Mar 2
1801 Spain declares War on Portugal
1862 Confederates evacuate Columbus, Ky.
1865 Battle of Waynesborough, Va
1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea begins. Battle was a series of air attacks on a Japanese convoy.

March 2

1859 - Launch of Saginaw at Mare Island, first Navy ship built on West Coast of U.S.
1867 - Birthday of Civil Engineer Corps.
1899 - Act of Congress creates the rank Admiral of the Navy for George Dewey.
1973 - Women begin pilot training to U.S. Navy.

Mar 3
1575 Battle of Tukaroi Mughals defeat Bengalis
1776 Continental Marines achieve 1st victory capturing Ft. Montague, near Nassau, the Bahamas
1857 2nd Opium War begins with France & England declaring War on China
1918 Treary of Brest-Litovsk ends Russian participation in WW1
1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea continues
1945 US & Filipino troops enter Manila
1971 Indo-Pakistani War begins

This Day in US Naval History - March 03


1776 - The first amphibious landing operation takes place. A Continental naval squadron, under Commodore Esek Hopkins, lands Sailors and Marines, commanded by Capt. Samuel Nicholas, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas. They capture urgently-needed ordnance and gunpowder.
1871 - The Navy Medical Corps is established.
1883 - Congress authorizes four modern ships of steel, "A, B, C, D Ships"; three cruisers, Atlanta, Boston and Chicago, and dispatch boat Dolphin.
1915 - The Office of Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is established.
1915 - Congress creates the Federal Naval Reserve. Under it, the Naval Reserve Force is built up.
1960 - USS Sargo (SSN 583) returns to Hawaii from an Arctic cruise of 11,000 miles - 6,003 miles under the polar ice.

Mar 4
1238 Battle of Sit River
1665 England declares War on the Netherlands, starting the 2nd Anglo-Dutch War
1776 Americans capture Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston, Mass. Continental Marines capture Nassau, Bahamas
1793 French capture Geetruidberg, Netherlands
1813 Russians capture Berlin from the French
1814 US defeat British @ Battle of Longwoods, Ontario, Canada
1863 Confederates defeats Federals @ Spring Hill, Tn
1970 French submarine Eurydice sunk by underwater explosion

This Day in US Naval History - March 04


1911 - The first Naval Appropriations Act that included funds for naval aviation is approved by Congress.
1925 - Congress authorizes restoration of USS Constitution.
1947 - Operation Highjump, air operations in Antarctica, ends.
1963 - A Navy Hercules aircraft completes a 12-day rescue operation of a critically-ill Danish seaman from a Danish freighter off the coast of Antarctica.

March 5

US Navy History

1942 - Name "Seabees" and insignia officially authorized
1943 - USS Bogue begins first anti-submarine operations by escort carrier.
1960 - USS Newport News (CA-148) and personnel from Port Lyautey complete emergency relief operatons at Agadir, Morocco after earthquake on 29 February

Mar 5
1912 Italy becomes the 1st Counrty io use airships for military purposes, doing recon behind Turkish lines
1943 1st flight of Gloster Meteor

Mar 6
1836 Mexican troops capture the Alamo in San Antonio, Tx & execute surviving defenders
1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark. 1st day
1865 Battle of Natural Bridge, Fla. Confederate defenders stop a Union Raid on Tallahassee, leaving it to be the only Confederate State Capitol east of the Mississippi River to go uncaptured during the War.

March 6

1822 - USS Enterprise captures four pirate ships in Gulf of Mexico
1862 - USS Monitor departed New York for Hampton Roads, VA
1942 - U.S. Cruisers and destroyers bombard Vila and Munda, Solomon Islands, sinking 2 Japanese destroyers