28 January 1945 A.D. USS SPADEFISH (SS-411) Sinks Japanese Escort KUME
and Transport SANUKI MARU
1865 - Confederate torpedo boat St. Patrick strikes
the side-wheel gunboat USS Octorara, off Mobile Bay, but her spar torpedo fails
to explode.
1944 - PB4Y-1 (VB 103) aircraft sink German submarine, U 271, off Limerick, Ireland.
1945 - Submarine USS Spadefish (SS 411) attacks Japanese convoy west of Chuja Kundo, Korea and sinks escort vessel Kume and transport Sanuki Maru.
1962 - USS Cook (APD-130) rescues 25 survivors from Panamanian tanker, SS Stanvac Sumatra, which broke in two in the South China Sea.
1986 - The Space Shuttle Challenger tragically explodes early in its boost phase, killing all seven astronauts, including Navy Cmdr. Michael Smith.
1995 - Coastal Patrol Ship USS Chinook (PC 9) is commissioned.
2006 - Guided Missile Destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) is commissioned.
1944 - PB4Y-1 (VB 103) aircraft sink German submarine, U 271, off Limerick, Ireland.
1945 - Submarine USS Spadefish (SS 411) attacks Japanese convoy west of Chuja Kundo, Korea and sinks escort vessel Kume and transport Sanuki Maru.
1962 - USS Cook (APD-130) rescues 25 survivors from Panamanian tanker, SS Stanvac Sumatra, which broke in two in the South China Sea.
1986 - The Space Shuttle Challenger tragically explodes early in its boost phase, killing all seven astronauts, including Navy Cmdr. Michael Smith.
1995 - Coastal Patrol Ship USS Chinook (PC 9) is commissioned.
2006 - Guided Missile Destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) is commissioned.
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