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SS City of Flint ( 1919 ) SS " City of Flint " , a Hog Islander freighter of the United States Merchant Marine , was the first American ship captured by the Germans during World War II . The Athenia . The " City of Flint " , under the command of Captain Joseph A . Gainard , first became involved in the war when she rescued 200 survivors of the torpedoed British passenger liner on 3 September 1939 . The " Athenia " had been torpedoed by the that afternoon , and sent out a distress signal . Several ships responded , including the " City of Flint " . The Captain of , LCDR Sammy A . Buss , took charge as Senior Officer Present . He sent the destroyer on an anti - submarine sweep of the area , while " Electra " , another destroyer , the Swedish yacht " Southern Cross " , the Norwegian cargo ship " Knute Nelson " , and the " City of Flint " rescued the survivors . Between the ships , about 980 passengers and crew were rescued . 112 people were lost , and " Athenia " sank the next morning . Seizure . In October 1939 , " City of Flint " was carrying a cargo of tractors , grain and fruit to Britain . On 9 October , the seized the " City of Flint " , declaring her cargo to be contraband and the ship a prize of war . A German prize crew was put on board the ship to sail her back to Germany . To avoid the Royal Navy , the prize crew headed for Tromsø , arriving on 20 October 1939 . The Norwegians , neutral at the time and disturbed by the sinking of the merchant , refused entry to the Germans , giving them 24 hours to leave . The Norwegian destroyer escorted the " City of Flint " out of Norwegian territorial waters at 1620hrs the next day . The prize crew then sailed for Murmansk , claiming havarie ( the privilege of sanctuary for damage caused at sea ) . The ship lay in Murmansk harbor under the control of the German prize crew for several days and was eventually sent out by the Russia ns , who stated that if the Germans claimed havarie , the American crew could not be prisoners of war . In the several weeks that elapsed , the United States ordered many US merchant ships to register with other countries , so as to continue supporting the Allies without violating the US ' s nominal neutrality . The Royal Navy began closing on the captured ship . The prize crew then tried Norway again , the port of Haugesund . The Norwegian government again refused entry , describing the German crew as kidnappers . The approaching Royal Navy left the prize crew no choice , though ; on 3 November they entered the harbor . The ship anchored in Norway , and no one could claim the ship was making her right for passage . By consequence the Norwegian Admiralty dispatched the minelayer and boarded the " City of Flint " with its second in command , captain B . Dingsør and thirty armed sailors , who on 6 November returned " City of Flint " to Captain Gainard ' s command . He unloaded his cargo in Bergen and set sail in ballast for the US . The German prize crew was interned at Kongsvinger Fortress . " City of Flint " continued in service in the Atlantic until she was sunk on 23 January 1943 by the .
Type 95 torpedo The Type 95 torpedo was a torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy . It was based on the formidable Type 93 torpedo ( Long Lance ) but had a smaller ( Or for the mod 2 : ) warhead , shorter range and a smaller diameter . It was intended to be fired from a standard torpedo tube of a submerged submarine . Its range was ( for the mod 1 ) at , or at , which was about three times the range of the American Mark 14 at the same speed . The Type 95 was the fastest torpedo in common use by any navy at the time . Its warhead size was the largest of any submarine torpedo , and second only to the Type 93 used by Japanese surface ships . Its engine was a Kerosene - oxygen wet - heater rather than the compressed air used by most torpedo types at the time . It is regarded as one of the finest torpedoes of the Second World War .
Drummond Allison ( John ) Drummond Allison ( 1921 – 2 December 1943 ) was an English war poet of the Second World War . He was born in Caterham , Surrey , and educated at Bishop ' s Stortford College and at Queen ' s College , Oxford . After Sandhurst training , he became an intelligence officer in the East Surrey Regiment . He served in North Africa and Italy , where he was killed in action fighting on the Garigliano . Lieutenant Allison lies in the Minturno War Cemetery .
Ioan Pălăghiţă Ioan Pălăghiţă ( 13 February 1899 , Oneşti – killed in action 9 May 1943 , Kuban in Russia ) was a Romania n Officer during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross ( ) . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded by the Third Reich to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
Andrew Trollope Sir Andrew Trollope ( died 1461 ) was an English soldier during the later stages of the Hundred Years ' War and at the time of the Wars of the Roses . Born into a family of Durham dyers , Trollope began his long military career in France in the 1420s as a man at arms , serving under John Fastolf and later John Beaufort , 1st Duke of Somerset . After surrendering the fortress of Fresnay in 1450 , Trollope was made Master Porter of Calais , a capacity in which he continued to serve until 1459 . Shortly before the confrontation at Ludford Bridge , Trollope sailed for England with Richard Neville , 16th Earl of Warwick known as ( " The Kingmaker " ) . At the Battle of Ludford Bridge Trollope commanded part of the Yorkist army of Richard of York , 3rd Duke of York , but betrayed his master to the Lancastrians . From then on , Trollope was an invaluable strategist to Margaret of Anjou and supposedly concocted the Lancastrian plan at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460 , where York and Richard Neville , 5th Earl of Salisbury were killed . Andrew Trollope also fought at the Second Battle of St Albans , where he stepped on a caltrop and was knighted by Queen Margaret . Six weeks later , Trollope went with the Lancastrians to the Battle of Towton to fight the Yorkist army of Edward IV . Considered the " opposite number " of his contemporary William Neville , 1st Earl of Kent , Trollope was killed during the battle and posthumously attainted . His son Sir David Trollope was also killed at Towton .
Benjamin Swearer Benjamin Swearer ( May 18 , 1825 – November 2 , 1902 ) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in the American Civil War . While serving as a Seaman aboard the steam sloop - of - war on August 29 , 1861 , Swearer took part in the capture of Fort Clark at Hatteras Inlet , North Carolina . For his service during this action , known as the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries , Swearer was awarded the Medal of Honor on April 3 , 1863 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and Organization : Seaman , U . S . Navy . Born : 1825 , Baltimore , Md . Accredited to : Maryland . G . O . No . : 11 , April 3 , 1863 . Citation : Embarked in a surfboat from the U . S . S . Pawnee during action against Fort Clark , off Baltimore Inlet , August 29 , 1861 . Taking part in a mission to land troops and to remain inshore and provide protection , Swearer rendered gallant service throughout the action and had the honor of being the first man to raise the flag on the captured fort .
Salm - Reifferscheid - Dyck Salm - Reifferscheid - Dyck was a small County of the Holy Roman Empire . Its territory was the area around Dyck ( south - east of Mönchengladbach ) in present North Rhine - Westphalia , Germany . Salm - Reifferscheid - Dyck was a partition of Salm - Reifferscheid , and was annexed by the First French Empire in the French Revolutionary Wars , in 1811 . The county was mediatised to Kingdom of Prussia in 1813 , of which Salm - Reifferscheid - Dyck became a princely title three years later . When the committal line died out , in 1888 , the style was assumed by the princes of Salm - Reifferscheid - Krautheim . The full princely style was " Imperial Prince of Salm , Duke of Hoogstraten , Forest Count of Dhaun and Kyrburg , Rhine Count of Stein , Lord of Diemeringen and Anholt " .
Chinese frigate Dongguan Dongguan ( 560 ) is a Type 053H1G ( Jianghu - V ) frigate of the People ' s Liberation Army Navy . The frigate is based at in Mischief Reef , 76 nautical miles from Half Moon Shoal . On 25 February 2011 she was involved in a confrontation in Jackson Atoll with three fishing boats from the Philippines . She ran aground on Half Moon Shoal on 11 July 2012 .
HMAS Air Sprite HMAS " Air Sprite " ( Y 256 / SAR 6301 ) was an air - sea rescue vessel operated by the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) . She was an Australian - built version of the air - sea rescue vessels which the RAN operated during World War II , with the only difference being that she was fitted with a lattice mast instead of the tripod masts in the older ships . " Air Sprite " was ordered in 1958 and was built by Lars Halvorsen and Sons in Sydney . She was commissioned into the RAN on 15 June 1960 and was based at HMAS " Creswell " at Jervis Bay near the RAN Fleet Air Arm ' s base , HMAS " Albatross " . On the night of 10 February 1964 " Air Sprite " was one of two air - sea rescue vessels which responded to the collision between HMAS " Melbourne " and " Voyager " in Jervis Bay . " Air Sprite " rescued 36 " Voyager " crewmen and HMAS " Air Nymph " saved a further 34 . In 1976 " Air Sprite " was laid up at HMAS " Kuttabul " in Sydney for a major refit , which was scheduled for mid - 1977 , prior to being used as a general purpose vessel in Western Australia . This refit did not go ahead , and instead the ship was marked for disposal . " Air Sprite " was sunk as a target by a Tartar missile fired by HMAS " Brisbane " on 17 May 1979 .
Operation Chopper ( commando raid ) Operation Chopper was a British Commando raid by No . 1 Commando during the Second World War . The raid , over the night of 27 / 28 September 1941 , targeted Saint - Aubin - d ' Arquenay in France ; a troop of No . 1 Commando spent a day ashore .
John Williams Shackelford John Williams Shackelford ( November 16 , 1844 – January 18 , 1883 ) was a Democratic U . S . Congressman from North Carolina between 1881 and 1883 . Biography . Shackelford was born in Richlands , North Carolina , the descendant of an early Virginia family which had settled at Shacklefords , Virginia . He enlisted in the Confederate Army at the age of 17 and rose to the rank of lieutenant during the war . In 1872 , he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives , where he served for six years , when he was elected to the North Carolina Senate . After a single two - year term in the Senate , he was elected to the 47th United States Congress in 1880 . Shackelford died in Washington , D . C . during his first and only term in office , in January 1883 . He is buried in his hometown of Richlands .
Lobaev Sniper Rifle The Lobaev sniper rifle is a rifle line of custom built bolt action sniper rifle s manufactured at a small , private company named " Tsar - Cannon Ltd " ( ООО Царь - Пушка ) , which produces benchrest equipment and long - range , sniper and mountain hunting rifles in Tarusa , Russia . The Lobaev rifles are based on a single shot bolt action designed for benchrest shooting by Vladislav Lobaev . The chambering , barrel , stock , ammunition feeding method and other rifle characteristics are determined by the clients ' preferences . Variants . Lobaev rifles are offered in two main variants . With a typical accuracy potential of 0 . 2 - 0 . 3 MOA chief designer Vladislav Lobaev believes his company builds the most accurate guns in Europe . In long range precision sport shooting rifles , the chamber and throat area of the barrel are often custom made for a particular cartridge , meaning the rifle ( system ) is consciously constructed for optimal use with a particular cartridge case and projectile combination . If projectiles with differing dimensions are to be used this will generally erode such a custom made system ' s accuracy potential . The first variant is the SVL , СВЛ - Снайперская винтовка Лобаева ( Lobaev sniper rifle ) . The SVL variant has a field quick barrel change feature and the top of the receiver features a Picatinny rail to mount aiming optics . Lobaev SVL sniper rifles are factory guaranteed to have 0 . 3 MOA accuracy with specific ammunition . The second variant is the OVL , ОВЛ - Охотничья винтовка Лобаева ( Lobaev hunting rifle ) . The OVL variant is used among hunters and sportsmen like benchrest shooters , etc .
List of invasions This is a list of invasion s ordered by date . An invasion is a military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity . " See also " : Timeline of World War II " See also " : World War I timeline " See also " : French Revolutionary Wars , Napoleonic Wars Approx between 4000 BC and 3000 BC : Invasions of Aryans into the Indian Subcontinent Before 900 . Peloponnesian War . 431 - 404 BC multiple invasions of Athens and allies by Sparta and allies ; multiple invasions of Spartan allies by Athens and allies
Publius Atilius Aebutianus Publius Atilius Aebutianus ( died 188 ) was a prefect of the Roman imperial bodyguard , known as the Praetorian Guard , during the reign of emperor Commodus , from 185 until his death in 188 . Aebutianus acceded to the office upon the execution of his predecessor Sextus Tigidius Perennis . According to ancient sources , Perennis was removed by the influential freedman and chamberlain of Commodus , Marcus Aurelius Cleander , and in 188 Aebutianus suffered a similar fate . According to the " Historia Augusta " , he was murdered by Cleander , who then assumed command of the Praetorian Guard himself .
USS Paul ( FF - 1080 ) The USS Paul ( FF - 1080 ) was a Knox class frigate built for the United States Navy by Avondale Shipyard , Westwego , Louisiana . " Paul " was laid down 12 September 1969 , launched 20 June 1970 and delivered 23 July 1971 . She was commissioned 14 August 1971 , decommissioned 14 August 1992 and struck 11 January 1995 . " Paul " was disposed of through the Security Assistance Program ( SAP ) , transferred , grant aid , ex - US fleet hull , to Turkey 9 January 2000 .
General Electric AN / FPS - 8 Radar The AN / FPS - 8 Radar was a Medium - Range Search Radar used by the United States Air Force Air Defense Command . The radar was a medium power D - Band search radar designed for aircraft control and early warning , and was installed at commercial airports and military bases both in the United States and overseas . In most installations the antenna was exposed , being mounted on a temporary tower . For severe environmental conditions , the AN / FPS - 8 was self - contained in an arctic tower with a protective radome . Over the years improvements were made to the basic AN / FPS - 8 , culminating in the final version whose nomenclature was AN / FPS - 88 ( V ) . The AN / FPS - 8 also had two mobile versions : the AN / MPS - 11 and the AN / MPS - 11A .
USS Kennison ( DD - 138 ) USS " Kennison " ( DD – 138 ) was a " Wickes " class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II , later redesignated AG - 83 . She was the first ship named for William Kennison . " Kennison " was launched 8 June 1918 by the Mare Island Navy Yard , Vallejo , California ; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Riner ; and commissioned 2 April 1919 , Commander R . P . Enrich in command . Service history . Following completion , shakedown , and acceptance trials , " Kennison " arrived in San Diego , her home port , 25 March 1920 . During the summer she engaged in experimental torpedo and antiaircraft exercises . The destroyer continued coastal operations and tactical exercises until 12 August 1921 when she put into San Diego with 50 percent complement . She decommissioned at San Diego 22 June 1922 . Recommissioned 18 December 1939 , Lieutenant William Giers Michelet in command , " Kennison " joined the Neutrality Patrol out of San Diego 6 May 1940 . From June to September she engaged in reserve training cruises before rejoining the Neutrality Patrol 14 October . The destroyer continued patrol operations along the West Coast until the United States entered World War II . As the war effort increased in early 1942 , " Kennison " intensified her ASW operations including escort of convoys and submarines to various California ports until 22 September 1944 when she sailed for Bremerton to undergo conversion . Redesignated AG - 83 , " Kennison " returned to San Diego 9 November 1944 to resume service . For the rest of the war she operated out of San Diego as a target ship for plane exercises with aerial torpedo es . These exercises provided invaluable training to Navy pilots preparing for combat . Following the war " Kennison " sailed for the East Coast , arriving Norfolk late October . She decommissioned 21 November 1945 at Portsmouth , Virginia . She was sold 18 November 1946 to Luria Brothers & Company , Inc . , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , and scrapped . As of 2013 , no other ship in the United States Navy has borne this name .
Jeffrey K . Harris Jeffrey K . Harris ( born June 28 , 1953 ) is an American aerospace executive who served as eleventh Director of the National Reconnaissance Office from 1994 - 1996 . Life and career . Harris graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology . In 1978 , he transferred from the National Photographic Intelligence Center to The Office of Development and Engineering . Time at NRO . Mr . Harris managed the integration of NRO programs into three functional directorates . He was a member of the R . James Woolsey panel that studied the future of NRO systems . He was a major proponent and architect of consolidating signals intelligence systems in a new partnership with the National Security Agency . Mr . Harris directed the CORONA program declassification and established a public affairs program . Harris and deputy director Jimmie D . Hill were dismissed in 1996 after losing track of more than $ 2 billion in classified money . Harris was replaced by Keith Hall . Harris was named President of the Space Systems - Missiles & Space Operations division of Lockheed Martin in 2001 .
5th U - boat Flotilla The 5th U - boat Flotilla ( German " 5 . Unterseebootsflottille " ) , also known as Emsmann Flotilla , was a U - boat flotilla of the German " Kriegsmarine " during World War II . The flotilla was formed in December 1938 in Kiel under the command of " Korvettenkapitän " Hans - Rudolf Rösing . It was named in honour of " Oberleutnant " Hans Joachim Emsmann , a U - boat commander during World War I , who died on 28 October 1918 after his U - boat was sunk by a mine . The flotilla was disbanded in January 1940 and the boats were all transferred to 1st Flotilla . The flotilla was re - formed as " 5th U - boat Flotilla " in June 1941 under the command of " Kapitänleutnant " Karl - Heinz Moehle as a training flotilla with her base in Kiel . In 1946 Moehle was sentenced to five years in prison , after being found guilty of passing the Laconia Order to new U - boat commanders before they went out on patrol . He was released in November 1949 .
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery is a historic cemetery located near Cabot in northern Lonoke County , Arkansas and is the site of Confederate military camp where 1 , 500 Confederate soldiers died during an epidemic during the fall of 1862 . Camp Nelson is located on Rye Drive , just off Cherry Road , just off Mt . Carmel Road in north Lonoke County about 2 miles east of Cabot . Camp Nelson was a central staging point in central Arkansas for Confederate troops gathering from Texas and Arkansas . The camp was named for Brigadier General Allison Nelson who was in command of the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment . During the fall of 1862 an epidemic of measles and typhoid fever ran rampant through the troops congregated there . Approximately 1 , 500 Arkansas and Texas soldiers died of disease during a two - month period including Brigadier General Nelson himself . Approximately 1 , 500 of these soldiers were buried in unmarked graves in the surrounding hills . During the early years of the 20th century Confederate veterans placed markers in honor of the unknown soldiers and erected a 12 - foot obelisk to their memory at the site . The cemetery was not properly maintained and was soon overtaken by the forest undergrowth and became just a local curiosity out in the forest . In the 1980s local residents , including members of the ROTC and local high school students , began a restoration project on their own and returned the cemetery to its original condition . Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
USS Cohasset ( 1860 ) USS " Cohasset " ( 1860 ) was a tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy for various purposes : as a tugboat , dispatch vessel , escort vessel , and even as a gunboat . " Cohasset " — a tug originally called " E . D . Fogg " and later " Narragansett " — was built in 1860 at Providence , Rhode Island ; purchased by the Navy on 13 September 1861 ; outfitted at New York Navy Yard ; delivered at Hampton Roads , Virginia on 26 October 1861 ; and assigned to duty with the Atlantic Blockading Squadron , Pilot Thomas Evans in command . Assigned to the Atlantic Blockade . From 26 October 1861 - July 1864 , " Cohasset " sailed in the Norfolk , Virginia , area and in the rivers of Virginia as a picket and dispatch boat , carried mail and supplies , towed coal barges , acted as guard for , and shared in the fighting in the York , James , and Nansemond Rivers . Providing harbor defense . Ordered to Beaufort , North Carolina in July 1864 , " Cohasset " was used for harbor defense and towing until 1 October 1864 , when she returned to Norfolk for duty towing coal barges in the James River . Post - Civil War activity . " Cohasset " arrived at Boston Navy Yard on 1 June 1865 . She served as yard tug there until 1882 , when she was transferred to Newport , Rhode Island . " Cohasset " was sold on 9 May 1892 at Newport , Rhode Island .
Operation Pantomime Operation Pantomime ( or in Spanish , Operación Pantomima ) , according to a documentary elaborated by the Cuban ICAIC , was an operation undertaken by the government of the United States with the intention of assassinating Colombian presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in 1948 as a way to curb communist and leftwing influence in the region . The documentary included taped excerpts of the interrogation of a man identified as John Mepples Espirito , who is presented as a former CIA agent captured in Cuba during the 1960s . During his interrogation , Espirito claims that the U . S . had tried and failed at either bribing or blackmailing Gaitán . Espirito says that he then traveled to Colombia as part of a team of U . S . agents that eventually contacted and used Colombian Juan Roa Sierra in order to assassinate Gaitán on April 9 , 1948 .