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USS Eugene ( PF - 40 ) USS " Eugene " ( PF - 40 ) , a , originally classified as PG - 148 , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Eugene , Oregon . Service history . " Eugene " ( PF - 40 ) was launched at the Consolidated Steel Corporation shipyard in Wilmington , California , on 6 July 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . Frank D . Cross ; and commissioned on 15 January 1944 , with Commander C . R . MacLean , USCG , in command . Following her shakedown cruise , " Eugene " , who was manned by a Coast Guard crew , stood out of San Francisco , California , en route to the southwestern Pacific . Arriving off the coast of Australia in late June 1944 , she engaged in anti - submarine patrol off New Guinea and the Philippines , transported personnel , bombarded the shore at Soepiori Island , but principally escorted convoys among the islands of the area . In December 1944 , she returned to the United States for overhaul . She returned briefly to convoy duty until 25 May 1945 , when she was converted to a weather ship , and performed this duty until arriving at Charleston , South Carolina , for decommissioning on 12 June 1946 . " Eugene " was stricken from the Navy List on 19 July 1946 . " Eugene " was transferred to Cuba in 1947 and renamed " José Martí " ( F 301 ) . She was scrapped in 1976 . Awards . " Eugene " received two battle star s for World War II service .
Siege of Cuartel de Loyola The Siege of Cuartel de Loyola was a siege and uprising in San Sebastián , Spain , on 21 July 1936 , at the start of the Spanish Civil War . A group of soldiers attempted to form a coup against the Second Spanish Republic . Background . In the Basque province of Álava , the city of Vitoria was easily seized by the rebels led by the general Angel García Benitez and the Colonel Camilo Alonso Vega , but the rising failed in the Biscay and Guipuzcoa provinces . The Basque nationalists supported the government , established " Juntas de defensa " in all the cities and towns , arrested right - wing personalities and requisitioned their motor - cars . In Bilbao , there was no military rising , but in San Sebastián there was a failed rising . The rising in San Sebastian . On July 19 , the military governor of San Sebastian , Colonel Carrasco , was arrested , but the commander of the Loyola ' s Barracks , Colonel Villaespin , encouraged by Emilio Mola , decided to start the rising against the government . Villaespin pointed his cannons at the civil government , and the staff inside fled . Carrasco escaped from his captors and declared a state of war . Carrasco established himself with right - wing supporters in the Maria Cristina Hotel , and the Civil Guard in the city supported the rising and seized the Gran Casino . Nevertheless , on July 20 a column from Eibar , led by Colonel Pérez Garmendia , came to the city and surrounded the buildings held by the rebels . On July 23 , the Republican forces occupied the Maria Cristina Hotel , and on July 27 the rebels in the Loyola ' s Barrack surrendered to the besieging forces . Aftermath . Anarchists seized the weapons inside the barracks and shot some right - wing prisoners , worsening their relations with the Basque nationalists . The Nationalists occupied San Sebastián on September 14 .
Al - Kahf Castle Al - Kahf Castle or Castle of the Cave ( ) is a medieval Ismaili castle located around southeast of Margat , in the al - Ansariyah mountains in northwest Syria . History . The castle was built around 1120 by Saif al - Mulk ibn Amrun , and was sold to the Ismailis 1138 by his son Musa . Rashid ad - Din Sinan , the leader of the Ismaili sect in Syria , used this castle initially as his base and hermitage . Sinan eventually died and was buried there in 1193 . In 1197 the Regent of Jerusalem , Henry II , Count of Champagne , visited the castle to secure an alliance with Sinan ' s successor . The castle was the last Ismaili stronghold in Syria to surrender to the Mamluks . Sultan Baibars finally captured it in 1273 , and it remained in use until Ottoman times , when it served at times as a prison for important personages . The castle was finally destroyed in 1816 by Mustafa Agha Barbar , the Ottoman governor of Tripoli . Overview . The castle sits on a ridge between two gorge s . The only entrance to the castle runs along a narrow path halfway down the steep northern slope . The general direction of the castle is east - west , running along the spur of rock on which it was built . The castle is divided into three , or possibly four , main sections . At the west end lies a long flat section . The section is clear of any buildings , except the outer walls and a bastion at the end . From the outer bailey the ground rises up towards the central citadel and fortifications . These buildings probably contained living quarters , storerooms and the water storage area with seven cisterns .
James E . Cantrill James Edwards Cantrill ( June 20 , 1839 – April 5 , 1908 ) was born in Bourbon County , Kentucky . He served as a Captain in the Confederate States Army Cavalry as a portion of Morgan ' s Men . He was elected the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky serving from 1879 - 1883 . During his time as Lieutenant Governor , Jesse James robbed a stagecoach in Cave City , Kentucky , stealing a gold watch from Judge R . H . Roundtree , and a diamond ring from his daughter . Cantrill offered a reward of $ 1 , 500 for the arrest and conviction of the robbers . This reward was never collected for the proper criminal , as James was shot by a member of his own gang , but his guilt was shown by the possession of Judge Roundtree ' s gold watch . Cantrill was married to Mary Cecil . Cantrill died in 1908 at Georgetown , Kentucky . He and his wife are buried at Georgetown Cemetery in Georgetown , Kentucky .
Alfred J . Whittle , Jr . Alfred James Whittle , Jr . ( February 23 , 1924 – May 18 , 1993 ) was an admiral in the United States Navy . Whittle graduated from the United States Naval Academy in June 1945 . His first assignment was on . Transitioning to submarines , he commanded , and . He was Chief of Naval Material from 1978 to 1981 . Awards and decorations he received include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal , Legion of Merit and Meritorious Service Medal . He died of cancer in 1993 .
HMS Prince of Wales ( 1794 ) HMS " Prince of Wales " was a 98 - gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 28 June 1794 at Portsmouth . In the spring of 1795 , she served as the flagship of Admiral Henry Harvey who commanded a squadron in the North Sea and later participated in the Battle of Groix in 1795 . " Prince of Wales " served as the flagship of Admiral Robert Calder at the Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1805 . She was not present at Trafalgar . In consequence of the strong feeling against him for his conduct at Cape Finisterre , Calder had demanded a court - martial . Nelson was ordered to send Calder home , and allowed him to return in his own flagship , even though battle was imminent . Calder left in early October 1805 , missing the battle . " Prince of Wales " was broken up in December 1822 .
Carvilius Carvilius was one of the four kings of Kent during Caesar ' s second expedition to Britain in 54 BC , alongside Cingetorix , Segovax and Taximagulus . The four were allies of the British leader Cassivellaunus , and attacked the Roman naval camp in an attempt to relieve him when he was besieged by Caesar in his stronghold north of the Thames . However the attack failed and Cassivellaunus was forced to seek terms .
Greek torpedo boat Kydoniai The Greek torpedo boat Kydoniai ( ) served in the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1920 – 1941 . Originally the ship was the Austro - Hungarian " Fiume " - class torpedo boat SMS Tb 100 - M . She was named for the ancient Greek city of Kydoniai ( today known as Ayvalik ) located in Anatolia ; the city was part of the territory awarded to Greece for joining the side of the allied in the Treaty of Sèvres at the end of World War I . The ship , along with two sister ships of Monfalcone - built torpedo boats " Kios " and " Kyzikos " was transferred to Greece as a war reparation from the Central Powers in 1920 . Service in the Austro - Hungarian Navy . In the build - up to the First World War , Austria - Hungary ordered four 250 – tonne boats to be built at the Ganz & Co . – Danubius shipyard in 1912 / 13 . The Navy asked for several improvements compared with the Trieste – class boats . Negotiations broke down in early December because of exaggerated prices requested by Danubius and were only resumed when pressured by the Hungarian Minister of Commerce . Danubius lowered its price by 10 % . Finally Ganz & Co . – Danubius got orders for 16 torpedoboats in 1913 , despite the fact that original plans had called for the Naval Arsenal Pola to build the Tb 86 to Tb 100 series . These ‘ Monfalcone – boats ’ were commissioned under the numbers Tb 98 M to Tb 100 M between March , 1915 and March , 1916 . They differed from their Trieste sister – ships having two funnels and an extended forecastle . They were very similar to the Fiume - built ships of the same series . Service in the Hellenic Navy . " Kydoniai " served in the Hellenic Navy from 1920 until she was sunk during the German invasion of Greece on April 26 , 1941 . She was at sea south of Peloponnesos when she was hit by German aircraft and was sunk .
German submarine U - 235 German submarine " U - 235 " was a Type VIIC U - boat of the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " during World War II . The submarine was laid down on 25 February 1942 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as ' werk ' 665 , launched on 4 November and commissioned on 19 December under the command of " Oberleutnant " Goske von Möllendorf . After training with the 5th U - boat Flotilla at Kiel , " U - 235 " was transferred to the 22nd flotilla on 29 October 1943 , following her sinking in May by US bombs in Kiel . She had been raised , repaired and returned to service . She was re - assigned to the 31st U - boat Flotilla on 2 April 1945 , less than two weeks before her second sinking . " U - 235 " was sunk in error in April 1945 in the Kattegat by a German torpedo boat . Loss . " U - 235 " was heading to Norway with " U - 1272 " when they encountered a small German convoy accompanied by the torpedo boat " T - 17 " . All vessels had not been warned of the others ' presence . But the convoy had been warned that a British submarine was in the area . " U - 1272 " dived deep and out of trouble , but " U - 235 " surfaced , possibly to identify herself and then as if changing her mind , also dived . " T - 17 " attacked , dropping depth charge s . Any celebration on " T - 17 " was abruptly stilled when amongst the wreckage appearing were bodies in " Kriegsmarine " uniform . Forty - six men died ; there were no survivors .
Kosmos 903 Kosmos 903 ( meaning " Cosmos 903 " ) was a Soviet US - K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1977 as part of the Soviet military ' s Oko programme . The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . Kosmos 903 was launched from Site 43 / 3 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR . A Molniya - M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch , which took place at 01 : 38 UTC on 11 April 1977 . The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 1977 - 027A . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 9911 . Podvig says that it self - destructed .
75 mm Gun M1916 The M1916 75 - mm Gun was a U . S . Army field artillery piece used during , and after World War I . It was used as an antiaircraft gun as well as a field piece . History . The gun carriage was originally the 3 - inch model of 1913 which was later called the 3 - inch M1916 . The gun was modified to 75 - mm permitting interchangeability of ammunition with the French guns . its unique recoil system , called the St . Chamond type , consisted of an oil cylinder on top of the barrel , and two spring cylinders underneath . the gun remained in army inventory as late as 1942 . Support vehicles . A battery of 75 - mm guns is accompanied by the following -
German submarine U - 529 German submarine " U - 529 " was a Type IXC / 40 U - boat of the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " , built for service during World War II . The submarine was laid down on 26 November 1941 at the Deutsche Werft yard in Hamburg as ' werk ' 344 , launched on 15 July 1942 , and commissioned on 30 September 1942 under the command of " Kapitänleutnant " Georg - Werner Fraatz . After training with the 4th U - boat Flotilla , " U - 529 " was transferred to the 10th flotilla for front - line service on 1 February 1943 . Service history . " U - 529 " sailed from Kiel on her first and only war patrol on 30 January 1943 . The U - boat was sunk with all hands on 15 February 1943 in the North Atlantic , in position , by depth charges from a British Consolidated Liberator aircraft from No . 201 Squadron RAF . She was originally listed as missing , assumed lost at sea , as the Liberator attack of 15 February was believed to have sunk .
USS LST - 567 USS " LST - 567 " was a United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1946 . Construction and commissioning . " LST - 567 " was laid down on 20 March 1944 at Evansville , Indiana , by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company . She was launched on 15 May 1944 , sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Funkey , and commissioned on 1 June 1944 . Service history . During World War II , " LST - 567 " was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations . She took part in the Philippines campaign , participating in the landings on Leyte in October and November 1944 and the landings at Lingayen Gulf in January 1945 . She then took part in the invasion and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in June 1945 . Following the war , " LST - 567 " performed occupation duty in the Far East until early January 1946 , when she departed for the United States . Decommissioning and disposal . After returning to the United States , " LST - 567 " was decommissioned on 28 January 1946 and stricken from the Navy List on 31 October 1947 . She was sold for scrapping on 24 May 1948 to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation of Bethlehem , Pennsylvania . Honors and awards . " LST - 567 " earned three battle star s for her World War II service .
Allen L . Seaman Allen Lang Seaman was born on 21 December 1916 at New Haven , Connecticut , and educated at Duke University . He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 15 August 1938 and was ordered to Naval Air Station Pensacola as an Aviation Cadet five months later . Designated a Naval Aviator on 19 October 1939 , he was commissioned Ensign in the Naval Reserve on 24 November . After service in several patrol squadrons , he was assigned to a bomber squadron in May 1943 . He flew many missions including long range reconnaissance and bombing missions in support of major task force strikes in October 1943 against Wake Island , for which he was awarded the Air Medal , and missions in support of the Allied thrust toward Hollandia , New Guinea , in April 1944 , for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross . Appointed Lieutenant Commander on 15 April 1944 , Seaman was declared missing in action on 1 May 1944 after inflicting substantial damage on enemy land and sea forces in the New Guinea area despite damage to his own aircraft . For that action and for his judgment and skill in crash landing his plane in such a manner as to save several members of his crew , he was awarded the Navy Cross . Declared dead as of 1 May 1944 , he was also awarded , posthumously , a Gold Star in lieu of a second Navy Cross for the skill , leadership , and courage he consistently showed in pressing home , with great accuracy , low level strikes against enemy installations and shipping in the New Guinea area from November 1943 to March 1944 . Namesake . In 1946 , the destroyer " Seaman " ( DD - 791 ) was named in his honor .
Marine Raider Museum The Marine Raider Museum is located at Raider Hall , 24191 Gilbert Road , Camp Barrett , Marine Corps Base Quantico , Quantico , Virginia ( lat 38 . 497713 , lon - 77 . 437157 ) . It contains exhibits related to Marine Raiders . It was originally located in Richmond , Virginia , but was moved to its current location in 2005 . In 1997 , the museum won the prestigious Colonel John H . Magruder III Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation .
CSS Colonel Lovell CSS " Colonel Lovell " was a cotton - clad ram of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War Service history . The ship was built in Cincinnati , Ohio , in 1843 , as " Hercules " , and was owned by the Ocean Towing Co . of New Orleans . She was taken over in 1861 by General Mansfield Lovell , commanding the New Orleans military district , and converted to a cottonclad ram by installation of double pine bulwark s filled with compressed cotton and one - inch iron plates on each bow . She operated under the direction of the Confederate War Department and was attached to the Mississippi River Defense Fleet , commanded by Commodore J . E . Montgomery , a former river steamboat captain . Battle of Plum Point Bend . On 10 May 1862 , while operating off Fort Pillow , Tennessee , in defense of the river approaches to Memphis , " Colonel Lovell " , in company with seven of Montgomery ' s vessels , attacked the ironclad gunboats of the Federal Mississippi Flotilla . The action of Plum Point Bend which followed witnessed successful ramming tactics by the Confederates , though each of their vessels mounted at least four 8 - inch guns . The Federal gunboats and were run on the banks in sinking condition . Later , Montgomery ' s force held off the Federal rams and gunboats until Fort Pillow was successfully evacuated on 1 June , and the Confederate rams fell back on Memphis to take on coal . Battle of Memphis . Following the Federal capture of Fort Pillow Flag Officer Charles Henry Davis , USN , commanding the Mississippi Flotilla , pressed on without delay and appeared off Memphis with superior force on 6 June 1862 . Included in his force were two of the Federal Army ' s rams , commanded by Colonel Charles Ellet , Jr . Montgomery , unwilling to retreat to Vicksburg because of his shortage of fuel and unwilling to destroy his boats , determined to fight against heavy odds . In the engagement that followed , one of " Colonel Lovell " s engines malfunctioned and she became unmanageable . She was then rammed amidships by , and immediately struck again by , both of the Ellett fleet . " Colonel Lovell " sank in deep water in the middle of the river . Capt . J . C . Delancy and a number of his crew were able to swim ashore .
Elkanah Greer Elkanah Brackin ( or Bracken ) Greer ( October 11 , 1825 – March 25 , 1877 ) was an antebellum cotton planter , merchant , and then a general in the Confederate States Army who served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War . Biography . Greer was born in Paris , Tennessee . He moved to Mississippi as a young man and took part in the Mexican War as a member of the 1st Mississippi Rifles , whose colonel was future Confederate President Jefferson Davis . He participated in the battles of Monterrey and Buena Vista . In 1848 , Greer moved to Marshall , Texas , where he established himself as a planter and merchant , and for a time was a partner in a law firm . Three years later , he returned to Tennessee to marry a local girl named Anna Holcombe ( whose famous sister Lucy Petway Holcombe married Francis Wilkinson Pickens , and became known during the Civil War as the " Queen of the Confederacy " ) . Elkanah and Anna had five children . He became the grand commander of the secretive Knights of the Golden Circle organization in 1859 . With the secession of Texas , Greer enlisted in the army and was commissioned as the first colonel of the newly formed the South Kansas - Texas Cavalry ( later known as the 3rd Texas Cavalry ) in July 1861 . After training and equipping his men , he led the regiment into combat at the battles of Wilson ' s Creek and Elkhorn Tavern in Arkansas . During the latter engagement , Greer was slightly wounded in the arm . In October 1862 , he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and appointed as chief of the conscription bureau for the Trans - Mississippi region . Among his many responsibilities was trying to reconcile the laws of the central Confederate government with those of the State of Texas . In 1864 , faced with a growing manpower shortage , the Confederacy formed a Reserve Corps department , and Greer commanded it for a time . After the war , he resumed his civilian career as a planter and merchant . He died during a visit with his sister in DeValls Bluff , Arkansas , on March 25 , 1877 . Greer is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis , Tennessee .
Convoy SL 78 Convoy SL 78 was the 78th of the numbered series of World War II convoys of merchant ships from Sierra Leone to Liverpool . Ships carrying commodities bound to the British Isles from South America , Africa , and the Indian Ocean traveled independently to Freetown to be convoyed for the last leg of their voyage . Twenty - five merchant ships departed Freetown on 18 June 1941 . U - boat s sank eight ships before the convoy reached Liverpool on 12 July .
Steelworker ( United States Navy ) Steelworker ( abbreviated as SW ) is a United States Navy occupational rating . Steelworkers perform tasks directly related to fabrication and erection of pre - engineered structures , including steel reinforcement ; control job site deployment of materials and equipment ; direct and coordinate the composition , training and efforts of crews who fabricate , assemble , erect , position and join structural members and fabricated sections ; maintain individual combat readiness and perform tasks required in combat and disaster preparedness or recovery operations . At the Master Chief Petty Officer level , Steelworker merges with the Builder and Engineering Aide ratings . At this level , they are referred to as a Master Chief Constructionman ( CUCM ) .
USS Mustang ( SP - 36 ) The first USS " Mustang " ( SP - 36 ) was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919 . " Mustang " was a wooden - hulled , gasoline - powered yacht built in 1911 by National Boat and Electric Company at St . Joseph , Michigan . The U . S . Navy purchased " Mustang " from her owner , Henry S . Beardsley of New York City , on 6 July 1917 for World War I service . She was commissioned as USS " Mustang " ( SP - 36 ) on 2 October 1917 with Chief Boatswain A . Daunt , USNRF , in command . Assigned to the 3rd Naval District , " Mustang " operated out of Section Base No . 7 at Whitestone on Long Island , New York , for the remainder of World War I . She patrolled the western reaches of Long Island Sound and the approaches to the East River . At some point following the Armistice that ended the war on 11 November 1918 , " Mustang " was decommissioned . Stricken from the Navy List in June 1919 , she was sold to Allen N . Spooner & Son of New York City on 23 July 1919 .