function anniversary(){var today=new Date();var day=today.getDate();var month=today.getMonth();var year=today.getYear();month=month+1;if (year < 1900){year=year+1900;};if ( day < 10 ){day="0"+day;}
day=day.toString();var date=month+day;date=date * 1;var event=new Array(1232);event[111]="1943: Arrive at Constantine Harbor, Amchitka, Alaska, for army landings.";event[112]="1943: Sunk at Amchitka, Alaska. Fourteen shipmates lost.";event[115]="1935: Commissioned at Puget Sound Navy Yard.";event[116]="1942: Drops depth charges on suspected submarine off Oahu, Hawaii.";event[122]="1942: Drops depth charges on suspected submarine off Oahu, Hawaii.";event[205]="1942: Departs Pearl Harbor for Noumea, New Caledonia.";event[221]="1942: Arrives in Noumea, New Caledonia.";event[222]="1935: Moored at Bremerton, Washington.";event[223]="1942: Anchored at Noumea, New Caledonia.";event[224]="1942: Rescues crew of mined freighter Snark in off New Caledonia.";event[309]="1935: Visit to Portland, Oregon.";event[310]="1935: Visit to Portland, Oregon.";event[312]="1818: John Lorimer Worden born in the state of New York.";event[401]="1935: Begins shakedown cruise at Puget Sound, Washington.";event[409]="1938: Fleet maneuvers off Hawaii.";event[414]="1942: Joins Task Force 11 sailing to New Hebrides.";event[501]="1942: Joins Task Force 17 with aircraft carrier Yorktown.";event[512]="1942: Anchored at Noumea, New Caledonia.";event[514]="1935: Anchored at Washington, D.C.";event[517]="1935: Cruises the Potomac at Washington, D.C.";event[528]="1942: Sailed to Midway with Task Force 16.";event[529]="1936: Visits El Callao, Peru.";event[604]="1942: Screened aircraft carriers at Battle of Midway.";event[605]="1942: Screened aircraft carriers at Battle of Midway.";event[606]="1942: Screened aircraft carriers at Battle of Midway.";event[607]="1942: Screened aircraft carriers at Battle of Midway.";event[704]="1935: Visits New Bedford, Massachusetts.";event[705]="1935: Visits New Bedford, Massachusetts.";event[721]="1942: Escort fleet oiler Platte to Noumea.";event[728]="1942: Rescue survivors of torpedoed freighter Tjinegara off Noumea.";event[729]="1942: Rescue survivors of torpedoed freighter Tjinegara off Noumea.";event[807]="1942: Screen carrier Saratoga during invasions of Guadalcanal and Tulagi.";event[808]="1942: Screen carrier Saratoga during invasions of Guadalcanal and Tulagi.";event[914]="1942: Arrives at Puget Sound from Pearl Harbor with battleship Idaho.";event[915]="1937: Escorts aircraft carrier Ranger to Callao, Peru.";event[916]="1937: With aircraft carrier Ranger at Callao, Peru.";event[917]="1937: With aircraft carrier Ranger at Callao, Peru.";event[918]="1937: With aircraft carrier Ranger at Callao, Peru.";event[919]="1937: With aircraft carrier Ranger at Callao, Peru.";event[920]="1937: With aircraft carrier Ranger at Callao, Peru.";event[921]="1937: With aircraft carrier Ranger at Callao, Peru.";event[922]="1937: With aircraft carrier Ranger at Callao, Peru.";event[923]="1937: With aircraft carrier Ranger at Callao, Peru.";event[1004]="1942: Arrives in San Francisco.";event[1005]="1939: Reassigned to Pearl Harbor from San Diego.";event[1014]="1942: Arrives in Puget Sound, Washington.";event[1019]="1897: Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden dies in Washington.";event[1027]="1934: Launched at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington.";event[1121]="1942: Departs Mare Island, California, after major refit.";event[1207]="1941: Pearl Harbor attack. Shot down 1 Japanese aircraft.";event[1211]="1941: Screening aircraft carrier Lexington off Hawaii.";event[1212]="1941: Escorting fleet oiler Neosho off Hawaii.";event[1213]="1941: Escorting fleet oiler Neosho off Hawaii.";event[1214]="1941: Departs Hawaii for relief of Wake Island.";event[1222]="1941: Wake Island relief expedition canceled.";event[1227]="1942: Departs San Francisco for Aleutians invasion.";event[1229]="1932: Keel laid at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington.";if (event[date]){var bulletin="U.S.S. Worden on this day in "+event[date]+"
";}
else{var age=year - 1934;if ( date < 1027 ){age=age - 1;}
var bulletin="Commemorating "+age+" years since the launch of U.S.S. Worden
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