“A date which will live in infamy”
On December 7, 1941, Japanese bombers attacked American troops at Pearl Harbor, catapulting the US into World War II.
On December 7, 1941, Japanese bombers attacked American troops at Pearl Harbor, catapulting the US into World War II.
The forerunner of the United States Marines was established on November 10, 1775, in the midst of the American Revolutionary War.
Decades after America’s first ships took to the oceans to defend its interests, the US Naval Academy was opened on October 10, 1845.
During a naval battle with the British, John Paul Jones refused to surrender and won an impressive victory on September 23, 1779.
Ordered by a Congressional Act in 1794, the first American ship to be christened the Constellation was launched on September 7, 1797.
On August 19, 1812, the USS Constitution dueled with the British HMS Guerriere and reigned victorious.