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William Nicholson ( naval officer ) William Carmichael Nicholson ( ca . 1790 – 25 July 1872 ) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 and the Civil War . A native of Maryland , Nicholson was the son of naval officer John Nicholson . He entered as a midshipman in 1812 and served on the USS " President " under Stephen Decatur during the War of 1812 . Commissioned captain in 1855 , he commanded steam frigate USS " Roanoke " from May 1861 . Appointed Commodore on the retired list in July 1862 , he served a year on the Retiring Board . He died at the Philadelphia Naval Asylum at the age of approximately eighty . Namesake . The ships named USS " Nicholson " were named for him , his father , his uncles , James Nicholson and Samuel Nicholson , and his cousin , James W . Nicholson .
Frank Harbord Frank Alfred Harbord DFM ( 12 September 1918 – 19 January 2010 ) was a member of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War , and flew on many missions over German occupied Europe . He was stationed in Watton with 82 sqn in 1940 . In 1941 he carried out low level shipping strikes and raids over northern France with 18 Sqn from RAF Oulton . A circus operation carried out against a large power station in Northern France led by Sqn / Ldr S J Monroe DFC brought a rare congratulatory signal from Stevenson . In 1941 he was with 105 sqn in Malta where he again took part in low level attacks on shipping . He also served in Burma and India with 60 sqn . Frank Harbord was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal in a supplement to the London Gazette on 16 July 1943 . He published his memories of his RAF service in 1998 in a book entitled " Familiar Voices " with a foreword by Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom .
Artemis - class attack cargo ship The " Artemis " class attack cargo ship s were built by Walsh - Kaiser Co . , Inc . of Providence , R . I . , during World War II . Like all AKA ' s , they were designed to carry combat loaded military cargo and landing craft , and to use the latter to land weapons , supplies , and troops on enemy shores during amphibious operations . Compared to other classes of AKA ' s , these ships had a much shallower draft , and a lower main deck aft . All these ships were built on the same standard hull design , but there were some differences from ship to ship : The armament varied , as did that of the other ships of the day . During 1944 - 1945 , the 5 " / 38 was recognized as the best gun for the dual role of antiaircraft and naval gunfire support , and the 40 mm was seen as the best antiaircraft gun . The older 20 mm and . 50 caliber guns had been recognized to be of limited value , and were being phased out , though they appeared on some of these ships . The 20 mm ' s were later removed from all of them , but it is not clear just when this happened . The complement varied as well , but the DANFS figures sometimes seem to confuse ship ' s company with embarked troops in determining a ship ' s complement .
1st Luftwaffe Field Division 1 . Luftwaffen - Feld - Division was formed in mid - 1942 ; after training it was sent to Army Group North as part of the 18th Army . Stationed in the reserve , it saw little fighting until the withdraw from Leningrad in 1944 . The division was involved in heavy defensive battles north of Novgorod . Due to the fierce Soviet attacks , the division was pushed back to Shimsk during which it was badly damaged . The remainder of the division then went back to the Panther Line position near Pskov , where the division was disbanded . The remainder of the division was absorbed by the 28 Jager Division . Footnotes . Hitlers Legions by Samuel W . Mitchem , Jr
HMS Defender ( D36 ) HMS " Defender " is the fifth of the Type 45 or " Daring " - class air - defence destroyer s built for the Royal Navy . She is the eighth ship to bear the name . Construction of HMS " Defender " began in 2006 , and she was launched in 2009 . The ship completed her first sea trials in October – November 2011 , and was commissioned during March 2013 . Operational history . " Defender " s construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships ( now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships ) yard at Govan on the River Clyde in July 2006 . The launch date was 21 October 2009 . On 21 October 2011 , she left Scotstoun shipyard in Glasgow on her maiden voyage exactly two years to the day after she was launched , to conduct her first stage of sea trials . These trials were completed in mid - November . On 9 March 2012 , she once again left the Clyde to commence a second round of trials , scheduled to last 28 days in the waters off western Scotland . She is scheduled be formally handed over to the Royal Navy this summer and commissioned in 2013 . The ship finally left Scotstoun on 21 July 2012 on her delivery voyage . " Defender " entered Portsmouth at 1000 on 25 July 2012 where BAE Systems and the Royal Navy conducted a formal handover ceremony . At 1400 that day she raised her White Ensign for the first time as a Royal Naval vessel under the command of Commander Phil Nash RN . HMS " Defender " was commissioned on 21 March 2013 . Advanced air - defence . The Type 45 destroyers are primarily designed for anti - aircraft and anti - missile warfare with the capability to defend against aircraft , drones as well as supersonic sea skimming anti - ship missile s . The Royal Navy describe the destroyers mission as " to shield the Fleet from air attack " . The Type 45 destroyer uses the sophisticated Sea Viper air - defence system utilizing the SAMPSON active electronically scanned array multi - function air tracking radar , and the S1850M long - range air surveillance radar . The Sea Viper system is able to control and coordinate several missiles in the air at once , allowing several tracks to be intercepted . It has been suggested that the SAMPSON radar is capable of tracking an object the size of a cricket ball travelling at three times the speed of sound . A core component of the Type 45 ' s Sea Viper air - defence system is the Aster missile , composing of the Aster 15 and Aster 30 . MBDA describe Aster as an anti - missile missile capable of intercepting all types of high performance air threats at a max range of 120 km ( Aster 30 ) . The Aster missile is autonomously guided and equipped with an active RF seeker enabling it to cope with " saturated attacks " thanks to a " Multiple engagement capability " and a " high rate of fire " . Presently the " Daring " - class destroyers are equipped with a 48 - cell A50 Sylver Vertical Launching System allowing for a mix of up - tp 48 Aster 15 and 30 missiles . However , the Type 45 destroyer was designed to accommodate a total of 64 - cells , while some reports suggest a total of 72 - cells .
Russian cruiser Novik ( 1900 ) Novík was a protected cruiser in the Imperial Russian Navy , built by Schichau shipyards in Elbing near Danzig , Germany . Background . " Novik " was a very fast ship for the time , but smaller than most contemporary cruisers , and perhaps a forerunner of later light cruiser s . It was built by the German shipbuilders Schichau at the end of the 19th century , and her performance so impressed the Russian naval leadership that a near copy was made in the Russian " Izumrud " class . Service life . The " Novik " performed heroically in various engagements during the Russo - Japanese War of 1904 - 1905 . One of the few ships in the Russian fleet to offer combat during the initial Battle of Port Arthur , it closed to within 3 , 000 yards of the Japanese fleet to deliver a torpedo . In the Battle of the Yellow Sea , the Russian fleet attempted to run the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur . The attempt failed , and most of the Russian ships returned to port but several managed to escape to be interned in various neutral ports . The " Novik " reached the neutral German port of Tsingtao in company of the battleship , but choosing to avoid internment , Commander Nikolai von Essen chose to outrace its Japanese pursuers around the Japanese home islands towards Vladivostok . The " Novik " was pursued by the , which was later joined by the . Spotted by a Japanese transport ship while coaling at Sakhalin , " Novik " was trapped in Aniva Bay , and forced to battle off Korsakov by " Tsushima " . Realizing that he was hopelessly outgunned and after sustaining considerable damage , Commander von Essen ordered the " Novik " scuttled to make salvage impossible . Nevertheless , the Japanese thought highly enough of the vessel to seize it as a prize of war , and it was repaired and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy as the . It was declared obsolete and scrapped in 1913 .
Gary L . Ebben Gary L . Ebben is a Brigadier General in the Wisconsin Air National Guard . Career . Ebben received his commission in 1982 . He received his pilot wings at Williams Air Force Base and was stationed at Holloman Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base . In 1984 , he joined the 176th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Truax Field as a Fairchild Republic A - 10 Thunderbolt II aircraft commander . Four years later , he became an A - 10 instructor pilot with the squadron . From 1991 to 1995 , he was assigned to the 128th Tactical Fighter Wing . In 2002 , Ebben became Vice Commander of what had been the 128th Tactical Fighter Wing , now called the 115th Fighter Wing . He remained in this position until 2008 , when he became Chief of Staff of the Wisconsin Air National Guard . The following year , Ebben assumed command of the Combat Readiness Training Center at Volk Field Air National Guard Base . In 2012 , he became Assistant Adjutant General - Air of the Wisconsin Air National Guard . Awards he has received include the Legion of Merit , the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters , the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters , the Air Force Commendation Medal , the Army Commendation Medal , the Air Force Achievement Medal , the Outstanding Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters , the Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster , the Combat Readiness Medal with four oak leaf clusters , the Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal , the National Defense Service Medal with service star , the Iraq Campaign Medal with service star , the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal , the Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold frame , the Air Force Longevity Service Award with silver and bronze oak leaf cluster and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal .
Glenn J . Lesniak Glenn J . Lesniak is a Major General in the United States Army Reserve . Career . After graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1976 , his first assignment was at Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County , Virginia . In 1982 , after serving at Fort Leonard Wood in Pulaski County , Missouri , he was named Assistant Professor of Military Science at the University of Connecticut . After transferring to the United States Army Reserve in 1984 , Lesniak was assigned to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio , Texas . He later served at Caven Point in Jersey City , New Jersey and Fort Dix in Burlington County , New Jersey , as well as in Brooklyn , New York , Kingston , New York and New Windsor , New York . As BG , he commanded the 94th RRC at Fort Devens Mass . From 2007 until Base Realignment and Closure Commission restructure forced the folding of its flag in 2008 after 90 years in New England . In 2008 , Lesniak was named Deputy Commander of the 81st Regional Support Command at Fort Jackson in Columbia , South Carolina . He held this position until 2009 , when he was named Commanding General of the 88th Regional Support Command and Senior Commander at Fort McCoy in Monroe County , Wisconsin . He has been awarded the Legion of Merit , the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters , the Army Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters , the Army Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon . In addition , he is authorized to wear the Parachutist Badge .
Charles Preston Sir Charles Preston , 5th Baronet ( c . 1735 - 23 March 1800 ) was a British Major who was stationed in Canada during the American Revolutionary War . Revolutionary War . He was ordered by Gen . Guy Carleton to delay the American advance on Montreal , and Quebec . He was in command of 662 men of the 26th Regiment , engineers , Canadians , and Indians . They held Fort St . Jean , at Saint - Jean - sur - Richelieu , Quebec , in 1775 when it came under siege by American General Richard Montgomery , and resisted multiple attacks by troops under command of Montgomery and Philip Schuyler . His troops held the fort in hopes of being rescued by reinforcements for two months before surrendering on the third of November 1775 . After the war . On his return to Valleyfield , Fife , in 1784 , he became Member of Parliament for UK Parliament constituency , from 1774 - 1790 . Legacy . Preston is mentioned in a Fort Saint - Jean plaque erected in 1926 by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada at the Royal Military College Saint - Jean . " Constructed in 1743 by M . de Léry under orders from Governor la Galissonnière . This post was for all the military expeditions towards Lake Champlain . In August 31 , 1760 , Commandant de Roquemaure had it blown up in accordance with orders from the Governor de Vaudreuil in order to prevent its falling into the hands of the English . Rebuilt by Governor Carleton , in 1773 . During the same year , under the command of Major Charles Preston of the 26th Regiment , it withstood a 45 day siege by the American troops commanded by General Montgomery . "
SS Lesbian ( 1923 ) Lesbian was a 2 , 352 GRT cargo ship which was built by Swan , Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd , Newcastle upon Tyne in 1923 for Ellerman Lines Ltd . She was seized in 1940 by the Vichy French forces . History . " Lesbian " was built by Swan , Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd as yard number 1211 . She was launched on 31 July 1923 and completed in September 1923 . " Lesbian " was the third Ellerman Lines ship to bear that name . She was named after the inhabitants of Lesbos , Greece . " Lesbian " was operated by Ellerman Lines Ltd until 1937 . From 1937 until her capture in 1940 she was operated under the management of Ellerman & Papayanni Lines Ltd . War service . " Lesbian " was a member of a number of convoys during the Second World War . " Lesbian " was a member of Convoy OG 1 , which formed at sea on 2 October 1939 and was destined for Gibraltar . She was carrying a general cargo bound for Piraeus , Greece . " Lesbian " was a member of Convoy HG 7 , which departed Port Said , Egypt on 3 November 1939 and arrived at Liverpool on 22 November . She was carrying a general cargo and also fruit . " Lesbian " was a member of Convoy HG 17 , which departed Gibraltar on 1 February 1940 and arrived at Liverpool on the 11 May . She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Liverpool . " Lesbian " was a member of Convoy HGF 28 , which departed Gibraltar on 26 April 1940 and arrived at Liverpool on 5 May . Capture , sinking and rediscovery . In 1940 , " Lesbian " was impounded by Vichy French forces at Beirut , Lebanon . During the Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon in 1941 , Beirut was bombed . The Vichy French , fearing that she would be sunk and block the port , took " Lesbian " a short distance offshore and scuttled her on 14 July 1941 . In 2000 the ship was discovered by two local diving centers , the National Institute for Scuba Diving ( NISD ) and the Abyss Dive Center . The ship is very well preserved and sitting at a depth of , facing Beirut port . Propulsion . " Lesbian " was powered by a triple expansion steam engine of which was built by Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd , Newcastle upon Tyne . The cylinders were 18 , 31½ and 54 inches ( 457 , 800 and 1 , 372 mm ) diameter by stroke . She could make . Official number and code letters . Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers . " Lesbian " had the UK Official Number 147232 and used the Code Letters KPNH until 1933 and GJXK until 1940
CSS Forrest CSS " Forrest " was a wooden - hulled Confederate gunboat that saw action in the North Carolina sounds in 1861 to 1862 . Despite being considered " worn out " , she saw continuous service until destroyed after the battle of Elizabeth City in February 1862 . Ship History . The " Forrest " was originally named the " J . A . Smith " when launched in 1855 . Designed as a canal boat , she was converted to steam in 1856 . The " Smith " was bought at Norfolk in 1861 and renamed " Weldon N . Edwards " in honor of the President of the North Carolina Secession Convention . She was ordered to Hatteras Inlet by Flag Officer Samuel Barron on July 27 , 1861 : The " Edwards " patrolled Hatteras Inlet in North Carolina under the command of Lt . J . Cooke . In August 1861 Cooke would report to Flag Officer Barron that his ship was " entirely worthless , the boilers worn out and the timbers of his vessel rotten . " By early October the tug was back in Norfolk , where on the 3rd she received orders from Flag Officer French Forrest to return quickly to Roanoke Island and place the gunboat at the service of local CSN commander William Lynch . At some point in late 1861 the " Edwards " name was changed to " Forrest " . She was part of a five gunboat fleet that attempted to provoke the Union forces at anchor at Hatteras Inlet on November 3 , 1861 . The Union gunboats did not reply to the Confederate challenge , so the Confederate gunboats retreated with the towing the " Forrest " back home . On December 30 , 1861 the " Forrest " had to be towed by the " Curlew " to Edenton for repairs . By January 3 , 1862 she was back with the rest of the Mosquito Fleet at Roanoke Island . For the rest of the month the " Forrest " was involved in towing schooners and performing patrolling duties . The " Forrest " participated in the battle of Roanoke Island on February 7 , 1862 during which her commanding officer , Lt . J . L . Hoole , CSN , was seriously wounded . Furthermore , " Forrest " was disabled late in the action " by the displacement of her propeller " and towed to Elizabeth City , N . C . , for repairs . There , three days later , while out of water on the marine railway , she was burned to prevent capture by Union forces .
Charles Waddilove Admiral Charles Lodowick Darley Waddilove ( 13 May 1828 – 17 October 1896 ) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander - in - Chief , The Nore . Naval career . Born the son of Revd . William James Darley Waddilove , Charles Waddilove was appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1849 . Promoted to captain in 1862 , he commanded HMS " Adventure " , HMS " Pallas " , HMS " Inconstant " and then HMS " Asia " . He was appointed Commander - in - Chief , The Nore in 1887 and retired in 1893 . He lived at Beacon Grange in Hexham . Family . He married Mary Elizabeth Blackett - Ord ; they had five daughters .
John Stryker Meyer John Stryker " Tilt " Meyer ( born March 3 , 1948 ) is an American author and U . S . Army Special Forces combat veteran of service in covert reconnaissance with the Studies and Observations Group , also known as MACV - SOG . Meyer resides in California , since 1985 , and has published two works of nonfiction related to his experiences in the Vietnam War . Meyer ' s first book was a nonfiction Second Indochina War memoir , first published in 2003 , titled " Across the Fence : The Secret War in Vietnam " . Early life . Meyer attended Trenton State College . Military career . Meyer enlisted in the U . S . Army in 1966 . He was accepted into the United States Army Airborne School and became airborne qualified . U . S . Army Special Forces . As U . S . involvement in the Vietnam War increased , the United States began deploying Special Forces " A - teams " ( Operational Detachment Alpha , or ODA , teams ) to Southeast Asia in support of counterinsurgency operations against the Viet Cong , North Vietnam ese and other Communist forces .
Red Banner Red Banner ( ) was a symbol of the USSR associated with the Soviet state flag . Military units , institutions and organizations ( of the Soviet Army , Soviet Navy , MVD Internal Troops , etc . ) awarded with the Order of the Red Banner are referred to with the honorific title " of the Red Banner " ( Краснознамённый ( " krasnoznamyonny " ) , e . g . The Red Banner Baltic Fleet or " The Twice Red Banner Alexandrov Soviet Army Choir " ) . Civilian establishments awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour are also sometimes addressed with the " Red - Banner " honorific . Transferable Red Banner . The Transferable Red Banner ( ) was an award for collectives , winners in socialist competition s at various Soviet work places . The term " transferable " means that for a given kind of competition at a given establishment ( enterprise , school , institute , clinic , etc . ) or category of establishments ( e . g . , type of industry ) there was a single physical copy of the award which was transferred to the next winner in the competition ( held annually or quarterly ) . There were several levels of the award , depending on the level of the socialist competition : all - Union , republican , oblast - wide , industry - wide , enterprise / institution - wide , etc . A similar award existed in a number of other communist state s . Red banner in Soviet law . A new article , 190 , was included in the Soviet criminal code in 1960s . It provided imprisonment for anti - Soviet agitation ( part 1 ) , for participation in unauthorized meetings ( part 2 ) and for defamation of the Soviet coat of arms and the Red Banner ( part 3 ) .
Second Army ( Italy ) The 2nd Army ( Italian : " 2 ^ Armata " ) was a World War I and World War II field army . World War II . During World War II the 2nd Army was the Italian ( Complex Major ) Great Unit charged , from 1940 to 1943 , of the activities of control and garrison of the occupied or annexed territories of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia . 2nd Army ORBAT , depending units : Initially strong of 250 , 000 men in 15 divisions the 4 immediately dependent Corps were then reduced to 230 , 000 men in 13 divisions . The 2nd Army was a second line force with most of the men in their late 30s and early 40s , the only really largely combat ready and effective ( Simple Major ) Great Unit was the assigned component of the Alpine Division Julia only partially deployed in the yugoslav theatre of operations as a whole unit .
German submarine U - 165 ( 1941 ) German submarine " U - 165 " was a Type IXC U - boat of the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " built for service during World War II . The keel for this boat was laid down on 30 August 1940 at the " Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG " , Bremen yard as ' werk ' 704 . She was launched on 15 August 1941 and commissioned on 3 February 1942 under the command of " Fregattenkapitän " Eberhard Hoffmann . The U - boat ' s service began with training as part of the 4th U - boat Flotilla . She then moved to the 10th flotilla on 1 September 1942 for operations . She sank two ships , totalling , one auxiliary warship of 358 tons and damaged three others , for 14 , 499 tons . She also damaged one auxiliary warship ( 7 , 252 tons ) . She was sunk by a British aircraft with a Czech crew in September 1942 . Operational career . Patrol and loss . The submarine ' s only patrol took her from Kiel on 7 August 1942 , across the North Sea and into the northern Atlantic Ocean via through the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands to the Gulf of the St . Lawrence . Her first victims were the USS " Laramie " and the " Arlyn " ; both damaged at the northern end of the Belle Isle Strait on 28 August . She went on to attack the " Aeas " on 6 September , HMCS " Raccoon " on the 7th , the " Essex Lance " on the 16th and the " Pan York " , also on the 16th . " U - 165 " had almost reached the French Atlantic ports when she was sunk on 27 September 1942 by a Vickers Wellington of 311 / Q Squadron , RAF just west of the Bay of Biscay .