The First Navy Jack

January 18 1911 - First aircraft landing aboard a ship, USS Pennsylvania (ACR 4) by Eugene Ely. 1962 - After a flash fire in the Persian Gulf burned a crewman on the Danish tanker Prima Maersk, USS Duxbury Bay (AVP 38) transfers a Navy doctor to help the crewman. USS Soley (DD 707) took him to the nearest hospital at Bahrain Island. 1968 - Operation Coronado X begins in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. 1977 - The Trident (C-4) missile development flight test program commenced when C4X-1 was launched from a flight pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. 1991 - USS Nicholas (FFG 47) attacks and captures Iraqi oil platforms.

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