28 December 1990 A.D. (Memory Lane for One Scribe) USS Theodore Roosevelt
(CVN-71) & USS America (CV-66) Carrier Battle Groups Sail from Norfolk,
VA., to Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Shield.
1905 - The drydock Dewey
leaves Solomon's Island, Md., en route through the Suez Canal to the
Philippines to serve as repair base. It is the longest towing job accomplished
at the time, guided by a tugboat, a pair of colliers and a storeship: Potomac,
Brutus, Caesar, and Glacier arriving at its destination nearly six months
later, July 10, 1906.
1941 - Rear Adm. Ben Moreell, chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks, requests construction battalions be recruited.
1944 - USS Dace (SS 247) attacks a Japanese convoy off Cape Varella, French Indochina and sinks supply ship Nozaki and damages Chefoo Maru.
1982 - USS New Jersey (BB 62), the first of four Iowa-class battleship, is recommissioned for the third time after her original 1943 commissioning.
1990 - USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and USS America (CV-66) Carrier Battle Groups deploy from Norfolk, Va., for the Middle East to join Operation Desert Shield.
1941 - Rear Adm. Ben Moreell, chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks, requests construction battalions be recruited.
1944 - USS Dace (SS 247) attacks a Japanese convoy off Cape Varella, French Indochina and sinks supply ship Nozaki and damages Chefoo Maru.
1982 - USS New Jersey (BB 62), the first of four Iowa-class battleship, is recommissioned for the third time after her original 1943 commissioning.
1990 - USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and USS America (CV-66) Carrier Battle Groups deploy from Norfolk, Va., for the Middle East to join Operation Desert Shield.
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