 Welcome to All Hands Update, this is your week in Navy history. January 30, 1944, PB2Y aircraft from Midway Island carried out a nocturnal bombing raid on Wake Island to neutralize Japanese airfield installations. The strike marks the first time PB2Y Coronados were used as bombers. February 1, 2003, due to a failure in the Shuttle Shield Protective System, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates and is lost with all astronauts. The failure of the Protective System was on the leading edge of the left wing during its reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. February 3, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson and an addressed to Congress severed diplomatic relations with Germany. On the first of the month, Germany reintroduced a policy of unrestricted U-boat warfare which led to the severance. To find out more about naval history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website.