News & Events
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Cold War Shootdown 1955
Posted: Jun 22, 2011On 22 June 1955 a P2V Neptune from Navy Patrol Squadron Nine (VP-9) was flying a routine maritime patrol in the Bering Strait. The aircraft was at 8000 feet altitude […]
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PBY's Fly Non-stop 3,292 Miles In 1937
Posted: Jun 21, 2011Twelve PBY-1 Catalina aircraft from Patrol Squadron 3 (VP-3) flew 3,292 miles nonstop from San Diego, California, to Coco Solo in the Canal Zone on 21 June 1937. Under the […]
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Ensign Devotie Billingsley, First Naval Aviator Casualty 1913
Posted: Jun 20, 2011On 20 June 1913 Naval Aviation lost its first aviator when Ensign Devotie Billingsley fell from his aircraft. In the early days of Naval Aviation, aviators wore no torso harness […]
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Naval Aviator Richard Byrd Departs On His First Polar Expedition 1925
Posted: Jun 17, 2011Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd departed Boston 17 June 1925 onboard the SS Peary, a former minesweeper, with three Loening amphibian aircraft on loan from the Navy. He was headed to […]
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Blue Angels and Bearcats Video Thursday 6.16.11
Posted: Jun 16, 2011Enjoy these two awesome videos showing the Blues and Bearcats…the beginning of amazing Blue Angel history! I love the sounds of those radial engines!!!
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Everyday Is Flag Day At Patriots Point!
Posted: Jun 14, 2011On 14 June 1777, the Continental Congress passed a resolution which stated: Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union […]
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USS Yorktown Rescues Fifty-three Merchant Sailors 1960
Posted: Jun 10, 2011On 10 June 1960, seven helicopters from HS-4 flying from the USS Yorktown (CV-10) rescued 53 merchant sailors from the British freighter Shun Lee which had run aground on Pratas […]
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Video Thursday, 6.02.11, Scouts At Patriots Point!
Posted: Jun 02, 2011It’s Video Thursday and today we’ll look at scouts onboard the USS Yorktown. Boy Scouts start as Cub Scouts and our first video is a great trailer put together by […]
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Navy's First Airship, 1915
Posted: Jun 01, 2011On 01 June 1915 the United States Navy signed a contract for its first lighter-than-air (LTA) ship with the Connecticut Aircraft Company in New Haven, Connecticut. This first naval airship […]
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Crossing Of The Atlantic 1919, Part III
Posted: May 31, 2011On 27 May 1919, LCDR Read resumed his flight with NC-4 to Europe and took off from the Azores for Portugal. The overall commander of the attempt to cross the […]