Oct 9, 1942 -U.S. troop convoy, consisting of transports McCawley (AP-10) and Zeilin (AP-9) and eight high speed transports (Rear Admiral Richmond...
Oct 8, 1940 -Legislation approved authorizes the appointment to commissioned rank in the Line of the Regular Navy of those Naval Reserve officers...
Oct 7, 1940 -Admiral James O. Richardson arrives in Washington for conferences with the President and Navy and State Department officials...
Even if the Pearl Harbor attack is not okayed, Japan still intended to take the Philippines in order to protect their left flank on the drive to...
Oct 6, 1942 -U.S. tanker Larry Doheny is torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-25 off the coast of Oregon, and abandoned. Two of the ship's 34-man...
Hi my name is Bill......and I'm a Blackhawks fan. I don't admit this often given the way this once proud organization has been run into the ground...
Oct 5, 1939 -Hawaiian Detachment is formed and sent to its new operating base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; carrier Enterprise (CV-6) (flagship), two...
Oct 4, 1942 -Destroyers Drayton (DD-366) and Flusser (DD-368) are damaged in collision during exercises in Hawaiian Operating Area. -Submarine...
Oct 3, 1942 -SBDs (VS 71, VMSB 141, VMSB 231, VS 3) and TBFs (VT 8) from Henderson Field attack Japanese supply convoy en route to Guadalcanal,...
Oct 2, 1939 -Chief of Naval Operations instructs all planning agencies within the naval establishment to accord precedence to the preparation of...
Oct 1, 1939 -As of this date, the U.S. Navy consists of 396 commissioned ships divided amongst the major U.S. Fleet commands afloat: Battle Force...
