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HMS Argonaut ( 1898 ) HMS " Argonaut " was a ship of the " Diadem " - class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy . She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company , Govan and launched on 24 January 1898 . She commissioned at Chatham , Kent in 1900 for service on the China Station from 1900 - 1904 . The Commanding Officer , Captain George H Cherry RN , was a martinet and an extraordinarily stern disciplinarian : some 250 punishment warrants were read in two - and - a - half years from 1900 - 1902 . As a consequence , the ships ' officers paid for about one hundred of the " Cherry Medal " to be struck by Gamages of London , the medal to be a memento of their enduring such a captain : on the obverse it read " Argonaut China 1900 - 1904 " and showed a foul anchor ( for the Royal Navy ) , a fleece ( for Argonaut ) and a dragon ( for China ) ; on the reverse are a cherry tree and a representation of the officers who survived the commission . One of the medals was presented to King George VI but many were to be lost with ships sunk in the First World War . During the First World War she was part of the Ninth Cruiser Squadron , operating in the Atlantic . In 1915 she was converted to a hospital ship in Portsmouth and in 1918 , to an accommodation ship . She was sold to Ward of Milford Haven on 18 May 1920 and arrived there for breaking up on 4 September 1921 .
Boulton & Paul Overstrand The Boulton Paul P . 75 Overstrand was the last of the twin - engine biplane medium bomber s of the Royal Air Force , a series that had begun during the First World War with the likes of the Vickers Vimy and Handley Page Type O . The Overstrand only saw brief service in the late 1930s and by the outbreak of the Second World War only a few surviving aircraft remained in operation with training units . Design and development . The Overstrand was essentially an upgrade of Boulton & Paul ' s Sidestrand which had first flown in 1928 and like the Sidestrand was named for a village in Norfolk , home also of Boulton Paul ' s Norwich factory . The Sidestrand was similar to its First World War predecessors in that it had open cockpits and hand - operated defensive machine guns . However , unlike its predecessors , the Sidestrand could fly at 140 mph ( 225 km / h ) making operating the exposed gun positions difficult , particularly in the aircraft ' s nose . To overcome this problem , the Overstrand was fitted with an enclosed and powered nose turret mounting a single Lewis gun . As such the Overstrand was the first RAF aircraft to have a power - operated turret . Rotation was handled by pneumatic motors while elevation and depression of the gun used hydraulic rams . The pilot ' s cockpit was also enclosed but the dorsal and ventral gun positions remained open , though shielded . Operational history . The first Overstrand , at the time designated the Sidestrand Mk IV , flew in 1933 , powered by two Bristol Pegasus IM . 3 engines , instead of the Sidestrand ' s Bristol Jupiters , and was capable of . The bombload was also increased to 1 , 500 lb ( 680 kg ) . The conversion was a success and three more Sidestrands were modified using the Bristol Pegasus II . M3 . 24 Overstrands were produced and in 1936 began replacing the Sidestrand in service . The Overstrand was operated by No . 101 Squadron RAF ( which had been the sole Sidestrand squadron ) and briefly by No . 144 Squadron RAF ( though they were replaced by Bristol Blenheim s in 1938 ) . At the outbreak of the Second World War , 11 Overstrands remained in service and six of these were used for gunnery training . They remained in operation until May 1941 though flying was limited following the mid - air breakup of Overstrand K8173 on 22 April 1940 . There were plans to develop a version with retractable undercarriage , dubbed the P . 80 " Superstrand " , but the project was abandoned . Accidents and incidents . A number of Overstrands were destroyed or beyond economic repair in accidents , the type had only two fatal accidents :
USRC Vigilant ( 1791 ) Vigilant ( launched 1791 ) was one of the original ten cutters employed by the Federal government of the United States which made up the Revenue Marine , or Revenue Cutter Service , later to become the United States Coast Guard . Operational history . " Vigilant " was one of the first ten revenue cutters authorized by Congress and was probably the first cutter launched . She was not , however , the first to enter into active service . The first mention of her on an actual patrol as a revenue cutter was not until 23 December 1791 when her crew boarded a Royal Navy schooner as it entered the port of New York , the " Vigilant " s homeport . Patrick Dennis was appointed the master of the new revenue cutter on 6 October 1790 and oversaw her construction . He served as her commanding officer until his death , of unknown causes , on 9 February 1798 . Little documentation survives regarding her service life but she apparently carried out her assigned duties as described above along the Hudson River as far as Albany , in New York Harbor itself , along the coastline of New York and New Jersey , and " through Hell Gate to Long Island Sound except Sagg harbor . " There is some remaining information regarding her role in a celebrated naval engagement between the French frigate " Ambuscade " and the Royal Navy frigate " Boston " during the long war between England and France . On a summer day in 1793 " Vigilant " was patrolling off Sandy Hook when a frigate , flying French colors , ordered the cutter to hove to . Two American prisoners on board the frigate described what happened : The New York revenue cutter , Captain Dennis , was brought to by the " Boston " . The frigate under French colours , and the crew having the national cockade in their hats . Capt . Cortnay , in French , asked Capt . Dennis , who was not to be deceived , answered that he conceived the " Boston " looked more like an English armed vessel than any on the coast . Upon this Capt . Courtnay enquired what French vessels were in New York . Captain Dennis answered that the principal was the " Ambuscade " frigate : well , says Courtnay tell Capt . Bompard that I had come all the way from Halifax on purpose to take the " Ambuscade " and I shall be very happy to see her out of the way . Shall I tell him that ? yet asked Dennis ; Yes , to be sure answered the first lieutenant . Capt . Dennis delivered the message to Bompard at the Coffee House . Bompard accepted the British offer and sailed off to battle " Boston " . After breaking off the engagement in which " Boston " was damaged more severely and her captain killed , " Ambuscade " sailed back to New York Harbor . " Vigilant " was sold at auction on 14 November 1798 for £348 after it was determined that she was too small and too lightly armed to carry out her assigned duties in the busiest port of the new nation . There is no further documentation regarding her ultimate fate .
Gillmore Medal The Gillmore Medal is a military decoration of the United States Army which was first issued on October 28 , 1863 . The medal is named after Maj . Gen . Quincy A . Gillmore who commanded Union troops attempting to seize Fort Sumter in 1863 during the American Civil War . Also called the Fort Sumter Medal , the Gillmore Medal commemorates the men who served in the fighting around Charleston , South Carolina , in 1863 and was presented to all Union soldiers who had served under General Gillmore ’ s command . The medal was pinned to the front of a military jacket from a swivel with no attached ribbon . Since the Gillmore Medal was issued on the local authority of General Gillmore , it was considered an unofficial decoration by the United States Army , but was permitted for wear on a military uniform . In 1905 , with the creation of the Civil War Campaign Medal , the Gillmore Medal was declared obsolete . One such medal was awarded to Albert York ( commanding Co . I 100th New York Volunteers ) for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct for his participation in the Battle of Morris Island in April 1863 . These medals are extremely rare because they are usually coveted by the living heirs and rarely come up for sale . See also . Published : March 30 , 1864 From the Palmetto Herald . The Hilton Head and Beaufort papers of March 24 , have the following items : It will be remembered that after the reduction of Fort Wagner and the demolition of Fort Sumter , last Fall , Gen . GILLMORE announced that medals of honor would be presented to such enlisted men as had especially distinguished themselves by gallant conduct during the siege . They have been struck , and samples are already here , though the entire number will scarcely be ready for delivery sooner than two or three weeks . There are about five hundred candidates ( 500 ) for the honor , each of whom will have his name neatly engraved on the buckle to which the medal is attached . The medal itself is of bronze , about the size of the silver dollar of blessed memory , and bears upon its obverse in bold relief , a very accurate representation of Fort Sumter at the termination of the first bombardment , taken from an original drawing by Mr . W . T . CRANE , with the legend " Fort Sumter , Aug . 23 , 1863 , " the whole encircled by a border of stars . Upon the reverse in this inscription , in raised letters : " For gallant and meritorious conduct . Presented by Q . A . GILLMORE , Major - General . " The name of Gen . GILLMORE is a fac simile of his autograph . The medals are beautiful in design , and are very neatly and carefully made . They come from the establishment of BALL , BLACK & Co . , New - York City . here is the link to the article http : / / www . nytimes . com / 1864 / 03 / 30 / news / department - south - affairs - hilton - head - beaufort - medals - honor - c - medals - honor - new . html ? pagewanted = 1 Notes . Gillmore Medal in the Staten Island Historical Society Online Collections Database
80th Airmobile Regiment ( Ukraine ) The 80th Airmobile Regiment ( Ukrainian : " 80 окремий аеромобільний полк " ) is an airmobile formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces . The regiment is part of the 13th Army Corps . History . The 80th Parachute - Landing Regiment was formed on December 19 , 1955 in the Caucasus Region . It originally formed part of the 104th Guards Airborne Division of the Soviet Airborne Forces whose divisional headquarters was at Kirovabad ( now Gyandzha ) in the Azerbaijan SSR . Carey Schofield writes that the 104th Guards Airborne Division ' had only two regiments from 1975 to 1980 after the disbandment of the 80th Guards Airborne Regiment in Baku ' . In 1967 for its achievements in training the Regiment was awarded the Order of the Red Star . In 1979 the Regiment was relocated to Khyriv in Lviv Oblast , seemingly , according to Russian sources , as the 39th Air Assault Brigade . In June 1990 the 39th Air Assault Brigade became the 224th Training Center of the Soviet Airborne Forces . In May 1992 the service men of the unit gave the Oath to protect and serve the Ukrainian people . In 1995 the 224th Training Center of the Soviet VDV was renamed the 6th Separate Airmobile Brigade , which in 1999 was reorganized into the 80th Airmobile Regiment . Deployments . Soldiers from the Regiment have served in Afghanistan , Nagorno - Karabakh , Kosovo , Sierra Leone , and Iraq . Almost a third of the Regiment was deployed to Iraq , as the last Ukrainian unit ( 81st Tactical Group ) on May 15 , 2005 .
T75 Light machine gun The T75 Light machine gun ( Chinese : T75班用機槍 ) is produced by the 205th Armory , Ministry of Defense , Republic of China ( Taiwan ) . The T75 is based on the proven Belgian - made FN Minimi LMG incorporating features from the T57 and T74 machine - guns with more modern features . The T75 is slightly heavier but shorter than the Minimi .
Toti - class submarine The Toti class were submarines built for the Italian Navy in the 1960s . They were the first submarines designed and built in Italy since World War II . These boats were small and designed as " hunter killer " anti - submarine submarines . They are comparable to the German Type 205 submarine s and the French Aréthuse class submarine s Ships . All four ships were built by Italcantieri Monfalcone
Bedford Air Force Station Bedford Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station . It is located north of Bedford , Virginia . It was closed in 1975 . History . Bedford AFS was established by Air Defense Command in 1954 as part of a planned deployment of forty - four Phase I Mobile Radar stations . It was one of twenty - nine stations which were sited around the perimeter of the country to support the permanent ADC network of seventy - five stations . The deployment had been projected to be operational by mid - 1952 . Funding , constant site changes , construction , and equipment delivery delayed deployment The 649th Airborne Control and Warning Squadron achieved beneficial occupancy by 1 December 1954 . Operational status was achieved in 1956 with the activation of the AN / MPS - 8 and AN / MPS - 11 radars , and initially the station functioned as a Ground - Control Intercept ( GCI ) and warning station . As a GCI station , the squadron ' s role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit ' s radar scopes . By 1958 the AN / MPS - 8 had been superseded by a pair of AN / FPS - 6 height - finder radars . In 1959 an AN / FPS - 20 A search radar replaced the AN / MPS - 11 set . During 1959 Bedford AFB joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment ( SAGE ) system , initially feeding data to DC - 04 at Fort Lee AFS , Virginia . After joining , the squadron was re - designated as the 649th Radar Squadron ( SAGE ) on 1 October 1959 . The radar squadron provided information 24 / 7 the SAGE Direction Center where it was analyzed to determine range , direction altitude speed and whether or not aircraft were friendly or hostile . In 1960 this site also began performing air traffic control duties for the FAA . In 1963 the search radar was upgraded and redesignated as an AN / FPS - 67 . On 31 July 1963 , the site was redesignated as NORAD ID Z - 121 . Over the years , the equipment at the station was upgraded or modified to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the information gathered by the radars . The 649th was inactivated and the Air Force closed the facility on 30 June 1975 . Afterward the FAA took over the facility , and today it is an active Joint Surveillance System ( JSS ) site , now operating an ARSR - 3 Long Range Air Route Surveillance Radar . Most of the buildings on the site have been torn down , the housing and GATR site have been obliterated as well . Air Force units and assignments . Units : Assignments : External links .
Erroll M . Brown Erroll M . Brown is a retired rear admiral in the United States Coast Guard . Brown was the first African - American promoted to flag rank in the Coast Guard . Education . After graduating from Dixie M . Hollins High School in St . Petersburg , Florida in 1968 , Brown enrolled in the U . S . Coast Guard Academy . In 1972 , Brown graduated from the U . S . Coast Guard Academy , majoring in Marine Engineering . He also earned a masters degree in Naval Architect and Marine Engineering and a second masters in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan . In 1986 , Brown received the Masters of Business Administration degree from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . He then received a masters degree in National Security and Strategic Studies when he graduated from the Naval War College in 1994 . Service Years . Brown served on ships including the Coast Guard Icebreaker " Burton Island " ( WAGB - 283 ) , Cutter " Jarvis " ( WHEC - 725 ) , and Cutter " Rush " ( WHEC - 723 ) . He has held positions on board ships including Damage Control Assistant , Assistant Engineer Officer , and Maintenance Type Deck Officer . He has also served in the Small Boat Branch as the supervisor for two inspection officers Instructors in the Marine Engineering Department at the U . S . Coast Guard Academy , and served as Executive Officer . He has been a Program Reviewer in the Office of the Chief of Staff , Programs Division in Coast Guard Headquarters , and has served as the Military Assistant to the Secretary of Transportation . He was also assigned as Chief of the Budget Division in the Office of the Chief of Staff in Coast Guard Headquarters . In 1998 , Brown was promoted to rear admiral . Recently , he was the Commanding Officer of the USCG Integrated Support Command in Portsmouth , VA . Before he retired , he was the Commander of the Maintenance and Logistics Command Atlantic in Norfolk , VA . He retired after 33 years of service . He currently serves as the program evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology . He coauthored with Harry Benford of the University of Michigan a book entitled " Ship Replacement and Prediction of Economic Life " . He presented this to the 25th Annual Colloquium of Shipbuilders in Hamburg , Germany at the University of Hamburg .
June 4th revolution in Ghana The June 4th Revolution or uprising was a popular and violent uprising in Ghana in 1979 that arose out of a combination of corruption , bad governance , lack of discipline in the army and frustrations in the army and among the general public . It was sparked when the then military government of the Supreme Military Council ( SMC II ) of General F K . Akuffo put then flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings on public trial for attempting to overthrow the government on May 15th 1979 . ( See : Armed Forces Revolutionary Council , Ghana Rawlings turned the trial against the government by accusing it of massive corruption and requesting that his fellow accused be set free as he was soly responsible for the mutiny . He was incacerated for sentencing . His diatribe resonated with the entire nation as there was massive suffering . In the night of June 3rd 1979 , junior military officers including Major Boakye Djan broke into the jail where Rawlings was being held and freed him , and ostensibly matched him to the national Radio station to make an announcement . The first the public heard from Rawlings was a now legendary statement that he Rawlings had been released by the junior officers and that he was under their command . he requested all soldiers to meet with them at the Nicholson stadium in Burma Camp in Accra . The entire nation went up in uproar . There soldiers rounded up senior military officers including three former heads of states , Generals Akuffo , Ignatious Kutu Acheampong and Afrifa for trial . they were subsequently executed by firing squad . Rawlings was appointed the head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council ( AFRC ) by the revolting Junior military officers to run the country until the ongoing election was completed . Rawlings handed over Power to Dr . Hilla Limann in September 1979 . But Rawlings again overthrew Limann on 31st December 1981 . Though the June 4th became a noted date in Ghana ' s history . it has been said to be a date that brings a lot of pain to people who either lost loved ones , lost businesses or had to flee the country .
Frederick F . Minchin Frederick Frank Reilly Minchin CBE DSO MC was born in Madras on 16 June 1890 and was educated at Eastbourne College . He passed out of Sandhurst in 1909 and after 2 years resigned his commission to train as a civilian pilot at the recently formed Eastbourne Aviation Company . In 1913 he obtained his Royal Aero Club certificate flying a Bristol Boxkite at the Langney Aerodrome Eastbourne . In 1915 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps ( RFC ) with the rank of lieutenant and in 1916 was awarded the Military Cross for his daring night bombing flights into enemy territory over Egypt and Palestine . He received the Distinguished Service Order in 1918 for his outstanding leadership in directing raids against Bulgarian and Austro - Hungarian armies . In 1918 the RFC and the Royal Naval Air Service ( RNAS ) were merged into the Royal Air Force . In July 1919 he served in India and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) having gained three awards for gallantry and Mentioned in Dispatches on three occasions . In 1923 Minchin joined one of the first British commercial airlines , Instone Air Line , operating from Croydon Aerodrome near London . On 31 August 1927 Lieutenant Colonel Dan Minchin , Captain Leslie Hamilton and Princess Anne of Löwenstein - Wertheim - Freudenberg took off from Upavon airfield in a Dutch Fokker F . VIIA named the " St . Raphael in a bid to become the first aviators to cross the Atlantic from east to west . The " St . Raphael " was last sighted some 800 miles west of Galway heading for Newfoundland . The " St Raphael " was never seen again , and the fate of Lieutenant Colonel Minchin , Captain Leslie Hamilton and Princess Loewenstein - Wertheim remains a mystery .
Marvin John Jensen Marvin John Jensen was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy . A native of Sheboygan , Wisconsin , Jensen was born on July 8 , 1908 . He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1931 . During World War II he became the first officer to command the USS Puffer ( SS - 268 ) . While in command he was awarded the Silver Star for his actions during the vessel ' s war patrol in the Makassar Strait - Celebes Sea area in September and October 1943 . He died on April 6 , 1993 .
Jerome Morford Jerome Morford ( June 13 , 1841 – June 11 , 1910 ) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War . He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22 , 1863 . Morford joined the 55th Illinois Infantry in October 1861 , and was mustered out in August 1865 . Union assault . On May 22 , 1863 , General Ulysses S . Grant ordered an assault on the Confederate heights at Vicksburg , Mississippi . The plan called for a storming party of volunteers to build a bridge across a moat and plant scaling ladders against the enemy embankment in advance of the main attack . The volunteers knew the odds were against survival and the mission was called , in nineteenth century vernacular , a " forlorn hope " . Only single men were accepted as volunteers and even then , twice as many men as needed came forward and were turned away . The assault began in the early morning following a naval bombardment . The Union soldiers came under enemy fire immediately and were pinned down in the ditch they were to cross . Despite repeated attacks by the main Union body , the men of the forlorn hope were unable to retreat until nightfall . Of the 150 men in the storming party , nearly half were killed . Seventy - nine of the survivors were awarded the Medal of Honor . Medal of Honor citation . For gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party on 22 May 1863 .
Charles Frederick Hotham Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Frederick Hotham , GCB GCVO ( 20 March 1843 – 22 March 1925 ) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander - in - Chief , Portsmouth . Naval career . Born the son of Captain John Hotham and Maria Elizabeth Thompson , Hotham joined the Royal Navy in 1863 . As a lieutenant he fought in the New Zealand War and in 1877 became Captain of the corvette HMS " Charybdis " . He was Captain of the ironclad warship when she fired the first shot at the Bombardment of Alexandria . He went on to be Junior Naval Lord in 1888 . As Rear - Admiral he was Commander - in - Chief , Pacific Station from 1890 to 1893 . He became Commander - in - Chief , The Nore in 1897 and Commander - in - Chief , Portsmouth in 1900 . He retired in 1903 . He died in London in 1925 . Family . He married on 29 February 1872 Margaret Home , the daughter of David Milne Home . They had one son , John Beaumont Hotham , in 1874 .