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USS Surveyor ( 1917 ) USS " Surveyor " was an armed steamer that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919 . " Surveyor " was built as the survey ship USC & GS " Surveyor " in 1917 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Manitowoc , Wisconsin , for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey , and entered service with the Survey that year . " Surveyor " was transferred to the U . S . Navy on 24 September 1917 for service in World War I and commissioned as USS " Surveyor " on 22 October 1917 . On 9 November 1917 , " Surveyor " was ordered to report to Squadron Two , Patrol Force , based at Gibraltar . She served overseas from 5 February 1918 through the end of World War I . After the Armistice with Germany of 11 November 1918 , she returned to the United States . Her armament was removed in January 1919 . " Surveyor " was struck from the Navy List and returned to the Department of Commerce on 31 March 1919 to resume operations as a survey ship for the Coast and Geodetic Survey , in which she served until 1956 .
USS Clarinda ( SP - 185 ) USS " Clarinda " ( SP - 185 ) , later YP - 185 , was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1930 . " Clarinda " was built in 1913 by the Matthews Boat Company at Port Clinton , Ohio , as a civilian twin - screw motor yacht of the same name . The U . S . Navy purchased her on 5 July 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel . She was commissioned as USS " Clarinda " ( SP - 185 ) on 21 November 1917 . Assigned to the 6th Naval District , " Clarinda " was based at Charleston , South Carolina , for patrol and pilot duty for the duration of World War I . Retained in the Navy after the war , she continued service as a patrol vessel in the 6th Naval District until the end of 1930 . Her classification was changed from section patrol craft ( SP - 185 ) to district patrol craft ( YP - 185 ) in 1920 . " Clarinda " was decommissioned at the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston on 26 December 1930 and sold on 1 June 1931 .
SM UB - 121 SM " UB - 121 " was a German Type UB III submarine or U - boat in the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 10 February 1918 as SM " UB - 121 " . " UB - 121 " was surrendered to France on 20 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany . She was broken up in Toulon in July 1921 after being used for underwater demolition training . Construction . She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction , launched at Bremen on 6 January 1918 . " UB - 121 " was commissioned later the same year . Like all Type UB III submarines , " UB - 121 " carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun . " UB - 121 " would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . " UB - 121 " had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged . Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged .
Sulejman Bargjini Sulejman Pashë Ballgjini ( also known as Sulejman Pasha ) was a general of the Ottoman Empire . He was originally from Ballgjin , but he settled in the village of Mullet , Albania and probably served as a Janissary , he was given the title Pasha . He founded the city of Tirana , now the capital of Albania , in 1614 . At the time he had built a mosque , a bakery and a hammam ( Turkish sauna ) . Tirana soon became the center of Albanian art , culture and religion ( especially with the Spread of Islam and the Bektashi Sufis , it became famous because of its strategic position at the heart of Albania . A statue of Sulejman Pasha stands in the square named after him in downtown Tirana . A small street in another part of Tirana also bears his name .
USS Holland ( AS - 32 ) USS " Holland " ( AS - 32 ) was a submarine tender launched by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Company in Pascagoula , Mississippi on 19 January 1963 . The first ever built specifically to service Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines ( SSBNs ) , she was sponsored by Mrs . John C . Stennis , wife of US Senator John C . Stennis and delivered to the Charleston Naval Shipyard , Charleston , South Carolina . " Holland " was commissioned on 7 September 1963 , with Captain Charles W . " Gin " Styer , Jr . in command . " Holland " departed Charleston on 14 October for shakedown training at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , returning to Charleston on 19 November . She commenced post - shakedown availability on 25 November . While " Holland " was neither a submersible nor a combatant ship , she was a vital link in support of the United States first line of deterrence , the Navy ' s Polaris missile . She contained a complete machine shop and was capable of making any submarine repair other than major overhaul , including servicing and maintaining the nuclear power plant s of Polaris - equipped submarines . The opening of 1964 found " Holland " at Charleston , South Carolina , making preparations for deployment to the Polaris replenishment anchorage at Rota , Spain . She arrived in Rota 1 April and relieved as the fleet submarine tender shortly thereafter . " Holland " continued her service to the Polaris submarines until relieved 4 November 1966 . " Holland " arrived at Charleston 22 November . There , she tended submarines of the Atlantic Fleet into 1969 . In March of that year she returned to Rota for another tour of duty . From November 1975 – January 1982 she served Submarine Squadron 14 at Holy Loch , Scotland . She was a key contributor along with Irish , British and other naval ships in the rescue of racing yachts caught in severe storm during the 1979 Fastnet Race . " Holland " was decommissioned on 30 September 1996 and is currently ( 2009 ) in the Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay near San Francisco , California . July 10 , 2013 moved into dry dock at Mare Island for cleaning before being towed to Texas for scrapping .
Blue Cross ( chemical warfare ) Blue Cross ( Blaukreuz ) is a World War I chemical warfare agent consisting of diphenylchloroarsine ( DA , Clark I ) , diphenylcyanoarsine ( CDA , Clark II ) , ethyldichloroarsine ( Dick ) , and / or methyldichloroarsine ( Methyldick ) . Clark I and Clark II were the main agents used . Clark I was used with Green Cross munition earlier ; however for the first time it was used as a standalone agent in the night from July 10 to July 11 , 1917 at Nieuwpoort , Belgium , during the operation Strandfest . The artillery munition used as a delivery vehicle contained a large amount of glass spheres closed with a cork and sealed with trinitrotoluene . Later N - ethylcarbazole was added . Depending on the caliber , the munition contained between 7 and 120 kilograms of the agent . Blue Cross is also a generic World War I German marking for artillery shells with chemical payload affecting the upper respiratory tract .
Australian Army Medical Women ' s Service The Australian Army Medical Women ' s Service ( AAMWS ) was an armed services organisation which existed from 1942 until 1951 . Growing out of the St John Ambulance Voluntary Aid Detachment s , it was formed in December 1942 and its members served as nurses in military hospitals in the Middle East , Australia and , with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force , in Japan . In 1951 , the AAMWS was merged into the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps .
Malaspina Castle The Malaspina Castle is located in Massa , Italy . It crowns the top of a rocky hill and dominates the wide underlying plain and part of the Tyrrhenian coast . From the 17th century the main purpose of the castle was military and it served as a prison until 1946 . The castle was subsequently restored and reopened to the public . History . The first record on castle dates back to 1164 . In 1269 because of political discords with local inhabitants it was leveled to the ground by the army of the nearby city of Lucca . The castle became the seat of the marquises of Massa . It was visited by Dante Alighieri , who supposedly envisioned the descending circles of Hell , that inspired the corresponding part of his " Divine Comedy " . According to legend , Dante saw the great funnel - shaped cave lying below , surrounded by a series of ledges with the slopes converging to the stream .
Warren R . Herbst Warren R . Herbst served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II . He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the Battle of Tinian . His award citation reads : " The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Corporal Warren R . Herbst ( MCSN : 346610 ) , United States Marine Corps ( Reserve ) , for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving as Leader of a Machine Gun Section of Company F , Second Battalion , Second Marines , SECOND Marine Division , in action against enemy Japanese forces during the assault on Tinian , Marianas Islands , 26 July 1944 . When his company was attacked from the rear during the night and his machine gun section was placed in a perilous situation , Corporal Herbst quickly turned his assault unit to the rear and engaged the Japanese at close quarters . On two different occasions , he advanced alone under heavy enemy machine - gun and rifle fire to secure ammunition and , another time , traversed one hundred yards of terrain raked by heavy fire to obtain a water can to replace the one that had been smashed . When the entire crew of one gun had been wounded or killed , he again exposed himself to hostile fire to retrieve the gun to prevent it from falling into Japanese hands and , in addition , repeatedly aided in evacuating our wounded while under heavy enemy fire . His outstanding courage , initiative and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service . " Herbst was born in Chicago , Illinois . His home of record was Wauwatosa , Wisconsin .
999th Light Afrika Division ( Wehrmacht ) The 999th Afrika Brigade was a German army unit created in October 1942 as a penal military unit . It was later expanded into the 999th Light Afrika Division and began deploying to North Africa in early 1943 . However , this was interrupted by the surrender of Axis forces in that theater . Those elements that made it to Africa before the collapse fought as independent units rather than as a division , and were lost in the general collapse . The remainder were sent to Greece for garrison and anti - partisan duty , where a number of those forced into service because of their anti - Nazi activities continued them , such as Falk Harnack , who deserted and formed the Anti - Fascist Committee for a Free Germany with other soldiers . During the only fight many of the political prisoners in the division went over to the US troops or retreated , the US Army taking their positions without any heavy fighting . Commanders . Commanders were : Organization . Order of battle of Afrika - Brigade 999 Order of battle of 999 Afrika Division
Abram S . Piatt Abram ( or Abraham ) Sanders Piatt ( May 2 , 1821 – March 23 , 1908 ) was a wealthy farmer , publisher , poet , politician , and soldier from southern Ohio who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . He organized the only zouave regiment from Ohio and later led a brigade in the Army of the Potomac . In 1864 , he and his brother constructed the Piatt Castles , two sprawling chateaux near West Liberty , Ohio , that are still used today for weddings , meetings , retreats , and other social gatherings . In 1862 , Piatt was promoted to brigadier general and assigned command of the 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Headquarters , Mountain Department . Later serving in the Army of the Potomac , he saw action at the Second Battle of Bull Run that August . During the Maryland Campaign in the fall of 1862 , Piatt and his regiment were detached from the Army of the Potomac and served in the Defenses of Washington , thereby missing the Battle of Antietam on September 17 . He badly injured his back when his horse stumbled and brought both of them to the ground during the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 12 , 1862 . As a result of his injury , he resigned from the army on February 17 , 1863 . Postbellum career . Piatt returned to his home in Logan County and soon remarried and resumed farming . He and his brother both prospered and they built a pair of castles near West Liberty , Ohio . He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives , 1865 – 66 , and was the Washington correspondent of the " Cincinnati Commercial " from 1868 - 71 . He established and edited , with George Alfred Townsend , the " Capital " at Washington , D . C . , 1871 – 72 , and was its editor - in - chief , 1873 - 80 . He was arrested in 1876 by order of President Ulysses S . Grant on the charge of inciting the people through his paper to rebellion , insurrection and riot . He retired to his estate Mac - a - cheek in 1880 and devoted himself to literary work . He edited " Belford ' s Magazine " from 1888 - 89 . Abram S . Piatt died in 1908 in Monroe Township from cancer and is buried in the nearby Piatt Cemetery .
Henry Richard Glynn Admiral Henry Richard Glynn ( 2 September 1768 – 20 July 1856 ) was a British Royal Navy Admiral . He served as mayor of Plymouth , Devon in 1838 , and as Admiral of the Blue in 1846 . Glynn entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1780 , and served in various parts of the world during his career , including the West Indies , Jamaica , Halifax , and the Baltic Sea . Glynn was aboard Lord Bridport ' s flagship , the " Royal George " at the Battle of Groix in 1795 . In 1797 , Glynn , as Captain of the " Scourge " , captured the French privateer " La Furet " . Sources . This article incorporates text from the Public Domain " British Naval Biographical Dictionary " ( 1849 ) .
Günther Tonne Günther Tonne ( 21 May 1916 – 15 July 1943 ) was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II , and one of only 882 recipients 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 . Career . Tonne was born on 21 May 1916 in Frankfurt . He entered service with the " Kriegsmarine " and transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1937 . In September 1939 he joined II . / Zerstörergeschwader 1 ( ZG 1 ) . In June 1940 II . / ZG 1 became III . / Zerstörergeschwader 76 ( ZG 76 ) and by July 1940 was an " Oberleutnant " with 9 . / ZG 76 . He claimed some 7 victories over the English Channel in 1940 . In April 1941 Tonne was " Staffelkapitän " of 6 . / Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 ( SKG 210 ) , and he was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross in October 1941 . He claimed a Royal Air Force ( RAF ) Blenheim on 18 April 1941 . In January 1942 he was posted to command 6 . / ZG 1 , before becoming " Gruppenkommandeur " of II . / ZG 1 . December 1942 saw promotion to Hauptmann and command of II . / SKG 10 . Tonne became " Geschwaderkommodore " , of SKG 10 until 15 July 1943 when he was killed in a in crash at Reggio di Calabria , when his engine quit shortly after take - off . He was posthumously awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight ' s Cross on 24 October 1944 . Günther Tonne was credited with around 15 victories ( approx 5 in the west ) in over 300 missions .
Nathan B . Scott Nathan Bay Scott ( December 18 , 1842January 2 , 1924 ) was a United States Senator from West Virginia . Biography . Born near Quaker City , Ohio , he attended the common schools and engaged in mining near Colorado Springs , Colorado from 1859 to 1862 . During the Civil War he entered the Union Army in 1863 as a corporal and was appointed sergeant in 1864 , promoted to regimental commissary sergeant in 1865 , and mustered out in 1865 . After the war he engaged in the manufacture of glass in Wheeling , West Virginia and also engaged in banking . He was a member and president of the city council from 1881 to 1883 . From 1883 to 1890 he was a member of the West Virginia Senate and in 1888 he was a member of the Republican National Committee . Scott was appointed Commissioner of Internal Revenue by President William McKinley in 1898 , and served until February 1899 , when he resigned to become a U . S . Senator ; he had been elected as a Republican in 1899 and was reelected in 1905 , serving from March 4 , 1899 , to March 4 , 1911 . He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination . While in the Senate , he was chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining ( Fifty - seventh through Fifty - ninth Congresses ) and a member of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds ( Fifty - ninth through Sixty - first Congresses ) . Scott was appointed a member of the Lincoln Memorial Commission in 1911 and engaged in banking in Washington , D . C . until his death in 1924 . On August 3 , 1918 , when Scott and his family were at their home , they were exposed to a cloud of toxic lewisite after an accident occurred at a nearby US army chemical weapons research facility . Scott and his family immediately entered the house , closed all the windows and phoned for help . The senator ’ s throat and eyes were burned and his face was blistered . His quick action of entering the house and closing the windows probably saved his family ’ s life . The senator complained vigorously , prompting an official investigation of the accident . His remains were cremated and the ashes deposited in a mausoleum in Rock Creek Cemetery , Washington , D . C .
USCGC Bollard ( WYTL - 65614 ) USCGC " Bollard " ( WYTL - 65614 ) is a cutter in the US Coast Guard . " Bollard " is a small icebreaking harbor tug that operates in Long Island Sound and north to Narragansett Bay . Her homeport is New Haven , Connecticut . She was constructed at Western Ship Builders Corp . , Tacoma Washington in 1966 and was commissioned in February 1967 . As an icebreaking tug , the ship breaks ice on the Connecticut River in the winter to allow commercial traffic to pass . In warmer weather , " Bollard " serves many missions including servicing aids to navigation , search and rescue and law enforcement . " Bollard " and her crew conduct search and rescue operations as necessary regardless of the time of year . The Officer - in - Charge is a Chief Boatswain ' s Mate .
HMS Starfish ( 1916 ) HMS " Starfish " was an R class destroyer ( 1916 ) which served with the Royal Navy . She was launched on 27 September 1916 and sold to be broken up on 21 April 1928 . She was built by Hawthorn Leslie of Hebburn Tyne .
Thomas Plunket Thomas Plunket ( died in 1851 or 1852 ) was an Irish soldier in the British army 95th Rifles regiment . He served throughout the Peninsular War and later in the Hundred Days campaign of 1815 . He is remembered for a feat at the Battle of Cacabelos during Moore ' s retreat to Corunna in 1809 . Here Plunket shot the French Général de Brigade Auguste - Marie - François Colbert at a range of around 600 metres using a Baker rifle . Plunket had run forward to make this shot . Before returning to his own lines he reloaded and shot down a trumpet - major who had rushed to the aid of the fallen general , which showed that the first shot had not been a fluke ; the deaths were sufficient to throw the pending French attack into disarray . The shots were at a sufficiently long distance to impress others in the 95th Rifles , whose marksmanship ( with the Baker rifle ) was far better than the ordinary British soldiers who were armed with a Brown Bess musket and only trained to shoot into a body of men at 50 metres with volley fire . Later life . After the war , Plunket was discharged from the 95th after recovering from the head wound he received at the Battle of Waterloo . Awarded a pension of 6d a day , he soon enlisted back into the army in a line regiment . The regiment was being inspected by his former commanding officer , General Sir Thomas Sydney Beckwith when the general recognised Plunket and inquired into what had happened to him . He was invited to the officers mess that night and the next day was promoted to corporal , and soon also had his pension raised to one shilling a day with Beckwith ' s influence . He later renounced his pension in exchange for four years ' pay and land in Canada , but he returned to England after a year , considering the land unsuitable . Plunket died at Colchester in 1851 or 1852 . Several retired officers in the town heard about the death and recognized his name ; as a result , they took up a collection for his widow and paid for his funeral .
Edward Boxer Edward Boxer CB ( 1784 - 4 June 1855 ) was an officer of the Royal Navy . He served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , and died during the Crimean War with the rank of rear - admiral . Life . Boxer entered the navy in July 1798 . After eight years ' junior service , mostly with Captain Charles Brisbane , and for some short time in the 98 - gun , Lord Collingwood ' s flagship , he was confirmed , on 8 June 1807 , as lieutenant of with Captain Benjamin Hallowell ( later Carew ) . Hallowell was promoted to flag rank in October 1811 , and Boxer followed him to ; and continued , with short intermissions , under Rear - Admiral Hallowell ' s immediate command , until he was confirmed as commander on 1 March 1815 . In 1822 he commanded the 18 - gun on the Halifax , Nova Scotia station in Canada and was posted out of her on 23 June 1823 . From 1827 to 1830 he commanded as flag - captain to Sir Charles Ogle at Halifax . In August 1837 Boxer was appointed to , which he commanded on the North American and West Indian stations ; and early in 1840 , during the Oriental Crisis , he was sent to the Mediterranean , where he conducted the survey of the position afterwards occupied by the fleet off Acre , and took part in the bombardment and reduction of that place in November . For his services at that time he received the Turkish gold medal , and was made Companion of the Bath on 18 December 1840 . In August 1843 he was appointed harbour - master at Quebec City , and held that office till his promotion to flag - rank on 5 March 1853 . In December 1854 Edward Boxer was appointed second in command in the Mediterranean , and undertook the duties of superintendent at Balaklava in the Crimean War . This involved responsibility for inadequate harbour facilities that were heavily used . Boxer died of cholera on board the " Jason " , just outside the harbour , on 4 June 1855 .
Battle of Montebello ( 1859 ) The Battle of Montebello was fought on May 20 , 1859 at Montebello ( in what is now Lombardy , northern Italy ) . It was a minor engagement of the Second Italian War of Independence , fought between Piedmontese cavalry and French infantry against Austrian troops . The Austrian defeat , despite the greater number , was another sign that Austrian troops were inferior to their enemies . Because of this battle , the Austrian commander in chief was obliged to keep some troops to cover the southern part of the front . Order of battle . Austria . FML Graf Stadion , commander of V Corps ( 9 , 950 infantry , 230 cavalry and 20 guns ) ( 6 , 700 infantry , 225 cavalry and 12 guns )