 Welcome to All Hands Update, this is your week in Navy history. On December 28, 1905, the dry docked Dewey left Solomon's Island, Maryland and transited through the Suez Canal to the Philippines to serve as a repair base. Dewey was towed by the Tuv Potomac, a pair of Collier's Brutus and Caesar, in the Storeship Glacier, arriving at its destination nearly six months later on July 10, 1906. It became the longest towing job accomplished at the time. On December 31, 1942, the Navy commissioned USS Essex, CV-9 in Norfolk, Virginia. The ship was first in a new class of aircraft carrier. Eight years later, Essex was converted to an anti-submarine warfare support aircraft carrier and redesignated CVS-9. In 1969, Essex was decommissioned and scrapped in 1975. On January 1, 1962, the Navy established SEAL teams 1 and 2. They were formed of personnel from underwater demolitions teams. If you would like to learn more about your naval history, visit the Navy History and Heritage Commands website.