Nov 6, 1942 -Submarine Grayling (SS-209) is damaged by Japanese aerial bombs off Truk. -Submarine Haddock (SS-231) damages Japanese army cargo...
Nov 5, 1940 -President Roosevelt, in his bid for a third term, defeats Republican challenger Wendell Willkie for the presidency. Nov 5, 1941...
Nov 4, 1942 -TG 65.4 cruisers and destroyers bombard Japanese positions near Koli Point, Guadalcanal. -Small reconnaissance seaplane from...
Oh good lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Different time frame but I was literally right across the pier from "the Chuckie V" as we called it. I was an...
TA, after looking back on my entries for Oct 3, I see that I indeed overlooked the demise of the USS Seawolf (SS-197). So here is the story,...
Nov 3, 1940 -Typhoon devastates Guam, M.I., rendering the U.S. Navy Yard at Piti a shambles, damaging the Marine Barracks, blowing away dwellings...
Nov 2, 1942 -Fleet Air Wing 6 (Captain Douglass P. Johnson) is established at Seattle, Washington, for multi-engine aircraft training. -Small...
I don't think I ever chimed in on this thread. If given my choice I would have been served on the same type of ship I did my actual service on....
Nov 1, 1940 -Submarine Force, Scouting Force, ceases to exist; in its stead are two type commands: Submarines Scouting Force, Pacific Fleet, and...
Oct 31, 1940 -German auxiliary minelayer Passat begins laying mines in Bass Strait, the body of water between Australia and Tasmania. Oct 31,...
Oct 30, 1942 -TG 64.2 (Rear Admiral Norman Scott), comprising light cruiser Atlanta (CL-51) and four destroyers, bombards Japanese positions at...
Oct 29, 1942 -Submarine Grenadier (SS-210) lays mines in Tonkin Gulf off Haiphong, French Indochina. -PBY (VP 11) sinks Japanese submarine I-172...
Maybe I'm just spoiled on TV because I go to quite a few games during the season. Here it's actually one of the few sporting events that one can...
British "Chariots" (swimmer vehicles) Human torpedoes or manned torpedoes were secret naval weapons of World War II. The name is most commonly...
Oct 28, 1942 -In the Indian Ocean, thirty-seven survivors from U.S. freighter Anne Hutchinson, torpedoed and shelled by German submarine U-504 on...
Oct 27, 1942 -Abandoned carrier Hornet (CV-8), damaged by bombs and torpedoes and attempted scuttling the previous day, is sunk by Japanese...
Well being a White Sox fan I feel it is my duty to take you up on that bet. :D In fact I'll make it easier for you to win...we could amend the...
Well it has taken 88 years to happen but my team, the Chicago White Sox, have finally won the MLB World Series Championship. The teams motto for...
Hockey will forever take a backseat in the US for a very simple reason, the sport does not translate to television well. Lets face it hockey on...
Oct 26, 1941 -Submarines Narwhal (SS-168) and Dolphin (SS-169) arrive off Wake Island on simulated war patrols. Oct 26, 1942 -Battle of Santa...
