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USS YMS - 386 USS " YMS - 386 " was a U . S . Navy World War II Type 1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper . On 6 October 1942 her hull was laid down at the Colberg Boat Works of Stockton California . During World War II , the Colberg Boat Works , constructed a number of vessels under contract with the U . S . Navy . She was launched on 23 March 1943 and commissioned on 23 July . " YMS - 386 " carried a total complement of 32 , 4 officers and 28 crew . She had a displacement of 270 Tons , a Length of 136 ' , a Beam of 24 ' 6 " and a Draft of 8 " . Powered by two 880shp General Motors 8 - 268A diesel engines and two shafts , with a maximum speed of 15 Knots . Her armament included one single 3 " / 50 foredeck gun mount , two Oerlikon 20mm single barrel AA guns , one port and one starboard , mounted aft of the pilot house and two DCP ' s ( Depth Charge Projectors ) . In June 1945 , " YMS - 386 " departed Pearl Harbor with a minesweeper convoy engaging in live - fire exercises en route to Johnson Island . From Johnson Island " YMS - 386 " again departed with other minesweeper craft to participate in mine craft sweeping operations off the coast of Okinawa Japan . En route to Okinawa , an electrical fire caused enough damage to force " YMS - 386 " to change course to Guam for approximately 2 weeks for repairs . While sweeping coastal waters off of Okinawa on 6 August , the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima . After the formal Japanese surrender on 2 September , " YMS - 386 " continued sweeping duties of post - war Japanese harbors . While at port at Buckner Bay Okinawa , at 0430 on 4 October she received urgent orders to get underway to sail around the southern tip of Okinawa into the Sea of China and proceed 80 nautical miles to Unton Ko at the north end of the island . She sailed into mountainous swells and wind driven seas with other vessels attempting to escape the oncoming typhoon . At one point in the midst of a violent 58 % roll , she escaped a near fantail collision with . After 13 hours , " YMS - 386 " was only 4 of 13 ships to successfully complete the journey to Unton Ko . This event became known Typhoon Louise of 4 – 10 October , eventually causing substantial loss of life and loss of ships . She set sail for Osaka Wan and Yokaichi Bay in Osaka to continue sweeping operations in Japanese waters until December 1945 . Disposal . On 27 May 1946 " YMS - 386 " was sold and struck from the Naval Register on 3 July . Her fate is unknown .
Sea Enterprise Sea Enterprise is one of the three supporting processes in " Sea Power 21 " . It involves Navy headquarters , the systems commands , and every commander throughout the United States Navy in its goals of improving organization , refining requirements , and reinvesting savings to help the Navy transform . Sea Enterprise also provides a means to scrutinize the Navy ' s spending practices . Sea Enterprise will improve productivity , deliver higher return on investments , and reduce cycle times . The Sea Enterprise process will foster a culture of improvement , produce better products , and deliver the right force structure for the future of the Navy . Lean - Six Sigma is one method for identifying process improvement within the Navy ' s structure . NAVSEA ' s SeaPort is one contactual method for harnessing United States ' industry to technology improvements . Opportunities for substantial cost savings often lie beyond the boundaries of any single organization , command , unit , or office . For that reason , Sea Enterprise will look across organizations to identify all opportunities . This view will help create the most efficient organizational structures . It will enable the review of every structure and process with an eye toward breaching boundaries , eliminating redundancy , and reducing overhead . More information can be found at the Navy ' s Sea Enterprise website . " PKI authentication required to enter the Navy ' s Official Sea Enterprise website . "
Shōgitai The Shōgitai ( 彰義隊 , lit . " League to Demonstrate Righteousness " ) was an elite corps of the Shogunate during the Bakumatsu period in Japan . The Shōgitai took a large part in the battles of the Boshin war , especially at the Battle of Toba - Fushimi , and the Battle of Ueno , where they were nearly exterminated .
Edward Simpson ( naval officer ) Edward Simpson ( March 3 , 1824 – December 1 , 1888 ) served as an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican - American War and the American Civil War , eventually attaining the rank of rear admiral . His service included being assigned as commanding officer of several Navy ships and serving with distinction in various shore assignments . Early life . Edward Simpson was born on March 3 , 1824 in New York City , New York . U . S . Navy career . Simpson was appointed midshipman in the United States Navy in February 1840 . He served afloat until late 1845 , when he became a member of the first class of midshipmen to be trained at the new United States Naval Academy at Annapolis , Maryland . Pre - Civil War service . After graduation on July 9 , 1846 , Simpson reported to USS " Vixen " and participated in numerous bombardments during the Mexican - American War . During the next 15 years , he served afloat in the Brazil Squadron and the China Squadron and with the U . S . Coast Survey , and ashore in two tours at the U . S . Naval Academy : first as gunnery instructor , then in 1860 as head of the department of ordnance and gunnery . Finally , he became Commandant of Midshipmen in 1862 . Civil War service . During the American Civil War , Simpson took command of the monitor , " Passaic " , in June 1863 . He participated in bombardments at Charleston , South Carolina from July to November 1863 . From July to December 1864 , he commanded " Isonomia " in the East Gulf Blockading Squadron ; and , then served from February to April 1865 as Fleet Captain of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and of the forces attacking Mobile , Alabama . Post - war activity . After the war , he alternated tours of command ashore and afloat with tours of ordnance duty , including a mission to Europe in 1870 - 72 , and command of the torpedo station in 1873 and again in 1874 - 75 . In 1883 , he was appointed president of a board to select a site for a government gun factory and made another study trip to Europe . Promoted to Rear Admiral on February 9 , 1884 , he served as President of the Naval Advisory Board and President of the Board of Inspection and Survey until his retirement on March 3 , 1886 . Post - Navy career . Rear Admiral Simpson died in Washington , D . C . , December 1 , 1888 . Honored in ship naming . The destroyer USS " Simpson " ( DD - 221 ) , commissioned on November 3 , 1920 , was named for in his honor .
Leon J . LaPorte Leon J . LaPorte ( born May 5 , 1946 ) is a retired United States Army General who served as Commander , 1st Cavalry Division from 1995 through 1997 and as Commander , United States Forces Korea until 2006 . Military career . LaPorte graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1968 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U . S . Army as an Armor Officer . From 1969 until 1970 he served with the 3rd Infantry Division , in 1971 he transferred to the 238th Aerial Weapons Company in the Republic of Vietnam . In 1977 he received his Master ' s Degree in Administration from the University of California , Irvine . From 1977 until 1980 he was an assistant Professor at the United States Military Academy . In October 1990 as the Chief of Staff , 1st Cavalry Division he deployed as part of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm . He returned in 1995 to command the 1st Cavalry Division until 1997 . From February 2003 until February 2006 he was commander of United States Forces Korea ( USFK ) and United Nations Forces , Korea . In February he retired from the Army after 38 years of service , handing command to U . S . Army General Burwell B . Bell III . LaPorte also played a major part in an investigation of the involvement U . S . military personnel in hiring prostitutes and facilitating human trafficking in South Korea . Laporte gave an apology to the families of the two Korean junior high - school girls that were run over by a U . S . armored vehicle in 2002 .
Siege of Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza The Siege of Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza took place from 14 September 1936 to 1 May 1937 in Andújar , Jaén , during the Spanish Civil War . The Republican army surrounded around 1 , 200 rebel civil guards and falangists who supported Franco and forced them to surrender after a protracted offensive . Background . . After the failed coup of July 1936 in Andalusia , many groups of rebel civil guards retreated from their garrisons to hilltops , monasteries and others easily defensible points , living by robbing from the neighborhood . The longest surviving group of rebels was the encampment of the Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza ' s Sanctuary . The siege . In August 1936 , 250 civil guards from Jaén , most of their families , 100 falangists and about 1 , 000 members of the bourgeoisie of Andújar ( Beevor : around 1 , 200 civil guards and falangists ) , retreated to the Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza ' s shrine , near Andújar . During the first months of the war , there had been no attack launched against this enclave , because the Republican committee of Andújar did not known that the civil guards of the shrine were rebels . After gathering a good supply of food the civil guards decided to send a declaration of war to the committee in September 1936 . The commander Major Nofuentes who wanted to surrender , was deposed by the captain Santiago Cortés and the Republicans started the siege . Nationalists aircraft from Córdoba and Seville dropped supplies into the encampment ( 160 , 000 pounds of food from Seville and 140 , 000 pounds from Córdoba ) . Medical supplies and delicate goods were attached to live turkeys . Furthermore , pigeons sent news and messages to the Nationalists in Seville . In December 1936 , Queipo de Llano launched an offensive in order to occupy Andújar and relieve the shrine , but the offensive was stopped at Lopera on January 1937 ( 20 milles away from Andújar ) . In April 1937 , the Republican government decided to crush the resistance of the rebels and sent a large force ( 20 , 000 men ) , led by communist major Martínez Cartón . The Republican forces divided into two the rebel enclave and conquered the encampment of Lugar Nuevo . Then , Franco gave permission to Cortés to evacuate women and children and to surrender should resistance become impossible , but Cortés rejected the evacuation of the women and children . On April 30 , Cortés was wounded and on May 1 , the Republicans broke into the sanctuary . Aftermath . The remaining rebels were taken prisoner and Cortés died of wounds in hospital . The rebels received little recognition in the Nationalist Spain .
Drake - class cruiser The " Drake " - class was a four - ship class of armoured cruiser s built around 1900 for the Royal Navy . Design . The class were enlarged versions of the " Cressy " class . History . The ships served in the First World War with only two surviving it . " Good Hope " was sunk at the Battle of Coronel in 1914 and " Drake " was torpedoed in 1917 . " Drake " was also used to ferry Russian bullion ( gold ) in October 1914 from Archangels . The gold ( equivalent of 39 million $ ) was security for western loans . The transfer took place at high seas , 30 miles off the coast in the dead of night . ( Translated quote form " Krig og penger " by Eivind Thon , published by Aschehoug & Co , Oslo , 1942 ) Building Programme . The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the " Drake " class . Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores . The compilers of The Naval Annual revised costs quoted for British ships between the 1905 and 1906 editions . The reasons for the differences are unclear .
Battle of Dallas The Battle of Dallas was a series of engagements during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War . They occurred between May 26 and June 4 , 1864 , in and around Dallas , Georgia , between Lt . General William J . Hardee ' s Confederate corps and the Union defense line , held by the XV Corps under Maj . General John A . Logan of the Army of the Tennessee . The Battle of New Hope Church and the Battle of Pickett ' s Mill are often subgrouped as part of the overall engagement at Dallas . On May 24 , Maj . Gen . William T . Sherman , in overall command of the Union forces in Georgia , learned that his Confederate counterpart , Gen . Joseph E . Johnston , was forming a defensive line along the south side of Pumpkinvine Creek . After a series of engagements , Johnston ' s army fell back from the vicinity of Cassville - Kingston , first to Allatoona Pass and then to the Dallas area and entrenched . Sherman ' s army tested the Rebel line while entrenching themselves . The Battle of Dallas occurred on May 28 when Hardee ' s Corps probed the Union defensive line , held by Logan ' s Army of the Tennessee corps , to exploit any weakness or possible withdrawal . Fighting ensued at two different points , but the Rebels were repulsed , suffering high casualties . Sherman continued looking for a way around Johnston ' s line , and , on June 1 , his cavalry occupied Allatoona Pass , which had a railroad and would allow his men and supplies to reach him by train . Sherman abandoned his lines at Dallas on June 5 and moved toward the railhead at Allatoona Pass , forcing Johnston to follow soon afterwards . Among the thousands of casualties was Archibald L . McDougall , a former brigade commander in the Union Army of the Potomac .
Yudh Seva Medal Yudh Seva Medal is one of India ' s military decorations for Wartime Distinguished Service . It is awarded for a high degree of distinguished services in an operational context . " Operation context " includes times of war , conflict , or hostilities . The award is a Wartime equivalent of Vishisht Seva Medal , which is a Peacetime Distinguished Service decoration . Yudh Seva Medal may be awarded posthumously .
Type 312 minesweeper The Chinese Type 312 class minesweeper was also known as Futi class . It was the first remote minesweeping drone , and was successfully used in the Vietnam War . Although originally designed as a minesweeping drone , the Type 312 can also be manned by a 3 - man crew as a regular minesweeper . The chief designer was Mr . Diao Haiguang ( 刁海光 ) of the 710th Institute , and from the start of the project to the completion of the first two units ( two units are being built simultaneously ) , it only took less than two years when the first two units entered the service for the People ' s Liberation Army Navy . Due to its small size , this class is maintained on land and thus is in better conditions than most of other larger boats and ships in the reserve fleet . The drone can be remotely operated from more than away .
Caprivi Liberation Army Caprivi Liberation Army ( CLA ) is a Namibian rebel and separatist group which was established in 1994 to separate the Caprivi Strip , a region mainly inhabited by the Lozi people . It operates only in the Caprivi strip . Background . The Caprivi Strip is located in far northeast of Namibia . The region is a panhandle of Namibia eastwards about 450 km , between Botswana on the south , Angola and Zambia to the north , and Kavango Region . During the " Scramble for Africa " period , Great Britain ceded the territory to Germany in order for the latter to have access to the Zambezi River and to reach its other colonies in east Africa while keeping possession of German South - West Africa . The Caprivi strip was of strategic military importance . It saw continual military actions and multiple incursions by various armed force s using the Strip as a corridor to access other territories . Those military actions were mainly handled by many South African factions during the Rhodesian Bush War ( 1970 - 1979 ) . It was also a battlefield for the African National Congress and SWAPO operations against the South African government ( 1965 - 1994 ) and the UNITA operations during the Angolan Civil War . Formation and activities of the CLA . The front was created in February 1994 as a separatist group under the goal of joining the Lozi people , who are present in neighbouring Botswana , Zambia and Angola , together . Since 1998 it has been under the leadership of Mishake Muyongo who has been expelled from the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia ( DTA ) as a result of his support for the secession of his home region . In August 1999 the CLA launched many surprise attacks on police stations and many military posts in Katima Mulilo before the Namibian government imposed a state of emergency in the eastern part of the Caprivi Strip and beat the rebels . Fourteen rebels were reported dead and as much as 200 were arrested and jailed . Most of them are in custody as trial - awaiting prisoners in the Caprivi treason trial . The last military ambush was executed in September 1999 where three members were killed in a shoot - out . The leader Muyongo got asylum in Denmark .
Sion Hart Rogers Sion Hart Rogers ( September 30 , 1825 – August 14 , 1874 ) was a Congressman from and Attorney General of the U . S . state of North Carolina . Biography . Born near Raleigh , North Carolina in 1825 , Rogers attended common schools in Wake County and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , graduating in 1846 . After studying law , he was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Raleigh . As a Whig , he was elected to the 33rd United States Congress in 1852 and served one two - year term ( March 4 , 1853 - March 3 , 1855 ) , declining a renomination in 1854 . Rogers served solicitor of the Raleigh district of the superior court . During the American Civil War , he served in the Confederate States Army as a lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment of North Carolina State Troops in 1861 ; was commissioned colonel of the Forty - seventh North Carolina Infantry April 8 , 1862 , and resigned January 5 , 1863 , upon being elected attorney general of the State of North Carolina . Rogers served as North Carolina Attorney General until 1866 . In 1868 , he stood for election to Congress once more , but was unsuccessful . He was , however , elected as a Democrat in 1868 to the 41st United States Congress , where he again served a single - term ( March 4 , 1871 - March 3 , 1873 ) . Rogers failed to gain re - election in 1872 and died in Raleigh on August 14 , 1874 ; he is buried in the City Cemetery in Raleigh .
USS Pansy ( 1861 ) USS " Pansy " ( 1861 ) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy from the Union Army during the American Civil War . She served the Navy as a tugboat and as a dispatch boat . She served in , and supported , several blockades of the Confederate States of America , including the Union Army ’ s Western Flotilla and the Union Navy ’ s Mississippi River Mortar Brigade . Built in Missouri for the Union Army in 1861 . " Sampson " , a screw tug built in 1861 at New Haven , Missouri , was purchased by the Union Army in the fall of 1861 for the use of the Western Flotilla ; transferred to the Union Navy 30 September 1862 ; and placed in service the same day , Acting Ensign William Harris in command . Acquired by the Navy and renamed Pansy . Renamed " Pansy " 24 October 1862 the tug served the Mississippi squadron throughout the Civil War . Operating primarily out of Cairo , Illinois , and Vicksburg , Mississippi , she towed larger ships and acted as a dispatch vessel . Post - war service and deactivation . After the war she served as a tug at Mound City , Illinois , until sold there 1 September 1868 .
Rail Rzayev Lieutenant General Rail Rzayev Gurban oglu ( ; March 10 , 1945 – February 11 , 2009 ) was the Commander of the Azerbaijani Air Force from shortly after Azerbaijan ' s independence in the early 1990s , to his death in 2009 . Early life . Rzayev was born on March 10 , 1945 in Salyan , Azerbaijan . After completing his secondary education in Sumgayit in 1962 , he was enrolled in the Aircraft Electronics and Communication Systems ( FRELA ) school of USSR Aviation Academy named after Orzhenikidze . After graduating from the academy in 1966 , he was directed to serve at Baku Airforce District . In Baku , he worked as the Senior Technician and then served as the Deputy Commander of a Division . In 1975 , he entered the Zhukov Command Academy of Air Defense Forces . Upon graduation he was appointed a Division Commander and from 1980 through 1992 , he held several high - ranking positions at various military units of the Soviet Airforce . Azerbaijani Army . In 1992 , Rail Rzayev started his career in Azerbaijani Armed Forces . He was appointed the Chief of Department of Azerbaijani Air and Air Defense Forces . According to the Presidential Decree from 1993 , he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Republic and Commander of Azerbaijani Air and Air Defense Forces , a position which he held until his death in 2009 . Ranks and awards . In 1994 , Rzayev was promoted to General Major , in 2002 he was given the rank of Lieutenant General . He ' s creditted for his outstanding work in establishing and modernizing the Azerbaiani Airforce . He was awarded with Azerbaijani Flag Order and Veten Ughrunda Medal ( In the Name of Motherland ) for service to his country . Death . He was shot and killed outside his Baku home on February 11 , 2009 .
Song Qing ( general ) Song Qing ( ) ( 1820 – 1902 ) was a Chinese general who served the Imperial government during the First Sino - Japanese War and in the Boxer Rebellion . Song was a native of what is now Penglai City , Shandong Province . Passing his imperial examinations for bureaucratic positions , he was assigned as a magistrate to what is now Bozhou in Anhui Province . During the Nien Rebellion , he led a local army against the rebels in southern Henan Province and northern Anhui Province . In 1862 , he was promoted to general , and awarded the title of Baturu . He later joined his forces to that of the Huai Army , and assisted Sengge Rinchen in the suppression of the Taiping rebellion , and subsequently ( in 1869 ) fought in the Dungan revolt under the command of Zuo Zongtang . From 1880 , Song worked under Li Hongzhang towards overseeing the defence of Manchuria against the Russian Empire , and from 1882 had been stationed in strategic port of Lushunkou , home of the Beiyang fleet , but did little in the decade that he was there to either strengthen its defenses or improve on the training of his men . After the Qing defeat at the Battle of Pyongyang in the First Sino - Japanese War , Li Hongzhang appointed Song as his deputy commander and assigned him the responsibility for defending the crossing of the Yalu River . However , the appointment was unpopular with his troops , who equated his lethargic attitude with cowardice , and who deserted in large numbers before and during the Battle of Jiuliancheng . Afterwards , Song assisted Viceroy Liu Kunyi at the equally disastrous Battle of Yingkou . After the war , in 1898 , Song was assigned to the garrison of Jinzhou in Liaoning Province . He participated in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 , fighting the Allied army at the Battle of Yangcun . He died of illness in Beijing in 1902 .