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January 16 1815 - Benjamin Crowninshield becomes fifth Secretary of
the Navy. 1930 - USS Lexington (CV 2) provides power to Tacoma, Wash.,
when floods knocked out city power plants. 1991 - Operation Desert Storm, the liberation of Kuwait from
Iraq, begins. For more information about naval history, visit the Naval Historical Center Web site at
www.history.navy.mil |
