Ft. McRee, Ft. Barrancas, & batterys @ the Pensacola Navy Yard.
1864 Sherman's Left Wing capture Millidgeville, the Georgia State Capitol
Yin717
Active member
November 22:
Here's wikipedia's list of events that happened on this day. Not all obviously associated to war conflicts but quite a few is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_22
Here's wikipedia's list of events that happened on this day. Not all obviously associated to war conflicts but quite a few is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_22
Nov 23
1861 Near Pensacola the bombardment between Ft Pickens & Fts McRee/Barrancas continues. Due to low water conditions, the US Navy doesn't participate today.
1863 in preliminary manuvering before the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Union troops sieze the Orchard Knob.
1943 Tarawa declared secure
1861 Near Pensacola the bombardment between Ft Pickens & Fts McRee/Barrancas continues. Due to low water conditions, the US Navy doesn't participate today.
1863 in preliminary manuvering before the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Union troops sieze the Orchard Knob.
1943 Tarawa declared secure
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Nov 24
1861 Near Savannah, Ga Union troops land on Tybee Island prepretory to moving against Ft. Pulaski, Savannah's main protection from seaborne assault.
1863 Preliminary to the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Union troops capture Lookout Mountain, known as "The Battle above the clouds".
1944 B-29s from Saipan make the 1st land based airstrike on Tokyo.
1861 Near Savannah, Ga Union troops land on Tybee Island prepretory to moving against Ft. Pulaski, Savannah's main protection from seaborne assault.
1863 Preliminary to the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Union troops capture Lookout Mountain, known as "The Battle above the clouds".
1944 B-29s from Saipan make the 1st land based airstrike on Tokyo.
Nov 25
1177 Baldwin IV of Jeruselem & Raynald of Chatillion defeat Saladin @the Battle of Montgisard
1758 British capture Ft Duquesne(Pittsburg, Pa)
1783 British evacuate the last of thier troops @ the end of the American Revolution, leaving New York.
1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge
1177 Baldwin IV of Jeruselem & Raynald of Chatillion defeat Saladin @the Battle of Montgisard
1758 British capture Ft Duquesne(Pittsburg, Pa)
1783 British evacuate the last of thier troops @ the end of the American Revolution, leaving New York.
1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge
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Chukpike
Banned
November 25
1775 - Continental Congress authorizes privateering.
1943 - In Battle of Cape St. George, 5 destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 23 (Captain Arleigh Burke) intercept 5 Japanese destroyers and sink 3 and damage one without suffering any damage.
1961 - Commissioning of USS Enterprise (CVA(N)-65), the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, at Newport News, VA. (Still in fleet).
1943 - In Battle of Cape St. George, 5 destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 23 (Captain Arleigh Burke) intercept 5 Japanese destroyers and sink 3 and damage one without suffering any damage.
1961 - Commissioning of USS Enterprise (CVA(N)-65), the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, at Newport News, VA. (Still in fleet).
Nov 26
1476 Vlad III Dracula, with help from Stephen the Great & Stephen V Bathory, defeats Basarab Laiota to regain rule of Wallachia
1865 Battle of Papudo Naval engagement between Spanish Navy & combined Peru-Chilean fleet near Valparaiso, Chile
1939 Shelling of Mainila Orchestrated by the Soviets to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland 4 days later
1943 German missle sinks British transport Rohna, 1138 killed
1950 China enters the Korean War with a massive counterattack.
2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks
1476 Vlad III Dracula, with help from Stephen the Great & Stephen V Bathory, defeats Basarab Laiota to regain rule of Wallachia
1865 Battle of Papudo Naval engagement between Spanish Navy & combined Peru-Chilean fleet near Valparaiso, Chile
1939 Shelling of Mainila Orchestrated by the Soviets to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland 4 days later
1943 German missle sinks British transport Rohna, 1138 killed
1950 China enters the Korean War with a massive counterattack.
2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks
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