History - Sea Services

November 10
1775 - Marine Corps Birthday
1948 - First eight enlisted women are sworn in as Regular Marines.
1954 - Marine Corps War Memorial dedicated next to Arlington National Cemetery.

November 24
1852 - Commodore Matthew Perry sails from Norfolk, VA, to negotiate a treaty with Japan for friendship and commerce.
1964 - USS Princeton (LPH-5) completes 7-days of humanitarian relief to South Vietnam which suffered damage from typhoon and floods.
1969 - HS-4 from USS Hornet (CVS-12) recovers Apollo 12's all-Navy crew of astronauts, Commanders Richard Gordon, Charles Conrad, and Alan Bean, after moon landing by Conrad and Bean.

November 28
1775 - Samuel Nicholas commissioned as Captain of Marines, becoming the first Marine officer.
1941 - USS Enterprise (CV-6) sails from Pearl Harbor for Wake Island to ferry Marine aircraft to island.