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USS John M . Bermingham ( DE - 530 ) USS John M . Bermingham ( DE - 530 ) was an Evarts class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II . She was sent off into dangerous North Atlantic Ocean waters to protect convoys and other ships from German submarines and fighter aircraft . She performed escort and antisubmarine operations in battle areas before sailing home victorious at the end of the conflict . She was named after Lieutenant Commander John Michael Bermingham , who was awarded the Navy Cross , and went down with his ship when it was bombed by Japanese planes near Australia in 1942 . The ship was laid down by Boston Navy Yard on 14 October 1943 ; launched on 17 November 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . J . M . Bermingham , widow of Lieutenant Commander Bermingham ; and commissioned 8 April 1944 Lieutenant M . Beerman in command . Service history . World War II . The new destroyer escort conducted shakedown off Bermuda and arrived Charleston , South Carolina on 9 June to begin her vital convoy escort duty . Departing on 14 June , she escorted the ships to the English Channel ; and , after steaming to Belfast on 23 July , she returned to Boston , Massachusetts on 2 August 1944 . She then underwent further training in Casco Bay before arriving New York on 28 August to join an unusual convoy . " Bermingham " sailed on 19 September with other escort vessels to convoy a large group of Army tugs and barges for use in the important captured ports of northern France . During the arduous crossing , rough weather claimed several tugs and many of the vitally - needed harbor barges . Only a heroic effort on the part of escorting ships brought the remainder of the convoy to safety at Plymouth on 20 October . After a week of searching for straggling barges , the ship joined a return convoy and arrived New York on 21 November . After training , " Bermingham " was assigned to regular convoy runs between American ports and Oran , Algeria , in support of the giant land offensive underway in Europe . She made three voyages to Oran in the months that followed , arriving New York on 29 May 1945 . Her mission in Europe completed with the fall of the Axis , the ship arrived on Miami , Florida , 20 July for duty as a school ship at the Naval Training Center . " Bermingham " sailed to Charleston , South Carolina after V - J Day , arrived on 9 September , and decommissioned on 12 October . She was scrapped in March 1946 .
MS Vulcania The MS " Vulcania " was an Italian ocean liner built by Cantiere Navale Triestino , Monfalcone , northern Italy in 1926 for the Italian company , Cosulich Line . Characteristics . She was a 23 , 970 gross ton ship , with an overall length of 181 . 58 m and a beam of 24 . 31 m . She had one funnel , two masts , twin screw and could reach a maximum speed of 19 knots . There was accommodation for 310 First , 460 Second , 310 intermediate and 700 3rd class passengers . In 1930 her accommodation was altered to 1st , 2nd , tourist and 3rd class , and in 1962 to 1st , tourist and 3rd class only . In 1930 she was fitted with new diesel engines which gave her a speed of 21 knots and was rebuilt to a tonnage of 24 , 469 tons . History . Launched on 18 December 1926 , she sailed from Trieste on her maiden voyage to Patras , Naples and New York on 19 December of the same year . In December 1936 she commenced her last Trieste - New York voyage for Cosulich Line and in 1937 went to the newly formed Italia Line . In March 1937 she commenced running from Trieste to New York and in March 1940 commenced her last sailing Trieste - Naples - New York - Trieste . She was requisitioned by the Italian government in 1941 to carry troops to North Africa and in 1942 - 3 was used on three special missions to repatriate women and children , Genoa - East Africa via South Africa . In October 1943 she became a United States troopship and on 29 March 1946 was chartered to American Export Lines to run between New York - Naples - Alexandria . She commenced her last voyage on this service on 4 October 1946 after 6 round voyages and was returned to Italia Line on 15 November of that year . She then sailed New York - Naples - Genoa where she was reconditioned to carry 240 - 1st , 270 - cabin and 860 - tourist class passengers . In July 1947 she made a single voyage from Genoa to South America and then , on 4 September 1947 , resumed the Genoa - Naples - New York service . On 21 September 1955 she commenced her last voyage on this run and on 28 October of the same year was transferred to run between Trieste , Venice , Patras , Naples , Palermo , Barcelona , Gibraltar , Lisbon , Halifax and New York . On 5 April 1965 she commenced her last voyage on this service and was sold to the Siosa Line who renamed her " Caribia " . She arrived at Barcelona on 18 September 1973 under tow to be scrapped and departed under tow for Kaohsiung for scrapping on 15 March of the following year , but sunk before reaching the destination . Technology . The ship was powered by one of the largest two stroke diesel engines of its time . The engine was of the double action type , by which diesel fuel was injected both above and below the piston . This required the use of a crosshead .
USS Arcadia ( SP - 856 ) The first USS " Arcadia " ( SP - 856 ) was a motorboat that may have seen brief service as a United States Navy patrol vessel in late 1918 . " Arcadia " was built as a private wooden motorboat of the same name in 1915 by Frank S . Terry at Brooklyn , New York . In 1917 , the U . S . Navy chartered her from her owner for use as a section patrol boat during World War I and took delivery of her on 8 October 1918 . No logbook s exist to confirm that she was commissioned as USS " Arcadia " ( SP - 856 ) or to describe the extent and nature of her U . S . Navy service . Given the short period the Navy controlled her and the ending of the war just under five weeks after her acquisition , it is possible that she never was commissioned . " Arcadia " s final disposition also is murky . One source states that " Arcadia " was turned over to her owner and stricken from the Navy List on 6 November 1918 , while another indicates that a lump sum for the charter of the craft had been determined on 3 February 1919 and that " Arcadia " had been authorized for return to her owner . It appears that she was returned to her owner by no later than May 1919 .
Battle of Nauplia ( 1822 ) The Battle of Nauplia was a series of naval engagements lasting from 8 to 13 September ( O . S . ) 1822 in the Gulf of Nauplia ( Argolic Gulf ) between the Greek Fleet and the Ottoman Fleet during the Greek War of Independence . Although neither side sustained significant losses ( according to general descriptions , it consisted in distant and ineffectual cannonade between the two fleets ) , the Ottomans withdrew after three failed attempts to break through the Greek fleet , and the battle is considered a Greek victory . The Ottoman fleet of ninety - four vessels under the command of Mohammed Ali was sent to destroy Greek forces at Hydra and Spetses and to relieve the besieged Ottoman garrison at Nauplia ( Nafplio ) . The Greek fleet was commanded by Admiral Andreas Vokos Miaoulis . Miaoulis based his strategy on that of an ancient Greek admiral Themistocles in the Battle of Salamis , hoping to lure the superior Ottoman fleet into a narrow strait in order to deprive it of its freedom of maneouvre . He divided his forces ( sixteen fireship s and fifty - six vessels ) into three squadrons , one of which was to lure the Ottomans into the straits , another to engage them if they fell into the trap , and the final one was to defend the Greek coast between Spetses and the Peloponnesus in case the Ottomans would want to land ground troops . The first engagement took place on 8 September . Calm winds prevented the Greeks from carrying out their planned withdrawal , and two fireships were lost during a six - hour engagement ; however the Ottomans withdrew to regroup rather than continue to attack . On 10 September the Ottomans attempted another breakthrough , but once again retreated before the Greek trap was sprung . Finally a third attack took place in 13 September , but this time the Greek fireship under Konstantinos Kanaris sank an Ottoman brig ; this single loss broke the Ottoman spirits , and they chose to retreat , losing a corvette before they broke the engagement . According to Greek historian Anastasios Orlandos , however , the retreat of the Ottoman fleet occurred thanks to the conduct of Kosmas Barbatsis ( 1792 – 1887 ) who directed his fireship against the Ottoman flagship , which fled to avoid it , followed by the other Ottoman ships . After the battle , the Ottoman vice admiral was beheaded for his loss . The battle is considered a major victory for Miaoulis , who is said to have received " a hero ' s welcome " upon his return . Soon afterwards , the siege of Nauplia ended as the Ottoman garrison at Nauplia capitulated .
Vardariotai The Vardariotai ( ) , sometimes Anglicized as Vardariots , were an ethnic and territorial group ( probably originally of Magyar origin ) in the later Byzantine Empire , which provided a palace guard regiment during the 12th and 13th centuries . History . The exact origin and nature of the " Vardariotai " is uncertain . The name first appears in the 10th century , when a bishopric of the " " Vardariotai " or " Tourkoi " " is mentioned as subject to the diocese of Thessalonica . The mid - 14th century writer Pseudo - Kodinos calls them " Persians " by race ( a typical Byzantine anachronism for " Turks " ) , and recalls that they were settled in the Vardar river valley by an unnamed Byzantine emperor of old . In both cases , however , " Turks " probably implies the Magyars , who were called " " Tourkoi " " by the Byzantines in the 10th – 11th centuries . Hence it seems that the " Vardariotai " were Magyars resettled in Macedonia in the 10th century , and that they had become Christianized by the century ' s end . By the 12th century , the " Vardariotai " , their Magyar identity by now much diluted , were being recruited into the Byzantine army , and , at the latest during the latter part of the reign of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos ( r . 1143 – 1180 ) , they were formed into a distinct palace guard regiment . Their functions , however , at least in the Palaiologan period , appear to have been more those of a police force than a military unit : Pseudo - Kodinos lists them not with the guards but with the unarmed palace personnel , and states that their duty was " to keep people orderly " during ceremonies . Unlike the armed members of the Varangian Guard and the " Paramonai " regiment , they were equipped only with a whip ( the " manglabion " ) and a staff ( the " dekanikion " ) . Kodinos also records that they wore distinctive red uniforms and a " Persian " hat called " angouroton " ( " cucumber - shaped " ) , and that the whip , hanging at their belt , was their symbol . This latter reference has led to the hypothesis that the " Vardariotai " were the replacement of the older " Manglabites " guards corps . They were commanded by a " primikerios " , first attested in the year 1166 . The 13th - century historian George Akropolites further states that the " Vardariotai " accompanied the Byzantine emperor to his military camp whilst on campaign . It is unclear whether and how the " vardarioi " , administrative officials of Thessalonica in the 10th – 11th centuries known through their seals , are related to the " Vardariotai " .
CSS Baltic CSS Baltic was an iron and cottonclad sidewheeler ship built in 1860 in Philadelphia as a river tow boat belonging to the Southern Steamship Co . She was purchased by the State of Alabama , converted to an armored ram , and turned over to the Confederate States Navy in the middle of 1862 . Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant James D . Johnston . Throughout the American Civil War , the " Baltic " operated in the Mobile Bay , Mobile , Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers . The " Baltic " was reported unfit for service in February 1863 , with her deteriorating condition preventing her from joining the defense of Mobile Bay in June 1864 . She was dismantled in July 1864 and her armor transferred to CSS " Nashville " . The " Baltic " was captured at Nanna Hubba Bluff , Tombigbee River , Alabama , on 10 May 1865 and sold on 31 December 1865 .
Fort Wood ( New York and New Jersey ) Fort Wood is a star shaped fort in New York City and the predecessor of what is now known as Liberty Island . History of Fort Wood . On February 15 , 1800 , the New York State Legislature ceded the island to the federal government , for the construction of a defensive fort to be built there ( along with Governor ' s Island and Ellis Island ) . Construction of a land battery on the island in the shape of an 11 - point star began in 1806 and was completed in 1811 . Following the War of 1812 , the star - shaped fortification was named Fort Wood after Lt . Col Eleazer Derby Wood who was killed in the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813 . The granite fortification followed a star fort layout with 11 prominent bastion s . By the time it was chosen for the Statue of Liberty , the base was disused and its walls were used as the distinctive base for the Statue of Liberty given by France for the 1886 centenary celebrations . It had become a part of the base for the Statue of Liberty after the island was first seen by the statue ' s sculptor . The National Park Service ( which had been created in 1916 ) took over operations of the island in two stages : in 1933 , and the remainder in 1937 . The military installation was completely removed by 1944 .
Lance W . Lord General Lance W . Lord ( born July 12 , 1946 ) is a retired four - star general in the U . S . Air Force , and was the Commander of Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado . General Lord entered the Air Force in 1969 as a graduate of the Otterbein College ROTC program . He completed a series of Air Staff and joint duty assignments in strategic missiles after serving four years of Minuteman II ICBM alert duty . He directed the Ground - Launched Cruise Missile Program Management Office in Europe . He was a Military Assistant to the Director of Net Assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and represented the Air Force as a research associate in international security affairs at Ohio State University . General Lord commanded two ICBM wings in Wyoming and North Dakota . In California he commanded a space wing responsible for satellite launch and ballistic missile test launch operations . He served as Director of Plans and as Vice Commander for Headquarters Air Force Space Command . The general led Air Force education and training as Commandant of Squadron Officer School , Commander of 2nd Air Force , Commander of Air University and Director of Education for Air Education and Training Command . Prior to assuming command of Space Command , he was the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force . He retired on April 1 , 2006 . In 2004 while serving as Air Force Space Command Commander , General Lance Lord announced the introduction of a new space badge . The new combined Space and Missile Operations Badge , informally known as " spings " ( SPace wINGS ) , " Space Boomerang " , or " Space Blade " replaced the Missile Badge for operators . In addition , the new badge is no longer limited to pure space and missile operators / maintainers , but is also awarded to 61XX , 62XX and 63XX ( officer ) AFSCs who have performed space / ICBM acquisition duties , even if they were non - operational in nature .
Fort Johnson " This article is about the War of 1812 fortification : " Fort Johnson was a U . S . Army post built on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River in modern - day Warsaw , Illinois during the War of 1812 . The fort was established in September 1814 by Major Zachary Taylor , future U . S . president . Troops retreating from the Battle of Credit Island constructed the fort after effectively surrendering control of the upper Mississippi to the British and allied Indian tribes , including the Sauk . The fort , which held a full company of men , was completed in just a few weeks , and had a commanding view of the Mississippi valley , the mouth of the Des Moines River , and the foot of the Des Moines Rapids . Because of the chaotic situation along the Mississippi River fronter , the fort was abandoned in late October 1814 after provisions ran out . The company retreated to Cap au Gris near St . Louis . Black Hawk described the founding of the fort and a skirmish in his autobiography : In October 1815 the fort site was reoccupied and rebuilt , christened Cantonment Davis . Troops stationed at Cantonment Davis helped to construct Fort Edwards , an important military and trading post occupied until 1824 by the U . S . Army and by traders until about 1832 . Recent archaeological survey has determined the probable location of Fort Johnson / Cantonment Davis .
Skoda 37 mm A7 The Škoda A7 was a 37 mm tank gun designed by the Skoda Works in Czechoslovakia prior to World War II . The gun was the primary armament of the Czech TNH - PS light tank design , known in service with Germany as the Panzer 38 ( t ) . The primary user of the A7 was the German Army during World War II where the weapon went by the name 3 . 7 cm Kampfwagenkanone 38 ( t ) . In German service , in addition to conventional high explosive ammunition , the weapon fired two anti - tank rounds . The primary round was the Panzergranate 39 armor - piercing composite ballistic cap ( APCBC ) which could penetrate 41 mm of armor plate at 100 m and 35 mm at 500 m . Penetration dropped to 29 mm at 1000 m and 24 mm at 1500 m . The APCBC round was ineffective at 2000 m . The rarer tungsten Panzergranate 40 armor - piercing composite rigid ( APCR ) round could penetrate 64 mm at 100 m , but only 34 mm at 500 m . The APCR round was not effective at 1000 m or beyond .
Frederick Curtice Davis Frederick Curtice Davis , born 21 October 1915 in Rock County , Wisconsin , enlisted in the Naval Reserve 7 July 1939 and was commissioned ensign 4 September 1940 . Serving with an observation squadron aboard the USS " Nevada " ( BB - 36 ) , Ensign Davis was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 , and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism at the moment of his death , when he was running forward to take charge of an antiaircraft machinegun battery , since no planes were on board . Namesake . In 1943 , the destroyer escort USS " Frederick C . Davis " ( DE - 136 ) was named in his honor . References . •
Peirce Crosby Peirce Crosby ( 16 January 1824 – 15 June 1899 ) was an rear admiral in the United States Navy , whose active duty career included service in the Mexican - American War and the Civil War . Early life and career . Born in Delaware County , Pennsylvania , Crosby was appointed midshipman in June 1838 . He reached the rank of Lieutenant in September 1853 after a decade and a half in ships of the Home and Mediterranean Squadron s , plus coast survey duty . He served in the sloop - of - war and the schooner in the Mexican - American War , and had shore assignments in and around Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . From late 1853 until the outbreak of the Civil War in the spring of 1861 , Lieutenant Crosby served in the sloop s of war , of the Brazil Squadron , and , and on board the receiving ship at Philadelphia . Civil War . During April – October 1861 , as the Civil War ran through its first half year , Crosby served in the sloop of war and briefly commanded the new gunboat . He went to the Gulf of Mexico as Commanding Officer of the gunboat at the beginning of 1862 . In " Pinola " , assisted by , he broke the chain barrier across the Mississippi to make possible the passage upriver of Flag Officer David Farragut ' s squadron , and the capture of New Orleans . For two years beginning in November 1862 , Crosby helped enforce the blockade of the Confederacy ' s East Coast as Commanding Officer of the steamers , and , and as Fleet Captain of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron . He finished the war in the Gulf , commanding the gunboat , and took part in clearing mines from Mobile Bay . Post - Civil War activities . Commander Crosby spent the first three years of the post - Civil War era in the south Atlantic as Commanding Officer of the gunboat . Following promotion to Captain in May 1868 , he had a variety of shore assignments and , in 1872 - 1873 , commanded the steamer . In 1877 - 1881 , in the rank of Commodore , Crosby was commandant of the League Island ( Philadelphia ) Navy Yard . Flag assignments and retirement . He finished his active career as a Rear Admiral , commanding the South Atlantic Squadron in 1882 - 1883 and the Asiatic Squadron later in 1883 . In October of the latter year he was placed on the Retired List . Rear Admiral Peirce Crosby died at Washington , D . C . , on 15 June 1899 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery . Namesake . The destroyer was named after him .
Beach Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Beach Cemetery is a small Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery containing the remains of allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli . It is located at Hell Spit , at the southern end of Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula . The first graves were dug on the day of the landing 25 April 1915 and it continued to be used almost until the evacuation of the Anzac area on 20 December . The majority of the graves , 285 , are from the Australian Imperial Force , including that of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick and three New Zealanders . It also contains 21 troops from the New Zealand army , 49 British personnel and three from the 80 - strong Ceylon Tea Planters ’ contingent . The tea planters were used as the Anzac commander , General William Birdwood ' s bodyguard . There are also 21 graves whose occupants are unknown . Other notable graves . Apart from Kirkpatrick , other notable graves include those of : The cemetery was designed in the 1920s by Sir John Burnet , and was registered as a cultural heritage site by the Turkish Ministry of Culture on 14 November 1980 .