 Welcome to All Hands Update. This is your week in Navy history. On May 27, 1942, mess attendant second class Dorey Miller received the Navy Cross for his heroism at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz presented the medal to Miller onboard USS Enterprise. Dorey Miller was killed when his ship was torpedoed November 24, 1943, during the invasion of the Gilbert Islands. May 28, 1980, 55 women became the first female graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy. Four years later, Christine Holderead became the first female midshipment to graduate at the top of her class. On May 29, 1944, USS Block Island was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-549, and USS Barr was also damaged. Block Island was the only U.S. carrier lost in the Atlantic during World War II. U-549 was later sunk that night by USS Eugene E. Elmore and USS Arons. To learn more about the Navy's history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website.