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Today, Tuesday, October 13, 2026
The Navy Birthday is the U.S. Navy's official heritage date on October 13. In 2026 that is Tuesday, October 13. It marks 13 October 1775, when the Continental Congress authorized the first ships of the Continental Navy. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., designated the annual Navy-wide birthday in 1972. It is not a U.S. federal holiday, and it is not the Marine Corps Birthday (November 10).
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