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SS Megantic SS " Megantic " was an ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff , Belfast , and operated by the White Star Line . The liner was launched in 1908 and was . The ship was attacked by a German U - boat during World War I , but survived . " Megantic " was taken out of service in 1931 and scrapped in 1933 . Career . The Dominion Line steamship company operated liners on the Liverpool - Canada route in the late 19th century and early 20th century . Their ships had become outdated , so in 1907 two new liners were ordered from Harland and Wolff , the SS " Albany " and SS " Alberta " . However , while they were being built they were transferred to the White Star Line and with them the White Star Line itself entered the Canadian passenger trade . The " Albany " was renamed " Megantic " ( after Lake Megantic in Quebec ) , and the Alberta became the " Laurentic " . At the time , the two were the largest ships yet built for Canadian service and were used as a form of full - scale experiment to decide on the machinery for the " Olympic " and her sisters , the " Megantic " being a conventional twin propellered ship with quadruple expansion engines while the " Laurentic " , with the same hull and boiler power , was given three propellers and engines of a combined expansion engine and centre turbine design . " Megantic " was launched on 10 December 1908 and made her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Montréal on 17 June 1909 . She remained on that route until the Great War , when she was briefly placed on White Star ' s Liverpool - New York City service until being called into service as a troopship in 1915 . She was attacked in 1917 by the German submarine , , but managed to escape unharmed . She was returned to White Star in December 1918 and after a refit in 1919 to enlarge her 1st class accommodation , returned to the Canadian service from Liverpool . She had another refit in 1924 and after 1928 operated from London and Southampton . Off - season , Megantic was often used for cruising from New York to the Caribbean and in the 1930s , for economy cruises . After his arrest in Canada , Dr . Hawley Harvey Crippen was returned to England via " Megantic " , where he was hanged for murder . Megantic made her last Atlantic crossing in May 1931 and was then laid up until 1933 , when she was sold for scrapping in Osaka . The " Megantic " had a gross tonnage of 14 , 878 and a net of 9 , 183 tons . The deadweight was 8 , 790 tons and load displacement on a draft of 27 ft . 6 in . was 20 , 470 tons . The overall length was about 570 ft .
Anlage Süd Anlage Sud ( English : " Installation South " ) was a pair of railway headquarters built for Adolf Hitler in southern Nazi - occupied part of Poland during the Second World War . Two reinforced tunnels were built near the rail line between Rzeszów to Jasło . One bunker was located in the village of Stępina ( 45 km . southwest of Rzeszów ) ( at ) , the other was in the town of Strzyżów ( 30 km . southwest of Rzeszów ) ( at ) . They were initially used for a two - day meeting between Hitler and Italian fascist leader , Benito Mussolini , on 27 – 28 August 1941 . Bunkers . Both 480 - metre long railway tunnels at Stępina and Strzyżów were built by the Todt Organization using Polish slave labor from nearby concentration camps . The shelter were constructed to be wide and high with reinforced concrete walls thick . The tunnels were surrounded by barracks , personnel bunkers , and watchtowers . Other buildings were used for operations , administration , and maintenance . Inside each bomb - proof tunnel , there was a rail track and a platform . The tunnel portals were protected by two - wing armoured doors with firing embrasures for the guards . Purpose - built track connected the tunnels with the Rzeszów - Jasło railway . Usage . After the headquarters was completed in summer 1941 , Hitler first visited on 27 August for a meeting with Mussolini . Both leaders arrived by train . Hitler ’ s train ( ) stayed in the bunker at Strzyżów while Mussolini ' s engine and carriages were at Stępina . The actual meeting to discuss the war with Soviet Russia , which lasted several hours , was held aboard Hitler ’ s train , which he never left . The next day , his train was the first to depart . Hitler revisited the bunkers once more by train in October 1941 . Other prominent visitors to use Anlage Süd included Reichsführer - SS Heinrich Himmler , Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and General Irwin Rommel . By the summer of 1944 the facilities were abandoned because of the Soviet advance . When the Russians captured the tunnels in August 1944 they used them as field hospitals . After the war , the Stępina bunker was used for mushroom production . Today it is a museum .
114th Range Operations Squadron The United States Air Force ' s 114th Range Operations Squadron ( ROPS ) is a unit located at Patrick Air Force Base and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , Florida . Mission . To provide survivable and reliable satellite voice and data communications for command control and logistics in support of United States Air Force , Air Combat Command , and NATO communications requirements . They support launch range operation tracking of the Space Transportation System , Atlas , Delta , and Titan launches . Due to US Air Force structure changes announced in March 2012 , the 114th ROPS is currently scheduled for inactivation on October 1 , 2012 .
USS Pilgrim ( 1864 ) The first USS " Pilgrim " , a canal boat , was purchased during the American Civil War by the Union Navy at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , 18 July 1864 , laden with stone , and sent via Baltimore , Maryland , to the James River to be sunk on the bar at Trent ’ s Reach , Virginia , to protect General Ulysses S . Grant ’ s troops from Confederate attack by water .
German submarine U - 384 German submarine " U - 384 " was a Type VIIC U - boat of the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " during World War II . She carried out two patrols . She sank two ships . She was a member of three wolfpack s . She was sunk by a British aircraft southwest of Iceland in March 1943 . Service history . The submarine was laid down on 29 March 1941 at the " Howaldtswerke " at Kiel as ' werk ' 15 , launched on 28 May 1942 and commissioned on 18 July under the command of " Oberleutnant " Hans - Achim von Rosenberg - Gruszcynski . She served with the 5th U - boat Flotilla from 18 July 1942 and the 3rd flotilla from 1 January 1943 . 1st patrol . " U - 359 " s first patrol took her from Kiel in Germany on 12 December 1942 . She sank the " Louise Lykes " in mid - Atlantic on 9 January 1943 . She then docked at La Pallice in occupied France on 3 February . 2nd patrol and loss . Having left La Pallice on 6 March 1943 , she sank the " Coracero " on the 17th . On the 19th , she was sunk by a British B - 17 Flying Fortress of No . 206 Squadron RAF . 47 men died in the U - boat ; there were no survivors . Previously recorded fate . " U - 361 " was originally noted as sunk on 20 March 1943 by a British Sunderland flying boat of 201 Squadron . This attack was against " U - 631 " . No damage was sustained .
Hugh Rodman Admiral Hugh Rodman KCB ( 6 January 1859 – 7 June 1940 ) was an officer in the United States Navy who served during the Spanish – American War and World War I , later serving as the Commander - in - Chief , U . S . Pacific Fleet from 1919 to 1921 . Biography . Born at Frankfort , Kentucky , Rodman graduated from the Naval Academy in 1880 . Duty in , , , and , and tours at the Hydrographic Office and at the United States Naval Observatory were followed in 1891 by four years of survey duty along the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia . During the Spanish – American War , he served in and was commended for his outstanding conduct in the Battle of Manila Bay . In 1899 , he participated in scientific explorations in the Pacific under the direction of Alexander Agassiz . Then , in 1900 , he returned to Alaska for work investigating its fisheries . From 1901 to 1904 he commanded in Hawaiian waters . Next on the Asiatic Station , he served in , , and , in 1905 , commanded the gunboat on the Yangtze River Patrol . From 1907 to 1909 , he attended the Naval War College and served as Lighthouse Inspector , 6th Naval District . In 1909 he returned to the Far East to serve in turn as captain of the yard , Cavite , Philippine Islands , and as commanding officer of . Captain of the yard , Mare Island Navy Yard , in 1911 , he assumed command of , flagship , Atlantic Fleet , in 1912 , and of in 1913 . Duty as Marine Superintendent of the Panama Canal followed in 1914 , and in 1915 he commanded . During 1916 he served on the General Board . Promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1917 , Rodman served as Commander , Battleship Division 9 , Atlantic Fleet , in his flagship , " New York " . Ordered to European waters late in the year , his division joined the British Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow and became the 6th Battle Squadron , British Grand Fleet , under Admiral Sir David Beatty . For the remainder of World War I , Admiral Rodman commanded his division in operations in the North Sea . For this service , he was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath by King George V . Returning to the United States after the Armistice , he served with the Atlantic Fleet until July 1919 when he became Commander - in - Chief , Pacific Fleet . Detached in 1921 , he served as Commandant , 5th Naval District , from 1921 to 1922 , interrupting that duty once for a mission to Peru as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary . During 1922 – 23 , he was senior member of a board to formulate administrative policy for all shore stations and on reaching retirement age , 64 , was transferred to the retired list . After his retirement , he continued to serve the United States and the Navy on various missions which included , in the summer of 1923 , accompanying President Warren G . Harding on his ill - fated inspection of Alaska . In 1937 , he represented the U . S . Navy at King George VI ' s coronation ceremonies in London . Admiral Rodman died at Bethesda , Maryland and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery . Namesakes . The destroyer , the transport , and the U . S Navy Station in the Panama Canal Zone were named for him .
Seiichi Morimura " The Devil ' s Gluttony " was serialized in the " Akahata " ( Japanese Communist Party ' s newspaper ) in 1980 , and subsequently published by Kobunsha ( 光文社 ) , in two volumes 1981 and 1982 . In the ensuing controversy , half of a photograph was discovered to be a fabrication , and Kobunsha subsequently withdrew the book . A second edition was then published by Kadokawa Shoten in 1983 with the controversial photograph removed . He won the Edogawa Rampo Award in 1969 for " Death in the High - Rise " . His short story : " Devil of a Boy " appears translated into English in " Ellery Queen ' s Japanese Golden Dozen : The Detective Story World in Japan " anthology , which was edited by Ellery Queen .
HMNZS Kiwi ( T102 ) HMNZS " Kiwi " ( T102 ) was a " Bird " class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy . She was commissioned in 1941 for minesweeping and anti - submarine roles . From 1948 to 1956 she functioned as a training ship . On 29 January 1943 , with her sister ship " Moa " , " Kiwi " rammed and wrecked the Japanese submarine " I - 1 " . At the time " Kiwi " was under the command of Lieutenant Commander Gordon Bridson who was awarded the DSC and the United States Navy Cross for this action . " Kiwi " was the first of two vessels with this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after the national bird of New Zealand .
Sidi Slimane Air Base Sidi Slimane Air Base is a military air base in Sidi Slimane , a city in the Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen region in Morocco . It is also known as the Fifth Royal Air Force Base , operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force . History . Built in 1951 by Atlas Construction , Sidi Slimane AB was initially used by the Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) of the United States Air Force as a forward deployment base for B - 29 Superfortress units deployed from the United States . The base was one of three SAC bases ( Boulhaut , Sidi Slimane , Nouasseur ) constructed in Morocco in response to the heightened Cold War fears by NATO after the Korean War . Host unit was the 3906th Air Base Group Later : 3906th Combat Support Group . Facilities expanded in the early 1950s to accommodate jet aircraft and was used by the SAC 5th Air Division as a forward deployment base for B - 47 Stratojet and B - 36 Peacemaker bombers and support units during the Cold War . Sidi Slimane was also used by the Seventeenth Air Force ( 17 AF ) of United States Air Forces in Europe ( USAFE ) , which assigned the 45th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron equipped with F - 86D Sabre s to provide air defense of the USAF bases in Morocco during the 1950s . Sidi Slimane AB was closed on 30 September 1963 and turned over to the Moroccan government . Today two squadrons equipped with the Mirage F1 , Escadron de Chasse Atlas ( Mirage F1EH - 200 ) and Escadron de Chasse Assad ( Mirage F1CH ) use the base , according to Scramble . nl . ( www . scramble . nl / ma . htm , accessed October 2010 ) The scale of activity has been reduced to a degree from its height under the USAF . Facilities . The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level . It has one runway designated 08 / 26 with an asphalt surface measuring . The base has supported occasional deployments of SAC B - 52 Stratofortress and KC - 135 Stratotankers over the years . A large number of tab - vees on dispersals have been built and at least one helicopter is visible parked . Condition of main runway and taxiways appear to be well - maintained . Some old USAF barracks visible and still appear to be in use to the northwest of flightline area , although most of the buildings have been torn down ; the streets remaining .
Michael Brian Wheeler Lieutenant Colonel Michael Brian Wheeler is a United States Army Reserve officer who served in Iraq during the Coalition Provisional Authority occupation . He was subsequently charged with fraud and accepting bribes . Wheeler , another officer , Lieutenant Colonel Debra Harrison and a CPA Comptroller named Robert Stein Jr . are accused of accepting bribes from Philip Bloom in return for awarding construction contracts .
3rd Field Regiment Royal New Zealand Artillery The 3rd Field Regiment Royal New Zealand Artillery was a New Zealand Army artillery regiment . It was formed in 1940 and disbanded in 1990 . It was formed in 1940 through the amalgamation of the field artillery batteries in Dunedin and Christchurch , and tasked with training reinforcements for the 2nd and 3rd NZ Divisions . After the Second World War it became one of the earmarked artillery regiments for the putative 3rd New Zealand Expeditionary Force .
Russian Knights The Russian Knights ( , Russkiye Vityazi ) is an aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force . Originally formed on April 5 , 1991 at the Kubinka Air Base as a team of six Sukhoi Su - 27 s , the team was the first to perform outside the Soviet Union in September 1991 when they toured the United Kingdom . On December 12 , 1995 , disaster struck as three team jets flew " in - formation " into a mountainside near Cam Ranh , Vietnam during approach while en route to home from a Malaysian airshow during adverse weather conditions . The team now performs with four Su - 27Ps and two Su - 27UBs . History . The Kubinka air force base located 60 km west of Moscow is well known both in Russia and abroad . For years , it has been known as the Air Force installation used for demonstrating advanced combat aircraft to national and foreign leaders . Nowadays , Kubinka AFB is known as the best aerobatics school where the Russian Knights and Swifts aerobatics teams are stationed . Meanwhile , Kubinka is a major base of the Russian Air Force in the Moscow region . Team tragedies . On December 12 , 1995 , when approaching the Cam Ranh airfield ( Vietnam ) in adverse weather for refueling , two Su - 27s and an Su - 27UB of the Russian Knights team flew into a nearby mountain while in - formation , due to a misinterpretation of approach - pattern instructions . On August 16 , 2009 , two Su - 27s rehearsing acrobatic maneuvers collided near Moscow , killing one pilot and sending the jets crashing into nearby vacation homes . The dead pilot was identified as the Russian Knights ' commander , Guards Colonel Igor Tkachenko , a decorated air force officer .
Footnotes in Gaza Footnotes in Gaza is a journalistic comic book by Joe Sacco about two bloody incidents during the Suez War . It was published in 2009 . The book describes the author ' s quest to get to the bottom of what happened in Khan Younis and in Rafah in November 1956 . According to United Nations figures quoted in the book , Israeli forces killed 275 Palestinians in Khan Younis on 3 November 1956 during the Khan Yunis killings and 111 in Rafah on 12 November 1956 . Sacco bases his book on conversations with Palestinians in Rafah and the neighbouring town of Khan Younis , and interweaves the events of 1956 with the events in Rafah at the time of the interviews — the bulldozing of homes , the death of Rachel Corrie and the reactions to the outbreak of the Iraq War . The book itself focuses mainly on the Palestinian side of the story . Several appendices add documents and sources , and give the Israeli view on the demolition of homes in Rafah . Sacco admits he takes sides , writing " I don ' t believe in objectivity as it ' s practiced in American journalism . . . I very much believe in getting across the Palestinian point of view " . Reviews . Jose Alaniz , Adjunct Associate Professor of Comparative Literature in the University of Washington , says that in the novel , Sacco uses subtle ways to manipulate the reader to make the Palestinian side seem more victimized , and the Israelis more menacing .
USCGC Galveston Island ( WPB - 1349 ) USCGC " Galveston Island " ( WPB 1349 ) is an used by the United States Coast Guard for law enforcement and search and rescue duties . She was commissioned on 5 June 1992 and was the last of the Island - class patrol boats built . Her original homeport was Apra Harbor , Guam , but later changed to Honolulu , Hawaii , where she is presently stationed . The 110 - foot Island - class patrol boat is a Coast Guard modification of the British shipbuilder , Vosper Thornycroft patrol boat design . With range and seakeeping capabilities , the Island class , all named after U . S . islands , replaced the older 95 - foot s . These cutters are equipped with advanced electronics and navigation equipment .
USS PC - 472 USS " PC - 472 was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was transferred to the French Navy in June 1944 and renamed Le Ruse " . She remained in French service until 1959 . Career . " PC - 472 " was laid down at Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City , Michigan , on 1 July 1941 ; launched on 14 November ; and was commissioned on 9 December 1941 . The ship was loaned to the French under Lend - Lease on 30 June 1944 and was sold to them in March 1949 . She remained in their service as " Le Ruse " until 1959 .
Betty J . Sapp Betty J . Sapp is the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office ( DNRO ) . Biography . Early life . Sapp is a native of St . Louis , Missouri , and now resides in Alexandria , Virginia . She holds a Bachelor of Arts , and an MBA , Management , both from the University of Missouri . She is also Level III certified in Government Acquisition and was certified as a Defense Financial Manager . Career . She began her government career as a United States Air Force officer in a variety of acquisition and financial management positions , including : business management positions in the NRO ; as a Program Element Monitor at the Pentagon for the Milstar system ; as Program Manager for the Fleet Satellite Communications System program at the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles , California ; and as manager of a joint - service development effort for the A - 10 engine at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton , Ohio . In 1997 , she joined the Central Intelligence Agency . She was assigned to the NRO where she served in a variety of senior management positions . In 2005 , she was appointed the Deputy Director , Business Plans and Operations , where she was responsible for all NRO business functions , including budget planning , current year financial operations , contracting , financial statements , business systems development , cost estimating , and legislative affairs . In May 2007 , Sapp was appointed Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Portfolio , Programs and Resources in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence , responsible for executive oversight of defense intelligence - related acquisition programs , the planning , programming , budgeting and execution of the Military Intelligence Program . She was appointed the Principal Deputy Director , National Reconnaissance Office ( PDDNRO ) on April 15 , 2009 . In July 2012 , she was appointed Director of the NRO , becoming the first woman to hold that position .
USS May ( SP - 164 ) USS " May " ( SP - 164 ) was a yacht purchased by the United States Navy during World War I . She was outfitted with two guns and two machine gun s , and was assigned to patrol the Atlantic Ocean coast and Caribbean and to protect Allied ships from German submarines . After over two years of patrol work , she ran aground off Cape Engano on the Dominican Republic and had to be abandoned . A Scottish - built yacht . " May " — a steam yacht built in 1891 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co . , Troon , Scotland — was purchased by the Navy from J . R . De Lamar on 11 August 1917 ; and commissioned on 7 October 1917 . World War I service . Operating out of New London , Connecticut , " May " patrolled along the $ 3 coast and in the Caribbean during World War I , protecting vital Allied shipping from German U - boat s . Run aground and abandoned . As of March 1919 , she was intended for eventual service as a flagship , but she ran aground on a reef off Cape Engano , Santo Domingo on 27 July 1919 ; after efforts to refloat her failed she was declared abandoned on 28 February 1920 . After unfruitful attempts to refloat her , " May " s wreck was offered for sale . However , no purchasers appeared , and she was abandoned as unsalable in June 1923 . Awards and honors . Ensign Tedford H . Cann , USNRF was awarded the Medal of Honor for " courageous conduct " onboard " May " in November 1917 . His citation reads :