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Selected anniversaries in December

January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December

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December 23

1923 - James Stockdale, U.S. Navy admiral was born (d. 2005)

December 24

1968 - The crew of the USS Pueblo is released by North Korea after being held for 11 months on suspicion of spying.

December 25

1941 - Admiral Chester W Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet

December 26

1862 - Four nuns who were volunteer Nurses on board USS Red Rover were the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.

December 27

1814 - Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.