The First Navy Jack

July 16

1862 - Congress creates rank of Rear Admiral. David G. Farragut is named the first Rear Admiral.

1912 - Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske receives patent for torpedo plane or airborne torpedo.

1915 - First Navy ships, battleships Ohio, Missouri, and Wisconsin transit Panama Canal.

1945 - First atomic bomb test at Alamogordo, NM.

This Day in USS Topeka History
1960 Entered Long Beach from Norfolk VA.

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