20 January 1914

On January 20, 1914, the USS MISSISSIPPI and one other ship arrived at Pensacola from Annapolis, Maryland, with supplies for the first Naval Aeronautic Station. The original aviation unit which set up NAS Pensacola consisted of nine officers, less than two dozen enlisted men, and seven ungainly flying boats and hydroaeroplanes commanded by Lieutenant Commander Henry C. Mustin.