 Welcome to All Hands Update. This is your week in Navy history. January 3, 1909, the U.S. Navy provided aid to Messina, Sicily after a devastating earthquake. With the Great White Fleet making its way through the Suez Canal, President Theodore Roosevelt ordered the Navy to assist. January 4, 1989, F-14 Tomcats from USS John F. Kennedy were launched to shoot down two Libyan MiGs. The Libyan aircraft were successfully shot down with the missiles in the Central Mediterranean in international waters. January 5, 1875, Commander Edward Lowell leaves New York to begin his quest to Panama to map the best ship canal route for the future Panama Canal. The route of the canal will be mapped 30 years later. To find out more about naval history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website.