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1867 - 47 Sailors and Marines from USS Wachusett land at Shanghai to assist in fighting a fire.
1942 - A Japanese force runs through the Allied forces guarding Savo Sound during the Battle of Savo Island, sinking the heavy cruisers USS Quincy, USS Vincennes, and USS Astoria, along with other Allied vessels. As a result of the loss, the sound gains the nickname, Ironbottom Sound.
1943 - TBF aircraft from Composite Squadron One (VC 1) based onboard USS Card sink German submarine U-664, 570 miles west of Faial Island.
1986 - USNS John Lenthall is christened and launched at Avondale Shipyard, the third ship of the Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler of fleet replenishment oilers and is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.
2008 - USS Sterett is commissioned at Baltimore, the birthplace of the ships namesake: Master Commandant Andrew Sterett, who fought in the Quasi-War and Barbary Wars for the Navy.

Gallery

USS Quincy, photographed from a Japanese cruiser during the Battle of Savo Island, is burning while illuminated by Japanese searchlights. The far left flames are probably from USS Vincennes, also on fire from gunfire and torpedo damage.