 Welcome to All Hands Update, this is your week in Navy History. On September 13, 1814, during the Battle of 1812, the British bombed Fort McHenry at Baltimore for 25 hours. The sight of Fort McHenry's flag was standing in the bombardment, and the British withdrawing from Baltimore the next morning inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star-Spangled Banner. September 15, 1944, USS Pampanito and USS Sea Lion rescued 73 British and 54 Australian POWs who survived the loss of Japanese freighter Rukuyo Maru. There were 1,300 men on board Rukuyo Maru before it was torpedoed. On September 17, 1944, the Naval Task Force landed soldiers on Angar Palau Islands with support from USS Wasp and USS Tennessee. Marines landed on the island two days later, and on September 20, the island was declared secure. To learn more about the Navy's history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website.