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Today in Naval History
January 2
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Year at a Glance
2000 - Retired Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, dies at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
On This Day (#OTD)

1943

USS Argonaut (SM1) sinks the Japanese guard boat Ebon Maru in the Bismarck Sea.

1944

Aerial mine laying operations continue in the Marshall Islands. Five PV-1s (VB 137) and one PBY-5 (VP 72) mine Jabor Anchorage, Jaluit.

1944

USS Finback (SS 230) sinks a Japanese merchant tanker in the East China Sea.

2000

Retired Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, dies at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.