The First Navy Jack



January 11

1863 - CSS Alabama sinks USS Hatteras off Galveston.

1900 - The gunboat Princeton takes possession of the Batan Islands in the northern Philippines.

1944 - Aircraft from USS Block Island (CVE 21) lead the first aircraft rocket attack on a German submarine.

For more information about naval history, visit the Naval Historical Center Web site at www.history.navy.mil