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USS Pampanga ( PG - 39 ) USS " Pampanga " ( PG - 39 ) was a schooner - rigged iron gunboat in the United States Navy during the Philippine - American War . She retained her Spanish name . " Pampanga " was laid down for the Spanish Navy by the Manila Slip Company , Cavite , Philippine Islands , in March 1887 ; launched in February 1888 ; captured by the US Army at Manila Bay in June 1898 ; commissioned in American service on 18 June 1899 ; and turned over to the US Navy at Cavite Navy Yard on 9 November 1899 , with Lieutenant F . R . Payne in command . " Pampanaga " had two sister - ships which also served in the US Navy , USS Samar ( PG - 41 ) and . Service history . 1899 – 1907 . Assigned to patrol duty in Lingayen Gulf , Luzon , " Pampanga " operated in support of the Army engaged in fighting the Philippine - American War , carrying troops and supplies , providing shore bombardment to forces ashore , and blockade d rebel towns . Moving on to the Cebu station in mid - 1900 , the gunboat continued cooperating with the Army there into 1901 and then switched to patrolling off Samar . She returned to Cavite to decommission on 18 June 1902 and recommissioned on 30 January 1904 , continuing duty on the Philippine Station , basing out of Cavite until 1906 . The warship then cruised the waters off Zamboanga and Borneo until returning to Cavite to decommission on 30 April 1907 . 1908 – 1915 . " Pampanga " was loaned to the Army for use as a patrol boat and ferry about Corregidor Island in Manila Bay on 31 December 1908 and was returned to the Navy on 11 November 1910 . She recommissioned on 12 April 1911 and then sailed to cruise the Southern Philippines . On 24 September , the gunboat arrived off Semut , Basilan Island , and landed a detachment under Ensign Charles E . Hovey to take supplies to Army Camp Tabla inland . En route , the small party was attacked by natives , killing Ensign Hovey and injuring three of his men . Retaliatory action by the Army troops punished the attackers . The warship remained on patrol in the southern Philippines until decommissioning at Olongapo on 31 May 1915 . 1916 – 1928 . Once again commissioned on 3 January 1916 at Hong Kong , China , " Pampanga " was attached to the Asiatic Fleet and began duty on the South China Patrol station , investigating Chinese political conditions and offering assistance to Americans in danger or need . In the course of her service , she cruised the West River to Canton and beyond protecting American interests , especially in the period of heavy unrest in the middle 1920 ' s , and made frequent visits to Hong Kong , Swatow , and the other ports of the area in the performance of her duty . In 1923 she was under the command of Earl Winfield Spencer , Jr . , a naval aviator who was at that time the husband of Wallis Simpson , who in turn was later the lover and wife of Edward , Duke of Windsor and the cause of the Edward VIII abdication crisis . The warship remained on this station until decommissioned at Hong Kong on 6 November 1928 , and on 21 November , was sunk by gunfire from and off the China coast after being stripped of all usable gear .
Arama 36 / 37 ARAMA 36 / 37 is an " Association for the Recovery of Asturian Military Architecture 1936 – 1937 " . A non - governmental organization formed by historians of Military History to investigate the elements of military engineer ing related to the Spanish Civil War in the territory of Asturias ( north of Spain ) , establishing criteria of conservation to safeguard them .
USS Arequipa ( AF - 31 ) USS Arequipa ( AF - 31 ) was an " Adria " - class stores ship acquired by the U . S . Navy for service in World War II . Her task was to carry stores , refrigerated items , and equipment to ships in the fleet , and to remote stations and staging areas . " Arequipa " was laid down on 17 January 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract ( MC hull 2195 ) by Pennsylvania Shipyards , Inc . , at Beaumont , Texas ; launched on 4 May 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . L . Osius ; transferred to the Navy on 19 December 1944 ; towed to Todd Shipyards in Galveston , Texas , for conversion ; and commissioned on 14 January 1945 , Lt . Ralph E . Deckwa in command . World War II service . After a brief shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico followed by a short availability , the store ship departed Galveston on 31 January and steamed to Mobile , Alabama , to receive her initial load . She departed the United States on 7 February as part of Service Squadron 9 and shuttled provisions to various ships and shore activities throughout the Pacific Ocean , primarily in the Philippine Islands , the Admiralty Islands , and the Netherlands East Indies . End - of - war activity . Before the end of October 1945 , Arequipa had serviced 905 ships and 41 shore activities and travelled over 35 , 000 miles . On 19 December , she went into drydock at Manicani Island in Leyte Gulf . Post - war operations . Following overhaul , " Arequipa " returned to the United States and picked up provisions in San Francisco , California , for delivery to ports throughout the Pacific Islands , Japan , and China . From May 1946 until November 1954 , the stores ship delivered supplies , almost without interruption except for periodic repair and overhaul . Inactivation and decommissioning . " Arequipa " underwent a pre - inactivation overhaul at Pearl Harbor from November 1954 to June 1955 and then steamed to San Diego , California , to join the Pacific Reserve Fleet . She was decommissioned on 25 August 1955 , and her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 September 1961 . She was sold in December 1972 to Star - Kist Foods , Inc . , of Terminal Island , California , for non - transportation use . Fate : unknown . Military awards and honors . " Arequipa " received one battle star for the Korean War conflict . Her crew was eligible for the following medals :
HMS Nyasaland ( K587 ) HMS " Nyasaland " ( K587 ) was a Colony - class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II . She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the " Tacoma " - class patrol frigate USS " Hoste " ( PF - 83 ) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion . Construction and acquisition . The ship , originally designated a " patrol gunboat , " PG - 191 , was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under a United States Navy contract as the first USS " Hoste " . She was reclassified as a " patrol frigate , " PF - 83 , on 15 April 1943 and laid down by the Walsh - Kaiser Company at Providence , Rhode Island , on 7 September 1943 . Intended for transfer to the United Kingdom , the ship was renamed " Nyasaland " by the British prior to launching and was launched on 6 October 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . William A . Cahir . Service history . Transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend - Lease on 31 July 1944 , the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS " Nyasaland " ( K587 ) on patrol and escort duty . On 17 December 1944 , she sank the German submarine " U - 772 " with depth charge s in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Cork , Ireland , at . On 4 February 1945 , she shared credit with the British frigates , , and for sinking the German submarine " U - 1014 " in a depth - charge attack in the North Channel off Malin Head , Ireland , at . On 2 March 1945 , she rescued 42 survivors of the British merchant ship SS " King Edgar " , which the German submarine " U - 1302 " had sunk in St . George ' s Channel at . Disposal . The United Kingdom returned " Nyasaland " to the U . S . Navy on 15 April 1946 . She was sold to the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Chester , Pennsylvania , on 10 November 1947 for scrapping .
William Owen ( Royal Navy officer ) William Owen ( 1737 – 1778 ) , born in Wales , of a family of Welsh gentry , was a member of the Royal Navy and lost an arm from a wound suffered during the Seven Years ' War . Not content with the half pension he was receiving , he served as an impress officer . After the war , Owen contacted a former fellow officer , Lord William Campbell , who had recently been appointed governor of Nova Scotia . Late in 1766 , Owen travelled with Campbell to Halifax . The following year , as payment for his work in aide of Campbell , he was awarded a large parcel of land . The grant , which included three of his nephews as grantees , was Passamaquoddy Outer Island in Passamaquoddy Bay . In 1770 , Owen renamed the island Campobello Island after Lord Campbell ; he also took into account the Italian meaning , " fair field " , of the new name . Owen was killed in Madras , India while carrying dispatches from India to England . In the 1770s , Owen wrote two volumes of his ' Narratives ' , the first of which covered the period from his joining the Royal Navy in May 1751 to his return to England in July 1761 after service in the East Indies for much of the Seven Years ' War . This Narrative is due to be published ( editor Andrew Constantine ) for the first time in 2011 . The second volume of the Narrative is a lesser work , and was published in 1942 and covers the creation of Campobello . Owen left on his death two surviving natural sons via Sarah Haslam ( latter named Sarah Bagshaw ) . His eldest son was Edward William Campbell Rich Owen and his younger son was William Fitzwilliam Owen . The latter became sole owner of Campobello Island in 1835 and settled there .
Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads The Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads ( or Johnson ' s Farm or Four Mile Creek ) was an engagement between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War , which took place on October 7 , 1864 , in Henrico County , Virginia , as part of the Richmond - Petersburg Campaign . Background . The Richmond - Petersburg Campaign ( June 15 , 1864 – March 25 , 1865 ) was a Union effort to capture the city of Petersburg , Virginia , from Confederate forces under the command of Confederate General Robert E . Lee . During the Battle of Chaffin ' s Farm , Union forces captured Fort Harrison from the Confederates on September 30 . This prompted Lee to order an offensive on the right flank of the Union forces , which were under the command of Lt . Gen . Ulysses S . Grant , on October 7 . Battle . The Union defensive lines , commanded by Brig . Gen . August V . Kautz and Maj . Gen . David B . Birney , were positioned along the length of New Market Road , with further Union cavalry defending Darbytown Road . The initial Confederate attack , commanded by Maj . Gens . Robert Hoke and Charles W . Field , was successful in dislodging the Union Cavalry from Darbytown Road . The cavalry forces routed from the field , and the confederates attacked the Union defensive lines on the New Market Road . During this attack , the Confederate Texas Brigade ' s commander Brig . Gen . John Gregg was killed , and the attack was repulsed . The engagement resulted with a Confederate withdrawal to Richmond and thus Union victory .
Thomas van der Noot ( military figure ) Thomas van der Noot ( 1630 - 1677 ) was a Dutch military figure who served in the Swedish army . Born in Brabant , he came to Sweden with his mother in the 1650s and married a Swedish noble lady . Thomas van der Noot became a Swedish officer , second lieutenant in 1655 , colonel in 1668 and was Major General in 1677 , and participated in the Swedish service in many battles in Europe . He was in knighted in about 1674 about the time he built the Van der Nootska Palace in Stockholm . He was killed in the Battle of Stettin on August 4 , 1677 . After his death the Van der Nootska palace become an embassy to the Dutch minister .
Sendai - class cruiser The were a group of warships operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy . Named after rivers , they participated in numerous actions during the Pacific War and were mainly used as destroyer flotilla leaders . Design . The " Sendai " - class light cruisers were a development of the preceding " Nagara " class . Their boilers were better located , and they had four funnels instead of three . Each ship was designed with a flying - off platform and hangar , but did not actually carry aircraft until a catapult system was installed in 1929 . Ships in class . Three " Sendai " - class light cruisers were constructed in Japan during the 1920s ; four were laid down , but the last — " Kako " — was scrapped on the slipway in accordance with the regulations of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty . The other three were sunk during World War II .
Napalm Sticks to Kids " Napalm Sticks to Kids " is a call and response running cadence occasionally used in the U . S . military . The earliest recorded example is from 1972 . A version containing a third verse is found in the final draft of the script for the movie " An Officer and a Gentleman " , but only two verses made it into the film . The line of " Dow Chemical don ' t give a shit " was changed to " chemical service don ' t . . . " , most likely to avoid liability . It , in part , goes : Bomb the village Kill the people Throw some napalm in the square Do it on a Sunday morning Kill them on their way to prayer Ring the bell inside the schoolhouse Watch the kiddies gather round Lock and load with your 240 Mow them little motherfuckers down This ironic song was influenced by the Pulitzer Prize - winning photo taken in June 1972 , showing Vietnamese children fleeing from a South Vietnamese Air Force napalm attack .
Georgios Tsontos Georgios Tsontos ( ) known with the " nom de guerre " Kapetan Vardas ( Καπετάν Βάρδας ) was a Greek general and politician . Tsontos was born in Sfakia , Crete . After the death of Pavlos Melas he was in charge of the Greek guerrilla operations in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia , when the region was under Ottoman control ( 1905 ) . Tsontos organized resistance units in Western Macedonia and encouraged the enlistment of new volunteers . He also fought in the Balkan Wars in 1912 - 13 , and later resigned his commission to join the armed forces of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus . During the National Schism he supported the Royalists . At 1916 - 1917 , while the Macedonian Front of World War I was in full swift , he organized guerrilla groups in Northern Epirus in order to operate against Albanian bands that were raiding the Greek populated areas He also served as MP for Florina Prefecture in 1932 - 33 and for Kastoria Prefecture in 1933 - 35 . He died in Athens in 1942 .
Ouvrage Col de Brouis Ouvrage Col de Brouis is a work ( " gros ouvrage " ) of the Maginot Line ' s Alpine extension , the Alpine Line , also known as the Little Maginot Line . The ouvrage consists of one entry block and two artillery blocks facing Italy at an altitude of . The " ouvrage " is located about one kilometer north of Monte Grosso . It was placed to control the Col de Brouis and the D 2204 road between the Breil and Sospel . Description . The Y - shaped " ouvrage " has its ammunition magazine , barracks and " usine " near the entry block , with the main gallery diverging before running separately to blocks 2 and 3 . Col de Brouis was built by a contractor named Borie starting in November 1931 and completed in October 1934 , at a cost of 11 . 4 million francs . Its commander in 1940 was Captain Charvet . Two observation posts reported to Col de Brouis , including Cime du Bosc . History . Col de Brouis saw little action in 1940 , but was the scene of significant combat between retreating German forces and the Allies in April 1945 .
Battle of Hatchie ' s Bridge The Battle of Hatchie Bridge , also known as Davis ' s Bridge or Matamora , was fought on October 5 , 1862 , in Hardeman County and McNairy County , Tennessee , as the final engagement of the Iuka – Corinth Campaign of the American Civil War . Confederate Major General Earl Van Dorn ' s army successfully evaded capture by the Union Army , following his defeat at the Battle of Corinth . Van Dorn ' s ( Confederate ) Army of Tennessee retreated from Corinth , Mississippi , on October 4 , 1862 , but Union Maj . Gen . William S . Rosecrans did not send forces in pursuit until the morning of October 5 . Maj . Gen . Edward O . C . Ord , commanding a detachment of Ulysses S . Grant ' s Army of the Tennessee , was , pursuant to orders , advancing on Corinth to assist Rosecrans . On the night of October 4 – 5 , he camped near Pocahontas . Between 7 : 30 and 8 : 00 a . m . the next morning , his force encountered Union Maj . Gen . Stephen A . Hurlbut ' s 4th Division , District of Jackson , in the Confederates ’ front . Ord took command of the now - combined Union forces and pushed Van Dorn ’ s advanced element , Maj . Gen . Sterling Price ' s Army of the West , back about five miles to the Hatchie River and across Davis ' s Bridge . After accomplishing this , Ord was wounded in the ankle and Hurlbut assumed command . While Price ' s men were hotly engaged with Ord ' s force , Van Dorn ' s scouts looked for and found another crossing of the Hatchie River . Van Dorn then led his army back to Holly Springs . Grant ordered Rosecrans to abandon the pursuit . Ord had forced Price to retreat , but the Confederates escaped capture or destruction . Although they should have done so , Rosecrans ' s army had failed to capture or destroy Van Dorn ' s force . Order of battle . Union < br > District of Jackson – Major General Edward O . C . Ord Confederate < br > Army of the West – Major General Earl Van Dorn Price ' s Corps – Major General Sterling Price Other . The battlefield site , known as Davis Bridge Battlefield , is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Smok Kaszubski ( armoured train ) Smok Kaszubski ( meaning Kashubian dragon ) was an improvised Polish armoured train , which served in the Polish defensive war against the German invasion in 1939 . The train was part of the " Lądowa Obrona Wybrzeża " ( " land coastal defence " ) . The train was built in September 1939 , at the initiative of " < a href = " Lieutenant " > Kapitan marynarki < / a > " Jerzy Błeszyński , by employees of the workshop of the naval port in Gdynia . For the construction of the steel plates , steel from the hulls of unfinished destroyers " Orkan " and " Huragan " was used . The first commander of the train was " Kapitan " Błeszyński . After his injury on 9 September 1939 in Wejherowo , command of the train was taken over by < a href = " Lieutenant % 20 % 28junior % 20grade % 29 " > " Porucznik marynarki " < / a > Florian Hubicki . The operating personnel of the train was mostly formed by the Gdynian railways workers and sailors from the former company servicing the port . Composition of the train : - 1 × tank locomotive OKl27 armoured with steel plates - 2 × armoured wagons for troops - 2 × battle wagons Armament : - 1 × Vickers 40mm AA gun , taken from ORP " Mazur " - 1 × 47 mm gun for saluting , taken from ORP " Bałtyk " - 11 × machine guns - 30 × pistols from ORP " Wicher "
Penetanguishene Naval Yard Penetanguishene Naval Yard was a Royal Navy yard from 1834 to 1856 in Ontario . The yard was originally located at the Wasaga Blockhouse in Drummond Island after the abandonment of Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard . Land was acquired in 1798 and a base finally built in 1813 , but it was abandoned in 1815 . It was reinstated in 1816 and remained on the island until 1834 . The base was later relocated near the Nottawasaga River at Discovery Bay in 1816 and served as the Lake Huron fleet of the Provincial Marine until 1834 . The navy transferred the base to the army and served until 1856 . The base also served northwestern supply routes and provided general surveillance of the upper Great Lakes . The navy base and army depot comprise 15 buildings , including : Vessels built or stationed here : The base is now rebuilt as part of the Penetanguishene ' s Historic Naval and Military Establishment . B . Napier Simpson , Jr . 1925 - 1978 , a restoration architect in Ontario devoted his professional life to raising public awareness of the importance of heritage conservation including the Penetanguishene ' s Historic Naval and Military Establishment . project , now known as Discovery Harbour .
BTR - 3 The BTR - 3 is an 8×8 - wheeled armored personnel carrier was designed by Adcom Manufacturing from UAE in 2000 / 2001 and manufactured by KMDB in Ukraine . The most significant of exports was to the Myanmar Army which acquired 1 , 000 BTR - 3Us , to be assembled in Myanmar . The BTR - 3U is not an upgrade of the BTR - 80 and is a new vehicle similar to the Soviet design . Armament . The BTR - 3U is fitted with the one - person KBA - 105 " Shkval " unified fighting module which can accommodate 30mm gun , 7 . 62mm coaxial machine gun , 30mm automatic grenade launcher and anti - tank guided weapons . This module was developed by the State Scientific Technical Centre of Artillery & Rifle Arms of Ukraine . The Shkval fighting module design is very flexible , which makes it possible to easily replace an existing weapon with another one . Equipment design . The standard equipment of the BTR - 3U also includes hydraulically amplified powered steering on the front four road wheels and a central tire - pressure regulation system that allows the driver to adjust the tire - pressure to suit the terrain being crossed . The BTR - 3U is fitted with French Michelin tires . The BTR - 3U engine compartment consists of a Deutz BF6M1015 diesel developing 326 hp coupled to an Allison MD3066 fully automatic transmission . The power pack and transmission are fitted by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau with the technical assistance of the Deutz AG and the Allison Transmission companies . The engine compartment is fitted with an automatic double - action fire extinguishing system . The vehicle is fully amphibious , propelled when afloat by a single water jet mounted at the rear of the hull . To prepare the vehicle for water , the driver erects a trim vane and switches on the bilge pumps from within the vehicle . The troop compartment accommodates six soldiers who enter and leave the vehicle by a door in either side of the hull . The lower part of the door folds downward to form a step , with the upper part opening forwards . There are also hatches in the roof and firing ports with associated vision devices provided in the sides and front of the vehicle . An air conditioning system is fitted as standard to ensure crew comfort in hot conditions .