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John Currin (JC) posted July 20,1846 – In the effort to negotiate a treaty with Japan, Commodore James Biddle arrives with the ship of the line, USS Columbus, and the sloop of war, USS Vincennes, at Edo (Yedo), Japan https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6dQuAMRHhn8/V4-1ZrGlB9I/AAAAAAAAXcI/2eYvMaZIeJMPn4sUxyeDa8Y8JAHOeWO6g/7c137f8a-9b90-49e9-9eec-c79637e5fb80?imgmax=1024
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July 20,1846 – In the effort to negotiate a treaty with Japan, Commodore James Biddle arrives with the ship of the line, USS Columbus, and the sloop of war, USS Vincennes, at Edo (Yedo), Japan. These are the first U.S. warships to visit… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907

John Currin (JC) posted 1918 – Henry Ford launches the first of the 100 intended Eagle boats https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ahyS5Zvnt5Y/V4PX1Vh0M6I/AAAAAAAAXOg/0jzzpuERsA0aYjQ68sMQG9Ko6FEseKYmA/85f3728d-c578-42fc-87cd-f40e14c7ab71?imgmax=1024
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1918 – Henry Ford launches the first of the 100 intended Eagle boats. These boats have a solid cement bow, especially built for ramming and sinking submarines. Note, production is halted after (PE 60), though some of the boats continue to… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907

John Currin (JC) posted 1994 – USS Port Royal (CG 73) is commissioned at Savannah, Ga https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YcwzlkRRWMY/V4E0v72tX5I/AAAAAAAAXMI/7AktrYmre8E7ke7jST5bXPS7ZiYaep0og/97f0c4a0-d573-4daa-b81b-de23ab1d59cd?imgmax=1024
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1994 – USS Port Royal (CG 73) is commissioned at Savannah, Ga. The guided-missile cruiser is the 27th and last ship of the Ticonderoga-class cruisers. Named after American Revolutionary and Civil War battles at Port Royal Sound, S.C., the… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907

John Currin (JC) posted 1934 – President Franklin D https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fWCMrTj922M/V4KGQcApxiI/AAAAAAAAXN8/7xLFnxrxBCo1u4c40nzzEB4015ICEGFcA/9964cab1-b021-47cd-978c-0d36dc59c5f0?imgmax=1024
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1934 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt travels to Cartagena, Columbia, by USS Houston (CA 30). His visit was the first by a U.S. president to South America. #navyhistoryoftheday

 

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John Currin (JC) posted 1943 – USS Taylor (DD 468) sinks Japanese submarine (RO 107), east of Kolombangara, Solomon Islands https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FeAJ3zT1AIg/V4UpWgGpqLI/AAAAAAAAXQM/ISb_V_jDY1cBf3_tGSHxLwGtk8zFfExiw/f84360f6-641c-4237-82da-9688f2fcf85a?imgmax=1024
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1943 – USS Taylor (DD 468) sinks Japanese submarine (RO 107), east of Kolombangara, Solomon Islands. #navyhistoryoftheday

 

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