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LAST PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR HAS DIED

Warren ‘Red’ Upton, last living survivor of USS Utah, dies at 105

HONOLULU (AP) — Warren ‘Red’ Upton, the oldest living
survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and
the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died. He
was 105. 

Kathleen Farley, of the California state chair of the Sons
and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors said
Upton died
Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after
suffering a bout of pneumonia.

The Utah, a battleship, was moored at Pearl Harbor when
Japanese planes began bombing the Hawaii naval base 
in the early hours of Dec. 7, 1941, the attack propelled
the U.S. into World War II.

Oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor dies at 105 photo 1

USS Utah Commanding Officers

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RELEASE OF THE PUEBLO CREW ON THIS DAY

U.S. Disavows Apology, Then Signs It” The Pueblo Incident of 1968 - The  Gale Review

The crew and captain of the U.S. intelligence gathering ship
Pueblo were
released after 11 months imprisonment by the
government of
North Korea. The ship, and its 83-man crew,
was seized by North Korean warships on January 23 and
charged with intruding into North Korean waters.

North Korea releases crew of USS Pueblo ...

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Navy intelligence ship Pueblo.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Ill-fated Pueblo spy mission still haunts crew 34 years  later | Stars and Stripes

Lloyd Mark "Pete" Bucher
(1 September 1927 – 28 January 2004)

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SUNKEN WW II U.S. DESTROYER IS LOCATED

USS Edsall
The USS Edsall was a Clemson-class destroyer, measuring
314 feet in length and capable of 35 knots.
(US Navy)

U.S. and Australian officials announced Monday, the 
wreckage of the USS Edsall, an American warship that
was sunk during a battle with Japanese forces in
World
War II
,
has been discovered more than 80 years after it
was lost at the bottom of the sea.
  

According to the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy,
t
he final resting place of the USS Edsall, a Clemson-
class destroyer, was located late last year at the bottom
of the Indian Ocean.

Chief of Royal Australian Navy, Vice Admiral Mark
Hammond, said, “Working in collaboration with the
U.S. Navy, the Royal Australian Navy used advanced
robotic and autonomous systems, normally used for
hydrographic survey capabilities, to locate USS Edsall
on the sea-bed."
(FOX NEWS)

USS Edsall
The Japanese used this photo of the USS Edsall being blown
out of the water as propaganda during the Second World War.
(U.S. Navy)

U.S. destroyer sunk during WWII found at bottom of ocean

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“OLD IRONSIDES” LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY

History and Career of the USS Constitution - History of Massachusetts Blog

After two unsuccessful attempts, the USS Constitution was
launched
in Boston Harbor. The a 44-gun U.S. Navy frigate,
built to fight Barbary pirates off the coast of Tripoli, performed commendably during those conflicts, and in 1805 a peace treaty
with Tripoli was signed on the Constitution‘s deck.

The USS Constitution is the world’s oldest commissioned naval
warship still afloat. 

 A painting depicting Constitution at sail. The bow of the ship points to the right of the frame   
   
Constitution Museum, Boston, Ma Digital Art by Lumiere


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Constitution fires her cannons as she is tugged through
Boston Harbor in 2021.

A postage stamp accurately depicts Constitution at sail. The ship sails to the right side of the stamp.

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NAVY SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED ON THIS DAY

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The Naval School was founded in Annapolis, Maryland in the wake
of a shocking scandal at sea on this day in history, Oct. 10, 1845.

The renowned military institute was renamed the U.S. Naval
Academy
in 1850.

The school was established following the discovery of a planned
mutiny on the Atlantic Ocean aboard
U.S. Navy brig Somers. 

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U.S. Naval Academy in 1853.


The 17th U.S. Secretary of the Navy
(1845 – 1846)

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Civil War hero Admiral David Dixon Porter
became superintendent in 1865.

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USS Constitution and Santee tied up in the background.
Other ships not identified.

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