A RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 anti-ballistic missile is launched from USS Shiloh ( CG-67 ) | USS Shiloh, a US Navy Ticonderoga class cruiser | Ticonderoga-class cruiser.

* 1861 – American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.

* 1915 – US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U. S. submarine sunk in accident.

* Destroyer Tender ( US Navy Hull Classification: AD ), support ships to aid the operation of a fleet of destroyers

The AIM-7 Sparrow medium range missile ( MRM ) was purchased by the US Navy from original developer Howard Hughes

Link-4 datalink capability allowed US Navy Tomcats to share information with the E-2C Hawkeye AEW aircraft, and during Desert Shield in 1990, the Link-4A was introduced and allowed the Tomcats to have a fighter-to-fighter datalink capability, further enhancing overall situational awareness.

Despite the much-vaunted capabilities, the Phoenix was rarely used in combat, with only two confirmed launches and no confirmed targets destroyed in US Navy service, though a large number of kills were claimed by Iranian F-14s during the Iran – Iraq War.

* Users: US ( U. S. Navy ), Iran ( IRIAF )

However, before RAT-C reached initial operational status in 1960 aboard the large US Navy destroyer-leader Norfolk, its name was changed to the present ASROC.

Most other US Navy and allied navy destroyers, destroyer escorts, frigates, and several different classes of cruisers only carried the one ASROC ' matchbox ' MK 112 launcher with eight ASROC missiles ( although later in service, some of those missiles could be replaced by the Harpoon anti-ship missile ).

To replace the Embraer P-95 Bandeirulha in the maritime patrol duties, 12 Lockheed P-3A Orions have been bought from US Navy surplus and eight ( with an option for a ninth ) of them are being upgraded by EADS CASA in Spain, the remainder are to be used as spare parts source.

To carry out the plans of power projection that Brazil wants to run, the expenditure will cost more than US $ 138 billion, within the Navy alone.

* Several US Navy ships have been named the or the, the latter being a French translation of his penname " Poor Richard ".

Two aircraft carriers, and were simultaneously in commission and in operation during World War II, and Franklin therefore had the distinction of having two simultaneously operational US Navy warships named in his honor.

Sir Edward Grey replied through the American ambassador that the incident could be grouped together with the Germans ' sinking of the SS Arabic, their attack on a stranded British submarine on the neutral Dutch coast, and their attack on the steamship Ruel, and suggested that they be placed before a tribunal composed of US Navy officers.

The incident resulting in the single largest loss of life in the history of the US Navy not related to combat occurred when USS Cyclops, under the command of Lt Cdr G. W.

US Navy Avengers, similar to those of Flight 19.

The US Navy warship Lexington visited the atoll in late 1915 and advised evacuation of all inhabitants, but the governor, Captain Arnaud, declared that evacuation was not necessary.

Almost immediately after Álvarez's death, four women and seven children ( the last survivors ) were picked up by the US Navy gunship on July 18, 1917.

* USS Columbus, various ships of the US Navy

The main outcome of the US Navy submarine missile project was the SSM-N-8 Regulus missile, based upon the V-1.

# Blockade: Use the US Navy to block any missiles from arriving in Cuba.

However, Army units in the United States would have had trouble fielding mechanized and logistical assets, while the US Navy could not supply sufficient amphibious shipping to transport even a modest armored contingent from the Army.

A US Navy P-2 Neptune | P-2H Neptune of VP-18 flying over a Soviet cargo ship with crated Ilyushin Il-28 | Il-28s on deck during the Cuban Crisis.

* Construction Electrician ( US Navy ), a Seabee occupational rating in the U. S. Navy

The Tennessee Senate, controlled by Democrats and led by Johnson, boycotted the joint session and blocked the filling of both the US Senate seats, denying Tennessee representation in the U. S. Senate until 1843.

Because of traditionally close links with the U. S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands has used the US dollar as its currency since 1959.

The US military has specialized units, which can respond to a bioterrorism event ; among them are the US Marine Corp's Chemical Biological Incident Response Force and the U. S. Army's 20th Support Command ( CBRNE ), which can detect, identify, and neutralize threats, and decontaminate victims exposed to bioterror agents.

* U. S. Army Combat Arms Regimental System a 1950s reorganisation of the regiments of the US Army

Total trade with the U. S. was US $ 14. 8 billion in 2006.

The US Federal Reserve was created by the U. S. Congress through the passing of The Federal Reserve Act in the Senate and its signing by President Woodrow Wilson on the same day, December 23, 1913.

The US Federal Reserve remits all its profits to the U. S. Treasury.

While these tests are not required in US, an estimated 75 – 90 % of the blood supply is currently tested for Chagas, including all units collected by the American Red Cross, which accounts for 40 % of the U. S. blood supply.

2002 ), a U. S. court of appeals held that H. Beatty Chadwick could be held indefinitely under federal law, for his failure to produce US $ 2. 5 mill.

Looking south on U. S. Route 395 in Nevada | US 395, just south of U. S. Route 50 in Nevada | US 50 near Carson City

The announcement was made along with US President Bill Clinton, and U. K. Prime Minister Tony Blair.

East-West tensions increased during the first term of U. S. President Ronald Reagan ( 1981 – 1985 ), reaching levels not seen since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis as Reagan increased US military spending to 7 % of the GDP.

* Dennis the Menace ( U. S. comics ), a daily US syndicated newspaper comic strip since March 12, 1951.

* 1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message before the U. S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

Micro was used to manage very large data sets by the US Department of Labor, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, and researchers from the University of Alberta, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University.

Addis Ababa said the assault was in retaliation for the training and support given by Asmara to subversives while Eritrea said the U. S knew of the attacks, an accusation denied by US officials .< Ref >" Eritrean President Discusses Path to Development ", May 18, 2012.

Environmentalists became much more influential in American politics after the creation or strengthening of numerous U. S. environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act and the formation of the US Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA in 1970.

Although Secret Messages debuted at number four in the United Kingdom, it fell off the charts, failing to catch fire with a lack of hit singles in the U. K. ( though " Rock ' n ' Roll Is King " was a sizeable hit in UK, the US and Australia ) and a lukewarm media response.