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Smith - class destroyer The " Smith " Class destroyers were first ocean - going destroyer s in the United States Navy , and the first to be driven by steam turbines instead of the reciprocating engines fitted in the earlier and much smaller sixteen torpedo - boat destroyers ordered in 1896 – 97 . The first three of the class were ordered under the Act of 29 June 1906 " to have the highest practical speed , and to cost , exclusive of armament , not to exceed seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars each " . The remaining pair were ordered under the Act of 7 March 1907 " to have the highest practical speed , and to cost , exclusive of armament , not to exceed eight hundred thousand dollars each " . All five ships were built using the basic " Smith " design . However , " Flusser " and " Reid " are sometimes considered to be " Flusser " - class ships . Unlike the earlier 16 destroyers , these turbine - driven vessels were triple - screw , and all had two widely - spaced pairs of funnels except for " Smith " ( which had the first and fourth funnels separated from the middle pair ) . All had one of their 3 - in guns removed in 1918 , and the latter four vessels were all sold in November 1919 following the end of World War I ; the " Smith " survived another two years .
Robert Means Thompson Robert Means Thompson ( 2 March 1849 – 5 September 1930 ) was a United States Navy officer , business magnate , philanthropist and a president of the American Olympic Association . He is the namesake of the destroyer USS " Thompson " ( DD - 627 ) . Biography . He was born in Corsica , Pennsylvania , to John Jamison Thompson and Agnes Kennedy . He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy on 30 July 1864 . Graduating tenth in the class of 1868 , Thompson first went to sea in " Contoocook " in the West Indian Squadron . He later served in " Franklin " , " Richmond " , and " Guard " of the Mediterranean Squadron ; as well as in " Wachusett " and at the Naval Torpedo Station , Newport , Rhode Island . Commissioned ensign on 19 April 1869 , and promoted to master on 12 July 1870 , he resigned from the Navy on 18 November 1871 , to study law in his brother ' s office . After he was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1872 , he was still not satisfied with his legal training so he studied law at Harvard , graduating in 1874 . Thompson subsequently practiced law in Boston and was a member of the Boston Common Council from 1876 to 1878 . He later became interested in mining and smelting enterprises , by which he earned his fortune . He was president of Orford Copper , which later merged into the International Nickel Company of Canada , of which he served as chairman . He was an organizer of the Navy Athletic Association and the donor of the Thompson Cup , which is awarded to the winner of the annual Army – Navy Game . His interest in sport then extended to the Olympic Games , and was twice president of the American Olympic Association , once for the 1912 Summer Olympics , and again for the 1924 games . In 1912 , he was also elected president of the New York Athletic Club . He also helped to organize the New York Chapter of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association and served as its first president and as a trustee of the Naval Academy Alumni Association at Annapolis , Maryland . Thompson was president of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and president of the Navy League . He also visited Japan at the invitation of the Japanese government and was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun , Second Class , by the Emperor . He also received the Order of Vasa by the government of Sweden , and the Cross of Commander , French Legion of Honor , by the French government . Thompson became a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States ( MOLLUS ) in 1874 through the Massachusetts commandery . He was active in MOLLUS affairs and was elected commander in chief October 27 , 1927 , and served in that capacity until his death . He co - edited the " Confidential Correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox , Assistant Secretary of the Navy " for the Navy Historical Society Robert Means Thompson was married to Sarah Gibbs , daughter of Rhode Island governor , William C . Gibbs . They had one daughter , Sarah Gibbs Thompson . He died while visiting his daughter and her husband , Stephen Hyatt Pell , at Fort Ticonderoga , New York .
Second Siege of Missolonghi The Second Siege of Missolonghi was a second attempt by Ottoman forces to capture the strategically located port town of Missolonghi during the third year of the Greek War of Independence ( 1823 ) . The second siege is usually ignored however , and the name is often applied to the greater siege of 1825 – 1826 . Background . After the first unsuccessful attempt to take the town in 1822 , another expedition to western Central Greece was undertaken by Mustai Pasha of Shkoder . Mustai proceeded through the city of Trikala to Karpenisi , where a first Greek attempt to stop his advance resulted in the Battle of Karpenisi . During this battle , the Ottoman casualties were 1 , 200 troops , but the Greeks lost their commander , Markos Botsaris . The second unsuccessful Greek attempt to stop Mustai at Mount Kaliakouda , on 29 August 1823 , resulted in 200 Greek casualties . Siege . The Ottoman army arrived before Missolonghi and began the siege on 20 September with a bombardment of Aitoliko , an island which controlled the seaways of the Missolonghi lagoon . The subsequent attack on Aitoliko failed however . On 17 November , Ottoman food supplies were seized by 250 Souliotes under command of Kitsos Tzavelas . As a result of food shortages and disease , on 20 November Mustai Pasha lifted the siege and withdrew , Aftermath . Missolonghi remained under Greek control . Its resistance achieved wider fame when Lord Byron arrived there , dying in the town of fever in April 1824 . The city was besieged for a third and final time , resisting both Ottoman and Egyptian armies for almost a year , until its final fall on April 10 , 1826 .
Battle of Dandridge The Battle of Dandridge , January 17 , 1864 , was a minor battle of the American Civil War that occurred in Jefferson County , Tennessee . Wanting to push the Confederates out of their winter headquarters and having received reports of good forage south of the French Broad River , Union forces under Maj . Gen . John G . Parke advanced on Dandridge , near the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad , on January 14 , with orders to cross the river and occupy the area for the Federals . This movement forced Confederate Lt . Gen . James Longstreet , who had been operating around Dandridge , to fall back beyond Kimbrough ' s Crossroads . Longstreet brought up reinforcements from Morristown on January 15 to meet the Federals and threaten the Union base at New Market . On January 16 , Brig . Gen . Samuel D . Sturgis , commanding the Cavalry Corps , Army of the Ohio , rode forward from Dandridge along the Morristown Road ( now Valley Home Rd . , State Hwy 66 ) to occupy Kimbrough ' s Crossroads . As the Union cavalry neared the crossroads , they discovered and engaged one of Longstreet ' s infantry brigades with artillery that had arrived the day before . The brigade was composed of Alabama troops as well as others and was under the command of Brigadier General Micah Jenkins , a South Carolinian . At the same time Union cavalry under the command of Col . Frank Wolford engaged Confederate forces south and east of Dandridge on the bend of Chucky Road . The Union cavalry could not dislodge the Confederate troops and were compelled to retire to Dandridge . Around noon on January 17 , Sturgis received information that the Confederates were preparing for an attack , so he formed his men into lines of battle . About 4 : 00 p . m . , the Confederates advanced towards Dandridge and the battle quickly turned to general fighting . The battle continued until after dark with the Union forces occupying roughly the same battle line as when the fighting started . Having failed to cross the river to the opposite bank , and fearing that Longstreet ' s entire force was in front of them , General Parke ordered the Federals to retreat to New Market and Strawberry Plains during the night . The Confederates pursued , but due to the lack of cannons , ammunition , and shoes , broke off and fell back to Dandridge . For the time being , the Union forces left the area .
Fred T . Berry Fred Thomas Berry was an American dirigible commander . Biography . He was born 23 November 1887 in Logan , Iowa , was a member of the United States Naval Academy class of 1908 . Through much of his early career he specialized in engineering duty , and during World War I commanded " McCall " ( DD - 28 ) . He was awarded the Navy Cross for his outstanding performance of duty in this billet . In 1927 , he began training in dirigibles , and later commanded the airship " Los Angeles " ( ZR - 3 ) . Commander Berry , then commanding Naval Air Station Lakehurst , was lost in the crash of " Akron " ( ZRS - 4 ) off the New Jersey coast 4 April 1933 . Namesake . In 1945 , the destroyer USS " Fred T . Berry " ( DD - 858 ) was named in his honor .
Spotsylvania Court House Union order of battle The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ( May 8 – 21 , 1864 ) of the American Civil War . The Confederate order of battle is listed separately . Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns and the reports . Forces operating against Richmond May 8 – 16 , 1864 . LTG Ulysses S . Grant , General - in - Chief , Union armies Escort : IX Corps . MG Ambrose E . Burnside Army of the Potomac . MG George G . Meade General Staff : General Headquarters : Provost Guard : BG Marsena R . Patrick Engineer Troops : Guards and Orderlies : II Corps . MG Winfield S . Hancock Escort : V Corps . MG Gouverneur K . Warren Provost Guard : VI Corps . MG John Sedgwick ( k ) < br > BG Horatio G . Wright < br > Escort : Cavalry Corps . MG Philip H . Sheridan Escort : Artillery . BG Henry J . Hunt Forces operating against Richmond May 17 – 21 , 1864 . LTG Ulysses S . Grant , General - in - Chief , Union armies Escort : IX Corps . MG Ambrose E . Burnside Army of the Potomac . MG George G . Meade General Staff : General Headquarters : Provost Guard : BG Marsena R . Patrick Engineer Troops : Guards and Orderlies : II Corps . MG Winfield S . Hancock Escort : V Corps . MG Gouverneur K . Warren Provost Guard : VI Corps . BG Horatio G . Wright < br > Escort :
Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment The Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment was a battle fought in December 1879 , during the Second Anglo - Afghan War . On 3 September 1879 Sir Pierre Cavagnari , the British Resident in Kabul , and his escort were massacred by mutinous Afghan troops , initiating the second phase of the Second Anglo - Afghan War . A force was assembled and named the Kabul Field Force , under the command of major - general Frederick Roberts . After defeating Afghan forces at Chariasab on 6 October , Roberts marched into Kabul on 13 October . At the end of November , an army under the command of Mohammed Jan Khan Wardak , who had denounced Yaqub Khan as a British puppet and instead declared Musa Jan the new amir , gathered in the area north of Kabul . On 11 December a small detachment ( c . 170 men ) of the 9th Queen ' s Royal Lancers and the 14th Bengal Lancers encountered a 10 , 000 + Afghan army advancing on Kabul . As it was of the utmost importance that Mohammed Jan ' s advance was delayed the woefully outnumbered Lancers charged the Afghans . Heavy casualties were suffered and the Afghans continued their advance . On December 15 , the Afghan army began to besiege the British forces entrenched in the Sherpur Cantonment . As news of a relief column under the command of Brigadier General Charles Gough reached Mohammed Jan , he ordered his troops to storm the cantonment on 23 December . By midday , the assault had been repulsed , and the Afghan army dispersed . No quarter was given to Afghans found in the area with weapons . The Sherpur Cantonment is maintained up to the present as a British military cemetery .
New Georgia counterattack The New Georgia counterattack was a counterattack on 17 – 18 July 1943 by mainly Imperial Japanese Army troops against United States Army forces during the New Georgia Campaign in the Solomon Islands . The U . S . and its allies were attempting to capture an airfield constructed by the Japanese at Munda Point on New Georgia . The Americans landed on New Georgia on 2 July 1943 and made limited gains in their drive toward Munda Point . The objective of the Japanese counterattack was to destroy the American forces on New Georgia by attacking their exposed flank and rear areas . The Japanese succeeded in infiltrating and attacking several isolated outposts in the American rear areas , but failed to inflict significant casualties on the American forces . After the Japanese counterattack was defeated , the Americans and their allies captured the airfield in the Battle of Munda Point .
37th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 37th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War . History . The regiment was formed in September 1862 at Camp Briggs , Massachusetts under Major Oliver Edwards and served until the end of the war in April 1865 , seeing action at many battles including Fredricksburg and Gettysburg , duty in New York City after the draft riot , the Siege of Petersburg and the final pursuit and destruction of General Robert E . Lee ' s Army . They currently have a monument on the Gettysburg battlefield . It was formed from volunteers mainly from the far western counties of Massachusetts , and it subsequently absorbed members of other units ( notably the 7th and the 10th Massachusetts ) in May and June 1864 . The 37th was one of the first regiments to be issued the new Spencer repeating rifle , on July 15 , 1864 , increasing their firepower . During service in the regiment a total of 4 Officers and 165 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded , and 92 enlisted men were killed by disease . Total 261 .
Joseph W . Finch , Jr . Joseph Warren Finch , Jr . was born 8 March 1920 in Chicago , Illinois , was appointed ensign in the United States Naval Reserve 28 May 1941 . He was killed in action in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal , 13 November 1942 , when his ship " Laffey " ( DD - 459 ) was sunk . Lieutenant ( junior grade ) Finch shared posthumously in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded his ship for its outstanding performance in action against the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific from 15 September until its loss . Namesake . USS " Finch " ( DE - 328 ) was named in his honor . ( The earlier ship , " Finch " ( AM - 9 ) was named for the bird . She was commissioned before he was born . ) The " Finch " DE - 328 was involved in the evacuation of POW ' s from Taiwan at the conclusion of World War II , among which was Y3C Alma Glenn Pratt , who had served aboard the " Finch " ( AM - 9 ) , and was surprised to see the name of his old ship on this vessel sent to rescue him . The " Finch " ( DE - 328 ) was later used by the US Coast Guard . In 1970 , 20th Century Fox Films used the " Finch " ( DE - 328 ) to " play the part " of the USS " Ward " ( DD - 139 ) in the film Tora ! Tora ! Tora ! in which the " Ward " was the first American naval vessel to fire at a Japanese vessel , a miniature submarine .
George Murray ( MP ) Vice Admiral George Murray ( 22 August 1741 – 17 October 1797 ) was a Royal Navy officer and politician . He was the third son of the Jacobite general Lord George Murray . Naval career . Murray joined the Royal Navy in 1758 as a midshipman . In 1765 he became commander of the sloop HMS Ferret . Promoted Captain he commanded HMS " Renown " , HMS " Adventure " , HMS " Levant " and HMS " Cleopatra " . He commanded the " Cleopatra " at the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1781 . From 1782 he commanded HMS " Irresistible " . He was elected Member of Parliament for Perth burghs in 1790 but gave up his seat in 1796 . Resuming his naval career he commanded HMS " Defence " from 1790 . He was appointed Commander - in - Chief at Chatham in 1792 and went on to command HMS " Duke " and then HMS " Glory " . He was made Commander - in - Chief , North American Station in 1794 . He almost completely cleared North American waters of French men - of - war and privateers . He returned to England in 1796 and died the following year . Family . In 1784 he married Hon . Wilhelmina King , daughter of Thomas King , 5th Baron King ; they had no children .
Capture of Cayenne ( 1667 ) The Capture of Cayenne was a minor military event on the 22 September 1667 during the final stages of the Second Anglo - Dutch War . The French settlement of Cayenne under the French Governor Lefebvre de Lézy was captured in an assault by English sailors and troops of Rear Admiral Sir John Harman ' s squadron . The English then occupied the settlement stripping it of anything of value before departing two weeks later . After his victory at Martinique Rear Admiral Harman had dominated the Caribbean sea and after seeing that an attempt to retake French held St . Kitts was beyond his venture , Harman decided to attack the French and Dutch settlements that lie on the North coast of South America . The Dutch had recently recaptured the fort of Zeelandia from the English ; now Harman intended to strike back there but first targeted the French settlement of Cayenne . On the coast of South America heading towards Cayenne , Admiral Harman apparently was still unaware of the peace in Europe between England and Holland . On 22 September 1667 de Lézy observed vessels approaching and at first thought they were reinforcements sent from Martinique . When they circled round and approached Fort Saint Louis at Cayenne however he learned that these ships were actually English warships out of Barbados under Read Admiral Harman . He was pursuing a lone French supply frigate with the intention of disembarking 850 troops . Alarmed at this De Lezy led a total of 300 men at Remire then watched fourteen boatloads of English invaders gathered off shore . Although surprise had gone Harman decided to attack without hesitation , while de Lézy was not prepared to resist a large force he decided to fight hoping that a relief force would come . The fort was taken and the French garrison was dispersed in a total of three days fighting , with the English completely surrounding the settlement . Most of the French were captured including De Lezy , however forty Frenchman managed to hide . Harman ' s men stripped the citadel of Saint Louis and surrounding district of everything of value . Then with the booty aboard the English torched the buildings and plantations leaving everything wasted . After loading their squadron with captured guns , ammunition , 250 slaves and other booty the English departed on 9 October after two weeks of occupation . Harman sailed East and then struck at the Dutch settlement at Fort Zeelandia before news of the Peace of Breda arrived to bring the war to a conclusion . De Lezy and the French prisoners were released , and along with reinforcements strengthened the defenses , this time however it was attacked and captured by the Dutch nine years later . See also . Portuguese conquest of French Guiana
French corvette Étonnante ( 1796 ) Étonnante was an 18 - gun " Etna " - class corvette of the French Navy , launched in 1795 . She was struck from the navy in 1804 and hulked in 1806 . Career . In the night of 13 to 14 November 1796 , " Étonnante " departed Le Havre with her sister - ship " Etna " , and was chased by and , which drove her ashore near Barfleur . However the British were not able to get close enough to assure the destruction of " Étonnante " . Still , they were able to capture " Etna " . " Étonnante " later served at Saint - Malo in 1797 and at Brest in 1802 . She was struck in 1804 and used as a hulk in Brest in 1806 .
RAF Middleton St . George RAF Middleton St . George was a Royal Air Force ( RAF ) Bomber Command station during World War II . It was located in County Durham , five miles east of Darlington , England . The airfield began its life as Royal Air Force Station Goosepool , and in 1941 became RAF Middleton St . George . The aerodrome opened as a Bomber Command station in 1941 . In 1943 it was allocated to No . 6 Group , Royal Canadian Air Force . A sub - station was located at RAF Croft , Yorkshire . Squadrons based here include : 76 Squadron , which flew Halifaxes , 78 Squadron , which flew Whitleys , 419 Squadron RCAF , which flew Wellingtons , Halifaxes , and Lancasters , 420 Squadron RCAF , which flew Wellingtons , and 428 Squadron RCAF , which flew Wellingtons , Halifaxes , and Lancasters . After the war , the aerodrome served various squadrons and units including No . 13 Operational Training Unit ( OTU ) , No . 2 Air Navigation School , No . 4 Flight Training School , and squadrons that used Meteors , Hunters , Javelins and Lightnings . The RAF left the station in 1964 , but the aerodrome was reopened in 1966 as a civil airport . The airfield was named " Teesside International Airport " in the 1960s , and was renamed Durham Tees Valley Airport in 2004 . In 1986 the entire RAF Middleton St George Married Quarter housing estate was sold to The Welbeck Estate Group .
Edmond Schreiber Lieutenant - General Sir Edmund Charles Acton Schreiber , KCB , DSO ( 30 April 1890 – 8 October 1978 ) was a British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars . In the second he commanded the 45th Infantry Division , V Corps and First Army . Military career . Born the son of the late Brigadier General Acton L . Schreiber CB CMG DSO , Edmond Schreiber was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery becoming a Lieutenant in 1912 . He served in World War I on the Western Front , earning the DSO , being mentioned in despatches and ending the war as a brevet major . In the 1930s , he served at the Staff College , Camberley , the War Office and the Senior Officers ' School , Sheerness and was Brigadier Royal Artillery in Southern Command . Schreiber served in the British Expeditionary Force in France between 1939 and 1940 . He commanded 61st Infantry Division in 1940 , 45th Infantry Division later in 1940 and 4th Division in 1941 before being promoted to take command of V Corps later that year . In 1942 he was appointed to command First Army which was to be the parent organisation for Allied forces in Tunisia after Operation Torch ; however , he developed a kidney problem and became unfit for active service . Restricted to non - field roles , he became General Officer Commanding - in - Chief of Western Command in 1942 and of South Eastern Command in 1944 . Between 1944 and 1946 , Schreiber was Governor and Commander - in - Chief of Malta . He retired in 1947 . Schreiber became a Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John in 1944 . Retirement . He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Devon in 1948 and National President of the Old Contemptibles Association in 1960 . Family . Edmond Schreiber married Phyllis Barchard in 1916 ; there were two daughters .
Geographically Separate Unit In the United States military a Geographically Separate Unit ( GSU ) is a base that is physically separate from , yet not autonomous of its " parent " base . GSUs are " owned " by their parent organization and are typically quite small . Assignment to a GSU can be a mixed blessing . The distance from the parent organization means a more relaxed atmosphere . However , it also means that members assigned to the GSU have to travel to the " parent " base for most military services such as the Commissary , Base exchange , or Personnel Unit . RAF Feltwell , subordinate to the 48th FW of RAF Lakenheath , is an example of a GSU .