 Welcome to All Hands Update, this is your week in Navy history. On July 5th, 1859, the Hawaiian Bark Gambia, commanded by Captain N.C. Brooks, discovered the Midway Islands. The islands were initially named the Middle Brook Islands. Eight years later, Captain William Reynolds of USS Lackawanna took possession of the island for the U.S., making Midway the first offshore island added as a territory by the U.S. government. July 7th, 1948, the first six enlisted women were sworn into the regular Navy. For this day, excluding nurses, women only served during times of war. On July 10th, 1934, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt traveled to Cartagena, Columbia on destroyer USS Houston. This made him the first U.S. president to visit South America. To learn more about the Navy's history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website.