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INS Trishul ( F43 ) INS " Trishul " ( F43 ) ( Trident ) is the second ship of the of the Indian Navy . Design . " Trishul " belongs to the Talwar class of frigate s . The " Talwar " class guided missile frigates are modified Krivak III class frigates built by Russia . These ships use stealth technologies and a special hull design to ensure a reduced radar cross section . Much of the equipment on the ship is Russian - made , but a significant number of systems of Indian origin have also been incorporated . Service history . In December 2005 , INS " Trishul " collided with a commercial ship , " Ambuja Laxmi " , outside the Mumbai harbour , while returning from a training mission . Radar systems installed by the port authorities and those on board the " Ambuja Laxmi " were unable to detect the INS " Trishul " , and were unable to prevent the side - on collision .
Walter Gericke Walter Gericke ( 23 December 1907 – 19 October 1991 ) , was a German Fallschirmjäger during World War II and Generalmajor of the West German Bundeswehr . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ( ) . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Gericke participated in the Battle of the Netherlands and the Battle of Crete as a Battalion commander of the Fallschirmjäger . He later commanded the Fallschirjäger - Regiment 11 and fought in the defensive battles at Anzio . He joined the newly formed Bundeswehr after the rearmament of West Germany and as a Generalmajor led the 1 . Luftlande - Division from 1962 to 1965 .
SS Bantam ( 1930 ) SS " Bantam " was built by N . V . Machinefabriek & Scheepswerf van P . Smit Jr . of Rotterdam , Netherlands in 1930 of 3322 gross weight and operated by Koninklijke Paketvaart - Maatschappij . " Bantam " , under charter , became a part of the initial United States Army local fleet in Australia , was severely damaged 28 March 1943 in New Guinea and eventually scuttled off Sydney , Australia . Wartime operation . The ship was one of the the original twenty - one vessels that reached Australia chartered by the Chief Quartermaster , U . S . Army Forces in Australia ( USAFIA ) on 26 March 1942 with long term details to be negotiated at higher levels . The eventual decision , involving governments in London , Washington and the Combined Chiefs of Staff , was that the charters through the Dutch government would be handled by the British Ministry of War Transport ( BMWT ) for the U . S . Army . The complex arrangement was a " bareboat charter to BMWT and through the War Shipping Administration ( WSA ) the ships were assigned by WSA to the Army but ' not , repeat not , on bareboat but on gross basis , ' though under ' full control ' of the Army . " In early March 1943 almost half the permanent local fleet was composed of the refugee KPM vessels operated by their company crews . " Bantam " was operating as part of Operation Lilliput . On 28 March 1943 , nine Imperial Japanese Val dive bombers attacked Oro Bay , New Guinea while " SS Bantam " was alongside a liberty wharf unloading . A total of seven bombs fell on or near " SS Bantam " . The forward of the bridge , No . 3 hold and engine room scored direct bomb hits , while two bombs that hit the liberty wharf tore a hole in the ship ’ s side on the waterline and began taking water rapidly . The ship caught fire as well as the liberty wharf which was burning out of control . The two pontoons of the wharf sank . The Bantam was sinking and it was decided to beach her and a couple of large motor boats assisted in pulling the ship away from the wharf . went alongside and began to fight the fires . " SS Bantam " was beached at the head of Oro Bay . The wreck was raised and towed to Sydney , where she was scuttled 36 miles off Sydney on 24 September 1946 , after being filled with unwanted chemical warfare agents ( CWA ) .
George McKenzie Samson George McKenzie Samson VC ( 7 January 1889 – 28 February 1923 ) was a Scottish 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 . Samson was from Carnoustie in Angus , 26 years old , and a seaman in the Royal Naval Reserve during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 25 April 1915 during the landing at V Beach , Cape Helles , Gallipoli , Turkey , Seaman Samson , with three other men ( George Leslie Drewry , Wilfred St . Aubyn Malleson , and William Charles Williams ) was assisting the commander ( Edward Unwin ) of their ship HMS " River Clyde " , at the work of securing the lighters . He worked all day under very heavy fire , attending wounded and getting out lines . He was eventually dangerously wounded by Maxim fire . He later achieved the rank of petty officer and rejoined the Merchant Navy after the war , ultimately dying of pneumonia . His VC is in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the Imperial War Museum in London .
HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën ( C802 ) The HNLMS " De Zeven Provinciën ( C802 ) " was a De Zeven Provinciën class cruiser with eight 152 mm cannons in double turrets , 8 × 57 mm and 8 × 40 mm machine guns . The rear turret was replaced in 1962 with a RIM - 2 Terrier SAM system . She was 185 . 7 m long , had a beam of 17 . 25 m and a draft of 6 . 85 m . She displaced 12 , 250 t and could achieve a speed of . She had a crew of 957 . Construction started in 1939 as the HNLMS " Kijkduin " , but was interrupted by World War II . She was renamed to HNLMS " Eendracht " in 1940 and HNLMS " De Ruyter " in 1945 . Her sister ship was launched in 1944 as the HNLMS " De Zeven Provinciën " , but the ships swapped to their final names in 1950 . She was completed in 1953 and served the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1950 to 1977 . She was sold to Peru in August 1976 and was renamed BAP Aguirre ( CH - 84 ) on 24 February 1978 .
USS Somerset ( LPD - 25 ) USS " Somerset " ( LPD - 25 ) , a " San Antonio " - class amphibious transport dock , is the fifth ship of the United States Navy of that name ; in this case in honor of Somerset County , Pennsylvania . The name honors the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 whose actions prevented terrorist hijackers from reaching their intended target , forcing the airplane to crash in Stonycreek Township in Somerset County , PA , on 11 September 2001 . In the words of Secretary of the Navy Gordon R . England , " The courage and heroism of the people aboard the flight will never be forgotten and USS " Somerset " will leave a legacy that will never be forgotten by those wishing to do harm to this country . " Some 22 tons of steel from a crane that stood near Flight 93 ' s crash site have been used to construct " Somerset " s stemhold . The contract to build " Somerset " was awarded on 21 December 2007 , to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of Pascagoula , Mississippi . Mrs . Mary Jo Myers , the wife of General Richard Myers , former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , is the ship ' s sponsor . " Somerset " s keel was laid down on 11 December 2009 , at Northrop Grumman ' s Avondale shipyard in New Orleans , Louisiana . She was launched on 14 April 2012 , and was christened three months later , on 28 July . She completed acceptance trials in September 2013 . The ship ' s commissioning is tentatively scheduled for the first quarter of 2014 .
NRP Dom Carlos I ( A522 ) NRP " Dom Carlos I ( A522 ) is the lead ship of the Portuguese Navy ' " Dom Carlos I " - class survey vessels ( ex - US " Stalwart " - class surveillance ships adapted in Portugal for the execution of hydrography and oceanography surveys ) . Before the transference to the Portuguese Navy , " Dom Carlos I " was the USNS " Audacious ( T - AGOS - 11 ) surveillance ship of the United States Navy . History . USNS " Audacious " was a " Stalwart " - class modified tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship of the United States Navy . " Stalwart " class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war anti - submarine warfare operations in the 1980s . ex - USNS " Audacious " was transferred to the Portuguese Navy in 1996 and renamed " Dom Carlos I " in honor to Carlos I , King of Portugal and a pioneer scientist in the oceanography field . The refitting of the " Audacious " for transfer to Portugal was completed at Detyens Shipyard on the site of the former Charleston Naval Base in North Charleston , South Carolina . In Portugal , " Almirante Gago Coutinho " underwent adaptation works towards its transformation into a hydro - oceanographic ship , in the Alfeite Naval Arsenal . The first phase of the transformation was carried out in 2001 and the second phase in 2004 .
Andrew Mamedoff Flight Lieutenant Andrew Beck Mamedoff ( 12 August 1912 – 8 October 1941 ) , known as Andy , was an American pilot who flew with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain in World War II . He was one of 11 American pilots who flew with RAF Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940 , thereby qualifying for the Battle of Britain clasp to the 1939 – 45 campaign star . Biography . Born in Thompson , Connecticut , where his White Russian family had settled in the early 1910s . Interestingly , it is believed that he was Jewish of Russian heritage . Mamedoff attended Bryant College in the early 1930s . He had learned to fly in the USA and even had his own plane with which he performed at airshows . He and Eugene Tobin had been flying friends at Mines Field in California before the war . He was attempting to set up charter services in Miami immediately prior to the war . Mamedoff initially came to Europe to fight on the side of Finland against the Soviet Union , but hostilities had ceased before he arrived . In 1941 Mamedoff married an English woman , Alys Laird " Penny " Mamedoff ( née Craven ) at Epping . He became the first of the Americans to take a war bride during World War II . Second World War . He joined the French Air Force towards the end of the Battle of France , but as France fell he came to England with his friends and fellow Americans Eugene Tobin and Vernon Keough and joined the Royal Air Force in 1940 . After converting to the Spitfire , Mamedoff was posted to RAF Middle Wallop and joined No . 609 Squadron on 8 August 1940 . He was posted to RAF Kirton in Lindsey in Lincolnshire on 18 September 1940 and was a founding member of the No . 71 ' Eagle ' Squadron along with Art Donahue , Eugene Tobin and Vernon Keough . He was posted to RAF Duxford in August 1941 to another " Eagle Squadron " , No . 133 Squadron as a Flight Commander . Death . On 8 October 1941 , Mamedoff was flying with 133 Squadron on a standard transit flight from Fowlmere Airfield to RAF Eglinton in Northern Ireland in his Hurricane Z3781 . The wreckage of his plane was found near Maughold on the Isle of Man and it is thought that he crashed due to poor weather conditions . His body was later recovered for burial at Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey .
Frederick St John ( British Army officer ) The Hon . Frederick St John ( 20 December 1765 — 19 November 1844 ) was an officer of the British Army and a politician . He rose to the rank of general during his career and saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , and the Second Anglo - Maratha War . He also sat briefly for the constituency of Oxford . Family and early life . Frederick St John was born the second son of Frederick St John , 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke and Lady Diana Beauclerk . St John enlisted in the Army as an ensign in the 85th Regiment of Foot in 1779 , at the age of 14 . He served in the Indies and the Channel Islands until 1783 . He was promoted to lieutenant in 1780 , and then became a captain in the 95th Regiment of Foot in 1781 . This was followed by a promotion to be major in the 104th Regiment of Foot in 1783 . In parallel to his military career , he socialised in exclusive gentlemen ' s clubs : he joined Brooks ' s on 17 May 1783 , and the Whig Club on 6 March 1787 . He continued to rise through the ranks , becoming a lieutenant - colonel in the 2nd Regiment of Foot in 1791 , a colonel in 1795 , and being promoted to major - general in 1798 . French Revolutionary Wars . St John served in Ireland in 1798 as the lieutenant of General Gerard Lake , and followed him to India when he was appointed Commander - in - Chief of the British forces in the colony . In 1800 , St John took passage with his wife , Arabella Craven , on the " Queen " , which caught fire and was destroyed while in harbour in Salvador . St John and his wife then joined the East Indiaman " Kent " to complete the journey . On 7 October , " Kent " was captured by the French privateer " Confiance " , under Robert Surcouf . St John was taken prisoner and exchanged . St John went on to take part in the Battle of Delhi in 1803 , and in the siege of Agra . He was promoted to lieutenant - general in 1805 , and general in 1814 . Political career . St John was elected to Parliament in 1818 as member for Oxford and represented the constituency until his defeat at the 1820 general election two years later . Family and issue . On 8 December 1788 , St John married Lady Mary Kerr , the daughter of William Kerr , 5th Marquess of Lothian . Together , they had a son , Robert William , in 1791 . Kerr died shortly after giving birth . On 6 April 1793 , he married Arabella Craven , daughter of William Craven , 6th Baron Craven and Elizabeth Craven . They had three sons together ; George William , born in 1796 ; George Frederick Berkley , born in 1797 ; and Henry John , born in 1798 . On 14 November 1821 , he married Caroline Parsons . The had two sons together , Henry Edward and Welbore William Oliver . St John died on 19 November 1844 at the age of 78 . He was by then the second most senior general in the British Army .
USS Ouachita ( 1863 ) USS " Ouachita " ( 1863 ) was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries . Captured by the Union Navy and placed into service . Union gunboats and captured Confederate side wheel steamer " Louisville " in the Little Red River 13 July 1863 . The Navy purchased the prize from the Prize Court at Cairo , Illinois , 29 September 1863 , and commissioned her as " Ouachita " 18 January 1864 . Lt . Comdr . Byron Wilson assumed command 1 February . Mississippi River operations . During the remainder of the Civil War , the gunboat operated in the Mississippi River and its tributaries , especially the Red , Black , and Ouachita Rivers . She participated in Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter ’ s expedition up the Red River to Alexandria 12 March to 22 May 1864 . She performed patrol duty through the end of the war , and again ascended the Red River in May and June 1865 to receive the surrender of Confederate forces . Post - war decommissioning and sale . Decommissioned 3 July 1865 , " Ouachita " was sold at auction at Mound City , Illinois , 25 September 1865 to Tait , Able , and Gill .
USS Vileehi ( IX - 62 ) The USS " Vileehi " a wooden - hulled ketch with an auxiliary engine was designed by Edson B . Schock and built in 1930 at San Diego , California by the San Diego Marine Construction Company . The vessel was acquired by the Navy from Hiram T . Horton of San Diego on 23 December 1941 . Assigned to the 11th Naval District on 17 February 1942 , " Vileehi " was given the designation IX - 62 and placed in service on 26 February . She operated locally out of San Diego for the remainder of World War II and was placed out of service on 20 September 1945 . Returned to her owner on 27 September , " Vileehi " was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 24 October 1945 . Under the British flag colors , London ' s port , the boat with a new Owner it ' s moored in Sardinia ( Italy ) , Mediterranean Sea , well maintenanced and restored .
James Stokes James Stokes VC ( 6 February 1915 – 1 March 1945 ) was a Scottish 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 . Both his parents were Irish and Stokes regarded himself as being Irish as well as Scottish . Details . Stokes was 30 years old , and a private in the 2nd Battalion , King ' s Shropshire Light Infantry , British Army during the Second World War . He was killed in action on 1 March 1945 , in Kervenheim , Rhineland , Germany where his actions earned him the Victoria Cross .
32nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 32nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 32nd Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler , Illinois and mustered into Federal service on December 31 , 1861 . The regiment was mustered out on September 16 , 1865 at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 8 officers and 90 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officer and 168 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 268 fatalities .
USS Koelsch ( FF - 1049 ) USS " Koelsch " ( FF - 1049 ) was a " Garcia " - class destroyer escort , later reclassified as a frigate , in the United States Navy . She was named for Navy helicopter pilot Lt ( jg ) John Kelvin Koelsch , who was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Korean War . On 3 July 1951 , Koelsch and his crewman attempted to rescue a downed Marine aviator from enemy territory . Under heavy fire , Koelsch ' s helicopter was shot down ; Koelsch , his crewman , and the Marine aviator survived the crash and evaded the enemy for nine days before being captured . Lt ( jg ) John Koelsch died of malnutrition and dysentery in a prisoner - of - war camp three months later . History . " Koelsch " was laid down on 19 February 1964 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City , Michigan . She was launched on 8 June 1965 , sponsored by Miss Virginia L . Koelsch ; and commissioned on 10 June 1967 , with Commander John A . Buck in command . She provided escort and antisubmarine warfare support to ships of the Atlantic Fleet from her home port , Mayport , Florida , as well as blockade , surveillance , and emergency evacuation capabilities along with providing assistance to the Coast Guard with antidrug operations . Reclassified a frigate on 30 June 1975 , " Koelsch " became FF - 1049 . Fate . Decommissioned on 31 May 1989 , " Koelsch " was leased to Pakistan and became frigate " Siqqat " ( F - 267 ) . Because Pakistan would not stop its nuclear weapons program , the lease was cancelled in 1994 . Returned to U . S . custody at Singapore on 19 August 1994 , former " Koelsch " was stricken from the Navy Register the same day . Transferred to the Maritime Administration the following 9 September , on the same date she was sold to Trusha Investments Pte . Ltd , c / o Jacques Pierot , Jr . & Sons , Inc . , of New York City for $ 625 , 824 . She was then towed to Hong Kong and scrapped .
USS O - 1 ( SS - 62 ) USS " O - 1 " ( SS - 62 ) was the lead ship of her class of submarine . Her keel was laid down on 26 March 1917 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery , Maine . She was launched on 9 July 1918 , and commissioned on 5 November 1918 with Lieutenant Commander Norman L . Kirk in command . Service history . Commissioned just before the Armistice with Germany , " O - 1 " operated in the Atlantic coastal waters from Cape Cod to Key West , Florida , after World War I . Reclassified a second - line submarine on 25 July 1924 , and first - line on 6 June 1928 , " O - 1 " was converted to an experimental vessel on 28 December 1930 , and operated in this capacity out of the submarine base at New London , Connecticut , until decommissioning on 11 June 1931 . She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 18 May 1938 and sold for scrap .
Donald J . Hoffman General Donald Joseph Hoffman , USAF ( born April 24 , 1952 ) who served as the 7th Commander , Air Force Materiel Command . He previously served as Military Deputy , Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition from August 2005 to November 20 , 2008 . As Air Force Material Command ' s commander , he leads the command ' s 74 , 000 Air Force and civilian personnel , manage $ 59 billion annually in research , development , test and evaluation . He also oversees the acquisition management services and logistics support which is required to develop , procure and sustain Air Force weapon systems . Hoffman assumed his command on November 21 , 2008 . He retired from the Air Force on July 1 , 2012 . General Hoffman is a graduate of the U . S . Air Force Academy . He was commissioned in 1974 and served in various operational and staff assignments in Europe , the Middle East and United States . He has commanded at the flight , squadron , group and wing levels , and has served on the staffs of U . S . Central Command , U . S . European Command , Air Education and Training Command , Air Combat Command and Headquarters U . S . Air Force . General Hoffman is a command pilot with more than 3 , 400 flying hours in fighter , trainer and transport aircraft .
Jihad al - Bina Jihād al - Binā ' ( in Arabic جهاد البناء ) , or " Effort for Reconstruction " in Arabic , is a real estate foundation run by Hezbollah in Lebanon . The primary purpose of the organization is to help alleviate the consequences of the Lebanese Civil War and Israeli occupation . The organization is well known for infrastructure construction projects , educational projects , and helping shelter refugees of the various conflicts that have plagued Lebanon in the recent past . The headquarters of Jihād al - Binā ' are located in the southern suburbs of Beirut . It is designated by the US OFAC as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group , which allows the US to block the assets of foreign individuals and entities that commit , or pose a significant risk of committing , acts of terrorism . References . http : / / www . ardee - jbf . org
USS Gwin ( TB - 16 ) The first USS " Gwin " ( Torpedo Boat No . 16 / TB - 16 / YFB - 4 ) , was launched 15 November 1897 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co . , Bristol , Rhode Island , and commissioned at Newport 4 April 1898 , Lt , ( j . g . ) C . S . Williams in command . She departed Newport 24 June , cruising down the eastern seaboard as far as Florida , thence on patrol off Cuba from 6 August to 14 August 1898 as America went to war with Spain . She returned north to Annapolis 31 August and served as cadet training ship for the US Naval Academy until placed in reserve at Norfolk on 10 July 1903 . " Gwin " remained in reserve until June 1908 when she began assisting in experimental torpedo work out of Newport , Rhode Island . This duty terminated 18 April 1914 when " Gwin " decommissioned for use as a ferryboat . On 11 April 1918 her name was changed to Cyane , and she was re - classified YFB - 4 on 17 July 1920 . Her name was struck from the Navy Register 30 April 1925 and she was sold for scrapping 24 September 1925 .