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Battle of Kerch Strait ( 1790 ) The naval Battle of Kerch Strait ( also known as Battle of Yenikale , by the old Turkish name of the straight near Kerch ) took place on 19 July 1790 near Kerch , Crimea , and was a slight victory for Imperial Russia over the Ottoman Empire during the Russo - Turkish War , 1787 - 1792 . The Russian fleet , under Ushakov , sailed from Sevastopol on 13 July 1790 for the southern Crimea , after hearing a report that the Ottoman fleet had been sighted there . On 19 July it anchored at the mouth of the Kerch Strait and sent privateers out in search of the Ottomans . At 10 am they reported a sighting and 30 minutes later the Ottoman fleet came into view from the east . With the wind from the ENE , Ushakov formed a line on the port tack ( i . e . south - east ) . The Ottomans turned from their group formation and formed a parallel line to the east of the Russian line . Seeing that the Ottoman battle - line contained just their battleships , Ushakov sent 6 frigates to form a second line to leeward of the main line , and between about 12pm and 3pm , 3 hours of indecisive longish - range fighting followed , but then the wind changed direction to NNE and the Russians luffed , turning toward the Ottoman line . The Ottomans reversed course , 2 of their ships colliding as they did so , because some ships turned left and others turned right . As the Russians steered toward the tail - end of the Ottomans line , and with the wind from the north , the Ottoman admiral steered away , to the SW . At about 7pm firing ceased . The Russians followed all night , but by morning , the faster ships of the Ottomans were out of sight . Russian casualties were 29 killed and 68 wounded , with very little damage to ships . The Russian victory prevented the Ottoman Empire from achieving its goal in landing an army in Crimea . Ships involved . Russia . " Rozhdestvo Christovo " 84 ( flag of Vice - Admiral Fyodor Ushakov ) " Maria Magdalina " 66 " Slava Ekateriny " 66 " Sv . Pavel " 66 " Sv . Vladimir " 66 " Sv . Aleksandr Nevskii " 50 " Sv . Andrei Pervozvannyi " 50 " Sv . Georgii Pobyedonosets " 50 " Ioann Bogoslov " 46 " Sv . Petr Apostol " 46 " Fanagoria " 40 " Kinburn " 40 " Legkii " 40 " Perun " 40 " Stryela " 40 " Taganrog " 40 " Sv . Ieronim " ( bomb ) 2 fireships 13 privateers " Polotsk " Ottoman Empire . " Mukaddeme - i Nusret " 74 ( flag of Kapudane Said Bey ) " Bahr - i Zafer " 72 ( flag of Kapudan Pasha Giritli Hüseyin ) " Melik - i Bahri " 72 ( flag of Patrona Bey ) " Anka - i Bahri " 72 " Fethü ' l Fettah " 66 " Nüvid - i Fütuh " 66 " Peleng - i Bahri " 66 " Tevfikullah " 66 " Feyz - i Hüda " 66 ( flag of Riyale Bey ) " Mesudiye " 58 " Inayet - i Hakk " 58 " Burc - ı Zafer " 52 " Şehbaz - ı Bahri " 52 " Ukâb - ı Bahri " 52 " Polâd - ı Bahri " 44 " Mazhar - ı Saadet " 38 " Mebdâ - i Nusret " 32 " Raad - ı Bahri " 20 ( bomb frigate ) " Berk - i Bahri " 20 ( bomb frigate ) " Berk - i Hafız " 20 ( bomb frigate ) " Şihab - ı Sakıb " 20 ( bomb frigate ) " Cedid Bomba " 20 ( bomb frigate ) 23 small craft ( kırlangıç , pergende ( brigantine ) and şehtiye ( xebec ) type ships )
Fort Widley Fort Widley is one of the forts built on top of Portsdown Hill between 1860 and 1868 on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom . It was designed , along with the other Palmerston Forts atop Portsdown , to protect Portsmouth from attack from the rear . Even before they were completed questions arose over the effectiveness of the forts in the face of improving weapons technology and the forts were not fitted with guns until some years after they had been completed . This delay resulted in changes to the fort ' s planned armament . The originally specified 68 - pounder smooth - bore guns were never fitted and instead RBL 7 inch Armstrong gun s may have been the fort ' s first armament . In 1885 the fort was reported to have been fitted with some ordnance while the other Portsdown forts were still awaiting their guns . By the 1890s the fort was fitted with five RML 6 . 6 inch howitzer s , ten RBL 7 inch Armstrong guns , two RML 8 inch howitzer s and nine RBL 40 pounder Armstrong gun s on carriages that could be moved to wherever they were needed . Fort Widley had its guns removed in 1902 . During the First World War it was used as a transit depot . During the Second World War it was modified to provide more accommodation . It was then used by a number of units before housing members of the Royal Corps of Signals and Auxiliary Territorial Service supporting the navy command at Fort Southwick . In 1952 the fort became home to a bomb disposal squadron and a year later an emergency civil control centre for Portsmouth was constructed in the fort ' s magazine . The fort was leased to Portsmouth City Council ( then the Portsmouth Corporation ) in 1961 and was sold outright to the council in 1972 . In September 2010 the fort was used to host a search and rescue exercise based around a simulated earthquake . Titled Exercise Orion , the event involved teams from seven countries dealing with 35 scenarios over 2 days .
34 Squadron SAAF 34 Squadron was a heavy bomber squadron of the South African Air Force during World War II . It was formed in Egypt on 14 April 1944 and operated from Egypt and Italy until the end of the war . It was equipped with Consolidated Vultee B - 24 Liberator IV s . In July 1944 , the squadron moved from Egypt to Italy and formed part of No . 2 Wing ( SAAF ) along with 31 Squadron SAAF . The squadron ' s first operation was on the 21st ; in addition , it operated in northern Italy , the Balkans , Austria and Southern France , as well as mine - laying operations along the Danube . The squadron was also involved in re - supply air drops to partisans in Yugoslavia ( " Operation Flotsam " ) as well as air supply drops to the defenders in the Warsaw uprising of August – September 1944 . The squadron returned to Egypt in September and was converted to a transport unit , flying supplies and passengers to and from northern Italy , Austria , Egypt and South Africa . It was disbanded on 15 December 1945 .
80th Rifle Division ( Soviet Union ) The 80th Lubanskaya Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Rifle Division ( ) was a rifle division of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War and the German - Soviet War . 1st formation . The division was established in 1923 in the Ukrainian Military District initially as a territorial rifle division . The division ' s initial composition was : It remained a part of the Ukrainian Military District until 1935 when the eastern half of the Ukraine was used to create the Kharkov Military District and the division was assigned to it . In the summer of 1939 , its subunits were used to form the 141st and 192nd Rifle Division s . The headquarters of the division was used to reform the division to full strength at Mariupol during February 1939 . On 22 June 1941 the division was part of the 37th Rifle Corps , 6th Army . The division fought in Don Basin and near Kattowits during the defensive battles on the Ukrainian border ( 22 June 1941 - 27 June 1941 ) , but was destroyed in withdrawal during the Battle of Uman in September 1941 . 2nd formation . Almost immediately the division was reformed in Leningrad from volunteers by redesignating the " First Guards Division of People ' s Militia " ( Первая гвардейская дивизия народного ополчения ) from 23 September 1941 as 80th Rifle Division ( 2nd formation ) . Its 1st and 2nd rifle regiments came from the workers of the Leningrad ' s Neva rayon , and its 3rd rifle and artillery regiments and other sub - units were formed from workers of the Kuybishev rayon . The division was first committed to combat on the 11th of August west of Volosovo ( 35 km from Krasnogvardeysk ) , where it successfully defended its sector for several days until the Army withdrew . From the end of August the division was a part of the Koporsk operational group , and later the 8th Army during the battles for the coastal positions around Leningrad , holding positions around Ropsha and south of Oranienbaum . As part of the 54th Army of the Volkhov Front the division participated in the Tikhvin Offensive ( 10 November 1941 - 30 December 1941 ) , and the Leningrad - Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation ( 14 January 1944 - 1 March 1944 ) for which it was awarded the Order of Kutuzov , 2nd Class . The division distinguished itself during liberation of Lubań in Poland . The division ended its combat service during the German - Soviet War in Czechoslovakia with the 59th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front . It was disbanded in September 1945 .
Stephen Tuckwell Able Seaman Stephen John Tuckwell GC , ( 1897 – 2 October 1966 ) was awarded the George Cross for his " great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty " in bomb disposal work during the Blitz of late 1940 . He was attached to HMS " Vernon " and rendered many unexploded devices safe , including several parachute mine s which fell onto the bank of the River Roding in Essex . George Cross . AB Tuckwell worked closely with Sub - Lt John Miller defusing and rendering safe numerous enemy bombs and mines . They were both awarded the George Cross for dealing with a parachute mine that had fallen into the soft mud bank of the Roding River , which runs into Barking Creek . Sub - Lt Miller commandeered a canoe and having put this on a fire - float with the UXB kit , he and Tuckwell ventured out into the river . They then left the River Fire Service fire - float and went on in the canoe , until they sighted the black rim of the mine which was stuck in the mud by the nose . Tuckwell refused Miller ' s a suggestion that he should retire to a place of safety . He pointed out that as Sub - Lt Miller would be working under at least a foot of water he would need someone to hand him the tools . They managed to get out one fuse , but could not reach the other , so appealed to several crane - drivers who had come to see what was happening , and they at once volunteered to help . The two experts got back into the water , put ropes round the mine , and with the assistance of the crane - drivers , the huge cylinder was dragged slowly out of the creek , over the muddy bank and up on to the wharf . The final stages of the operation were then completed . George Cross citation . His award was citedin the " London Gazette " of the 14 January 1941 .
William Edward Heaton William Edward Heaton VC ( 1875 – 5 June 1941 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . Heaton was about 25 years old , and a private in the 1st Battalion , The King ' s ( Liverpool ) Regiment , British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place at Geluk , South Africa for which he was awarded the VC : Further information . He later achieved the rank of sergeant and served during World War I . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of the King ' s Regiment , Liverpool , England .
Alfred Lex Alfred Lex ( 10 June 1913 – 11 March 1944 ) was a Hauptsturmführer ( Captain ) , in the Waffen - SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross , which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership , by Nazi Germany during World War II . Alfred Lex was born on the 11 March 1913 at Fohnsdorf near Steiermark in Austria . He was serving in the II . Battalion , 4th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment " Der Führer " , 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich when he was awarded the Knight ' s Cross . Lex was killed in action on the 11 March 1944 , west of Shepetowka in Russia .
USS Lady Anne ( SP - 154 ) USS " Lady Anne " ( SP - 154 ) was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919 . " Lady Anne " was built as a civilian motor yacht in 1914 by Brown at Tottenville , Staten Island , New York . On 10 April 1917 , the U . S . Navy purchased her from her owner , George P . Walker of Savannah , Georgia , for use as a patrol vessel during World War I . She was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on 19 April 1917 and commissioned on 7 May 1917 at Charleston , South Carolina , as USS " Lady Anne " ( SP - 154 ) with Lieutenant , junior grade , John S . Thompson , USNRF , in command . Assigned to the 6th Naval District , " Lady Anne " served as a section patrol and harbor patrol boat based at Savannah . She operated in the lower reaches of the Savannah River and along the Atlantic coast , inspecting merchant ships and sealing wireless radios . " Lady Anne " was decommissioned on 8 February 1919 and transferred to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service for non - commissioned use as a harbor patrol boat at Charleston . Offered for sale on 13 November 1919 , she was withdrawn from sale on 3 February 1920 and transferred to the United States Department of War on 25 February 1920 .
USS Paul Jones ( 1862 ) USS " Paul Jones " ( 1862 ) was a large 1 , 210 - ton sidewheel , double - ended , steam gunboat of the Union Navy that served during the American Civil War . She carried heavy guns and was assigned to the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America . During her tour of duty , she captured blockade runner s and bombarded Confederate shore installations . Post - war , she served in the Gulf of Mexico for two years before being decommissioned . Commissioned at Baltimore , Maryland . " Paul Jones " – the first U . S . Navy ship to carry that name — was launched 30 January 1862 by J . J . Abrahams , Baltimore , Maryland , and commissioned 9 June 1862 at Baltimore , Maryland , Commander Charles Steedman in command . Civil War service . Assigned to the South Atlantic blockade . Joining the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron , " Paul Jones " sailed down the coast to engage the fort at Jones Point , Ogeechee River , Georgia , 29 July . Continuing south , she helped to silence the fort on St . John ’ s Bluff , St . John ’ s River , Florida , on 17 September , in company with and . While patrolling on blockade duty , she assisted in capturing schooner " Major E . Willis " 19 April 1863 off Charleston , South Carolina , and successfully took sloop " Mary " , loaded with cotton , off St . Simons Sound , Georgia on 8 July . Attack on Fort Wagner . " Paul Jones " participated in attacks on Fort Wagner in Charleston Harbor , ( 18 July – 24 July ) and returned to New York City for repairs until she rejoined her squadron 15 September . She continued her coastal operations until late August 1864 when she sailed to Boston , Massachusetts and decommissioned 19 September . Post - war service and disposition . " Paul Jones " recommissioned at the Boston Navy Yard 1 April 1865 for further service in the Gulf of Mexico . On 31 March 1866 she was stationed at Mobile , Alabama , and in July 1867 she returned to New York City , decommissioned , and was sold on the 13th .
Cessnock Airport Cessnock Airport is a civil airport located ( by road ) north of Cessnock , New South Wales , Australia . History . Built by the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 during World War II named as RAAF Base Pokolbin , as part of a system of parent and satellite aerodromes proposed throughout New South Wales . The aerodrome was known as " RAAF Station Pokolbin " . The aerodrome had two runways wide side by side . The aerodrome was proposed to have the following satellite aerodromes , Glendon , Rothbury and Weston , however Rothbury and Weston do not appear to have been constructed . Airport usage . Cessnock Airport is a popular Flight training aerodrome servicing Newcastle and Lower Hunter based pilots and students . It is usually considered so popular due to its large training area , which it shares with Maitland Airport and other Hunter Region aerodromes . There are two flight training schools ( Hunter Valley Aviation and Avondale Aviation , now owned by Wollongong University ) . The airport is also home to a helicopter joy flight centre . Early morning Hot air balloon flights are also common .
Patrick James Leonard Patrick James Leonard ( May 19 , 1847 – January 1 , 1899 ) was a United States Army sergeant who received the Medal of Honor during the Indian Wars . Until 1984 , it was believed that Leonard was a double recipient of the Medal of Honor . However , another Irishman , Patrick Thomas Leonard , had also received the Medal of Honor . Early life and education . Leonard was born in County Meath , Ireland . Military career . Leonard enlisted at Cincinnati , Ohio . His actions as a sergeant at the Little Blue River near Little Blue , Nebraska on May 15 , 1870 led to him being awarded the Medal of Honor on June 22 , 1870 . While searching for stray horses near the river , Leonard and four other soldiers were ambushed by 50 Indians . The men were able to kill three Indians , and wound seven . After repelling the attack , Leonard then escorted two women and a child to the nearest settlement . The other four soldiers ( Pvt . Thomas Hubbard , Pvt . Heth Canfield , Pvt . Michael Himmelsback , Pvt . George W . Thompson ) also received Medals of Honor . Death and legacy . Leonard died on January 1 , 1899 and was buried in Saint Joseph Cemetery , New Almelo , Kansas . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Sergeant , Company C , 2d U . S . Cavalry . Place and date : At Little Blue , Nebr . , May 15 , 1870 . Entered service at : - - - - - - . Birth : Ireland . Date of issue : June 22 , 1870 . Citation : Gallantry in action .
Oliver Duff Greene Oliver Duff Greene ( January 25 , 1833 – March 19 , 1904 ) was a Union officer who received the Medal of Honor on December 13 , 1893 for his action at the Battle of Antietam on September 16 , 1862 . Born in Scott , New York , Greene graduated from West Point in 1854 , receiving his commission in the artillery . He served as a staff officer for most of his career , and was Adjutant - General of VI Corps during the Maryland Campaign . He retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1897 . Medal of Honor citation . " Formed the columns under heavy fire and put them into position . "
Wilfrid Malleson Sir Wilfrid Malleson ( 1866 – 1946 ) was a major - general in the British Army who led a mission to Turkestan during the Russian Civil War . Malleson joined the Royal Artillery in 1886 . In 1904 he transferred to the Indian Army and accompanied Sir Louis William Daneon on his mission to Kabul , Afghanistan , 1904 – 1905 . He was posted to British East Africa , where he was appointed Inspector General of Communications . He participated in the Battle of Salaita and the Battle of Latema Nek . He then led the British Military Mission to Turkestan between 16 July 1918 – 5 April 1919 , aiming to block possible German - Turkish thrusts towards India and Afghanistan . In August 1918 , he dispatched a British Indian Army force consisting of a machine gun detachment comprising 40 Punjabi troops and a British officer to resist the Bolsheviks near Meru in what was the first direct confrontation between British and Russian troops since the Crimea War . He led the Malleson Mission an effort to curtail German and Turkish influence in the area , and to assist the Transcaspian Government against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War . Malleson was forced to withdraw in April 1919 however . Later he participated in the Third Anglo - Afghan War 1919 . He was involved in military intelligence , running a spy network from Meshed in north - eastern Iran against the Russians during this period . Malleson received the Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1920 .
Milton L . Haney Milton Lorenzo Haney ( January 23 , 1825 – January 20 , 1922 ) was a regimental chaplain in the United States Army . Biography . Haney was born in Savannah , Ohio in 1825 . He credited the home life of his mother as being the greatest human factor leading to his salvation . In 1846 , he received appointment as the junior preacher of the Dixon , Illinois , Circuit . At first his work centered in southern Illinois , but he quickly expanded , preaching in churches and camp meetings throughout the Midwestern states . He entered U . S . Army at Bushnell , Illinois as a Captain in charge of Company F , 55th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment , and was appointed Chaplain of that regiment in March 1862 . Four men earned Medals of Honor in action against Confederate forces at Atlanta , Georgia on July 21 – 22 , 1864 . Among these four heroes was Milton Haney , sometimes called " The Fighting Chaplain " by the men of the 55th Illinois Infantry . When the tide of battle was critical on July 22 , Chaplain Haney voluntarily joined the ranks of his regiment , as noted in his citation . He mustered out in December of that year . In the late 1890s , Haney ' s chronic health problems worsened , and he began applying for an increase in his military pension . One document in his pension file is a petition drawn up and signed by 21 members of the 55th Regiment , Co . F , Illinois Volunteer Infantry , who had served with him and supported his claim for " Invalid Pension . " Haney was receiving $ 30 per month in 1915 . After further correspondence with the " Pension Commissioner " he was awarded an increase . His pension payments of $ 60 per month ceased when he died three days short of his 97th birthday . Haney died at the age of 96 in California on January 20 , 1922 , after suffering a severe attack of pneumonia . He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery , Altadena , California . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Chaplain , 55th Illinois Infantry . Place and date : At Atlanta , Ga . , July 22 , 1864 . Entered service at : Bushnell , Ill . Birth : Ohio . Date of issue : November 3 , 1896 . Citation : Voluntarily carried a musket in the ranks of his regiment and rendered heroic service in retaking the Federal works which had been captured by the enemy .
John Merrill ( Medal of Honor ) John Merrill ( 1943 — June 10 , 1883 ) was an American soldier from New York and a recipient of the Medal of Honor . Sergeant Merrill served in the 5th U . S . Cavalry , Company F . At Milk River , Colorado on September 29 , 1879 , his conduct was exemplary . He earned special commendation because , although painfully wounded , " he remained on duty and rendered gallant and valuable service . " The Medal of Honor was officially presented in a ceremony on June 7 , 1880 . Merrill is buried in Olivet Catholic Cemetery , which is located in Cheyenne , Wyoming .
USS Douglas County ( LST - 731 ) USS " Douglas County " ( LST - 731 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . Named after counties in 12 states , she was the only U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name . " LST - 731 " was laid down on 27 December 1943 at Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation of Neville Island ; launched on 12 February 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . A . J . Ackerman ; and commissioned on 30 March 1944 with Ensign K . S . McCann , Jr . , in command . Service history . During World War II , " LST - 731 " was assigned to the Asiatic - Pacific theater and participated in the following operations : capture and occupation of Guam ( July and August , 1944 ) , and assault and occupation of Iwo Jima ( February and March , 1945 ) . Following the war , " LST - 731 " was redesignated hospital ship LSTH - 731 on 15 September 1945 and performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid - February , 1946 . She was decommissioned on 2 June 1950 and redesignated LST - 731 on 6 March 1952 . The ship received the name USS " Douglas County " ( LST - 731 ) on 1 July 1955 and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 November 1958 . Her final fate is unknown . " LST - 731 " earned two battle star s for World War II service .