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1812 - USS Constitution, under the command of Capt. Isaac Hull, escapes a British squadron on a three-day chase off the coast of New Jersey.
1918 - While serving with the 6th Marine Regiment in the vicinity of Vierzy, Medical Corps officer Lt. Joel T. Boone twice leaves the shelter of a ravine. Despite extreme enemy fire and heavy gas mist, he applies dressings and first aid to wounded Marines. For his actions on this occasion, he is awarded the Medal of Honor.
1918 - USS San Diego sinks off Fire Island, by a mine placed by German submarine U-156. The cruiser sinks in 28 minutes with the loss of six lives and is the only major warship lost by the US in World War I.
1940 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Two-Ocean Navy Act, the largest naval procurement bill in US history, which increased the size of the Navy by 70%.
1943 - PBM from VP 74 sink German submarine U-513 off Santos. A small seaplane tender from USS Barnegat rescues survivors.
1960 - USS Ammen and USS Collett collide in the fog off California, killing 11 men and injuring 20 other shipmates.
1997 - USS Seawolf is commissioned at the Electric Boat Shipyard in Groton.

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USS San Diego sinks off Fire Island, by a mine placed by German submarine U-156. The cruiser sinks in 28 minutes with the loss of six lives and is the only major warship lost by the US in World War I.