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USS Elizabeth ( SP - 1092 ) The second USS " Elizabeth " ( SP - 1092 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918 . " Elizabeth " was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the Gulf Fisheries Company at Galveston , Texas , for use as a pleasure craft . In October 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her from her owner , W . L . Moody Jr . of Galveston , for use as a section patrol boat during World War I . Moody delivered her to the Navy on or about 2 November 1917 , and she was commissioned as USS " Elizabeth " ( SP - 1092 ) . Assigned to the 8th Naval District , " Elizabeth " carried out patrol duties along the United States Gulf Coast for the rest of World War I . She eventually ( presumably sometime in 1918 ) was renamed USS " SP - 1092 " , apparently to avoid confusion with another patrol boat , , which was in service from 1917 to 1919 . On 15 November 1918 , four days after the end of the war , " SP - 1092 " was wrecked at the mouth of the Brazos River , near Freeport , Texas . She was stricken from the Navy List the same day .
BAP Villavisencio ( FM - 52 ) BAP Villavisencio ( FM - 52 ) is the second out of four " Carvajal " class frigate s ordered by the Peruvian Navy in 1973 . It was built by the Italian shipbuilder " Cantieri Navali Riuniti " at its shipyard in Riva Trigoso , Genoa . Delays in the building of the first ship of the class , BAP " Carvajal " ( FM - 51 ) , meant Villavisencio was commissioned first . The " Villavisencio " is named after Vice Admiral Manuel Villavisencio ( 1840 – 1925 ) who fought in the War of the Pacific .
HMCS Longueuil ( K672 ) HMCS " Longueuil " was a River - class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944 - 1945 . Named after Longueuil , Quebec , she was built by Canadian Vickers Ltd . , Montreal . She was commissioned into the RCN at Quebec City on 18 May 1944 with the pennant K672 . She arrived at her homeport of Halifax , Nova Scotia and undertook work up training at Bermuda under the command of Lt . Cdr . M . J . Woods , RCNVR , her only commanding officer . Her first convoy escort took place with Convoy HX . 302 which departed New York City on 4 August 1944 and arrived at Liverpool on 17 August . " Longueuil " was deployed with the convoy from 8 August until 13 August . With victory in Europe seemingly imminent , the RCN deployed " Longueuil " to Esquimalt in June 1945 in preparation for Operation Downfall , the Allied invasion of Japan . " Longueuil " joined the RCN ' s Pacific Fleet only weeks before the Surrender of Japan following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . She was paid off from the RCN on 31 December 1946 and the decision was made to dismantle her armaments and scuttle her to form a breakwater in Kelsey Bay , British Columbia in 1947 .
Gregorio del Pilar - class frigate The " Gregorio del Pilar " class is a ship class of two frigate s currently in service of the Philippine Navy , and are currently its largest class of naval combatants in its fleet . These ships were formerly used by the US Coast Guard as " Hamilton " class high endurance cutter s . Design . The ship was designed with a high level of habitability and provides fairly comfortable accommodations , including air conditioning . Propulsion . The " Gregorio del Pilar " class are the first Philippine military vessels to employ the now common shipboard application of aircraft gas turbine jet engines with the use of controllable pitch propellers . The class are equipped with two Pratt & Whitney gas turbines and can propel the ship at speeds up to . The class also has two Fairbanks - Morse diesel engines , capable of driving the ship economically at for up to without refueling . A retractable / rotatable bow propulsion unit provides maneuverability in tight situations . Armaments . Prior to turn - over to the Philippine Navy , the ship was armed with a Mk . 75 Oto Melara 76 mm Compact main gun , two Mk . 38 M242 Bushmaster 25 mm chain gun at midships , and a Phalanx CIWS system aft . The CIWS and chain guns were removed prior to its turn - over , with the Mk . 75 gun remaining . Flight Support . The " Gregorio del Pilar " class has a flight deck and hangar capable of handling helicopters . Currently , a BO - 105 light surveillance helicopter is assigned to BRP " Gregorio del Pilar " . Future Upgrades . The Philippines reportedly ordered at least two new Mk . 38 Mod . 2 25mm chain gun s , and are expected to be installed on both ships of the class . It was also reported that the Philippine Navy will be getting sophisticated radar system capable of detecting and tracking surface threats , a Harpoon anti - ship missile system , and torpedo decoy systems . This would be purchased from the United States possibly under a government - to - government deal .
Liu Bin - Di Liu Bin - Di was a Hui Muslim KMT officer in Xinjiang , working for the Republic of China government and was sent by Ürümqi to subdue the Hi area . Turkic Muslim rebels backed by the Soviet Union were revolting against the Republic of China . His mission failed due to being long overdue . Liu was killed by Turkic Muslim rebels in Ghulja in November , 1944 , which started the Ili Rebellion .
25th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 25th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Total strength and casualties . The regiment lost 7 officers and 81 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 3 officers and 270 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 361 fatalities .
Bronisław Bohatyrewicz Bronisław Bohatyrewicz of Ostoja Coat of Arms , 1870 – 1940 ) was a Polish military commander and a general of the Polish Army . Murdered during the Katyn massacre , Bohatyrewicz was one of the two Generals whose bodies were identified during the 1943 exhumation . Born February 24 or April 24 , 1870 ( sources differ ) in Grodno in a noble family being part of the Clan of Ostoja , Bohatyrewicz joined the Imperial Russian Army , where he received officers training . In September 1918 he joined the Polish Army . He started as the commanding officer of Belarusian self - defence units in Grodno during the opening stages of the Russian Civil War and then the Polish - Bolshevik War . Successful in the battle of Grodno , in 1919 he became the commander of the Polish 81st Infantry Regiment . After the war he continued his career in the army and received further training in the Higher War School in Warsaw . Between 1923 and 1926 he commanded the infantry units of the Polish 18th Infantry Division and the following year he was promoted to the rank of generał brygady and retired from active duty . After the Polish Defensive War of 1939 Bohatyrewicz was arrested by the NKVD and imprisoned in Kozelsk in the Soviet Union . He was murdered in Katyn in the spring of 1940 , aged seventy , during the Katyń massacre .
Adolf Borchers Adolf Borchers ( 10 February 1913 , Wendhausen – 9 February 1996 ) was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II . A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat . His brother , Major Walter Borchers received the Knight ' s Cross on 29 October 1944 as " Gruppenkommandeur " of III . / Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 ( NJG 5 ) . A second brother , SS - Hauptsturmführer Hermann Borchers received the Knight ' s Cross on 16 October 1944 as commander of the I . Battalion of the SS - Panzergrenadier - Regiment 19 . Biography . He was born in Wendhausen near Lüneburg . He joined the Condor Legion in the fall of 1938 and participated as a " Unteroffizier " in the Spanish Civil War . After the Spanish Civil War he was transferred to 2 . / Jagdgeschwader 77 ( JG 77 ) which later became 11 . / Jagdgeschwader 51 ( JG 51 ) . In this unit he fought in the Invasion of Poland , Battle of France and Battle of Britain , claiming 5 kills in the west . During Operation Barbarossa he accumulated further victories and by the end of 1941 his score had increased to 23 aerial victories . After being promoted to an Officers rank he was made " Staffelkapitän " ( squadron leader ) of 11 . / JG 51 on 8 October 1942 . By the end of 1942 his score stood at 38 aerial victories . In 1943 Borchers married the famed skier Christl Cranz . For 78 aerial victories he was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . On 11 June 1944 he was put in charge of I . / Jagdgeschwader 52 ( JG 52 ) . He claimed his 100 aerial victory on 24 July 1944 . His 118th victory claimed on 2 September 1944 is also noted for claiming JG 52 10 , 000th aerial victory . " Gruppenkommandeur " Borchers was transferred to III . / JG 52 on 1 February 1945 . Together with his comrades he surrendered to US force only to be turned over to Soviet forces . Borchers was officially credited with shooting down 132 enemy aircraft in more than 800 combat missions , the majority were claimed on the Eastern front and five were claimed in the Battle of France and Battle of Britain together . After World War II he and his wife , Christl Cranz , found a Ski school which she led until 1987 .
SM UC - 40 SM " UC - 40 " was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U - boat in the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . The U - boat was ordered on 20 November 1915 and was launched on 5 September 1916 . She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 1 October 1916 as SM " UC - 40 " . In 17 patrols " UC - 40 " was credited with sinking 31 ships , either by torpedo or by mines laid . " UC - 40 " was being taken to surrender but foundered in the North Sea en route on 21 January 1919 .
Johan Retief Vice Admiral Johan Retief , South African Navy ( Retired ) was the Chief of the South African Navy from 2000 to 2005 . Retief was born on 20 March 1946 in Cape Town , matriculating at Hoerskool Jan van Riebeeck in Cape Town . Career . He attended the Military Academy after completing his Citizen ' s Force training and graduated with a B Mil degree in 1967 and was judged the Best Student in the 1967 year He was appointed an Anti - Submarine Warfare Officer and was selected to attended the Torpedo and Anti - Submarine course at HMS Vernon in Portsmouth , United Kingdom . He joined the Strike Craft Flotilla , initially as training officer at the inception of the project in 1975 . He was the Commissioning Captain of SAS " Jim Fouche " . He was promoted to Rear Admiral and appointed as Chief of Naval Operations with effect from 1 January 1993 until 30 April 1996 , after which he served as Inspector - General of the South African National Defence Force . He was promoted to Vice Admiral and appointed Chief of the South African Navy on 1 November 2000
USS Emporia ( PF - 28 ) USS " Emporia " ( PF - 28 ) , a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Emporia , Kansas . " Emporia " ( PF - 28 ) was launched on 30 August 1943 at the Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company in Superior , Wisconsin , sponsored by Mrs . George M . Barnaby ; placed in service between 12 and 22 June 1944 for passage to Houston , Texas ; and commissioned on 7 October 1944 , with Lieutenant Commander L . Anderson , USCGR , in command . Service history . " Emporia " arrived at NS Argentia , Newfoundland , on 3 December 1944 to begin the vitally important duty of relaying weather reports from stations at sea between Newfoundland and Bermuda . Operating primarily in northern latitudes , she accumulated data essential to planning the movement of ships and aircraft throughout the Atlantic . After the close of the war , she continued this duty to aid the movement of troops home from Europe . On 22 August 1946 , " Emporia " arrived at New Orleans , Louisiana , where on 14 March 1946 she was decommissioned , and immediately recommissioned as a ship of the United States Coast Guard . She was again decommissioned on 28 August 1946 , and sold to France on 26 March 1947 for continued weather patrol service . Renamed " Le Verrier " , she was scrapped in 1958 .
USCGC Winona ( WHEC - 65 ) USCGC " Winona " ( WHEC - 65 ) was an " Owasco " class high endurance cutter built for World War II service with the United States Coast Guard . The war ended before the ship was completed and consequently she did not see wartime service until the Vietnam War . " Winona " was built by Western Pipe & Steel at the company ' s San Pedro shipyard . Named after Winona Lake , Indiana , she was commissioned as a patrol gunboat with ID number WPG - 65 on 19 April 1946 . Her ID was later changed to WHEC - 65 ( HEC for " High Endurance Cutter " - the " W " signifies a Coast Guard vessel ) Peacetime service . From 15 August 1946 to 11 September 1947 , " Winona " was stationed at San Pedro , California , and used for law enforcement , ocean station , and search and rescue operations . She was subsequently homeported at Port Angeles , Washington until 31 May 1974 . On 17 November 1948 , she towed the disabled MV " Herald of Morning " . On 10 June 1949 , she assisted FV " Alice B " 2 miles off South Amphitrite Point . On 13 February 1950 , she towed the disabled MV " Edgecombe " to Seattle , Washington . On 16 June 1951 , she escorted FV " Sea Lark " to Ketchikan , Alaska . On 18 and 19 March 1952 , she assisted the disabled MV " Darton " until relived by a commercial tug . From 23 to 25 December 1952 , she assisted MV " Maple Cove " at 48°22 ’ N , 134°26 ’ W . On 13 February 1954 , she assisted FV " Western Fisherman " . On 20 December 1954 , she medevaced a crewman from MV " General Pope " . She patrolled the Gold Cup Races at Seattle , Washington , on 7 August 1955 . " Winona " served on Bering Sea patrol from July to September 1956 . She was back performing that same task from 20 July to 21 September 1963 . Vietnam War . " Winona " was assigned to Coast Guard Squadron Three , Vietnam , from 25 January to 17 October 1968 . On 1 March the " Winona sank " a North Vietnamese trawler designated T - A . Return to peacetime duties . On 31 January 1969 , " Winona " stood by MV " Belmona " following a fire 15 miles southwest of Cape Flattery until commercial tugs arrived . On 20 July 1969 , she assisted in the operations following the sinking of a barge loaded with diesel fuel near Admiralty Inlet . On 28 October 1970 , she provided medical assistance to " Urea Maru " 300 miles off San Francisco . Decommissioning . The ship was decommissioned on 31 May 1974 and was laid - up at the US Coast Guard Base , Alameda , California until she was scrapped in late 1976 .
Bombing of Kassel in World War II The Kassel World War II bombings were a set of Allied strategic bombing attacks which took place from February 1942 to March 1945 . The fire of the most severe air raid burned for seven days , at least 10 , 000 people died , 150 , 000 inhabitants were bombed - out , and the vast majority of the city center was destroyed . The US First Army captured Kassel on 3 April 1945 , where only 50 , 000 inhabitants remained , versus 236 , 000 in 1939 . Targets . As well as being the capital of the provinces of Hesse - Nassau & Kurhessen , Kassel had some important targets .
Guillaume Philibert Duhesme Guillaume Philibert , 1st Count Duhesme ( 7 July 1766 , Mercurey ( formerly " Bourgneuf " ) , Burgundy – 20 June 1815 near Waterloo ) was a French general during the Napoleonic Wars . Revolution . Duhesme studied law and in 1792 was made colonel of a free corps by Charles - François Dumouriez , which he raised by his own means . As commander at Roermond , he held the post of Herstal , an important passage to the Netherlands , and burned the bridge of Leau after the defeat at Neerwinden on 18 March 1793 . He then crossed the Schelde and at the Battle of Villeneuve rallied the fleeing infantry ( 6 July ) , for which action he was made brigadier general . He also contributed greatly to the victory at the Fleurus on 26 July 1794 and besieged under Kléber , and was promoted to general of division . He fought in the Vendée in 1795 , and later at the , where he forced the passage over the river on 20 April 1797 below Kehl . In 1798 he was given a command in Italy under Championnet , participated at the and took control of Calabria and Apulia . In 1800 , Duhesme led a corps in Napoleon ' s Army of the Reserve in the Marengo campaign . At first this command included the divisions of Louis Boudet and Louis Henri Loison . After a brilliant campaign that included the capture of Milan and other cities , his corps was made up of Loison , Lorge and Lapoype ' s divisions . When Napoleon fought Melas ' s Austrian army at Marengo , Duhesme ' s corps defended the Po valley . Empire . Duhesme was made a count and knight of the Légion d ' honneur . In 1805 , he led the 4th division of André Masséna ' s Italian Army at the Battle of Caldiero . In 1808 , Duhesme led a corps in Napoleon ' s ill - fated seizure of Spain . He distinguished himself in the capture of Barcelona . After he persuaded the Spanish governor to admit a convoy of sick Frenchmen , his fully armed grenadiers leapt from their stretchers and captured the castle . Later , he successfully defended the city against a Spanish blockade . In 1810 , after accusations by Marshal Augereau of allowing plundering and other transgressions , he was recalled in disgrace . In 1813 , he was employed again as governor of the fortress of Kehl . He commanded a division under Marshal Victor at La Rothière , Montereau and Arcis - sur - Aube . Following Napoleon I ' s first abdication in 1814 , he was made Inspector General of Infantry . In 1815 , he joined Napoleon after his return from Elba and was made commander of the Young Guard Division of the Imperial Guard and fought at Ligny . He was mortally wounded while defending the village of Plancenoit at the Battle of Waterloo and died on 20 June 1815 . Duhesme also wrote a noted tract , " Essai historique de l ' infanterie légère " ( Historical Essay on Light Infantry ) ( Lyon 1806 ; 3 . Aufl . , Par . 1864 )
USS Knave ( AM - 256 ) USS " Knave " ( AM - 256 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . She served in the Atlantic during World War II and was decommissioned in May 1946 and placed in reserve . While she remained in reserve , " Knave " was reclassified as MSF - 256 in February 1955 but never reactivated . In October 1962 , she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM " DM - 13 " . In 1994 she was renamed ARM " Cadete Juan Escutia " ( C56 ) . She was stricken in 2000 , but her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary source s . U . S . Navy career . " Knave " was launched 13 March 1943 , by American Shipbuilding Co . , Lorain , Ohio ; sponsored by Mrs . Geraldine Donohue ; and commissioned 14 October 1943 , Lt . Comdr . A . M . White in command . " Knave " sailed for the Virginia Capes 24 October 1943 , via the St . Lawrence River arriving Norfolk , Virginia , 24 November . After a brief period as school ship at Little Creek , Virginia , " Knave " departed Hampton Roads for Rio de Janeiro via Trinidad , B . W . I . , and Recife , Brazil , arriving 11 February 1944 . She swept Brazilian waters until 4 April when she began 9 months of escorting convoys between Trinidad and Recife . On 1 January 1945 , she got underway for the United States , escorting USS Pleiades ( AK - 46 ) and arrived Miami , Florida , 15 January . After overhaul at Miami , " Knave " served as school ship at the Naval Training Center , Miami and at Yorktown , Virginia , visiting Charleston , South Carolina , New Haven , Connecticut , and Norfolk , Virginia . Detached from school ship duty 11 February 1948 , " Knave " sailed from Norfolk to Orange , Texas , arriving 21 February . " Knave " was decommissioned and was placed in reserve at Orange , Texas , on 1 May 1946 . While in reserve , " Knave " was reclassified MSF - 256 on 7 February 1955 . Knave was sold to the Mexican Navy on 2 October 1962 . Mexican Navy career . The former " Knave " was acquired by the Mexican Navy on 2 October 1962 and renamed ARM " DM - 13 " . In 1994 , she was renamed ARM " Cadete Juan Escutia " ( C56 ) after Juan Escutia . She was stricken in 2000 , but her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary source s . A ship by the same name " Juan Escutia ' was scuttled as an artificial reef just off the coast of the Yucatán peninsula near the town Puerto Morelos .
Hatakaze - class destroyer The " Hatakaze " class of guided missile destroyer s is a third generation vessel in service with the Japan Maritime Self - Defense Force ( JMSDF ) . They were the first of the JMSDF ' s ships to have gas - turbine propulsion . The core weapon suite is similar to that of the , but various improvements were made in many areas . Most notable are those that allow the " Hatakaze " class to function as a group flagship . Normally this duty resides with the DDH class , but in case of a DDH ' s absence due to repairs , accident , or battle damage , the " Hatakaze " design allows for it to function as a command ship . " Hatakaze " destroyers operate the OYQ - 4 - 1 type tactical control system . Its weapon systems include the Standard missile surface - to - air missile , anti - submarine rockets , the RGM - 84 Harpoon anti - ship missile , two Mark 15 20 mm CIWS gun mounts , two torpedo mounts in a triple tube configuration and two 5 inch / 54 caliber Mark 42 rapid - fire guns . Namesakes . " Hatakaze " was also the name of a pre – World War II destroyer of the " Kamikaze " class . Commissioned on 1 August 1924 , " Hatakaze " was finally sunk by aerial attack on 15 January 1945 . The name was also shared by an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer of 3048 tons , built at Maizuru Shipywards in Japan . She was completed in May 1943 , being extremely large and fast , with a very heavy torpedo armament . " Shimakaze " was sunk by U . S . Navy carrier - based aircraft in the Philippines area on 11 November 1944 , along with three other destroyers in the Ormoc Bay area , while escorting troop transports to the vicinity .
4700th Air Defense Group The 4700th Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force ( USAF ) organization . Its last assignment was with the 4709th Air Defense Wing at Stewart Air Force Base , New York . It was activated in 1950 as a support unit for USAF units at Stewart . In 1954 , it assumed an operational mission and was assigned two interceptor squadrons . The group was discontinued on 18 August 1955 and its personnel and equipment were transferred to the 329th Fighter Group ( Air Defense ) . History . The group was organized 1 December 1950 as the 4700th Air Base Group to replace the 4400th Air Base Group as the USAF host unit at Stewart AFB , NY in preparation for the transfer of Stewart to Air Defense Command ( ADC ) from Continental Air Command ( CONAC ) . It was assigned three squadron s to perform its duties . The 4700th was assigned to Eastern Air Defense Force . It transferred with Eastern Air Defense Force from CONAC to ADC upon ADC ' s reactivation in January 1951 . The 4700th was redesignated as an air defense group in 1954 and reassigned to the 4709th Air Defense Wing with responsibility for air defense of the New York City area . The group was assigned the 330th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron ( FIS ) , and the 539th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron , which were already stationed at Stewart , flying North American F - 86 Sabre fighter aircraft as its operational components . The 330th and 539th FIS had been assigned directly to the 4709th Air Defense Wing . In January 1955 , the 330th FIS and 539th FIS converted to more capable radar equipped and HVAR rocket armed North American F - 86D s . The group was replaced by the 329th Fighter Group in 1955 as part of ADC ' s Project Arrow , which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars . References . Bibliography . Further Reading