Portal:Nautical/August history
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Significant dates for our ships and shipmates.
- August 1 - Herman Melville, Richard Henry Dana
- August 2 - Carroll O'Connor
- August 3 - Oceanos, Warilda (ship)
- August 4 - Cataraqui (ship)
- August 5 - SS Maori, USS Tecumseh (1863)
- August 6 - RMS Carpathia
- August 8 - HMS Raleigh (1919)
- August 9 - USS Vincennes (CA-44), USS Jarvis (DD-393), USS Quincy (CA-39), USS Astoria (CA-34), HMAS Canberra (1927)
- August 10 - Regalskeppet Vasa
- August 11 - Guimaras oil spill
- August 12 - Russian submarine K-141 Kursk
- August 13 - Charles Williams (U.S. author)
- August 15 - George Rodger (Observed)
- August 18 - Rothsay Castle (ship), Cisco Houston
- August 20 - Ann Alexander (ship), Dunbar (shipwreck)
- August 23 - SS Richard Montgomery
- August 25 - Derek Turner (Observed)
- August 26 - Donn Pearce (Observed)
- August 27 - Alfonso J. Cervantes
- August 28 - Cornelius Cooper Johnson
- August 29 - HMS Pandora (1779)
- August 30 - USS Colhoun (DD-85)
- August 31 - George Sewell, Admiral Nakhimov (ship)
