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USS Katahdin ( 1893 ) USS " Katahdin " , an ironclad harbor - defense ram of innovative design , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Mount Katahdin , a mountain peak in Maine . Design and construction . The inspiration behind " Katahdin " was Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen , an advocate of a coast defense navy . Ammen was impressed by the British torpedo ram HMS " Polyphemus " . Unlike " Polyphemus " , which was primarily a torpedo boat , with ramming a secondary function , the American design was for a pure ram , with no torpedoes carried . " Katahdin " s design was a new departure in naval architecture , built to ride extremely low in the water with her bow awash while under way . Her hull embodied several new features later used in early submarine s . An order was placed for construction of a prototype armored ram in 1889 . Her keel was laid down by the Bath Iron Works of Bath , Maine in July 1891 . She was launched on 4 February , 1893 , sponsored by Miss Una Soley , daughter of James R . Soley , the Assistant Secretary of the Navy , and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 20 February 1897 with Commander Richard P . Leary in command . Service history . Although " Katahdin " s engines were more powerful than specified , " Katahdin " failed to reach the contracted speed of , requiring the passing of special legislation to allow her to be accepted by the Navy . Conditions aboard the ship were extremely uncormfortable , as it was cramped and had very poor ventilation , leading to almost intolerable temperatures being recorded . " Katahdin " departed New York Harbor 4 March 1897 , the day of President William McKinley ' s first inauguration , and sailed to Norfolk , Virginia , before decommissioning at Philadelphia Naval Yard on 17 April . A year later , with the Navy preparing for an impending war with Spain , she recommissioned there 10 March 1898 . She was attached to the North Atlantic Squadron and operated along the Atlantic Coast from New England to Norfolk protecting the nation ' s seaboard cities from possible attack . After decisive American naval victories at Manila Bay and Santiago Harbor eliminated this threat , the ram decommissioned for the last time at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 8 October . " Katahdin " was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 9 July 1909 and designated " Ballistic Experimental Target ' A ' " . " Katahdin " was sunk by gunfire at Rappahannock Spit , Virginia , that September .
9th Infantry Brigade ( United Kingdom ) History . The Brigade together with 8th Infantry Brigade and 185th Infantry Brigade formed the 3rd Infantry Division ( United Kingdom ) and participated in the ill - fated British Expeditionary Force , which evacuated from Dunkirk early in World War II . After the evacuation , the Brigade spent four years training in the UK , in preparation for an eventual assault landing in Europe . The Third Division was the first British division to land at Sword Beach on D - Day and fought through the Battle of Normandy , the Netherlands and later the invasion of Germany . During the often intense fighting from Sword Beach to Bremen , the Division suffered 2 , 586 killed . Sword Beach . Sword Beach was the codename of one of the five main landing beaches in " Operation Neptune " , the initial assault phase of " Operation Overlord " , the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 . Stretching from Ouistreham to Saint - Aubin - sur - Mer it was the furthest east of the landing points and around from Caen . The landing site was divided into four zones - Oboe , Peter , Queen and Roger ( west - east ) . The German defences consisted of beach obstacles , anti - tank ditches , mines , machineguns and mortars at the beaches and across the River Orne at Merville there were heavy guns . The defending troops belonged to the German 716th Static Infantry Division and could call on the support of the nearby 21st Panzer division . The landing forces were the British I Corps , comprising British 3rd Infantry Division and the 27th Armoured Brigade . As well as being the furthest east of the landing beaches , Sword Beach was also the smallest , only wide enough for a brigade - sized landing force . 3rd British Division had the task of getting enough troops ashore to push inland quickly and seize Caen , and link up with 6th Airborne Division . Sword Beach experienced the only counter - attack by the Germans on June 6 . British troops had been unable to link up with the Canadians on Juno Beach , as had been planned and they were attacked by the German 21st Panzer Division , who were veterans of the Western Desert Campaign . The 192nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment had reached Sword Beach by 2000 hours but were subject to aerial attacks and were destroyed by the R . A . F and the tanks of the 27th Armoured Brigade which had landed on Sword . By the end of the day , 29 , 000 men had been landed at Sword with 630 casualties . Allied forces had advanced about four miles inland , the situation was stable and a link up with the Canadians on Juno had been established . However the major objective of Caen which was to have been captured on D Day still evaded them . The Brigade went on to fight at Bourguebus Ridge , Mont Pincon , the Nederrijn , the Rhineland , and across the Rhine River .
Peter Tomich Petar Herceg ' Tonić ' ( Anglicized as Peter Tomich ) ( June 3 , 1893 – December 7 , 1941 ) was a United States Navy sailor who received the United States military ' s highest award , the Medal of Honor , for his actions in World War II . Biography . Tomich was an ethnic Croat of Bosnia and Herzegovina born as Petar Herceg , with family nickname ' Tonić ' , in Prolog near Ljubuški , Austria - Hungary , today Bosnia and Herzegovina . He immigrated to the United States in 1913 , and joined the US Army in 1917 . World War I . Tomich served in the US Army during World War I , and enlisting in the US Navy in 1919 , where he initially served on the destroyer . World War II . By 1941 , he had become a chief watertender on board the training and target ship . On December 7 , 1941 , while the ship lay in Pearl Harbor , moored off Ford Island , she was torpedoed during Japan ' s raid on Pearl Harbor . Tomich was on duty in a boiler room . As " Utah " began to capsize , he remained below , securing the boilers and making certain that other men escaped , and so lost his life . For his " distinguished conduct and extraordinary courage " at that time , he posthumously received the Medal of Honor . His Medal of Honor was on display at the Navy ' s Senior Enlisted Academy ( Tomich Hall ) . Later , the decoration was presented to Tomich ' s family on the aircraft carrier in the southern Adriatic city of Split in Croatia , on 18 May 2006 , sixty - four years after US President Franklin D . Roosevelt awarded it to him . Namesake . The destroyer escort , 1943 – 1974 , was named in honor of Chief Watertender Tomich . The United States Navy Senior Enlisted Academy in Newport , RI is named Tomich Hall in honor of Chief Watertender Tomich . The Steam Propulsion Training Facility at Service School Command Great Lakes is named in honor of Chief Watertender Tomich .
Nobori History of use . The " nobori " were significant on the battlefields of feudal Japan . The " nobori " of the time were used to denote units within an army ; " nobori " became much more common in the Sengoku period , in use alongside the earlier " hata - jirushi " . Though usually used to represent different divisions within an army , " nobori " were sometimes made identical , so as to produce an impressive and intimidating display of warrior flags . Today nobori are a common sight outside businesses , restaurants , and retail stores where they advertise a sale , a new product , and simply the name of the business . They are used during festivals and sports events ; in sports they take the place of the banners and signs common among Western audiences . They are also used to make commercial announcements , appeal for something , and identify a political party during an election campaign . The may also line the walkways or fences or walls of Shinto shrines or Buddhist temples and frequently bear the names of donors or deceased parishioners .
Second Battle of Kirpen Island The Second Battle of Kirpen Island , or the Second Battle of Kefken Island , was a small naval battle fought during the Black Sea campaign of World War I . On November 29 , 1915 the German U - boat SM " U - 13 " was shadowing five Russia n merchant ships when she ran aground off the mouth of the Sakarya River . Admiral Wilhelm Souchon , the German commander of the Ottoman Navy sent two gunboat s to proceed to the wreck . During the following cruise , the three Russian Derzky class destroyers " Derzky " , " Gnevny " and " Bespokoiny " encountered the gunboats " Taşköprü " and " Yozgat " . In the following combat the Russian gunners fired accurately and quickly sank both of the gunboats off Kirpen Island on December 10 , 1915 . Order of Battle . Ottoman Navy : Russian Navy :
1999 Grozny refugee convoy shooting The Grozny safe corridor shooting incident happened on December 3 , 1999 , when about 40 people fleeing the besieged Chechen [ [ Capital capital Grozny were allegedly killed by [ [ Russia ] ] n policemen . According to accounts from survivors , a refugee convoy consisting of about 50 people in seven or eight [ [ Automobile | passenger car ] ] s and one [ [ bus ] ] marked with [ [ white flag ] ] s , was heading towards the border with the Russian republic of Ingushetia , when they approached a federal [ [ roadblock ] ] near the village of [ [ Goity ] ] . One survivor described masked [ [ OMON ] ] troops opening fire with [ [ automatic rifle ] ] s from their position in the nearby forest without warning . The bus exploded as bullets pierced its gas tank . After the shooting , Russian soldiers gave first aid and [ [ painkiller ] ] s to the handful of survivors and brought them to the hospital in [ [ Sleptsovskaya ] ] , Ingushetia , where they were interviewed by journalists . The incident happened just a few miles from a major battle at the crossroads of Urus - Martan , which sits astride a road that Chechen militants were using as a supply line . Another battle was under way not far from there , in the town of [ [ Alkhan - Kale ] ] . The [ [ Russian Ministry of Defence ] ] stated that the media reports of this incident were [ [ disinformation ] ] . Officials were quoted as saying that 30 vehicles were destroyed on roads leading out of Grozny , but that all the cars contained rebels , not civilians . They also said that they had opened a safe passage out of Grozny for the thousands of civilians . A similar incident involving refugees fleeing Grozny was reported in August 1996 during the [ [ First Chechen War ] ] . External links . [ [ Category : Mass murder in 1999 ] ] [ [ Category : Conflicts in 1999 ] ] [ [ Category : Spree shootings ] ] [ [ Category : 1999 in Russia ] ] [ [ Category : History of Grozny ] ] [ [ Category : Massacres in Russia ] ] [ [ Category : Mass murder in Russia ] ]
Siegfried Haß Siegfried Haß ( 7 June 1898 – 14 December 1987 ) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Siegfried Haß was captured by British troops in May 1945 and was held until July 1947 .
William d ' Alton Mann William d ' Alton Mann ( September 27 , 1839 – May 17 , 1920 ) was an American Civil War soldier , businessman , and newspaper and magazine publisher . Born in Sandusky , Ohio , he fought at Gettysburg under George Armstrong Custer , developed the Mann Boudoir Car , a railroad sleeping car , and published the " Mobile Register " , " The Smart Set " , and " Town Topics " . The credibility of the latter was undermined by Mann ' s tacit admission in civil court to allowing robber baron s to purchase immunity from coverage in the paper . During the Civil War , Mann enlisted in the 1st Michigan Cavalry and was elected as a captain . He later became the lieutenant colonel of the 5th Michigan Cavalry . Then , in the late summer of 1862 , he raised and organized the 7th Michigan Cavalry and was promoted to its colonel on February 9 , 1863 . Following the war , he was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States . The Swiss - born American artist Adolfo Müller - Ury ( 1862 – 1947 ) began a portrait of Mann in the middle of October 1902 . When finished , " Town Topics " , November 27 , 1902 , commented favourably on the portrait of its proprietor : ‘ . . . Mr . Ury ’ s friends will be pleased to note that his work has broadened a great deal in recent months . His portrait of Colonel Mann , particularly , is rendered with considerable freedom and vigor , and in this respect is the best work that the artist has produced . The portrait is fair in color , a good likeness — although the mouth is perhaps unnecessarily severe — and the downy quality of the white hair and beard is especially well painted . . . ’ It was exhibited at the Noe Art Galleries , 368 Fifth Avenue , New York , January 5 – 19 , 1903 . The picture was inherited by Mann ' s daughter , Emma , but is now lost .
USS Shearwater ( 1887 ) USS " Shearwater " ( 1887 ) was a schooner acquired by the United States Navy in 1889 . She served the Navy until 1898 , when she was loaned to Pennsylvania as a training ship . She remained in service in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , until struck and sold in 1908 . Construction . The first ship so named by the Navy , " Shearwater " , a steel schooner - rigged yacht , was built in 1887 by Hawthorne and Company at Leith , Scotland , and purchased by the Navy on 9 May 1889 from H . R . Wolcott . Service history . Training ship . Loaned to the Pennsylvania Naval Militia on 31 December 1898 , she served as a training ship at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Fate . " Shearwater " was struck from the Navy list on 24 April 1908 . She was sold in the Fall of 1908 to Mr . Samuel B . Wilson and delivered to him at the Philadelphia Navy Yard . References .
RAPTOR Reconnaissance Airborne Pod Tornado ( RAPTOR ) is a reconnaissance pod used by the Royal Air Force on its fleet of Tornado GR . 4A and GR . 4 aircraft . RAPTOR is manufactured by the Goodrich Corporation . The RAPTOR contains a DB - 110 reconnaissance sensor , an imagery data recording system and an air - to - ground data link system . The sensor is electro - optical and infrared , allowing day or night missions . The data link allows imagery to be exploited almost instantly . No . II ( AC ) Sqn and 13 Sqn are the RAF ' s two specialist Tornado reconnaissance units , but with the RAPTOR pod any GR4 squadron can undertake reconnaissance missions . The RAF has procured eight RAPTOR units and two ground stations . RAPTOR achieved its operational debut during Operation Telic , the UK contribution to the 2003 Iraq War .
Hangthwaite Hangthwaite Castle was an earthwork motte and bailey castle founded by Nigel Fozzard . It stood in the 11th century and is situated just north of Scawthorpe , Doncaster , South Yorkshire , England . In the 13th century , a fortified house called Radcliffe Moat ( ) replaced Hangthwaite Castle as a local fortification . Nowadays , only the motte and the ditches remain . Encased by the wide wet ditch , the motte defends a bean - shaped eastern bailey and a small north - western mound , which is possibly a barbican . It is known locally as Castle Hills , with a school , just a few hundred yards away bearing the name Castle Hills Primary School .
Bermudo III of León Bermudo III ( 1017 – 4 September 1037 ) , king of León ( 1028 – 4 September 1037 ) , son of Alfonso V of León by his first wife Elvira Mendes , was the last scion of Peter of Cantabria to rule in the Leonese kingdom . He was called " Emperor in Galicia " in 1025 . In 1029 , Count García Sánchez of Castile was about to be married to Sancha of León , the elder sister of Bermudo , an arrangement apparently sanctioned by the king of Navarre , when the count was murdered in the city of León . Sancho III of Navarre then claimed the county of Castile in his wife ' s name and installed in it their son , Ferdinand , as the new count of Castile . The Navarrese king ' s policy turned to pure aggrandisement — sometimes ostensibly on behalf of his son and at other times simply on his own behalf . He seized the ( linguistic ) borderlands between the Cea and the Pisuerga rivers , right above León capital , long a bone of contention between León and Castile . After he had forced the marriage between Fernando and Sancha in 1032 , those lands went to Castile as part of her also forced dowry . In 1034 , he wrested the city of León itself from Bermudo , who retreated into Galicia . By the time Sancho died in 1035 , the " meseta " north of the Duero was dominated by the Pyrenean pocket kingdom of Navarre . However , for all of Sancho ' s diplomatic and military skill , one cannot help but think that such a situation was essentially the fortuitous result of having youthful opponents . Certainly the brute facts of geography and demography militated against its continuance . After his death , Bermudo III was immediately received back into León and soon began a campaign to recover from Castile and his brother - in - law the disputed territory between the Cea and Pisuerga . But Ferdinand defeated and personally killed Bermudo III at the Battle of Tamarón on September 4 , 1037 . Autopsy of his remains shows that he may have suffered death from infantry spears or pikes , after falling from his horse . Since the latter died without an heir , the kingdom of León now recognized Sancha and her husband as its rulers , and Ferdinand was anointed king in the royal city on June 22 , 1038 . The dynasty of Navarre had triumphed perhaps , but the united realm of León and Castile with its rimlands of Asturias and Galicia , had become the political center of the north Iberian Christian society . Marriage . By his wife Jimena , daughter of Sancho III of Navarre , Bermudo had one child , a son named Alfonso , who was born and died in 1030 .
Meges In Greek mythology , Mégês Phyleïdês ( Greek : Μέγης Φυλεΐδης ) was a son of Phyleus ; his mother ' s name is variously given as either Eustyoche , Ctimene , Timandra , Hagnete , or Ctesimache . He was one of Helen ' s suitors and commanded the armies of the Echinadians and the Dulichians during the Trojan War , having summoned forty or sixty ships ; he also led a contingent of Epeans who had once migrated to Dulichium together with his father . Meges was credited with killing a number of opponents , including Pedaeus ( a son of Antenor ) , Croesmus , Amphiclus , Itymoneus , Agelaus , Eurymenes , and Deiopites . Dolops attempted to strike him with a spear but the corselet Meges was wearing , a gift for his father from Euphetes of Ephyra , saved his life . Meges helped Odysseus to collect gifts for Achilles . He was one of the men to enter the Trojan Horse . According to Dictys Cretensis , Meges fell at Troy . Pausanias mentions a painting of him wounded in the arm by a Trojan , Admetes the son of Augeas . Tzetzes relates that Meges , along with Prothous and a number of others , perished at Euboea .
USS Carroll ( DE - 171 ) USS " Carroll " ( DE - 171 ) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . She served in the Atlantic Ocean and then the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys . She was launched on 21 June 1943 by Norfolk Navy Yard ; sponsored by Mrs . H . F . Carroll , Sr . ; commissioned on 24 October 1943 , Lieutenant Commander F . W . Kuhn in command ; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet . World War II North Atlantic operations . " Carroll " was assigned to convoy escort duty , with its heavy demands for vigilance , ability to steam in all weather , and optimum readiness for duty at all times . Between 1 January 1944 and 9 May 1945 , she made eight voyages between Norfolk , Virginia , and Gibraltar , Casablanca , Bizerte , and Algeria , guarding the men and supplies destined to carry the war through southern Europe . Between convovs , " Carroll " received necessary attention at east coast shipyards , and sharpened her training with exercises in Casco Bay . World War II Pacific Theatre operations . With the coming to the European theater of the victory in which she had played a significant part , " Carroll " was reassigned to the Pacific Fleet , to which she reported at Cristobal , Canal Zone , on 9 June 1945 . She sailed to San Diego , California , and Pearl Harbor for exercises through 15 July , when she sailed for Eniwetok , Saipan , and Ulithi , arriving on 17 August . Until 3 November 1945 , " Carroll " patrolled the smaller islands of the Palau group searching for by - passed Japanese garrisons and prisoners of war . On 6 October , the surrender of Sonsorol , Fanna , Merir , and Tobi Islands was signed on her decks . She then furnished supplies , and supervised the evacuation of the islands by the Japanese . Post - War decommissioning . She was homeward bound on 3 November , and arrived at Jacksonville , Florida , on 14 December . Here she was decommissioned and placed in reserve on 19 June 1946 . She was struck from the Navy List on 1 August 1965 , sold on 29 December 1966 and scrapped .
William Byrd III William Byrd III ( September 6 , 1728 – January 1 or January 2 , 1777 ) was the son of William Byrd II and the grandson of William Byrd I . He inherited his family ' s estate of approximately 179 , 000 acres of land in Virginia and continued their planter prestige as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses . He chose to fight in the French and Indian War rather than spend much time in Richmond . In 1756 he was colonel of the Second Virginia Regiment . William Byrd III had a reputation as a notorious gambler . He initiated what was said to have been the first major horse race in the New World , involving other planters Samuel Ogle , John Tayloe II , Francis Thornton , and Benjamin Tasker , Jr . Byrd III eventually fathered five children by his first wife ( Eliza Carter , m . 1748 , d . 1760 ) , moved to Annapolis , and fathered ten more by his second wife , Mary Willing , daughter of Charles Willing of Philadelphia . After he squandered the Byrd fortune building his magnificent mansion at Westover , gambling , and making bad investments , Byrd III parceled up much of of land he had inherited from his father and sold it off to raise money to pay his debts . He also sold the enslaved African laborers who had worked on his estate . Although his sale of land and slaves generated a huge sum it still was not enough to pay off his creditors . Later , Byrd resorted to a lottery , the prizes of which would come from his estate at the falls of the James , however the lottery failed to generate sufficient revenue . Despondent and broke , Byrd III committed suicide on January 1 or 2 , 1777 . He was buried in the cemetery at the old Westover Church . The 10 children of his second marriage ( to Mary Willing ) were : Maria Horsmanden Byrd , Evelyn Taylor Byrd , Charles Willing Byrd ( died as child ) , Abby Byrd , Anne Willing Byrd , William Boyd Byrd , Charles Willing Byrd , Dorothy Byrd ( died as child ) , Jane Byrd and Richard Willing Byrd .