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HMS Onslow ( G17 ) HMS " Onslow " was an O - class destroyer flotilla leader of the Royal Navy She was ordered from John Brown & Company at Clydebank , Glasgow on 3 September 1939 . The ship was laid down on 1 July 1940 and launched on 31 March 1941 . She was completed on 8 October 1941 at a cost of £416 , 942 . Service history . Attached to the Home Fleet , " Onslow " served mostly as an escort to Arctic Convoys . She also saw detached service in the Mediterranean during " Operation Harpoon " in 1942 , and in the English Channel before and after the Normandy landings in mid - 1944 . Her most notable action was at the Battle of the Barents Sea in 1942 , while escorting Convoy JW 51B to Russia . The convoy escorts held off attacks from the powerful , with " Onslow " being heavily damaged and her Captain , Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke severely injured . Decommissioned in 1947 , the ship was procured by the Pakistan Navy in 1949 and commissioned as PNS " Tippu Sultan " . She served in the Pakistan Navy until 1979 .
USS PC - 1179 USS " PC - 1179 was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was later renamed Morris " ( PC - 1179 ) but never saw active service under that name . Career . " PC - 1179 " was commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1946 , she was renamed as the eighth USS " Morris " in 1956 . She was struck from the navy register on 1 July 1960 and sold on 10 May 1961 , to Zidell Shipbreakers in Portland , Oregon for $ 17 , 038 . 88 .
USS Merit ( AMc - 90 ) USS " Merit " ( AMc - 90 ) was an acquired by the U . S . Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing . " Merit " was laid down 15 August 1941 by F . L . Fulton Co . , Antioch , California ; launched 4 January 1942 ; sponsored by Mrs . Walter H . Eels ; and placed in service 28 March 1942 . World War II service . After shakedown along the coast of California , the new coastal minesweeper was assigned to the Western Sea Frontier force . Transferred 16 March 1943 to Naval Local Defense Force , 12th Naval District , she continued her sweeps and patrols to protect San Francisco Harbor as a major departure point for men and materials to the Pacific fighting fronts . Post - war inactivation and disposal . Regarded as surplus following V - J Day , she was placed out of service 10 December 1945 and struck from the Navy list 8 May 1946 . Eight months later " Merit " transferred to the U . S . Fish and Wild Life Service .
Army Inventions Board The Australian Army Inventions Board , otherwise known as the Army Inventions Directorate , was a government body of the Commonwealth of Australia , set up in 1942 to handle the thousands of inventions submitted by the public . These inventions numbered some 27 , 000 ; a mere 127 of which were eventually accepted by the Army as being of notable value or suitable for military purposes . The best known invention accepted by the Army Inventions Board was the Australian - designed Owen Gun , a machine carbine which took a few years to get off the ground . The Army Inventions Directorate was located at Victoria Barracks in Melbourne .
Nulka Nulka is an Australian designed and developed active missile decoy built by an American / Australian collaboration . Used aboard warships of the United States Navy ( USN ) , Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) , United States Coast Guard ( USCG ) , and Royal Canadian Navy , Nulka is a rocket propelled , disposable , offboard , active decoy designed to seduce anti - ship missiles away from their targets . It has a unique design in that it hovers in mid air while seducing the incoming anti - ship missile . The hovering rocket concept was initiated in Australia by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation ( DSTO ) , and the system was designed , developed and then manufactured by AWA Defence Industries ( AWADI ) ( now BAE Systems Australia ) . The word " Nulka " is of Australian Aboriginal origin and means " be quick " . The Nulka consists of the missile itself enclosed in a hermetically sealed canister . This canister is then contained in a Launcher module ( as fitted to RAN and USCG vessels ) , or a Mark 36 launcher ( as fitted to USN vessels ) . In 2012 Lockheed Martin announced that it had successfully tested its new ExLS ( Extensible Launching System ) for Nulka . The tests were conducted at the Woomera Test Range , Australia . Notes . Verified by David Mann , Deputy to Program Manager Barry Watson and subsequently Program Manager Nulka , ( 1988 - 1999 ) , AWA then BAe Australia . i
Thomas Flynn ( VC ) Thomas Flinn VC ( August 1842 – 10 August 1892 ) was born in Athlone and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Victoria Cross . Hs exact date of birth is unknown , but he was 15 years old , and a drummer in the 64th Regiment of Foot ( later The North Staffordshire Regiment - The Prince of Wales ' s ) , British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 28 November 1857 at Cawnpore , India , for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross : Flynn is acknowledged to be one of the two youngest winners of the Victoria Cross ; both he and Andrew Fitzgibbon were 15 years and three months old . Post - army life . After he left the army , he fell on hard times and was sent to Athlone Workhouse . His local Member of Parliament , Donal Sullivan , raised the matter in the House of Commons in April 1892 . After reference to Flinn ' s previous gallantry , Sullivan asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office St John Brodrick : Brodrick replied that : Flynn died in the workhouse on 10 August 1892 . A memorial plaque was erected in the Garrison Church , Whittington Barracks , Lichfield , Staffordshire . References . Listed in order of publication year
Best Warrior Army Best Warrior is an annual competition overseen by the Department of the Army as a means of identifying and recognizing soldiers in Active , Special Operations , National Guard and Reserve components of the United States Army . Each year , each participating Command sends their best enlisted soldier and non - commissioned officer to Fort Lee to represent their unit . During the competition , competitors are tested for their aptitude through board interviews , physical fitness tests , written exams , urban warfare simulations and other soldier tasks and drills relevant to the Army ' s operating environment . In addition , Warriors will go before two selection boards composed of six senior sergeants major from across the Army . These boards , chaired by Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O . Preston , evaluate competitor appearance , military bearing and knowledge of critical Army topics . The Soldier and Non - Commissioned Officer of the Year receive prestigious honors and cash awards in recognition of their achievements and represent the Army at special events throughout the year . Past Competition Winners : Soldier of the Year : Non - Commissioned Officer of the Year :
RT - 20 ( missile ) The RT - 20 was an intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM ) developed but not deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War . Control system for it was designed at NPO " Electropribor " ( Kharkiv , Ukraine ) . It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS - 15 Scrooge and carried the industry designation 8K99 . The RT - 20 was the first mobile ICBM designed by the Soviets .
AEG C . VII The AEG C . VII was a prototype two - seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft of World War I . It was developed from the C . IV but did not enter production . The C . VII was tested with two different wing arrangements , one with slightly tapered single bay wings and another with sharply swept upper wing .
USS Quincy ( AK - 10 ) USS Quincy ( AK - 10 ) was a cargo ship acquired by the U . S . Navy for service in World War I . Seizing a German freighter . " Quincy " , formerly " SS Vogesen " , was built in 1909 by William Doxford and Sons , Sunderland , England for H . Vogemann ; acquired by NOTS 8 May 1917 ; and commissioned at New Orleans , Louisiana , 2 February 1918 , Lt . Comdr . John C . K . Redington , USNRF , in command . Upon the declaration of war with Germany , " SS Vogesen " was seized by Customs and Navy officials at Pensacola , Florida , and was renamed " Quincy " 4 June 1917 . After a refit at New Orleans , Louisiana , she was quickly placed in service by NOTS as a collier . World War I North Atlantic operations . During World War I " Quincy " made three round trip transatlantic voyages . She sailed from Norfolk , Virginia , 27 February 1918 with a cargo of lumber destined for Paulliac , France , and returned to Norfolk 1 June . While at Norfolk she was fitted out to carry fuel oil . " Quincy " departed 21 July for Brest , France with a cargo of lumber , cement , and airplanes , and returned to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , 26 September for a short refit . On her third eastward crossing she left Galveston , Texas , 1 November , bound for Genoa , Italy with a cargo of aviation material . On the return voyage , " Quincy " called at Gibraltar to take on a Navy cargo , and arrived at Philadelphia 25 March 1919 . " Quincy " subsequently carried cargo between U . S . east coast ports and visited Guantánamo Bay and St . Thomas , Virgin Islands . Post - war activity . After the war " Quincy " continued to operate along the U . S . East Coast . She was designated AK – 10 on 17 July 1920 . From August 1920 until May 1921 she was laid up at Norfolk . " Quincy " got underway 13 May for Gibraltar and Brest . Upon her return to the U . S . she remained on the east coast a short time and then sailed to the California coast via the Panama Canal making various calls en route to take on and discharge cargo . Quincy arrived at Mare Island Navy Yard , California , 3 November 1921 and visited Hawaii in January – February 1922 . She returned to Philadelphia 11 April . Decommissioning . " Quincy " decommissioned at Philadelphia 5 June 1922 and was sold 25 September 1922 to the Navigation Steamship Co .
Admiral of the fleet ( Royal Navy ) Admiral of the fleet is the highest rank of the British Royal Navy ( NATO rank code OF - 10 ) although routine appointments ceased in 1995 . It is a five - star rank , equivalent to a field marshal in the British Army or a marshal of the Royal Air Force . History in Royal Navy . The rank evolved from sailing days and the admiral distinctions then used by the Royal Navy when the fleet was divided into three divisions – red , white , or blue . Each division was assigned an admiral , who in turn commanded a vice - admiral and a rear admiral . In the 18th century , the original nine ranks began to be filled by more than one person at any one time . The admiral of the red was pre - eminent and became known as the admiral of the fleet . The organisation of the British fleet into coloured squadrons was abandoned in 1864 , although the Royal Navy kept the White Ensign . When professional head of the Royal Navy was given the name of First Naval Lord in 1828 ( renamed First Sea Lord in 1904 ) , the rank of admiral of the fleet became an honorary promotion for retiring First Naval Lords allowing more than one admiral of the fleet to exist at one time . Since 1811 five members of the British Royal family , other than the monarch , and four members of foreign royal families have been appointed admirals of the fleet . Of the British royalty granted the rank , only one , the Prince of Wales ( later King Edward VII ) had not seen active service in the Royal Navy . During the two World Wars a number of serving officers held active commissions as admirals of the fleet , as well as the First Naval Lord . Following the creation of the Chief of the Defence Staff in 1959 , the five naval officers appointed to that position became admirals of the fleet . Recognizing the reduced post – Cold War size of the British Armed Forces , no further appointments were made to the rank after 1995 when Sir Benjamin Bathurst was appointed admiral of the fleet on his retirement as First Sea Lord . However , the rank was not abolished and in 2012 the Prince of Wales became an admiral of the fleet ( as well as field marshal and marshal of the Royal Air Force ) , in recognition of his support to Queen Elizabeth II in her role of as Commander - in - Chief of the British Armed Forces .
Naval crown The Naval Crown ( ) was a gold crown surmounted with small replicas of the prows of ships . It was a Roman military award , given to the first man who boarded an enemy ship during a naval engagement . In heraldry a naval crown is mounted atop the shields of coats of arms of the naval vessels and other units belonging to some navies .
Harry Paletta Harry Paletta ( 29 August 1922 - 14 November 1944 ) was a Hauptsturmführer ( Captain ) in the Waffen SS during World War II . He was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross , which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II . Harry Paletta was born in Scholastykowo , West Prussia . He volunteered to join the Waffen SS and was posted to the newly formed SS Division " Wiking " . He took part in Operation Barbarossa , the invasion of the Soviet Union where he was awarded the Iron Cross . He was also awarded the Wound Badge when wounded in August 1941 and the Infantry Assault Badge in February 1942 . Harry Paletta was posted to the 105th Sturmgeschütz ( Assault Gun ) Battalion , V SS Mountain Corps in Banat . It was never more than a battery but maintained the battalion designation . After service in Bosnia , with the 92nd Grenadier Regiment , and a security mission with the corps command post near Mostar , the battalion was assigned to the 7th SS Panzerjäger Battalion in September 1944 . Paletta was awarded the Knight ' s Cross posthumously after being killed in action on the 14 November 1944 , during fighting at the Batina bridgehead in Yugoslavia .
X - board An x - board is a kind of calendar used in military aviation training schools . Student pilots are required to complete a certain number of training missions ( including flight simulator and aircraft missions . ) Each time a student pilot completes a mission , he or she puts an " X " on the board ( calendar ) signifying the successful completion of the mission . Frequently , x - boards are divided into sections , such as IFR , clearhood ( VFR ) , and navigation . X - boards fill both a motivational and an organizational role in flight training . By using the x - board , students and instructors can quickly inform themselves about the student ' s course progress , and therefore , students can have a sense of their advancement though challenging courses .
USS Garrupa ( SS - 359 ) USS " Garrupa " ( SS - 359 ) , would have been a " Balao " - class submarine , was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the garrupa , one of various fishes of the grouper type . Her keel was laid down at Electric Boat Company of Groton , Connecticut , but was canceled on 29 July 1944 .
Ridge Wood Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Ridge Wood Military Cemetery ( misspelt " Ridgewood " on the entrance stone ) is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission ( CWGC ) burial ground for the dead of British Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the First World War . The cemetery is located in Voormezeele , West Flanders , Belgium , in the Ypres Salient of the Western Front . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war . Foundation . The cemetery was established in May 1915 for front line troops defending the area . The cemetery was used by the Royal Irish Rifles , the Durham Light Infantry and Canadian battalions . The cemetery is in a dip behind a ridge that was the site of a wood . In the Spring Offensive of 1918 , German forces pushed the front line on to the ridge , being moved back in July , before being swept away completely later in the year during the Hundred Days Offensive by the 6th and 33rd Divisions . Of the 621 burials at the site , 292 are from Canada , 280 from the United Kingdom , 44 from Australia and 3 from New Zealand , in addition to two from Germany . The cemetery previously contained graves of a number of French soldiers , but these were concentrated elsewhere later . The cemetery was designed by British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens .
George T . Washington ( Liberia ) Major General George T . Washington was a Liberian political figure . He served as army chief of staff under William V . S . Tubman , Jr . . In Liberia ' s 1997 presidential election , he was a PDPL presidential hopeful receiving 0 . 56 % of the popular vote .
Coral Wong Pietsch Coral Wong Pietsch ( Chinese : 珊瑚黄皮茨奇 ; Pinyin : Shānhú Huáng Pí Cí Qí ) was a Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve . She was also the first Asian American woman to reach the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Army . Biography . Born in Waterloo , Iowa , to a Chinese immigrant father from Canton , China who had come to the United States to start a Chinese restaurant , and a Czech American mother , she grew up feeling different than her peers during the height of the Cold War , often being mocked for the Asian half of her ethnicity . Initially earning a bachelor ' s degree in theatre , and later a master ' s degree in drama , she went on to attend The Catholic University of America to attend law school . There she would meet her future husband , an army officer who was also attending to become a lawyer . Commissioned into the Judge Advocate General Corps in 1974 , she was assigned to Eighth Army in Korea then to Fort Shafter , Hawaii , completing her active duty requirement , and transferring to the Army Reserves . After active duty , she settled down and began to reside in Hawaii with her husband and became a civilian attorney for U . S . Army Pacific . While a reservist she had been deployed to Johnston Atoll , Japan , the Philippines , Washington D . C . , and Iraq . She was a chair commissioner of the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission , with her term expiring while deployed . On November 1 , 2011 , President Obama nominated her to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as his replacement for Judge William P . Greene , who had reached the end of his 15 - year term . She was confirmed by the Senate as the newest judge of the Court of Appeals on May 24 , 2012 .
OK - 150 reactor The OK - 150 reactor and its successor , the OK - 900 reactor are Soviet marine nuclear fission reactors used to power ships at sea . They are pressurized water reactors ( PWRs ) that use enriched uranium - 235 fuel . They have been used in various Russia n nuclear - powered icebreaker ships . OK - 150 Specifications : Distillate water was used for heat transfer and as a moderator . The core was 1 . 6 m high by 1 m diameter . It consisted of 219 fuel assemblies , totalling 7 , 704 fuel pins . There was a biological shield made of concrete mixed with metal shavings . OK - 900A Specifications : Three OK - 150s were used to power the Soviet icebreaker " Lenin " at the time of its launch in 1957 . Later , after damage caused by nuclear accidents in 1965 and 1967 , these were removed and replaced with two OK - 900s .
French ship Rivoli ( 1810 ) The " Rivoli " was a " Téméraire " class ship of the line of the French Navy . " Rivoli " was built in Venice , whose harbour was too shallow for a 74 - gun to exit . To allow her to depart , she was fitted with seacamel s . On her maiden journey , under Jean - Baptiste Barré , the British 74 - gun third rate HMS " Victorious " intercepted her on 22 February 1812 . Her crew was inexperienced , and in the ensuing Battle of Pirano , the British captured " Rivoli " after some 400 men of her crew of over 800 were killed or wounded . The Royal Navy subsequently recommissioned her as HMS " Rivoli " . On 30 May 1815 , under Captain Edward Stirling Dickson , she destroyed the frigate " Melpomène " off Naples .
Pee Dee Light Artillery The Pee Dee Light Artillery was a distinguished Confederate light artillery battery during the American Civil War . The origins of the battery began as the Darlington Guards , a local militia of Darlington , South Carolina . The Darlington Guards volunteered their service to South Carolina on January 4 , 1861 , for a period of six months . These men were the very first soldiers to volunteer to fight in Civil War . They became Company B , First South Carolina Volunteers , commanded by Captain F . F . Warley and Lieutenant David Gregg McIntosh . After six months on the Charleston , South Carolina , coast and a short campaign in Virginia , the unit was released . Half the unit remained with Captain Warley and served the remainder of the war as the Darlington Guards . The other half reformed in Darlington , South Carolina , under McIntosh . The unit called themselves the Pee Dee Rifles and in August 1861 rendered their service as an infantry unit to the Confederate States of America for the duration of the war . While in training in Suffolk , Virginia , in the winter of 1861 - 62 , the unit was reorganized as Company D , First South Carolina Regiment , a light artillery battery , and became the Pee Dee Light Artillery . In 1862 , the battery was assigned to General A . P . Hill ’ s Light Artillery Division and fought in the Seven Days Battles . During that battle , two horses were shot from beneath Captain McIntosh in a single day . Afterwards , the battery was reorganized under General Stonewall Jackson ’ s famous Second Corps . The battery fought with General Jackson at the Battles of Cedar Mountain , Second Manassas , Chantilly , Harpers Ferry , Sharpsburg and the Fredericksburg . In 1863 , the battery fought in the Battle of Chancellorsville and the Battle of Gettysburg . In 1864 , the battery did not have enough men and horses to effectively operate in battle . In June 1864 , the battery exchanged service with Charles Battery serving in the Charleston Harbor . In 1864 the Pee Dee Light Artillery served around Charleston Harbor until they were utilized in an effort to slow down Sherman ’ s March to the Sea . In 1865 , the Pee Dee Light Artillery continued as part of the Confederate forces under General Johnston . On April 26 , 1865 , General Johnston surrendered his forces . The battle flag of the Pee Dee Light Artillery was never surrendered . Instead , it was wrapped around the body of the battery guidon bearer , Private R . C . Nettles who returned to South Carolina . The battle flag remained in the hands of the members of the Pee Dee Light Artillery in the Darlington area until 1905 , when it was turned over to the South Carolina Legislature by surviving veterans . The flag has recently been preserved and remains today in the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum in Columbia , South Carolina .
Walter Barclay Lt . Col . Walter Patrick Barclay ( 22 August 1899 – 21 May 1943 ) was a British soldier . Life and career . Barclay was the son of Theodore Charles Barclay and Elizbeth Mary Barclay ( née Frazer ) . He married Daphne Binny in London in 1937 . Barclay was Assistant Military Attaché in Rome in 1938 , where his son Peter ( who later became leader of Clan Barclay ) was born . During World War II , Barclay served in the Black Watch , reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel . He died in the Tunisia Campaign in May 1943 .