Second Continental  Congress authorized the purchase of 2  vessels.

 First Commander in Chief

Esek Hopkins

13 Oct 1775

Established by Secretary of the Navy

William Hunt

23 Mar 1882

President Roosevelt ordered 16 Battleships to circumnavigate the globe to demonstrate the strength and capability of the US Navy

16 Dec 1907 - 22 feb 1909

USS Osmond Ingram was launched.

USS Cassin was torpedoed by German U-boat

GM1 spotted the approaching torpedo and rushed by jettison the depth charge munitions. He was blown overboard when the torpedo struck

28 Feb 1919

Begginning to US Navy crypotology and cryptanlysis.

"on the roof gang" was a school for radiomen cryptologist working on the roof of the DoN in D.C.

Jul 1928

Japanese developed a series of encryption devices to transport secrets. US intelligence was able to crack the Japanese Purple Machine. After a great effort by US cryptanalysis the code was broken and used against its makers, tracking Japanese Naval troop movement and other military Comms.

27 Sep 1940

LT Herman H, Goldstine

Assisted in the creation of ENIAC

1942

Broke of Japanese Navy Code. One Japanese carrier damaged.

USS Lexington was sunk.

USS Yorktown damaged. Both sides withdrew. Ships never sighted or fired directly at each other. Aircraft were sole attackers

7-8 May 1942

Turning point of Pacific War.

Japanese called AF the Midway. Allied code breaking allowed Admiral Nimitz to position 3 carriers out of Japanese reconn range.

4 Japanese carriers sunk USS Yorktown was sunk

3-5 Jun 1942

US secured Guadalcanal from Japan.

Australia was less danger of attack. USS JUNEAU was damaged, all 5 Sullivan brothers  along with the 700 others were lost.

Navy policy concerning family member separation within commands

13-15 Nov 1942

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Largest naval battle in US history. First use of ELINT to determine Japanese ship and submarine position .

First use of the Kamikaze

23 Oct 1944

D-Day , Operation Overload.

Largest amphibious operation.

Operation overload included the greatest military armada ever assembled.

Operation fortitude was the transmission of fake radio traffic to deceive the Germans

06 Jun 1944

Signed by President Truman.

1. Merged the Department of War and the DoN in to the DoD

2. Created the Air Force

3. Unified the Army

4. Established the National Security Council for national security

5.Established the CIA

6. Established the joint Chiefs of Staff

26 Jul1 947

RDML Alan B. Shepard

First US manned space flight

05 May 1961

CAPT John W.Young

First spacecraft to maneuver from one orbit to another

23 Mar 1965

6 Day War between Israel and Arab nations.

USS Liberty was at the Mediterranean performing ELINT

Due to ineffective message handling and routing, Israel attacked the ship killing 34 and injured 170 crew members

08 Jul 1967

This SGINT and COMINT ship was boarded and captured by North Korea

Only a small percentage of the total classified material aboard the ship was destroyed

USS Pueblo is still held by North Korea today

23 Jan 1968

EC-121 was flying a routine SIGINT recon mission when it was shot down by a North Korean fighter jet over the Sea of Japan

killing all 31 crewmembers

15 Apr 1969

First Manned lunar landing

16-24 Jul 1969

CAPT Eugene A. Cernan and CAPT Ronald E. Evans

7th and final lunar landing mission

07 -19 Dec 1972

CAPT John W. Young and CAPT Robert L. Crippen

1st orbital test flight of space shuttle

2-14 Apr 1981

USS STARK was struck by antiship missiles fired by an Iraqi jet fighter during the Iran-Irag war, killing 37 Sailors and wounding 21

It is the only successful antiship missle attack on a US Navy warship

17 May 1987

Admiral Kelso adopted the Navy Core Values to provide principles to guide Sailors

1992

It was written at the direction of CNO Admiral Kelso

Every Sailor is required to memorize it

1993

Dispute between US and China

The 24 member aircrew destroyed sensitive items and data on board of the aircraft

The crew were taken to a military barracks to be interrogated for 2 nights

The crew was detained until April 11, when they were released

The EP-3 was not allowed to fly out

01 Apr 2001