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USNS Rappahannock ( T - AO - 204 ) USNS " Rappahannock " is a underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the United States Navy . Construction and delivery . " Rappahannock " , the eighteenth ship and final ship of the " Henry J . Kaiser " class and the second U . S . Navy ship named for the Rappahannock River in Virginia , was laid down at Avondale Shipyard , Inc . , at New Orleans , Louisiana , on 29 March 1992 and launched on 14 January 1995 . She was one of only three of the eighteen " Henry J . Kaiser " - class ships — the other two being and — to be built with a double bottom in order to meet the requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 . Hull separation is at the sides and on the bottom , reducing her liquid cargo capacity by about from that of the 15 ships of her class without a double bottom . " Rappahannock " entered non - commissioned U . S . Navy service under the control of Military Sealift Command with a primarily civilian crew on 7 November 1995 . Service history . " Rappahannock " serves in the United States Pacific Fleet . During Operation Tomodachi , " Rappahannock " delivered fuel , stores and humanitarian relief supplies to Blue Ridge for transport to mainland Japan . " Rappahannock " then loaded diesel and aviation fuel at Sasebo , Japan , on March 24 before sailing for Gwangyang , South Korea , arriving March 27 . There , " Rappahannock " loaded 289 pallets of bottled water , which the ship delivered to Yokosuka , Japan , March 30 . Less than 24 hours later , the ship was underway again in the direction of Sendai . " Rappahannock " completed 10 underway replenishment missions delivering more than 2 . 4 million gallons of fuel . On July 16 , 2012 , the " Rappahannock " was involved in an incident in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Dubai with an Indian fishing boat that the US Navy Fifth Fleet claimed approached the ship despite several warnings . ( This has been disputed by those on board the boat and by India ' s ambassador to the UAE ) . “ An embarked security team aboard a U . S . Navy vessel fired upon a small motor vessel after it disregarded warnings and rapidly approached the U . S . ship , ” Lt . Greg Raelson , media officer for U . S . Navy , said in an e - mailed statement . According to the Navy ' s Central Command Public Affairs , the Navy vessel followed its force protocol by first attempting to warn away the approaching craft with a series of non - lethal procedures using voice , radio , and lights . After those failed the " Rappahannock " escalated to lethal force , firing on the approaching vessel with a . 50 - caliber machine gun , killing an Indian fisherman on board and wounding three others .
Lewis Sayre Van Duzer Lewis Sayre Van Duzer ( 1861 - March 28 , 1936 ) was a United States Navy officer . Born in Elmira , New York , he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1880 and retired in 1914 with the rank of captain . During the Spanish - American War he participated as an officer aboard the USS " Iowa " in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba . He later was posted to the Philippines and China , and was an instructor in ordnance at the Naval Academy . From 1910 - 1913 , he was commander of the Brooklyn Navy Yard , and finally was captain of the USS " Utah " from 1913 until his retirement in 1914 . He died in Horseheads , New York . During his career , he received several medals . He was the editor of the " Army and Navy Year Book " in 1895 and 1896 .
Academy of Military Science ( United States ) The Academy of Military Science ( AMS ) is a 6 - week officer commissioning program of the United States Air Force . AMS is held at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery , Alabama , with the purpose of training and commissioning Air National Guard officers only . AMS was originally located at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base , outside Knoxville , Tennessee . It was moved to Maxwell in 2009 . The move was initiated by a question in 2006 from the Air Force chief of staff about the potential of a " shared common experience " at a single location among active - duty , Guard and Reserve officer candidates . Although the curriculum of AMS is very similar to Air Force Officer Training School ( OTS ) , AMS differs from OTS in that it is only six weeks in duration . The primary reason for AMS being a six - week course instead of the traditional OTS nine - week course is that , on average , 85 percent of Air National Guard members have had prior military service when they arrive at the AMS course , versus about 40 percent of OTS students have had the prior experience . Another difference is that the AMS program doesn ' t operate on an upper - class / lower - class structure as does OTS . AMS is run by Air National Guard Detachment 12 for administrative purposes , but daily operation of AMS falls under the operational control of OTS . Det . 12 is a " total force " ( manned by all three Air Force components ) organization with 25 positions within the academy ' s system , plus a position assigned to the Air University ' s Holm Center and another assigned as deputy commander of the Det . 12 . AMS has been a total force organization since 1994 . Air National Guard personnel serving on the staff come to OTS under a " Title 10 " ( federal ) assignment that precludes them from having to leave Maxwell AFB for state service . The memorandum of agreement the Holm Center commander and the Air National Guard Readiness Center commander was finalized May 26 , 2009 . That agreement specified how AMS would operate at Maxwell . The first AMS class at Maxwell was scheduled to begin in October 2009 . Each class includes approximately 125 students .
IAR - 15 The IAR 15 was a low - wing monoplane fighter designed in Romania in 1933 . The IAR 15 was designed by Elie Carafoli for the Romanian Air Force . It was a lightly armed low wing cantilever monoplane with a radial engine , fixed undercarriage and open cockpit . Development . The sustained efforts of Elie Carafoli and his team paid dividends when the first order for IAR 14 was finally placed . With production started and a small profit secured , Dipl . - Eng . Carafoli decided to try something new . The result was the I . A . R . 15 . The in - line engine was abandoned and instead a radial powerplant was substituted . Accordingly , the front fuselage underwent a major redesign . The cross section was rounded and a NACA ring covered the 600 h . p . ( 447 kW ) Gnome & Rhône 9Krse engine . With the new nine - cylinder radial the aircraft attained a top speed of 375 km / h at 4 , 000 m and could climb to 5 , 000 m in 8 minutes . The ceiling was raised to 10 , 500 m and an endurance of 600 km was possible . The I . A . R . 15 could intercept any contemporary major bomber type . Alongside the new front fuselage section , other structural changes had been implemented as well . The cross section of the rear fuselage was enlarged and reinforced . The fuselage was a steel tube structure covered with dural forward of the cockpit and fabric aft . The tail was redesigned again , this time to a triangular shape and was also built of steel tube and dural covered . An aerodynamically improved single strut undercarriage featuring wheel spats was fitted near the wing roots and a small wheel replaced the previous tail ski . Instead of the crash - pylon featured on earlier models , a rounded knob appeared behind the pilot ' s head rest . The wings were rounded and shortened to 11 . 00 m , giving 19 . 00 m² total area , and were built around two dural spars with a mixture of wood and metal ribs . The open cockpit was aft of the wing trailing edge . The undercarriage had a wide track , with vertical wire braced and faired legs carrying spatted main wheels . Power was from an IAR 9K licence - built Gnome - Rhône 9K engine of 450 kW ( 600 hp ) enclosed in a NACA cowling . In the first prototype this drove a two bladed wooden airscrew , but later machines had three bladed metal propellers . Five prototypes were built . Tests showed that the IAR 15 was as fast as competing aircraft , chiefly the PZL P . 11 , but less manoeuvrable and no orders other were placed . Operational history . In all aspects , the I . A . R . - 15 , test flown in early 1934 by 1st Lt . Alex . Papana , was a good match for other monoplane fighter types of its time , such as the Dewoitine D . 500 of L ' Armée de l ' Air , the Boeing P - 26 " Peashooter " of the U . S . Army Air Corps or the Polikarpov I - 16 of the Voyenno - vozdushnyye sily . The speed capability of the I . A . R . 15 was adjudged excellent and it established a national altitude record of 11631m in 1936 .
Michael McNamara ( Medal of Honor ) Michael McNamara ( 1839 – 1907 ) was an U . S . Marine who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Korean Expedition in 1871 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Private , U . S . Marine Corps . Born : 1841 , Clare , Ireland . Accredited to : New York . G . O . No . : 169 , February 8 , 1872 . Citation : While serving on board the " U . S . S . Benicia " , for gallantry in advancing to the parapet , wrenching the match - lock from the hands of an enemy and killing him , at the capture of the Korean Forts , June 11 , 1871 .
Edward Hamilton ( officer ) Edward Smith Hamilton ( 1917 – June 30 , 2006 ) was an American army officer during World War II , and later a Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) operative in China , East Germany and Turkey . Hamilton graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1939 . He went ashore at Normandy two days after D - Day in command of a battalion in the 90th Infantry Division . After defending a key bridge , he was awarded the Silver Star on August 5 , 1944 . On September 8 , 1944 , he and his troops disabled 4 German tanks and captured 17 soldiers ; for his heroism , he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross . He lost his left eye two days later in a battle . He was awarded three Purple Heart s and a Bronze Star . In 1950 , he began working for the CIA , leading attacks from Taiwan against the mainland of China . The book " Raiders of the China Coast " by Frank Holober describes these adventures . He later performed undercover counterintelligence work in East Germany and Turkey , up to 1959 . France awarded him the Legion of Honor in 2005 . Hamilton died in Annandale , of pneumonia .
5th Escort Group ( Royal Navy ) 5th Escort Group was a British formation of the Royal Navy which saw action during the Second World War , principally in the Battle of the Atlantic . Formation . 5th Escort Group ( 5 EG ) was formed in March 1941 , one of the earliest escort groups to be set up . Led by Cdr Donald MacIntyre as Senior Officer Escort ( SOE ) in HMS " Walker " , 5 EG comprised the V class destroyer s " Vanoc " , and " Volunteer " , the S - class destroyers " Sardonyx " and " Scimitar " and the Flower class corvette s " Bluebell " and " Hydrangea " Service history . 5 EG ' s first action was a major convoy battle in defence of HX 112 in March 1941 . This saw the loss of 5 ships but also the destruction of 2 U - boats " U - 99 " and " U - 100 " , commanded by leading U - boat aces Kretschmer and Schepke . 5 EG continued on escort duty in the North Atlantic but this became uneventful due to a downturn in the U - boat effectiveness in Summer of 1941 . This was due to the loss of three U - boat aces in March , and British Intelligence penetration of the U - boat Arms Enigma code after April . In June 5 EG moved to escort south - and north - bound convoys to and from Gibraltar and the South Atlantic . These too were successful , despite the threat across the Bay of Biscay of both air and U - boat attack . In October 1941 5 EG returned to escort duty in the North Atlantic . The group underwent several changes , as ships were transferred , or were docked for extended repair . In December 1941 Macintyre was posted to Argentia as liaison officer , and , as and as all the ships had become worn out , 5 EG was disbanded after 9 months service . During this period 5 EG had escorted over two dozen convoys , totalling over 700 ships of which just 12 were lost . No warships were lost from the group , which accounted for 2 U - boats in its career .
USS Dorothea ( 1898 ) USS " Dorothea " , a civilian vessel that retained her original name when purchased by the Navy for use as a gunboat , was the only ship of the United States Navy to bear that name , though other ships have been named , , and . Her keel was laid down in 1897 by William Cramp and Sons in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . She was purchased by the Navy on 21 May 1898 and commissioned on 1 June 1898 with Lieutenant Commander W . J . Bernette in command . Service history . " Dorothea " put to sea from Philadelphia on 14 June 1898 and patrolled from Key West , Florida , to Havana , Cuba , until returning to Hampton Roads on 28 August . She was placed out of commission on 20 September and remained at Norfolk Navy Yard until January 1900 , when she was taken to League Island . There she was briefly in commission from 1 – 24 October . In May 1901 , she was loaned to the Illinois Naval Militia and was taken through the St . Lawrence River to Chicago . In 1909 , she was transferred to the Ohio Naval Militia and was based at Cleveland . She was placed in full commission there on 20 April 1917 following American entry into World War I and sailed on 2 July for duty on the East Coast . The ship ' s company of " Dorothea " was the first Ohio National Guard unit activated for service in the First World War . Arriving at Key West , Florida on 10 August 1917 , " Dorothea " patrolled in Mexican waters and along the U . S . Gulf Coast until 1918 . On 8 January , she sailed from New Orleans for Havana , Cuba , where she served in the instruction of Cuban naval officers , returning to Key West for stores and repairs occasionally . From 13 November 1918 , " Dorothea " served as a transport in Cuban , Puerto Rican , and Dominican waters , operating briefly under the command of Harry Shepard Knapp , the military governor of Santo Domingo . She arrived at New Orleans on 30 May 1919 , was decommissioned on 23 June , and was sold on 20 November .
Frank Lester Frank Lester VC ( 18 February 1896 – 12 October 1918 ) was an English soldier in the British Army during the First World War , and recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy awarded to British Commonwealth forces . Lester was born on 18 February 1896 in Huyton , near Liverpool , to John and Ellen Lester , He enlisted in the Army in March 1916 and was posted to the 10th Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment . He was soon promoted to the rank of Sergeant Instructor , training recruits at Prees Heath , Shropshire and Kinmel Park , North Wales . In June 1917 he was transferred at his own request to the Lancashire Fusiliers and in December that year he was drafted to France with the 10th Battalion of that regiment . In going overseas he relinquished the rank of Sergeant Instructor and reverted to Private . In the winter of 1918 , now promoted to corporal , he was wounded during the massive German offensive and was sent to Rouen for treatment . On leaving hospital he returned to England to await another posting . After some leave he was sent to Cromer , Norfolk and in September was sent back to the front in France . Victoria Cross . Lester was part of the British offensive which was steadily pushing the German front line back . They encountered stiff resistance , the Germans were determined to prevent a rout of the " impregnable " Hindenburg Line and fighting for survival . It was 12 October 1918 , in driving rain and sleet , that the 22 years old corporal in the 10th Battalion , The Lancashire Fusiliers performed a deed for which he was awarded the VC . Legacy . He is at buried in row B , grave 15 in Neuvilly Communal Cemetery Extension , France located 3 miles north of Le Cateau . He is also commemorated on the family memorial in Holy Trinity Churchyard , Hoylake , Wirral .
Zambian Defence Force The Zambian Defence Force ( ZDF ) consists of the Zambia Army , the Air Force , and Zambian National Service ( ZNS ) . The ZDF is designed primarily for internal defence in Zambia . Being a landlocked country , Zambia has no navy . Air Force . The Zambian Air Force is a small air force equipped with Mikoyan - Gurevich MiG - 21MF s and Mikoyan - Gurevich MiG - 19S in addition to a range of transport aircraft and helicopters .
Tordenskjold - class coastal defence ship The " Tordenskjold " class of coastal defence ship s was ordered by Norway as part as the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905 - when Norway broke out of the union with Sweden - the two ships in the class ( " Tordenskjold " and " Harald Haarfagre " ) remained the backbone ( alongside the slightly newer " Eidsvold " class ) of the Royal Norwegian Navy until they were considered ' unfit for war ' in the mid - 1930s . Description . Designed and built as typical pre - dreadnought battleships , although on a scale more suited to the fjords and narrow waters of Norway , the " Tordenskjold " class carried guns in a wide range of calibers : The " Tordenskjold " class was armoured to withstand battle with ships of a similar class , but her protection system could not withstand attacks from heavier ships nor underwater attacks very well : Fate . Both ships were phased out from active duty in the mid - 1930s , and were used as training vessels . After the German invasion of Norway in 1940 , they were taken by the Germans and turned into floating Flak batteries . After the war they were returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy and served as barracks for a short time before they were sold for scrapping . Ships . " Source "
12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 12th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 12th Michigan Infantry was organized at Niles , Dowagiac , and Buchanan , Michigan and was mustered into Federal service for a three - year enlistment between December 9 , 1861 and March 5 , 1862 . The regiment was mustered out on February 15 , 1866 . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 1 officer and 52 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 372 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 428 fatalities .
Firing points A firing point is a prepared fighting position from which infantry can defend territory with minimal exposure to return fire . Construction ranges from simple sandbag walls to sophisticated , permanent fortification s . Large artillery emplacements , for example , are vulnerable to attack by lightly armed and mobile troops who can avoid the primary armament ' s field of fire by dispersal or stealth , or by taking advantage of the limitations in the weapon ' s traverse or depression . Military engineers typically include firing points in these constructions , allowing defenders to deflect such an attack . This includes slit trenches , pillbox es , and redoubt s .
German submarine U - 3008 The German submarine " U - 3008 " was a Type XXI U - boat of the German " Kriegsmarine " that served in the United States Navy for several years after World War II . Her keel was laid down on 2 July 1944 by AG Weser of Bremen , and she was commissioned on 19 October 1944 with " Kapitänleutnant " Fokko Schlömer in command . In March 1945 Schlömer was relieved by " Kapitänleutnant " Helmut Manseck who commanded the boat until Nazi Germany ' s surrender on 8 May . Service history . Kriegsmarine . " U - 3008 " left Wilhelmshaven for patrol on 3 May 1945 , but returned to port after the surrender . On 21 June 1945 she was taken by the Allies from Wilhelmshaven to Loch Ryan , thence transferred to the United States , reaching New London , Connecticut , on 22 August . Unterseeboot " 3008 " was then formally renamed the USS " U - 3008 " . United States Navy . On 13 September , she moved to Portsmouth , New Hampshire , where she began an extensive overhaul the following day . Work proceeded on an intermittent basis due to the lack of final and total approval of the vessel ' s allocation to the United States by the Allied powers concerned . However , by the spring of 1946 , the naval shipyard received orders to proceed with the overhaul as expeditiously as possible and to place the submarine in service immediately upon its completion . " U - 3008 ' s " overhaul was completed by mid - summer , and she went into service on 24 July 1946 with Commander Everett H . Steinmetz in charge . " U - 3008 " was assigned initially to Submarine Squadron ( SubRon ) 2 and operated along the New England coast out of New London and Portsmouth . That duty continued until 31 March 1947 , when she departed New London bound ultimately for Key West , Florida , and duty with the Operational Development Force . En route , the U - boat stopped off at Norfolk , Virginia , for three weeks of underway operations with Task Force 67 . She continued south on 19 April and arrived at Key West on 23 April . There , she reported for duty with SubRon 4 and began working with the Operational Development Force . That duty involved the development of submarine and antisubmarine tactics and lasted until October 1947 when she returned to New London . The U - boat conducted operations out of New London and Portsmouth between October 1947 and February 1948 . On 28 February , she stood out of New London to return to Florida . She reached Key West on 5 March and resumed duty with the Operational Development Force . She remained so engaged until the end of the first week in June . On 7 June , she headed north once more and arrived in Portsmouth on 11 June . On 18 June 1948 " U - 3008 " was placed out of service at the Naval Base , Portsmouth , New Hampshire . Though out the of service , " U - 3008 " remained a Navy test hulk for several years . She was scuttled in a series of demolition tests in 1954 . The hulk was raised and towed to the Navy drydock at Roosevelt Roads where she was offered up for sale in 1955 . She was sold to Loudes Iron & Metal Company on 15 September 1955 , and the purchaser took possession of her on 17 January 1956 . She was subsequently scrapped .