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USS Nathanael Greene ( SSBN - 636 ) USS " Nathanael Greene " ( SSBN - 636 ) , a fleet ballistic missile submarine , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Major General Nathanael Greene ( 1746 – 1782 ) , who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War . Construction and commissioning . " Nathanael Greene " s keel was laid down on 21 May 1962 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery , Maine . She was launched on 12 May 1964 , sponsored by Mrs . Neander W . Wade , a descendant of Nathanael Greene , and commissioned on 19 December 1964 with Commander Robert E . Crispin in command of the Blue Crew and Commander William M . Cossaboom in command of the Gold Crew . Service history . " Nathanael Greene " departed Portsmouth for shakedown on 30 December 1964 , with her Gold Crew embarked ; it was relieved on 1 February 1965 by the Blue Crew . Her shakedown period was followed by repairs and alterations at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , after which the submarine , with her Blue Crew embarked , departed the shipyard for ballistic missile loading and her initial Polaris missile deterrent patrol . In 1970 - 1971 " Nathanael Greene " was refueled and received its conversion to launch Poseidon missiles at Newport News Shipbuilding . Following Yard period and Shakedown , the Greene proceeded to Cape Canaveral for a test missile launch . In March 1972 the Greene departed for her first deterrent patrol following conversion ending up in Holy Loch , Scotland . Grounding and deactivation . On 13 March 1986 " Nathanael Greene " ran aground in the Irish Sea , suffering severe damage to her rudder and ballast tank s . Her grounding was the first serious accident involving a U . S . Navy nuclear - powered ballistic missile submarine . She was deactivated while still in commission in May 1987 . Her early deactivation was decided both as a result of the damage sustained in the accident as well as in accordance with the limitations set by the SALT II treaty . Decommissioning and disposal . " Nathanael Greene " was decommissioned on 15 December 1986 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 January 1987 . Her removal from service allowed the United States to comply easily with the ballistic missile limits of the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty . " Nathanael Greene " entered the U . S . Navy ' s Nuclear - Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton , Washington , on 1 September 1998 . Her scrapping was completed on 20 October 2000 . Commemoration . " Nathanael Greene " s sail has been restored and is now on display in Port Canaveral , Florida as a memorial to the original 41 for Freedom fleet ballistic missile submarines .
Mosin Nagant The Mosin – Nagant ( Russian : Винтовка Мосина , ISO 9 : " Vintovka Mosina " ) is a bolt - action , internal magazine - fed , military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors , and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire , the Soviet Union and various other nations .
Eli D . Hoyle Eli DuBose Hoyle ( July 19 , 1851 - July 27 , 1921 ) was a Brigadier General in the United States Army . He is most noted for his Command of Embarcation at Governor ' s Island , in New York Harbor during World War I . He was posthumously awarded with Distinguished Service Medal and Soldier ' s Medal for his efforts during his service . Biography . Hoyle was born on July 19 , 1851 in Canton , Georgia . He would marry Fanny De Russy , daughter of Brigadier General René Edward De Russy . Their son , Rene Edward De Russy Hoyle , would become a Major General . Hoyle died on July 27 , 1921 . He and Fanny are both buried at Arlington National Cemetery , along with their son , Rene . Career . Hoyle graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1875 . His assignment would include being stationed at Fort Slocum , Fort Riley , and Fort William McKinley . He originally retired in 1915 , but was re - called after the outbreak of World War I . During the war , he was assigned as a Commanding Officer of Embarcation at Governor ' s Island , in New York Harbor .
USS Bollinger ( APA - 234 ) USS " Bollinger " ( APA - 234 ) was a that saw service with the US Navy in World War II . " Bollinger " was named after Bollinger County , Missouri . She was launched 19 November 1944 by Kaiser Shipbuilding of Vancouver , Washington , under a Maritime Commission contract ; transferred to the Navy 8 December , and commissioned the next day , Commander C . A . Printup in command . Operational history . " Bollinger " joined the Pacific Fleet and arrived at Pearl Harbor 19 February 1945 . She departed Pearl Harbor two days later for the invasion of Iwo Jima where she provided logistic support ( 6 – 16 March ) . After returning to Pearl Harbor 5 April , she made a voyage to San Pedro , California , and back ( 22 April - 23 May ) , and then carried cargo and passengers to Eniwetok , Ulithi , Okinawa , Saipan , and Guam before returning to San Francisco on 29 July . After hostilities . Leaving San Francisco 10 August she steamed to Eniwetok , Ulithi , and the Philippines before landing occupation troops at Wakayama , Honshū , Japan ( 12 – 26 September ) . She made one more voyage from the Philippines to Japan in October and then returned to San Diego , arriving 15 November . The transport made another voyage across the Pacific ( December 1945 - January 1946 ) to bring men home from the Philippines . Atomic bomb tests . During June and July 1946 she carried passengers to Bikini Atoll for Operation Crossroads , the atomic bomb tests designed to test the effect of nuclear weapons on warships . Over 200 warships participated in this operation , 75 of them as targets . Decommission . " Bollinger " then returned to cross - Pacific service and was decommissioned at San Francisco 1 April 1947 . She was returned to the Maritime Commission the following day , and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet , Suisun Bay , California . While still in the Reserve Fleet , she was redesignated an amphibious transport LPA - 234 on 1 January 1969 . She was probably scrapped in 1975 . Decorations . " Bollinger " received one battle star during World War II .
Frank A . Montgomery Frank Alexander Montgomery ( 1830 – 1903 ) was born on January 7 , 1830 , in Adams County , Mississippi . He was first a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel , commanding the First Mississippi Cavalry during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865 . He wrote an autobiography in 1901 called Reminiscences of a Mississippian in Peace and War , which is now in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1923 . He died on December 16 , 1903 , and is buried at Beulah Cemetery in Bolivar County , Mississippi . He also served in the Mississippi Legislature from 1880 to 1896 and one term as a judge on the Fourth Circuit District Court of Mississippi .
Operation Schamil Operation Schamil was a plan for a German army operation to drop special operations forces ahead of the main attacking force against the Soviet towns of Maykop and Grozny . These two town were major oil production and refining centers , and ( together with Baku ) were prime objectives for the German 1942 Summer offensive by Army Group A led by Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List . The plan called for the Lehr - Regiment Brandenburg zBV 800 ( a special operations unit ) to be dropped in advance of the 1st Panzer Army to take the towns by surprise , before the Soviets managed to damage or destroy the oil facilities there . The plan was carried out against the Maykop oilfields , but the Soviets were nevertheless able to damage the oil facilities . Later , a small unit was also dropped behind the Soviet lines in the Grozny area , carrying out commando operations .
John Nixon ( financier ) John Nixon ( 1733 – December 31 , 1808 ) was a financier and official from Philadelphia who served as a militia officer in the American Revolutionary War . He was born in Philadelphia , the son of a shipping merchant . Upon the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765 , he signed the non - importation agreement against the Act , became active in opposing the encroachments of the English government upon American liberties , and was a member of the first committee of correspondence in Pennsylvania . In April 1775 , he became lieutenant - colonel of the third battalion of the Philadelphia Associators , a militia unit . He was also a member of the Committee of Safety . From May to July 1776 , he was in command of the defenses of the Delaware River at Fort Island , after which he was put in charge of the defenses of Philadelphia . On July 8 , 1776 , he made the first public proclamation of the Declaration of Independence from the steps of the Pennsylvania State House . The same year , Nixon was promoted colonel and later served under George Washington at the Battle of Princeton . In 1776 , he became a member of the Navy Board , and two years later was with Washington again at Valley Forge . In 1780 , he became a director of the Bank of Pennsylvania . Afterward he assisted in organizing the Bank of North America , of which he was president from 1792 until his death . Nixon died in 1808 ; he was interred in the churchyard of St . Peter ' s Church , Philadelphia . Biographical Sketch . NIXON , John , soldier , was born in Philadelphia . Pa . , in 1733 . His father was a wealthy shipping merchant who left his son his business at his death in 1756 . John Nixon was among those who signed the non - importation agreement of 1765 , from which time on he was one of the leaders of the patriot cause in Philadelphia . He was a member of the first committee of correspondence and of the committee of public safety , served in the provincial conventions of 1774 and 1775 , and in April . 1775 , was chosen lieutenant - colonel of the 3rd Philadelphia battalion . In May , 1776 , he commanded the defences of the Delaware , from which he was transferred in July , 1776 , and was assigned to the command of the city guard of Philadelphia . He was the first to read the declaration of independence to an assemblage of citizens after its adoption . In the summer of 1776 his battalion served at Amboy . In the following December , Nixon , having in the meantime succeeded to the chief command , reinforced Washington at Trenton and participated in the battle of Princeton . In 1776 Nixon served on the navy board and in 1778 he spent the winter at Valley Forge . When a bank to provision the army was formed in 1780 he became its first director . He was also one of the founders of the Bank of North America , established in 1783 , and its president from 1792 until his death , which occurred December 31 , 1808 . Notes . [ 1 ] Page 83 , The Builders of the Nation By Stanley - Bradley Publishing Co , National cyclopaedia of American biography , 1892
USRC Commodore Barry ( 1812 ) USRC " Commodore Barry " was a vessel that the US Revenue Cutter Service bought in 1812 , before the outbreak of the War of 1812 . The British captured her in August of the same year . She served briefly in November as a privateer for Saint John , New Brunswick under the name " Brunswicker " before being laid up that same month . She was sold in 1815 . " Commodore Barry " . The US government bought this schooner on 20 March 1812 for US $ 4100 from Stephen Mitchell of Sag Harbor , New York . On 31 April Daniel Elliot of East Machias , Maine , received a commission as a revenue cutter master , and brought the vessel back to eastern Maine . The schooner was stationed at Eastport , on Passamaquoddy Bay under the control of the local customs collector , Lemuel Trescott , and engaged in anti - smuggling operations . Capture . and captured " Commodore Barry " on 3 August in the Little River , Bay of Fundy , together with three privateer schooners , " Madison " , " Olive " , and " Spence " ( or " Spruce " ) . Each of the schooners was armed with two guns . Before the British captured the vessels their crews escaped . They had erected batteries on shore , using the guns from their vessels . They resisted , inflicting some casualties , but then evaded capture . Even so , some men were captured on " Commodore Barry " and remained prisoners of war until paroled in June 1813 . Prize money to the crew of the " Spartan " for the " Commodore Barry " was paid in July 1820 . " Brunswicker " . In November , the provincial authorities in Saint John , New Brunswick bought the " Commodore Barry " for protection against American privateers . By this point the vessel was re - rigged as a sloop , but it is unclear when this happened . On 19 November she sailed on a cruise with the 4 - gun schooner . Together , they chased four American privateers from Passamaquoddy Bay . For this cruise her crew consisted of 20 volunteers from Saint John . The province laid the sloop up on 24 November , but sailed her again in the spring of 1813 . Apparently the vessel had been very expensive to operate and with the Royal Navy asserting its dominance in the region by 1813 , her services were no longer required . Fate . The authorities in Saint John auctioned off " Brunswicker " on 4 July 1815 , for £730 . She had been in custody for 770 days .
Yamagumo - class destroyer The " Yamagumo " class are vessels of the Japanese Maritime Self - Defense Force , usually classified as a destroyer , but due to their relatively light displacement , in other sources as a destroyer escort . This class is the successor of the " Akizuki " - class destroyer and the predecessor of the " Minegumo " - class destroyer . This class was planned to become the new generation workhorse of the fleet of the JMSDF . Aiming this objective , it equipped with some new generation weapon and sensor systems such as the ASROC anti - submarine rocket and the OPS - 11 early warning radar ( Japanese equivalent of the American AN / SPS - 40 radar ) . The " Minegumo " class destroyer derived from this class as the new DASH equipped version , but after the QH - 50D DASH was scrapped , the JMSDF decided on resuming the construction of this class . The latter batch sometimes called as the " Aokumo " class , and there are some point improved mainly in their electronics such as the OQS - 3 hull - sonar ( Japanese variant of the American AN / SQS - 23 ) and the AN / SQS - 35 variable depth sonar system .
176th Infantry Division ( Wehrmacht ) The German 176th Infantry Division was a military formation that served during World War II . Brief history . On 31 October 1944 , the 176th Infantry Division was formed out of the 176th Division and was a “ training and replacement ” formation . It had a strength of about 7 , 000 men , most of whom were in a poor shape . The division was nicknamed the " kranken division " ( sick division ) , because most of it was made up of men deemed unfit for military service , like the physically handicapped and men with severe allergies . One battalion consisted of men with serious hearing maladies , two comprised Luftwaffe personnel , ( but with ample infantry training ) , while many others were convalescents and semi - invalids . In November and December 1944 , the Division was part of the XII SS Corps , 5th Panzer Army . Between January and March 1945 the 176th Infantry Division was assigned to the XII SS Corps , 15th Army . The 176th Division was a ' regular ' military formation which operated mainly on the Dutch side of the " Roer bridgehead " during Operation " Blackcock " . During the operation , its HQ was located at Effeld near Vlodrop . The division was actually refitting and re - equipping during the Battle of the Bulge and Operation " Blackcock " . The division was assigned to the LXXIV Korps of 15th Army in April 1945 and saw action in the Duisburg area where it eventually surrendered . Commanders . The 176th Division was under the command of " General - Major " Christian - Johannes Landau ( 1897 - 1952 ) . Landau was a World War I veteran and “ artilleryman ” , he took command of the division on 1 January 1945 . He was awarded the Iron Cross on 9 May 1945 . Landau held a master ' s degree in Agriculture . He was taken into captivity on 9 May 1945 and released in 1947 . He died in 1952 in Freiburg , Brunswig at the age of 55 . Organisation . The division had been formed in October 1944 , it included three Grenadier Regiments ( the 1218th , 1219th , and 1220th ) . It totalled six Grenadier battalions , one Fusilier battalion and one " Panzerjäger " ( " Anti - Tank ) battalion . The 1178th Artillery Regiment consisted of four battalions . From captured documents , dating from October 1944 , it is believed that the 176th Division operated in so - called Battle Groups ( " Kampfgruppen " ) , three of which were centred on the Grenadier Regiments , while the fourth was organized around the Engineer / Pioneer battalion .
Francis E . Ormsbee , Jr . Francis " Frank " Edward Ormsbee , Jr . ( April 30 , 1892 to October 24 , 1936 ) was an American naval aviator serving in the U . S . Navy during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for bravery . Biography . After growing up in Rhode Island , Francis Ormsbee joined the United States Navy in 1917 . He was serving at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida in 1918 when he rescued a gunner from a downed aircraft at great personal risk . He was awarded the Navy Cross , which was later upgraded to the Medal of Honor . It is worth noting that several sources state that Ormsbee was not a pilot at the time of this incident , but rather a member of the aircrew . He would go on to earn his wings in 1920 , receiving the Naval Aviation Number " NAP - 25 " . His brother , Army Second Lieutenant Harry Selfridge Ormsbee , died in a crash just over a year before Frank qualified as a pilot in the Navy . Francis Ormsbee left the Navy in 1929 and worked in a number of private roles , including flying airmail in Central America . He was known for flying what was at the time the world ' s longest airmail route - Miami , Florida to Santiago , Chile . In 1935 , he joined the Bureau of Air Commerce , serving as Assistant Manager of the First Air Navigation Division , as well as a Patrol Pilot and Inspector . He served until his death in 1936 . Medal of Honor citation . " " For extraordinary heroism while attached to the Naval Air Station , Pensacola , Fla . , on 25 September 1918 . While flying with Ens . J . A . Jova , Ormsbee saw a plane go into a tailspin and crash about three - quarters of a mile to the right . Having landed near by , Ormsbee lost no time in going overboard and made for the wreck , which was all under water except the 2 wing tips . He succeeded in partially extricating the gunner so that his head was out of water , and held him in this position until the speedboat arrived . Ormsbee then made a number of desperate attempts to rescue the pilot , diving into the midst of the tangled wreckage although cut about the hands , but was too late to save his life . " " Death . Francis Ormsbee died in a plane crash while attempting to made a landing at Ardmore , Oklahoma to wait for bad weather to clear . On Saturday , October 24 , 1936 whilst flying alone in heavy overcast , he collided with a north of Woodford , Oklahoma . His body was found along with the wreckage of his Curtiss Air Sedan the following day .
Alexander von Monts Alexander Graf von Monts ( born 9 August 1832 in Berlin ; died 19 January 1889 ) was an officer in the German Imperial navy , the Kaiserliche Marine . Monts joined the Prussian Navy in 1849 becoming Leutnant zur See ( second lieutenant ) in 1856 . In 1864 he was promoted to Kapitänleutnant and then served three years attached to the supreme naval command Oberkommando der Marine . In 1868 Monts was promoted to Korvettenkapitän ( lieutenant commander ) as part of the section for naval and coastal affairs . During the Franco - German war of 1870 - 1871 he was responsible for port embargoes . Afterwards he became Inspector of Torpedoes and commanded the artillery school ship " Renown " . In 1874 , he was promoted to the rank of " Kapitän zur See " . The following year , he captained the newly commissioned ironclad during the ship ' s accidental sinking on 31 May 1875 . Between 1875 and 1877 Monts undertook a journey around the world as commander of . In 1881 Monts became " Konteradmiral " ( Rear Admiral ) and became the chief of naval station for the North Sea in August 1883 . In September 1884 he was promoted to the rank of Vizeadmiral ( Vice Admiral ) . In 1888 Kaiser William II appointed him head of the admiralty . He died on 19 January 1889 in Berlin .
George Suckley George Suckley ( 1830 – 1869 ) was an American physician and naturalist notable as an explorer of the Washington and Oregon territories in the 1850s , and describer of several new fish species . He was born in New York City , and studied at the College of Physicians and Surgeons ( today Columbia University ) , receiving an M . D . in 1851 , and subsequently serving as at New York Hospital . In 1853 he joined the Pacific Railroad Survey led by Isaac Stevens , and in 1856 resigned from the United States Army to pursue natural history full - time , publishing several works on the life of the Pacific Northwest . Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War , Suckley rejoined the Army , and worked as a surgeon throughout the war . He died in New York City a few years after the war . Two fish species , " Squalus suckleyi " Girard 1855 , and " Catostomus sucklii " Girard 1856 , are named after George Suckley .
10th Airlift Squadron The 10th Airlift Squadron ( 10 AS ) is part of the 62d Airlift Wing at McChord Air Force Base , Washington . It operates C - 17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission world - wide . Mission . To train and equip C - 17 aircrews for global air - land and airdrop operations . History . During World War II the 10th participated in the airborne invasions of North Africa , Sicily , and Greece ; the support of partisans in the Balkans and transportation missions in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations . The 10th took part in the Berlin Airlift from 1948 – 1949 and continued airlift operations in Europe until 1961 . It conducted airlift tasks in connection with aircraft delivery from 1969 – 1970 and performed the airlift portion of the European Distribution System from 1983 - 1990 .
Qawra Tower Qawra Tower is a fortification on the island of Malta built by the Knights of Malta in 1637 . It is a small fortification , primarily a watchtower . It is also known locally as Fra Ben Tower . To the west it commands the entrance to St . Paul ' s Bay , to the east Salina Bay along with Għallis Tower . It was built during the reign of Grand Master Giovanni Paolo Lascaris and stands near the tip of Ras il - Qawra ( Qawra Point ) . It is one of five Lascaris towers that he ordered be built . In 1715 the Knights further strengthened the point by adding a gun battery seaward of the tower . The battery is now a restaurant and swimming pool , however it is slightly dilapidated , having been plastered with cement at some time , which is now flaking away , and with water tanks and rough additional brickwork added to its roof . In 1659 , the construction of Ghallis Tower linked Qawra Tower into the chain of de Redin towers that allowed communication from Gozo to Valletta .