On 11 June 1871, during the (Second) Battle of Ganghwa, Rear Admiral John Rodgers' squadron landed a party of 650 Marines and Sailors to attack and capture Fort McKee (also known as the Citadel), Korea.
The tradition of the midnight New Year’s Day poem allows Sailors to write the first deck log entry of the New Year in verse. NHHC encourages the preservation of this tradition through an annual New Year’s Day Deck Log Contest.
1959 - USS George Washington (SSBN 598), the first U.S. Navy nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine, is christened and launched at Groton, Conn.