JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. –
Oct. 10, 1845 - Naval School, later the Naval Academy, opened in Annapolis, Md., with 50 midshipmen and seven faculty.
Oct. 11, 1968 - Launch of Apollo 7, the first U.S. three-man space mission, commanded by Navy Cmdr. Walter Schirra Jr. Marine Corps Maj. Ronnie Cunningham served as Lunar Module pilot. The mission lasted 10 days and 20 hours. Recovery was by HS-5 helicopters from USS Essex (CVS-9).
Oct. 12, 2000 - Terrorists in a boat make suicide attack on USS Cole (DDG-67) while the ship refueled in the port of Aden, Yemen. Seventeen Sailors were killed.
Oct. 13, 1775 - Birthday of U.S. Navy - The Continental Congress established Continental Navy, later the U.S. Navy.
Oct. 14, 1918 - Naval Aviators of Marine Day Squadron 9 make first raid-in-force for the Northern Bombing Group in World War I when they bombed German railroad at Thielt Rivy, Belgium.
Oct. 15, 1917 - USS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed by German submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram became first American sailor killed in World War I and later was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. He became the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him, in 1919.
Oct. 16, 1943 - Navy accepted its first helicopter, a Sikorsky YR-4B (HNS-1) at Bridgeport, Conn.