Navy birthday [Image 6 of 19]

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN

10.13.2015

Photo by Gregory Mitchell 

U.S. Navy           

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 13, 2015) – Staff members of U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka pose for a group photo prior to conducting a cake cutting ceremony held to commemorate the 240th birthday of the United States Navy. The Continental Navy was established on Oct. 13, 1775 by the Continental Congress to dispatch two armed vessels to search for munitions ships that supplied the British army in America. USNH Yokosuka is the largest U.S. military treatment facility on mainland Japan caring for approximately 43,000 eligible beneficiaries. (U.S. Navy photo by Greg Mitchell/Released by USNH Yokosuka Public Affairs Office)

• Date Taken: 10.13.2015
• Date Posted: 10.15.2015 06:16
• Photo ID: 2231694
• VIRIN: 151013-N-OB549-078
• Resolution: 2100x1395
• Size: 479.84 KB
• Location: YOKOSUKA, JP