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SS Narva Narva was a 2 , 044 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1943 as Aletta Noot by Gävle Varvs & Verkstads Nya AB , Gävle , Sweden for German owners . She was seized by the Allies at Flensburg , Germany in May 1945 , passed to the Ministry of War Transport ( MoWT ) and renamed Empire Confederation . In 1946 , she was sold into merchant service and renamed " Narva " . On 22 December 1957 , she foundered whilst going to the aid of another ship in distress . Description . The ship was built in 1943 by Gävle Varvs & Verkstads Nya AB , Gävle . The ship was long , with a beam of a depth of . Her draught was about . She had a GRT of 1 , 991 and a NRT of 1 , 076 . The ship was propelled by a compound steam engine which had two cylinders of and two cylinders of diameter by stroke . The engine was built by Christensen & Meyer , Hamburg . History . " Aletta Noot " was built for Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH . Her port of registry was Duisburg . In May 1945 , " Aletta Noot " was seized by the Allies at Rendsburg , Germany . She was passed to the MoWT and renamed " Empire Confederation " . Her port of registry was changed to London The Code Letters GQFP and United Kingdom Official Number 180728 were allocated . She was operated under the management of Springwell Shipping Co Ltd . In 1946 , she was sold to the Scottish Navigation Co Ltd , Glasgow and was renamed " Narva " . She was operated under the management of Glen & Co , Glasgow . " Narva " was recorded as 2 , 044 GRT . On 22 December 1957 , " Narva " was on a voyage from Hudiksvall , Sweden to Grangemouth , Scotland with a cargo of woodpulp . " Narva " received a distress call from , which was listing badly . It was whilst she was going to the aid of " Bosworth " that she foundered east of Aberdeen ( ) with the loss of all 28 crew . A distress call was issued at 02 : 30 UTC . The TS " Leda " went to the aid of " Narva " , which was down by the bow with her propellor high in the air when " Leda " arrived at 03 : 30 . The crew were at the stern of the ship but none of them jumped into the sea so that " Leda " could rescue them . " Narva " ceased to register on the radar screen of " Leda " at 05 : 40 . A Royal Norwegian Air Force Catalina from Sola was despatched to search for survivors , but only found deck cargo and an upturned lifeboat . Two RAF Coastal Command Shackletons were also despatched from RAF Kinloss , as were two from RAF Ballykelly . A Royal Danish Air Force Catalina also assisted in the search , which was coordinated from RAF Pitreavie . On 23 July 1958 , a question was asked in Parliament by George Lawson , MP as to whether a date had been set for an inquiry into the loss of " Narva " . The Rt . Hon . Airey Neave , then Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation replied that the inquiry would open in Glasgow on 12 November 1958 . The inquiry lasted two days , it determined that the cause of the loss of " Narva " was through water entering her forward hold through unknown causes , with no fault being found on the part of the crew .
William Wylie Galt William Wylie Galt ( December 19 , 1919 – May 29 , 1944 ) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in World War II . Biography . Galt was a native of Geyser , in Judith Basin County , Montana . He joined the Army from Stanford , Montana , and by May 29 , 1944 was serving as a captain and operations officer ( S3 ) of the 1st Battalion , 168th Infantry Regiment , 34th Infantry Division . On that day , at Villa Crocetta , Italy , he personally commanded an attack against German positions . He manned a machine gun on a tank destroyer at the front of the assault force , staying at his post in the vehicle ' s turret and continuing to lead his men despite intense hostile fire . He was killed while still manning his machine gun and , on February 1 , 1945 , was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor . Galt , aged 24 at his death , was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery , Great Falls , Montana . Medal of Honor citation . Captain Galt ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty . Capt . Galt , Battalion S3 , at a particularly critical period following 2 unsuccessful attacks by his battalion , of his own volition went forward and ascertained just how critical the situation was . He volunteered , at the risk of his life , personally to lead the battalion against the objective . When the lone remaining tank destroyer refused to go forward , Capt . Galt jumped on the tank destroyer and ordered it to precede the attack . As the tank destroyer moved forward , followed by a company of riflemen , Capt . Galt manned the . 30 - caliber machinegun in the turret of the tank destroyer , located and directed fire on an enemy 77mm . anti - tank gun , and destroyed it . Nearing the enemy positions , Capt . Galt stood fully exposed in the turret , ceaselessly firing his machinegun and tossing hand grenade s into the enemy zigzag series of trenches despite the hail of sniper and machinegun bullets ricocheting off the tank destroyer . As the tank destroyer moved , Capt . Galt so maneuvered it that 40 of the enemy were trapped in one trench . When they refused to surrender , Capt . Galt pressed the trigger of the machinegun and dispatched every one of them . A few minutes later an 88mm shell struck the tank destroyer and Capt . Galt fell mortally wounded across his machinegun . He had personally killed 40 Germans and wounded many more . Capt . Galt pitted his judgment and superb courage against overwhelming odds , exemplifying the highest measure of devotion to his country and the finest traditions of the U . S . Army .
Special Boat Squadron ( Sri Lanka ) The Special Boat Squadron ( SBS ) ( In Sinhalese : " Vishesha Yathra Balaghanaya " ) is the Sri Lanka Navy ' s elite special forces unit . It forms part of the Sri Lanka Special Forces , alongside the Commando Regiment ( CR ) , Special Forces Regiment ( SF ) , and SLAF Special Forces ( SLAFSF ) . Unlike any of the other Sri Lankan special forces units the SBS is a naval special forces unit . Established in the 1993 , the SBS was modeled after the Special Boat Service of the Royal Navy . In its role as a naval special forces unit it takes up wide variety of operations such as amphibious raids , Maritime Counter - Terrorism , Reconnaissance and target indication , combat swimmer missions and small boat operations . As a Special Forces unit , its role is not limited to water - borne operations . SBS conducts operations on land , either with Commando Regiment ( CR ) , Special Forces Regiment ( SF ) , regular ground combat units of the Navy and the Army and in many occasions separately . History . The SBS was inaugurated on 18 January 1993 at SLNS Elara in Karainagar , Jaffna with three officers and 76 able seamen . Shortly after completing special training the first Special Boat Squadron consisting of 25 was established . The first operation carried out by the SBS was in November 1993 , when it took part in the recapturing of the Navy camp in Pooneryn which had been attacked by terrorists . The SBS was the first to penetrate the camps defences shortly after the camp was captured . The SBS has taken part in many major operations carried out by the Sri Lankan military including operations like Rivirasa , Dirithara and Agnikheela . In recent months with the resumption of hostilities the SBS has been actively deployed . In recent years SBS units have been deployed for small boat operations against sea tigers boats and suicide crafts . SBS units are variously equipped with vessels including Arrow speed boats . Role . The roles of the Special Boat Squadron are predominantly focused on , but not restricted to ,
William Shubrick William Branford Shubrick ( 31 October 1790 – 27 May 1874 ) was an officer in the United States Navy . His active - duty career extended from 1806 to 1861 , including service in the War of 1812 and the Mexican - American War ; he retired in the early months of the Civil War . Biography . Born at " Belvedere , " Bull ' s Island , South Carolina , Shubrick studied at Harvard before accepting an appointment as a midshipman in 1806 . He served in the Mediterranean on USS " Wasp " . It was aboard this ship where he met his lifelong friend James Fenimore Cooper . In 1809 he served in " Argus " along the Atlantic coast of the United States . After duty in " Hornet " early in the War of 1812 , he was assigned to " Constellation " ; and , while that frigate was at Norfolk , Virginia , he led a party of bluejacket s in beating off a British boat attack against Craney Island on 22 June 1813 . He subsequently won a for service in " Constitution " during her capture of HMS " Cyane " and " Levant " . In 1832 , he led lieutenant Henry K . Hoff and a division of bluejackets and marines of the frigate " Potomac " in the Battle of Quallah Battoo . During the subsequent decades before the Mexican - American War , Shubrick commanded , in turn , " Lexington " and " Natchez " ; directed operation of the West Indies Squadron from 1838 to 1840 ; and headed the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing from 1845 to 1846 . At the outbreak of the war with Mexico , Shubrick requested sea duty and , in " Independence " , sailed for the California coast to relieve Commodore John D . Sloat in command of American Naval forces there . However , Commodore James Biddle brought his East India Squadron to Monterey , California , on 2 January 1847 only a week after Shubrick ' s arrival , and assumed command . In April , Shubrick sailed for the coast of Mexico to head the blockade of Guaymas and Mazatlán . Early in June , Shubrick was recalled to California where Biddle restored him to overall command on 19 July and sailed for the East Coast . Under Shubrick , the Navy successfully conducted the closing operations of the war on the Pacific coast . Highlights were the capture of Guaymas in October and occupation of Mazatlán in November . San Blas fell in January 1848 . The following spring , Shubrick headed home and took command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1849 . Beginning in 1853 , he headed the Bureau of Construction and Repair , and between 1854 and 1858 , he chaired the Lighthouse Board . In October 1858 , Shubrick sailed in command of the fleet sent to South American waters to support diplomatic efforts to resolve differences with Paraguay resulting from the firing upon USS " Water Witch " . In December 1861 , Shubrick was retired ; and he was promoted to Rear Admiral on the retired list on 16 July 1862 . He died in Washington , D . C . , on 27 May 1874 . Family . Three of his brothers were also officers in the United States Navy : John Templar Shubrick ( 1788 - 1815 ) , Edward Rutledge Shubrick ( 1794 - 1844 ) , and Irvine Shubrick ( 1798 - 1849 ) . Namesakes . Several ships in the U . S . Navy have been named USS " Shubrick " for him .
Archibald Bisset Smith Archibald Bisset Smith VC ( 19 December 1878 – 10 March 1917 ) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Smith received this award for his action as Master of the SS " Otaki " , a ship of the Mercantile Marine . On 10 March 1917 in the Atlantic , the SS " Otaki " , whose armament consisted of one 4 . 7 - inch gun , sighted the German raider SMS " Moewe " , which was armed with four 5 . 9 - inch , one 4 . 1 - inch and two 22 - pounder guns . The raider called on " Otaki " to stop , but Captain Smith refused to do so . A duel ensued , during which " Otaki " secured a number of hits and caused considerable damage , but she herself sustained much damage and was on fire . Captain Smith therefore ordered his crew to abandon ship , but he himself stayed on board and went down with his ship . His citation reads : As a Merchant seaman he could not receive the VC at that time . In 1919 he was posthumously promoted a Temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve and was then entitled to receive the VC posthumously .
William W . McCammon William Wallace McCammon ( May 28 , 1838 – March 27 , 1903 ) was a soldier in the Union Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War . Biography . He obtained the award for his service as 1st Lieutenant in Company E , 24th Missouri Infantry . He was Provost marshal of the company . During the fighting at Corinth , Mississippi , on October 3 , 1862 ( the Second Battle of Corinth ) , after great loses to his company , he voluntarily assumed command and continued to lead until the repulse and retreat of the enemy forces the next day . The award was not issued until July 9 , 1896 . He made a career in the army , rose to the rank of Major , and also served in the Spanish – American War . He died in Vancouver , Washington , and was buried at the Fort Vancouver Military Cemetery .
Riley Franklin McConnell Riley Franklin McConnell was a United States Navy officer who served during World War I and World War II . McConnell was awarded the Navy Cross for service during World War II . A US Navy destroyer escort was named in his honor in 1943 . Biography . Riley Franklin McConnell was born 22 July 1884 at Gate City , Virginia . McConnell graduated from the U . S . Naval Academy on 7 June 1909 . U . S . Navy career . For over three decades he carried out a wide variety of assignments . During World War I he served as navigator in USS " Arkansas " ; later , he had duty as executive officer in USS " Ohio " , USS " Relief " , and USS " Chicago " ; and in 1935 and 1936 he commanded USS " Milwaukee " . Following instruction at the Naval War College , he served on the staff of Commander in Chief , Asiatic Fleet , between 1925 and 1927 . Commissioned captain on 1 September 1934 , he returned to the Asiatic Fleet and served as Chief of Staff from 30 October 1936 to 25 July 1939 . Navy Cross . For distinguished service during this period , he received the Navy Cross . On 22 August 1939 McConnell assumed command of the Naval Training Station at San Diego , California , where he died while on active duty on 12 July 1940 . Namesake . The USS " McConnell " launched on 28 March 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . Grace Otteson McConnell , and commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard 28 May 1943 , was so named in his honor .
Morton C . Hunter Morton Craig Hunter ( February 5 , 1825 - October 25 , 1896 ) was a U . S . Representative from Indiana . Biography . Morton Hunter was born in Versailles , Indiana and knew the hardships of growing up in a pioneer home . His father John Hunter was a soldier in the War of 1812 and his Irish immigrant grandfather served in the Revolutionary war . Morton Hunter graduated from the law department of Indiana University at Bloomington in 1849 . After graduating he immediately married and practiced law in Bloomington . In 1858 he was elected to represent Monroe County in the State house of representatives . In the summer of 1862 in response to Lincoln ' s call for volunteers , he organized the 82nd Indiana Infantry . On August 27 , 1862 he was commissioned a colonel by Governor Oliver Morton . At the Battle of Chickamauga when Confederate Gen . Longstreet routed the right wing of the Army of the Cumberland , Hunter on his own initiative was the first officer to form a new position on Horseshoe ridge that was to become the line that saved the army from destruction . His commanding officer John Connell wrote of Hunter ' s stubborn resistance on that ridge " which truly and most fortunately changed the fortunes of that disastrous day , and saved the army from worse than defeat . " . In the Battle of Missionary Ridge Hunter ' s 82nd and the Ohio 99th were the first two regiments to attack Bragg ' s center with orders to halt after taking the Confederate line below Missionary ridge . Not content to be subjected to murderous fire from the high ground , the attacking units charged the ridge , and Hunter ' s 82nd was the first of his division to gain the summit and occupy the confederate works . The initiative of his and Ohio units collapsing Bragg ' s center was the pivotal moment of the battle . For his gallantry that day , Hunter received the commendation of his commanders . He was later promoted to command his regiment ' s brigade ( First Brigade , Third Division , Fourteenth Army Corps ) under Gen . George Thomas and led his unit on Sherman ' s March to the Sea . At the end of the war he received a brevet commission as a brigadier general of volunteers . He was honorably discharged June 24 , 1865 . Hunter was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress ( March 4 , 1867 – March 3 , 1869 ) . Hunter was elected to the Forty - third , Forty - fourth , and Forty - fifth Congresses ( March 4 , 1873 – March 3 , 1879 ) . After leaving office he operated a quarry in the Indiana limestone district . He died in Bloomington , Indiana , October 25 , 1896 and was interred in Rose Hill Cemetery .
Under Secretary of the Navy The Under Secretary of the Navy is the second - highest ranking civilian official in the United States Department of the Navy . The Under Secretary , called the " Under " in Pentagon slang , reports to the Secretary of the Navy ( SECNAV ) . The four Assistant Secretaries of the Navy ( for Research , Development and Acquisition ; Manpower and Reserve Affairs ; Financial Management and Comptroller ; and Installations and Environment ) report to the Under Secretary , along with the General Counsel of the Department of the Navy , the Chief of Naval Operations , the Commandant of the Marine Corps , the Chief of Legislative Affairs , the Auditor General of the Navy , the Assistant for Administration , and the Director of the Office of Small Business Programs . Robert C . Martinage is currently Acting Under Secretary .
Half - sword Half - sword , in 14th - to 16th - century fencing with the longsword s , refers to the technique of gripping the central part of the sword blade with the left hand in order to execute more forceful thrusts against armoured and unarmoured opponents . The term is a translation of the original German " Halbschwert " . Equivalently , the techniques were referred to as " mit dem kurzen Schwert " " with the shortened sword . " Half - sword is used for leverage advantage when wrestling with the sword , as well as for delivering a more accurate and powerful thrust . Both of these are critical when fighting in plate armour , because a slice or a cleaving blow from a sword is virtually useless against iron or steel plate . Most medieval treatises show armoured combat as consisting primarily of fighting at the half - sword ; the best options against an armoured man being a strong thrust into less - protected areas such as the armpits or throat or , even better , the same against a man who has already been cast to the ground . Some weapons may have been modified specifically for this purpose , sporting what is called a ricasso . Some longsword s had a short ricasso , usually too close to the cross and hilt of the blade for practical use in half - swording except as a point of extra leverage in a thrust . The ricasso on larger swords , such as the two - handed sword , provided a longer area more fitting for gripping during half - swording . Filippo Vadi suggests that a sword be sharp only at the tip . It has been suggested that some swords were left unsharpened in a part of the sword a hand ' s breadth wide about halfway down the blade in order to facilitate this technique . In Italian and English , " half sword " refers to a crossing of the sword in the middle of the blade , and by extension the relatively close range at which this takes place .
Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall Lieutenant General Sir Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall KBE CB DSO MC ( 1889 – 1979 ) was an officer in the British Army during World War I and World War II . Military career . Wetherall was commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1909 . He served in World War I in France and Belgium becoming Commanding Officer of 4th Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1917 . In March 1918 he was seriously wounded by a piece of shell in his neck . After the War he became a Lieutenant Colonel in the Machine Gun Corps and then a General Staff Officer for Weapon Training in Scottish Command in 1930 . He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion , York and Lancaster Regiment in 1936 and then Commander of 19th Brigade in 1938 . He served in World War II as General Officer Commanding 11th African Division in Abyssinia in 1941 : he was part of the " Southern Front " for this campaign and commanded the Division during the advance from Kenya , through Italian Somaliland , and into Ethiopia . In late 1941 , with the campaign all but over , the 11th African Division was disbanded and he became General Officer Commanding the East Africa Force . He was then appointed General Officer Commanding , Ceylon in 1943 . After the War he became Commander - in - Chief , Ceylon at a time when the Sri Lankan independence struggle was ongoing ; he retired in 1946 .
Kwame Baah Colonel Kwame R . M . Baah ( 21 May 1938 – 1997 ) was a soldier and politician . He was the Ghanaian foreign minister between 1972 and 1975 . Colonel ( then Major ) Kwame Baah was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs after the government of Dr . Kofi Abrefa Busia was overthrown in a coup d ' état on January 13 , 1972 . This replaced the Progress Party government with the National Redemption Council . He was appointed foreign minister by General ( then Colonel ) Ignatius Kutu Acheampong in 1972 , a position he held till 1975 . At the hearings of the National Reconciliation Commission in Accra on June 1 , 2004 , a Captain Koda is said to have reported that Colonel Kwame Baah and others were supposed to be among a third batch of officers to be executed during the era of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council . This was never carried out . His successor as foreign minister , Col . Roger Felli was however executed along with five other army officers on June 16 , 1979 .