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USS Euryale ( AS - 22 ) USS " Euryale " ( AS - 22 ) was built in 1941 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny , New Jersey as the " Hawaiian Merchant " . She was acquired by the United States Navy on 15 April 1943 and commissioned 2 December 1943 , with Captain H . A . Guthrie in command . " Euryale " reached Brisbane , Australia , from New York City 5 March 1944 , and after loading provisions and supplies , sailed for Milne Bay , New Guinea . There between 14 March and 26 May , " Euryale " refitted submarine s and repaired surface ships . At Manus from 28 May to 11 August , she established a forward base and rest camp for submariners , clearing the island , constructing buildings and at the same time refitting 26 submarines . The submarine tender returned to Brisbane on 16 August 1944 to load passengers , torpedoes , ammunition , and general cargo , and with this load arrived at Fremantle on 28 August . She tended submarines there until 11 April 1945 , then at Pearl Harbor until 16 August . On 28 August , " Euryale " arrived at Guam to develop a submarine base and rest camp , and on 16 September sailed for Okinawa and Sasebo . Until 12 January 1946 , " Euryale " worked with Japanese submarines , maintaining them and preparing them for disposal . She crossed the Pacific to Pearl Harbor with a salvage ship and two Japanese submarines , one of which she towed for the last leg of the passage , then continued on alone to San Francisco , where she arrived 22 February . She was decommissioned and placed in reserve on 7 October 1946 . External links . The website was created and is maintained by Sheri Lytle , daughter of ML1c John Henry " Pete " Fields ( Plankowner ) , who served aboard USS Euryale from the date of commission to 27 Feb 1946 . The website is dedicated to providing a free online museum and memorial to the men who served aboard USS Euryale during WWII . We collect stories of the men and their missions and present it here . Our goal is to provide a place for each man and his family to visit and remember .
Action of 1 April 2010 The Action of 1 April 2010 refers to a pair of naval engagements fought between United States Navy warships , a Sierra Leone merchant ship , and Somali pirate vessels operating off the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean . Action . The frigate was attacked by small arms from a pirate skiff while steaming off the coast of Kenya and the islands of Seychelles . " Nicholas " returned fire with a 50 - caliber deck gun and disabled the vessel and three pirates surrendered . Commander Mark Kesselring ordered the skiff sunk and proceeded to attack the nearby pirate mother ship from which the skiff was operating . After a chase the mothership was captured and two more pirates were taken into United States Navy custody . The pirate mothership was likely a small steam powered vessel fitted out as a naval trawler which are regularly used by Somali pirates . The ship was confiscated by the Americans according to news reports and pirates were put in " Nicholas " brig , to await court either in Kenya or the United States . That same day , the destroyer , as flagship of Combined Task Force 151 , was involved in a pirate attack on a Sierra Leone flagged tanker , the MV " Evita " . The incident also occurred in waters northwest of the Seychelles . " Evita " was fired on by three skiffs but was able to escape and increase speed and due to her crew who shot flares at the rifle and RPG - armed pirates . The attack was reported to the nearby USS " Farragut " who arrived in the battle area and began operations . The vessels were boarded by American personnel and a SH - 60B Seahawk covered the mission from the air . The pirate mother skiff was sunk later on by gunfire or explosives and after the pirates were stripped of their means to commit piracy , they were loaded onto the other two skiffs and freed . Eleven pirates were captured in total . Several fuel drums and grappling hooks were found aboard the boats . The pirate weapons , ammunition and other equipment such as ladders were seen thrown overboard by the Americans before the pirates were captured . Nobody is believed to have been injured during the engagements . Aftermath . The captured pirates from the first incident were detained by the United States Navy until it was determined that they would be transferred to the United States to stand trial for piracy . After capture , the pirates were identified as Mohammed Modin Hasan , Gabul Abdullahi Ali , Abdi Wali Dire , Abdi Mohammed Gurewardher , and Abdi Mohammed Umar . The five pirates , were put in the custody of the United States Marshal Service and charged with a variety of piracy and weapons related charges . The pirates were charged and tried in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk , Virginia where they were convicted and sentenced to serve in prison for life .
Type C4 - class ship The Type C4 class ship were the largest cargo ships built by the United States Maritime Commission ( MARCOM ) during World War II . The design was originally developed for the American - Hawaiian Lines in 1941 , but in late 1941 the plans were taken over by the MARCOM . Seventy - five ships were built as cargo and troopships in three shipyards : Kaiser Richmond , CA ( 35 ships ) , Kaiser Vancouver , WA ( 20 ships ) and Sun SB & DD in Chester PA ( 20 ships ) . All ships were capable of 17 knots , driven by a single screw steam turbine generating 9 , 900 shp . Among the variations of the design were the Haven class hospital ship . They were followed post - war by thirty - seven of the larger C4 - S - 1 class , also known as the " Mariner " class .
Takasago Volunteers Background and history . After the annexation of Taiwan as a result of First Sino - Japanese War in 1894 , the Japanese government pursued a policy of cultural assimilation , directed especially towards the various groups of Taiwanese aborigines . The Imperial Japanese Army had interest in the use of Taiwanese aborigines in special forces operations , as they were viewed more physically capable to operate in the tropical and sub - tropical regions in Southeast Asia than ethnic Japanese , and , coming from a hunter - gatherer culture , would be able to operate with minimal logistics support . The Japanese military recruited many young men from friendly tribes into service shortly before the start of World War II . The total number was confidential and estimates on the numbers recruited range from 1800 to 5000 men . Training was under the direction of officers from the Nakano School , which specialized in insurgency and guerilla warfare . Initially assigned to transport and supply units , as the war condition progressively deteriorated for Imperial Japanese forces , the Takasago Volunteers were sent to front line as combat troops . Units consisting entirely of " Takasago Volunteers " served with distinction in the Philippines , Netherlands East Indies , Solomon Islands and New Guinea , where they fought against Americans and Australians forces even before Taiwanese volunteers were recruited into service . Towards the end of the war , 15 officers and 45 enlisted members of the Takasago Volunteers were organized into the Kaoru Special Attack Corps for a suicide mission similar to that of the " Giretsu Kuteitai " , and attacked a USAAF landing strip on Leyte . The Takasago Volunteers were well known for their jungle survival ability . The most notable example is Attun Palalin , a holdout discovered in Indonesia in 1975 . He lived in solitude in the jungle for almost 20 years after leaving other holdouts in 1956 .
Battle of Hefei ( 233 ) The Battle of Hefei was fought between the contending states of Cao Wei and Eastern Wu in 233 during the Three Kingdoms period . Background . In 230 , the state of Wei constructed a new fortress at Hefei to defend against its rival state of Wu . The fortress is referred to as " Xincheng " ( 新城 ; literally : " new city " ) in historical sources . The battle . In the 12th lunar month of 233 , the Wu emperor Sun Quan led an army across the Yangtze River to attack Xincheng , Hefei . However , as the fortress was located very inland , Sun Quan ' s forces remained on their ships for more than 20 days . Man Chong , the Wei general defending Xincheng , secretly sent 6 , 000 infantry and cavalry to wait in ambush near the river . When Sun Quan ' s forces set foot on land , they were suddenly attacked by the Wei army lying in ambush . Hundreds of Wu soldiers were killed while others drowned in the river as they attempted to flee . Sun Quan ordered a retreat after his defeat . He later sent Quan Cong to attack Lu ' an , but Quan was unsuccessful and withdrew as well .
Channel Islands Occupation Society The Channel Islands Occupation Society ( CIOS ) is an organisation that seeks to raise awareness and educate the public about the Occupation of the Channel Islands during the Second World War . There are two branches , one in Jersey and the other in Guernsey , that take turns in publishing the " Channel Islands Occupation Review " . The CIOS manages many German fortifications and archives on both islands . Jersey branch . The Jersey branch was set up in 1971 . Sites open to the public : Guernsey Branch . Open to the public : Photos of managed fortifications . CIOS Jersey CIOS Guernsey
Japanese escort Ishigaki USS S - 44 . On October 7 , 1943 the " Ishigaki " sank the submarine . " S - 44 " discovered a target on her radar that she took to be a lone small freighter . " S - 44 " opened fire with her 4 - inch deck gun on the refrigerator ship " Koko Maru " . " Ishigaki " , " Koko Maru ' s " escort , sighted the submarine at 3 , 300 yards and opened fire with her bow 4 . 7 - inch gun . Captain Francis Brown of the " S - 44 " ordered a crash dive , but " Ishigaki " scored her first hit on " S - 44 ' s " conning tower before she could submerge . " S - 44 " attempted to fight back with her deck gun , but her gunners were blinded by " Ishigaki ' s " 75 cm searchlight and she scored no hits . " Ishigaki " then scored her second hit on the submarine ' s battery section . She then turned and all three 4 . 7 - inch guns began firing at " S - 44 " . Soon , she scored several more hits on " S - 44 " which began to sink . Perhaps as many as eight men had made it off the submarine ; but only Chief Torpedoman ' s Mate Ernest A . Duva and Radioman Third Class William F . Whitemore were picked up by the " Ishigaki " , so the Ishigaki ' s captain to claim his success . On May 31 , 1944 the " Ishigaki " was torpedoed by the , and had her bow blown off . She managed to drop several depth charges before sinking with a loss of 167 sailors .
Isabel Madeira Isabel Madeira ( floruit 1546 ) , was a Portuguese soldier , known for her participation in the defense of Portuguese Diu in India during the siege of 1546 . Isabel Madeira alongside Isabel Fernandes , Catarina Lopes and Isabel Dias , was trained and commanded by D . João de Mascarenhas to work alongside the male soldiers to fortify and defense the city walls of Diu during the siege because of the small number of male soldiers available . She also worked as a nurse and tendered to her own spouse between her service on the city walls .
Camp General Basilio Navarro Camp General Basilio Navarro serves as the main operating base of the Armed Forces of the Philippines ( AFP ) for the Southwest Philippines , and is the Headquarters of the Western Mindanao Command ( WESTMINCOM ) . History . Camp Navarro has hosted the Southern Command ( SOUTHCOM ) of the AFP for decades . In 2005 , news came that SOUTHCOM was to be moved to Pagadian City , which was met with wide protest by Zamboanga residents . This eventually led to a review of the AFP ' s organization . By August 2006 , then AFP Chief of Staff Gen . Hermogenes Esperon announced that the Southern Command of the AFP will be divided into the Western Mindanao Command and the Eastern Mindanao Command ( EASTMINCOM ) . WESTMINCOM ' s joint service headquarters was to be located in Camp Navarro , while EASTMINCOM in Camp Panacan in Davao City . Camp Navarro also plays an important role in the , and has hosted the U . S . Joint Special Operations Task Force – Philippines ( JSOTF - P ) . The camp was also the venue of a number of BALIKATAN Philippines - U . S . military joint exercises . Description . Camp Navarro is located in Calarian district of Zamboanga City . West of the base is the Zamboanga Golf and Country Club . Camp Navarro is also 2 km west of the Philippine Air Force ' s Edwin Andrews Air Base . Camp Navarro is adjacent to the Philippine Navy ' s Naval Station Romulo Espaldon , which is the headquarters of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao . Current facilities on base are :
Li Xiu Li Xiu ( 李秀 ) , also known as Yang Niang and Li Shuxian , was the daughter of a military commander in charge of the Ningzhou area during the reign of Emperor Hui of Jin . When her father died suddenly during a rebellion in the area in the 4th century , she took his place as military commander and defeated the rebels .
Gardiners Point Island Gardiners Point Island is an island in Block Island Sound that was the former location of the Gardiner Island Lighthouse as well as Fort Tyler . For many years the island was connected via a shoal to Gardiners Island and as such it is under the jurisdiction of East Hampton ( town ) , New York . In 1851 the federal government purchased on the peninsula from the Gardiners for $ 400 with the lighthouse first being lit in 1855 after a construction expenditure of $ 7 , 000 . The lighthouse was in square , 1½ story brick building and had a sixth order Fresnel Lens , fixed white light above sea level . A March 1888 Nor ' easter caused a break in the peninsula permanently turning the point into an island . Between 1890 and 1893 the island was shrinking at the rate of 10⅔ feet per year . On March 7 , 1894 the lighthouse was abandoned and shortly afterwards fell into the ocean . A lighted buoy was then moored 1 / 4 miles northeast of the lighthouse . During the Spanish - American War the War Department appropriated $ 500 , 000 to build the Fort Tyler battery on the island ( named for former President John Tyler who had married Julia Gardiner Tyler who had been born on Gardiners Island ) . The shifting sands caused problems for the fort as well and it was abandoned in the late 1920s . In 1921 its guns included Battery Edmund Smith , 2 - 8 " Disappearing , 2 - 5 " ( or possibly 8 " ) Pedestal In 1938 the island was declared a National Bird Refuge by Franklin Roosevelt and transferred to the Agriculture Department . During World War II the fort was used for target practice and was reduced to its present state where it is popularly called " The Ruins . " The state of New York briefly considered turning it into a park but it is deemed a navigational hazard because of the possibilities of unexploded ordnance . It is now part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex .
Western Outlands The Western ( Bulgarian ) Outlands ( , transliterated : " Zapadni ( Balgarski ) pokraynini " ) is a term used by Bulgarians to describe several territorially separate regions located in southeastern Serbia and eastern Macedonia which at one point passed directly from Bulgaria to Yugoslavia . The territories in question were ceded by Bulgaria to the Kingdom of the Serbs , Croats and Slovenes in 1920 as a result of the Treaty of Neuilly , following the First World War . According to the Yugoslav census of 1991 , two of the largest cities in the Western Outlands , Bosilegrad and Dimitrovgrad , were populated primarily by Bulgarians . Today , the territories referred to by the term cover an area of 1 , 545 km² in Serbia . In 1919 the same territories corresponded to the following parts of the Bulgarian " okrug s " : Kyustendil , 661 km² , Tsaribrod ( nowadays Dimitrovgrad ) 418 km² , Tran 278 km² , Kula 172 km² and Vidin 17 km² . Controversy . The Serbian angle deems the term controversial , referring to parts of a neighboring country ' s territory as " western outlands " can imply territorial claims , as in the example of Germany regarding Alsace in France . For this reason , the term has not been used by Belgrade in contacts with Sofia since 1948 . It was mentioned once , in the 1948 Bled Agreement by Josip Broz Tito and Georgi Dimitrov . This was in the period of Joseph Stalin ' s push for a Communist super - state in the Balkans , the Balkan Federative Republic , which was to include Yugoslavia , Albania and Bulgaria . The BFR idea was abandoned with the Informbiro Resolution of 1948 , when the split between Tito and Stalin occurred . Despite not being used internationally ( until the 1990s when it was revived ) , it is very widely used in internal social and political communication in Bulgaria . + Kresy
Strange Defeat L ' Etrange defaite ( French , " Strange Defeat " ) is a book written in the summer of 1940 by French historian Marc Bloch . The book was published in 1946 ; in the meanwhile , Bloch had been tortured and shot by the Gestapo in June 1944 for his participation in the French resistance . The book focuses on the causes of the French defeat in the Battle of France in 1940 , and in part uses a relatively long - term view similar to that in his history scholarship ( see Annales School ) . The main thesis of the book is that the French leadership failed to recognize that , since World War I , " the whole rhythm of modern warfare had changed its tempo . " There are only three chapters : " Presentation of the Witness " , being a short personal history of a life devoted to historical study and interrupted by World War I ; " One of the Vanquished Gives Evidence " , a factual account of his experience in the battle of France ; and " A Frenchman Examines His Conscience " , a biting analysis of the thinking and actions of the generation between the wars . Bloch reports a harsh and forthright view of the cause of the defeat as he and fellow officers saw it at the time ( p . 20 of the printed French edition , p . 45 of the manuscript , written between July and September 1940 ) : " . . . whatever the deep - seated cause of the disaster may have been , the immediate occasion was the utter incompetence of the High Command . " In a subsequent revision , however , he added a footnote that broadened the blame to non - HQ officers ( p . 68 of the printed French edition , p . 145 of the manuscript , footnote dated July 1942 ) : " failures in the troop command were substantially less rare than I had wanted to believe in the aftermath of the defeat . . . . Certainly a certain morality crisis in class groups ( among reserves as well as active officers ) was deeper than one dared imagine . " Chapter III then expounded on more general institutional and societal failures that hindered France ' s response .
Gerhard Grebarsche Gerhard Grebarsche ( 15 February 1913 – 11 January 1992 ) was a Hauptscharführer in the Waffen SS who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross on the 24 January 1944 while a platoon commander in the 3rd Company , 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment , 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler .
RFA Salvictor ( A500 ) RFA " Salvictor " ( A500 ) was a salvage vessel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary . " Salvictor " was built by Wm . Simons & Co . Ltd . of Renfrew , launched on 11 March 1944 , and commissioned on 31 March 1944 . Decommissioned in 1970 , the ship was handed over to the breakers at Briton Ferry on 19 June 1970 .
Carl - Erik Koehler Carl - Erik Koehler ( 3 December 1895 – 8 December 1958 ) was a highly decorated General der Kavallerie in the Wehrmacht 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 to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
USS Blue ( DD - 387 ) USS " Blue " ( DD - 387 ) , a " Bagley " - class destroyer , was the first United States Navy ship of that name , in honor of Rear Admiral Victor Blue ( 1865 – 1928 ) . " Blue " served during World War II . She was launched 27 May 1937 by Norfolk Naval Shipyard ; sponsored by Miss Kate Lilly Blue , sister of Rear Adm . Blue ; and commissioned 14 August 1937 , Lieutenant Commander J . Wright in command . Service history . Inter - War Period . After spending her first year in shakedown and training cruises along the east coast and in the Caribbean , " Blue " sailed for the Pacific in August 1938 to become flagship of Destroyer Division 7 , Battle Force . She exercised with the Battle Fleet in west coast waters until April 1940 , when she accompanied her division to Pearl Harbor . Except for an overhaul at Puget Sound Navy Yard ( February – March 1941 ) and exercises out of San Diego during April , she remained based at Pearl Harbor until war broke out as the flagship of Destroyer Division Seven of Destroyer Squadron Four . World War II . Pearl Harbor . The Japan ese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 caught " Blue " in port , but she safely made her way to sea with only four ensign s on board . She served with the offshore patrol in the approaches to Pearl Harbor during December 1941 - January 1942 . 1942 . " Blue " joined for air attacks on Wotje , Maloelap , Kwajalein Atolls , Marshall Islands on 1 February 1942 , and the Wake Island attack on 24 February . During March – June 1942 " Blue " escorted convoys between Pearl Harbor and San Francisco and then proceeded to Wellington , New Zealand , where she arrived 18 July . " Blue " joined Task Group 62 . 2 ( TG 62 . 2 ) for the Battle of Guadalcanal on 7 August , providing fire - support and screening . Although present , she took no active part in the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August , but helped with evacuation of survivors from HMAS Canberra ( D33 ) that was severely damaged in the battle . After patrolling off Nouméa , New Caledonia , from 13 August to 17 August , " Blue " returned to Guadalcanal , arriving 21 August . At 0359 , 22 August , while patrolling in " Ironbottom Sound " she was torpedoed by " Kawakaze " . The explosion wrecked " Blue " s main engines , shafts , and steering gear , as well as killing nine men and wounding 21 . Throughout the 22nd and 23rd , unsuccessful attempts were made to tow " Blue " to Tulagi . She was scuttle d at 2221 on 23 August 1942 after all attempts to save her failed . Awards . " Blue " received five battle stars for her service in World War II .