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This Day in Naval History - Jan. 11

Story Number: NNS011213-07Release Date: 12/11/2001 4:24:00 PM
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From the Navy News Service

1863 - CSS Alabama sinks USS Hatteras off Galveston.
1900 - The gunboat Princeton takes possession of the Batan Islands in the northern Philippines.
1944 - Aircraft from USS Block Island (CVE 21) lead the first aircraft rocket attack on a German submarine.

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