Naval History and Heritage Command’s latest publication is “A Pacific Effect”: The United States Navy, Naval Engagement, and the World Cruise of the Great White Fleet.
On 2 May 2011, President Barack Obama announced Navy SEALs raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed America's most wanted terrorist during Operation Neptune Spear.
1944 - Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox dies. He expanded the Navy into a force capable of fighting in both the Atlantic and the Pacific during the early years of WWII.