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USS Russell ( DDG - 59 ) USS " Russell " ( DDG - 59 ) is an " Arleigh Burke " - class destroyer in the United States Navy . She is the second ship of the USN to carry the name " Russell " and is named for Rear Admiral John Henry Russell and his son , Commandant of the Marine Corps John Henry Russell , Jr . . In May 2004 , " Russell " departed for a four - month deployment along with several ships including USCGC " Mellon " ( WHEC - 717 ) , USS " Salvor " ( ARS - 52 ) , USS " Fort McHenry " ( LSD - 43 ) & USS " McCampbell " ( DDG - 85 ) . The deployment was centered around an annual exercise called Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training ( CARAT ) 2004 . On 15 April 2006 , the guided - missile destroyer " Russell " provided aid to a fishing vessel in distress while operating in the South China Sea . On 16 February 2007 , " Russell " was awarded the 2006 Battle " E " award . On 21 February 2008 , " Russell " participated with the and the in the interception and destruction of the dying US satellite US 193 . Between 17 – 21 May 2008 , the " Russell " participated in Exercise KhunjarHaad , a multi - national exercise held in the Gulf of Oman . Other participating warships included the French frigate FS " Surcouf " ( F 711 ) , the British frigate , the British fleet replenishment tanker RFA " Wave Knight " ( A389 ) , and four other coalition ships conducted air defense ; surface warfare operation ; visit , board , search and seizure ( VBSS ) ; and joint gunnery exercises , which focused on joint interoperability training and proficiency . From March 2008 to August 2009 , an official blog of life on the " Russell " was run , entitled The Destroyermen . It included everyday info about the life of a sailor on board a US Navy destroyer , only included information that would normally be available through official channels . In June 2008 , " Russell " rescued about 70 people from a disabled boat in the Gulf of Aden . In January 2013 , the " Russell " ′ s crew completed a hull swap with the crew of USS Halsey ( DDG - 97 ) at Naval Base San Diego . " Russell " is now permanently stationed in San Diego . " Halsey " was moved to " Russell " ′ s former homeport , Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam , with the former " Russell " crew .
Walter Hose Walter Hose ( 2 October 1875 – 22 June 1965 ) was a Canadian Admiral . He was the founder of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve . Along with Charles Kingsmill , Walter Hose is known as the " Father of the Royal Canadian Navy " . Early career with the Royal Navy . Hose was born on a ship in the Indian Ocean and joined the Royal Navy when he was 14 . He was assigned to the " HMS Britannia " upon entering the service . As he rose through the ranks he held six commands including commanding gunboats in Asia and a torpedo gunboat with the Home Fleet . He reached his pinnacle appointment in the Royal Navy as executive officer aboard the " HMS Cochrane " in 1909 ; however finding advancement too slow he looked into joining the infant Canadian navy . Royal Canadian Navy . HMCS Rainbow and the First World War . Originally on loan from the Royal Navy , Hose resigned his commission and formally transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1912 . Upon his arrival he commanded the " HMCS Rainbow " out of the naval base at Esquimalt . Due to the lack of Royal Navy ships along the northwest Pacific coast , Hose and the " Rainbow " were ordered to protect shipping from German raiders including the " Leipzig " and " Nurnberg " . After the threat had passed , Commander Hose spent the next while preventing German vessels from leaving port and even taking two prizes . He was then named Captain of Patrols by Admiral Charles Kingsmill . As captain of patrols he commander over fifty vessels to fight the U - boat threat . It was the position he would hold until the end of the war . Interwar service . After the retirement of Admiral Kingsmill , Hose was appointed acting Director of the Naval Service in 1921 and Director of the Naval Service in 1922 . During his time as commander Hose decommissioned the majority of the navy , and shut the Naval College and the Youth Training Establishment in Halifax . He took the money saved by doing this and formally created the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve . In 1922 government cuts in the armed services of Canada were put in place and there was an effort by the government of the day to integrate the services under one commander - in - chief . Hose argued against this , demanding to continue to have access to the minister . Aided by the deputy minister Georges Desbarats , he prevented the navy from falling under the command of the position of the Chief of Staff . The position of Director was renamed as Chief of the Naval Staff in 1928 and he served in this position until his retirement in 1934 . Hose died in Windsor , Ontario in 1965 and received a full military funeral . A monument at Point Pleasant Park in Halifax honours his work saving and building the Royal Canadian Navy during the difficult years after the First World War and in the Great Depression .
Daniel Bissell ( general ) Daniel Bissell ( 1768 – December 14 , 1833 ) was an American soldier and administrator . Born in Connecticut , he was a fifer in the Connecticut militia during the American Revolutionary War . His career as a commissioned officer in the United States Army began when was commissioned an ensign in the First Infantry Regiment on 11 April 1792 and was promoted to lieutenant on 3 January 1794 and to captain on January 1799 . With the expansion of the Army in 1808 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 1st Infantry Regiment on 18 August 1808 . On May 20 , 1809 , he took command of Fort Belle Fontaine , the first military fort west of the Mississippi River . On 15 August 1812 he was appointed to command the 5th Infantry Regiment with the rank of colonel . Bissell served with distinction during the War of 1812 and was promoted to brigadier general on 9 March 1814 . He commanded U . S . forces at the Battle of Cook ' s Mills on 19 October 1814 . This minor battle was one of the few American land victories of the war . After the war , there were large reductions in the strength of the Army . As a result , Bissell was reverted to the rank of colonel and assigned to command of the 1st Infantry Regiment . In recognition of his wartime service he was given a brevet ( honorary promotion ) to the rank of brigadier general . He was honorably discharged from the Army on 1 June 1821 after 29 years of continuous military service . General Bissell died at age 65 in St . Louis , Missouri , and was buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery . His St . Louis home is now owned by St . Louis County and is run as an historical attraction . General Bissell should not be confused with Sergeant Daniel Bissell who received the Badge of Military Merit during the American Revolution .
Frank Grevil Frank Søholm Grevil ( born in 1960 ) had the rank of major in Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste [ FE ] ( Danish military intelligence agency ) . On February 22 , 2004 he acted as a whistle blower leaking classified information about the FE ' s assessment of the possibility of weapons of mass destruction [ WMD ] in Iraq . The analysis of FE concluded that there was no certain information about operational weapons of mass destruction . This was not aligned with the statement of Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to the Danish parliament that there was evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction . Information . Frank Grevil was sentenced to four months in jail for leaking these documents . In 2009 , he received the Sam Adams Award for integrity in intelligence which had earlier been given to Katharine Gun and Andrew Wilkie . In December 2010 Grevil signed a declaration of support for WikiLeaks . Among others on the list were Daniel Ellsberg and Colleen Rowley .
HMS Torbay ( 1693 ) HMS " Torbay " was an 80 - gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched at Deptford Dockyard on 16 December 1693 . In 1707 , she served as flagship of Rear - Admiral of the Blue Sir John Norris and belonged to Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell ' s fleet . She saw action during the unsuccessful Battle of Toulon and was present during the great naval disaster off the Isles of Scilly when Shovell and four of his ships ( " Association " , " Firebrand " , " Romney " and " Eagle " ) were lost , claiming the lives of nearly 2 , 000 sailors . " Torbay " suffered little to no damage and finally managed to reach Portsmouth . She was rebuilt at Deptford , according to the 1706 Establishment , and was relaunched on 23 May 1719 . After this , her 80 guns were mounted on three gundecks instead of her original two , though she continued to be classified as a third rate . " Torbay " was broken up in 1749 . " Torbay " was notable for breaking the defensive boom in the Battle of Vigo Bay .
John J . Van Buren John J . Van Buren ( 1915 – 1942 ) was a United States Navy officer who received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Navy Cross for his actions in combat during World War II . Naval career . John James Van Buren was born in Mukwonago , Wisconsin , on July 20 , 1915 . He enlisted in the U . S . Navy on March 24 , 1938 and was appointed Aviation Cadet in the United States Naval Reserve on August 3 , 1938 . Upon completion of flight training , he was commissioned as an ensign on September 1 , 1939 and assigned to Bombing Squadron 6 on board the aircraft carrier USS " Enterprise " ( CV - 6 ) . During World War II , Van Buren was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on March 11 , 1942 for heroic conduct in aerial combat during operations against the Japan ese in the Marshall Islands when the formation he was flying in was attacked by Japanese fighters . Through skillful handling of his Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber and excellent marksmanship , he shot down one of the attacking planes . Upon again being attacked by an enemy fighter , he maneuvered his plane to permit his rear seat gunner to shoot down this attacker before landing his bullet - riddled plane on " Enterprise " . Operating off of " Enterprise " with Bombing Squadron 6 during the Battle of Midway on June 4 , 1942 , Van Buren defied extreme danger from concentrated Japanese antiaircraft fire and fierce fighter opposition to take part in the initial dive - bombing attack against Japanese naval units . Van Buren ' s plane did not return from this action and was listed as presumed dead . Lieutenant , junior grade Van Buren received the Navy Cross for his bravery at Midway . Namesake . The U . S . Navy destroyer escort USS " John J . Van Burean " ( DE - 753 ) , launched in 1944 but never completed , was named for Lieutenant , junior grade Van Buren .
Wichard von Alvensleben Wichard von Alvensleben ( May 19 , 1902 – August 14 , 1982 ) was a German agriculturist , Wehrmacht Officer , and Knight of the Order of Saint John . Alvensleben was the commander of Wehrmacht troops stationed in April 1945 at Bozen , whence he led his troops to liberate the prisoners being held by the SS at Tyrol . Early life . Alvensleben was born on May 19 , 1902 , in Wittenmoor ( now part of Stendal ) to Ludolf Udo von Alvensleben ( 1852 – 1923 ) and Ida , née von Glasenapp ( 1866 – 1924 ) . He was taught in various convent schools at Magdeburg in Brandenburg an der Havel and passed his Abitur in 1921 at the Klosterschule Roßleben . After four years of practical training he commenced studies in agriculture , forestry , and law in Eberswalde and Munich . In 1927 Alvensleben married Cora von Erxleben and started to work at his wife ' s country estates at Tankow - Seegenfelde in the district of Friedeberg and at Dertzow in the district of Soldin , New March , in 1929 . In 1936 he bought the forested estate of Viarthlum , in the district of Rummelsburg , Farther Pomerania . Alvensleben by now had two daughters , born in 1934 and 1936 , and was a Knight of the Order of Saint John as well as a deeply religious Christian . Military Service . In 1939 Alvensleben became an Officer of the German Wehrmacht , earning the rank of Captain , and was deployed in Poland , France , Russia , Africa , and Italy . He was wounded in 1941 in Russia and received various decorations , including the Wound Badge , the Infantry Assault Badge , and the Iron Cross 1st Class . His wife committed suicide at the arrival of the Soviet Red Army on January 29 , 1945 , in Tankow - Seegenfelde . In late April 1945 a group of 140 high - status prisoners were transferred to Tyrol , guarded by SS troops . A delegation from the prisoners contacted senior German army officers , made known the identity of the high - status prisoners , and conveyed the apprehension that those prisoners were to be executed . A regular German army unit under the command of Captain von Alvensleben moved in to protect the prisoners . Outnumbered , the SS guards moved out , leaving the prisoners behind . The prisoners were then set free , with the majority taking sanctuary for a time in Pragser Wildsee until the arrival of U . S . troops . After the War . In autumn 1945 Alvensleben was released from U . S . custody and started to work as a transport operator in a sugar refinery in Nörten - Hardenberg . In August 1946 Alvensleben married Astrid von Brand ( widowed von Brockdorff - Ahlefeldt ) and in 1952 he became an administrator of the von Brockdorff estate Ascheberg near Plön . In 1956 Alvensleben was involved with " Diakonisches Werk " , a charity organisation of the Lutheran Church at Rendsburg . He retired in 1974 and died on August 14 , 1982 , in Ascheberg .
Monticello ( privateer ) The Monticello was a Confederate blockade runner during the American Civil War . She was a two - masted schooner out of Havana , Cuba and of unknown nationality . She ran ashore about 6 to 8 miles east of Fort Morgan and the main inlet to Mobile Bay in Alabama on June 26 , 1862 , after sailing from Havana , and was then set on fire by the crew to prevent her capture . A landing party from the USS " Kanawha " attempted to board the vessel , but were driven off by Confederate soldiers firing from nearby on the shore . Her length was 136 feet . She was likely cruising just off shore along the Swash Channel when she ran aground . Some experts believe that a wreck uncovered by Hurricane Ike on Fort Morgan Road in Fort Morgan , Alabama may be the " Monticello " . The boat has been furthered uncovered by Hurricane Isaac .
John A . Ellet Lieutenant Colonel John A . Ellet ( 1838 – 1892 ) was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War . He was the nephew of Colonel Charles Ellet , Jr . and General Alfred W . Ellet . He commanded the ironclad " USS Lancaster " until she sank in March 1863 . He also commanded the Ram Fleet . Namesakes . USS " Ellet " ( DD - 398 ) , which was in service in 1939 - 46 , was named in honor of John A . Ellet and other members of his family .
George Seymour ( Royal Navy officer ) Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Francis Seymour , GCB , GCH , PC ( 17 September 1787 – 20 January 1870 ) was a Royal Navy officer . Naval career . Seymour was the eldest son of Vice - Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour ( himself a son of Francis Seymour - Conway , 1st Marquess of Hertford ) and Anna Horatia Waldegrave ( a daughter of James Waldegrave , 2nd Earl Waldegrave ) and entered the Royal Navy in 1797 . In 1806 , he took command of " Kingfisher " and sailed her back to Britain . Promoted to Captain later that year , he was given command of HMS " Aurora " . He captained HMS " Pallas " during the Battle of Basque Roads and HMS " Fortunée " and HMS " Leonidas " during the War of 1812 . For his part in the latter war , he was appointed a CB in 1815 ( alongside many other Captains ) and a KCH in 1831 ( and later a GCH in 1834 ) . In 1841 he was appointed Third Naval Lord . He was appointed Commander - in - Chief Pacific Station in 1844 , Commander - in - Chief North America and West Indies Station in 1851 and Commander - in - Chief , Portsmouth in 1856 . He was appointed a GCB in 1860 and promoted to Admiral of the Fleet in 1866 . He died in January 1870 , eight months before his first cousin once removed , the 4th Marquess of Hertford ; had he survived him , he would have succeeded to the title . His son Francis succeeded as the 5th Marquess in August . Family . In 1811 , Seymour had married Georgiana Mary Berkeley ( a daughter of Sir George Berkeley ) and they had eight children :
George Partridge Colvocoresses George Partridge Colvocoresses ( April 3 , 1847 - September 10 , 1932 ) was a United States Navy rear admiral . He was the son of Captain George M . Colvocoresses , the adopted son of Captain Alden Partridge , founder of Norwich University in Vermont . George P . was a graduate of the Norwich University class of 1866 and led a distinguished military career . He born in Norwich , Vermont , April 3 , 1847 , to Greek immigrant George M . Colvocoresses and Adeline Maria Swasey . He served under his father on the USS " Supply " on South Atlantic blockade duty . The younger Colvocoresses eventually rose to the rank of Rear Admiral and was Commandant of Cadets at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis ; he was a member of the District of Columbia and New York Commanderies . Naval career . The son of George Colvocoresses , he was named for his father ' s benefactor , Alden Partridge , and served under then - Commodore George Dewey in the Asiatic Fleet . He distinguished himself in service as a junior officer on the cruiser " Concord " at the Battle of Manila Bay , May 1 , 1898 in the Spanish – American War , where the United States won a decisive victory over the Spanish Armada , helping to end the Spanish naval threat and establish the U . S . as one of the world ' s military " super powers . " Asa Walker , Commander , U . S . N . , Commanding Asiatic Fleet , had the following to say : " Each and every one of my subordinates did his whole duty with an enthusiasm and zeal beyond all praise . I am particularly indebted to the executive officer , Lieut . Commander George P . Colvocoresses , for the cool , deliberate , and efficient manner with which he met each phase of the action , and for his hearty cooperation in my plans . " Colvocoresses served on most of the foreign naval stations , and in the Hydrographic Office at Washington , and in 1886 was assistant instructor in drawing at the United States Naval Academy , where he was an instructor in 1893 - 96 and commandant of midshipmen in 1905 - 09 . In 1890 the officers and men of the United States Navy dedicated a granite - and - marble monument to the memory of Lieut . George Washington DeLong and the crew of the USS " Jeannette " . Lieut . George P . Colvocoresses designed the monument — a cross with carved icicles hanging from it that sits atop a cairn . The - high structure is in the U . S . Naval Academy Cemetery overlooking the Severn River . In 1919 Rear Adm . Colvocoresses , whose name appears on the Centennial Staircase at Norwich , delivered an address about Capt . Alden Partridge on the 100th anniversary of the founding of Norwich University . Rear Adm . Colvocoresses , married to Minne D . , had one daughter and two sons : Edith B . , Harold , and George M . ( II ) Colvocoresses . The son of George M . ( II ) Colvocoresses , Col . Alden Partridge Colvocoresses , USA ( Ret . ) , went on to develop the first satellite map of the United States .
Steve Lucas Lieutenant - General James Steve Lucas , CMM , CD ( born 24 February 1952 ) is a retired Canadian air force general who was Chief of the Air Staff in Canada from 2005 to 2007 . Career . Educated at John Taylor Collegiate in Winnipeg , Lucas joined the Canadian Forces in 1969 and graduated from the Canadian Forces Air Navigation School in 1974 . He became Commanding Officer of 435 Transport Squadron in July 1989 , Commander of CFB Goose Bay in 1990 and Director of Joint Requirements at the National Defence Headquarters in 1993 . He went on to be Director of Aerospace Planning Coordination in 1996 , and then joined the staff at 1 Canadian Air Division Headquarters in Summer 1997 . After that he became Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region in 2000 , Chief of Staff Joint Force Generation in 2003 and Chief of the Air Staff in 2005 before retiring in 2007 .
Henry Foster ( scientist ) Henry Foster ( 1796 – 5 February 1831 ) was a British naval officer and scientist who took part in expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctic , and made various notable scientific observations . He was a Fellow of the Royal Society . Career . In his early career , Foster served aboard HMS " York " . Later , he served aboard HMS " Griper " in 1823 as part of the British Naval Scientific Expedition to the Arctic led by Douglas Clavering . He assisted the astronomer Edward Sabine . He became a Fellow of the Royal Society . In 1824 as a lieutenant , he joined the Northwest Passage expedition led by Captain William Edward Parry , aboard HMS " Hecla " . He made various scientific observations in magnetism and astronomy and pendulum measurements of gravity , for which he shared the Copley Medal in 1827 and received the rank of commander . Later in 1827 he joined the British Naval North Polar Expedition , again under the leadership of Parry . From 1828 to 1831 , he was commander of HMS " Chanticleer " and led the British Naval Expedition to the South Atlantic , surveying the South Shetland Islands and notably Deception Island off the Antarctic Peninsula . The expedition was to survey the coasts and land formations , as well as to determine the direction of ocean currents in both hemispheres . He named the Wollaston Islands of present - day Chile , in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago , after the British chemist William Hyde Wollaston . As well as surveying coasts and ocean currents , Foster used a Kater invariable pendulum to make observations on gravity . The survey included the archipelago and island of Fernando de Noronha . Foster was given considerable assistance by the Governor , who let Foster use part of his own house for the pendulum experiments . He published his research in an 1834 book , released posthumously . He drowned in the Chagres River in Panama in 1831 .
Albrecht Gustav von Manstein Albert Ehrenreich Gustav von Manstein ( 24 August 1805 - 11 May 1877 ) was a Prussian general who served during the Austro - Prussian War and the Franco - German War . He was the adoptive grandfather of Erich von Manstein . Manstein entered the 3rd Infantry Regiment in 1822 . In 1841 he was promoted to first lieutenant and he became an adjutant on the staff of the I Army Corps . By 1864 he had been promoted to the rank of Major General ( Generalleutnant ) and given command of the 6th Infantry division , which he led during the Second Schleswig War in the Battle of Dybbøl and at Als . During the Austro - Prussian War he commanded the reserve of the First Army , which he led during the battle of Königgrätz and for which he was awarded the Pour le Mérite . In 1867 Manstein was given command of IX Corps and was promoted to General der Infanterie in 1868 . When the Franco - German War started in August 1870 , IX Corps became part of the Second Army of Prince Friedrich Karl . Manstein and his Corps distinguished themselves at Gravelotte . After the fall of the Second Empire , Manstein fought in the Loire valley in the campaigns at Orleans and Le Mans . For his services during the war he was awarded 100 . 000 thaler . He retired in 1873 .