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USS Akbar ( SP - 599 ) USS " Akbar " ( SP - 599 ) ( possibly meaning " great " in Arabic ) was a wooden patrol boat in the service of the United States Navy during World War I . She was purchased by the Navy for patrol duties during the conflict and was sold at war ' s end . Her ultimate fate is unknown . Military career . " Akbar " was a wooden - hulled yacht built by the Mathis Yacht Building Company of Camden , New Jersey , in 1915 . The State of Maine purchased the yacht from her owner , George W . C . Drexel of Philadelphia , and then lent her the section commander at Bath , Maine . The U . S . Navy purchased the craft on 17 May 1917 and placed her in commission on 31 May 1917 , with Quartermaster 1st Class Robert A . Webster in command . After commissioning , the boat was assigned to the 1st Naval District . " Akbar " carried out harbor patrol duty in the Rockland , Maine , section until May 1918 when she was shifted to the Portland , Maine , section . The former yacht served on patrol duty in that area through the end of World War I in November 1918 . " Akbar " was decommissioned on 17 January 1919 . Her name was struck from the Navy list on 2 October 1919 , and she was sold on 2 January 1920 to F . Chester Everett of Maiden , Massachusetts .
French frigate Sirène ( 1795 ) The Sirène was a 40 - gun " Coquille " class frigate of the French Navy . She took part in a number of campaigns and actions before she was badly damaged in a battle on 22 March 1808 . Refloated after being beached to avoid capture , she was hulked . " Sirène " was broken up in 1825 . Career . Begun as " Fidèle " , she was commissioned as " Sirène " in May 1795 under Lieutenant Charles Berrenger . She took part in the Expédition d ' Irlande . On 8 June " Sirène " was part of a Franco - Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve , which intercepted a homeward - bound convoy of 15 merchant vessels under the escort of the frigate and the schooner or sloop . The two British warships managed to escape , but Villeneuve ' s fleet captured the entire convoy , valued at some five million pounds . He sent the convoy to Guadelopue under the " Sirène " escort . However , as she was escorting the prizes , she encountered several British frigates . She escaped after burning the merchantmen . " Sirène " took part in the Battle of Cape Finisterre on 22 July 1805 . In March of the following year , she took part in an expedition to destroy English whaling ships . In March 1808 , " Sirène " , under Guy - Victor Duperré , and the 44 - gun " Italienne " , under Captain Hugues Méquet , ferried troops to Martinique . On 22 March they encountered a British squadron comprising the 74 - gun HMS " Impetueux " ( Captain John Lawford ) and HMS " Saturn " , as well as the frigates HMS " Aigle " ( Captain George Wolfe ) and HMS " Narcissus " , which chased them . It seemed at first that the French squadron would easily beat the British to Lorient , but as they closed to shore , the wind became too weak and the frigates had to be taken in tow by their boats . By the time wind had returned , " Impetueux " and " Aigle " had closed so much that Duperré deemed it impossible to reach Lorient before being caught , and he decided to seek the support of the batteries at Groix . At 20 : 30 , " Sirène " was taken in a cross - fire of " Aigle " , which sailed between her and shore , and " Impetueux " on the other side . The gunnery exchange lasted one hour and a quarter , after which the British withdrew . Fearing that the British would attack again before he could moor " Sirène " in a strong defensive position , Duperré beached her at Pointe des Chats , under the Lacroix battery . " Sirène " was refloated on 26 March , and rejoined " Italienne " in Lorient harbour . This action was immortalised by a painting by Pierre - Julien Gilbert In British literature , " Sirène " is sometimes mistaken for " Seine " . Fate . Too badly damaged to be repaired , " Sirène " was used as a hulk in Lorient . She was broken up in 1825 .
Operation Saber Guardian Operation Saber Guardian was a joint operation between 3rd Battalion , 3rd Brigade , 5th Iraqi Army soldiers , local concerned citizens , and 6 - 9 Armored Reconnaissance Squadron , 3rd Brigade Combat Team , 1st Cavalry Division . The operation , targeted at al - Qaida leadership near the town of Sherween , Iraq , resulted in 20 al - Qaida terrorists killed , 20 detained , and two weapons caches and 12 improvised explosive device s discovered . Background . The operation began early Tuesday morning with close air support engaging three river crossings and one bridge with eight 2 , 000 pound bombs and 14 - 500 pound bombs . The locations are used by al - Qaida to conduct their attacks and were engaged to prevent their escape . “ This operation was very important for the people of Sherween because they were able to find a very big hideout for the terrorists , ” said Staff Maj . Gen . Abdul Kareem , commander of Iraqi Security Forces in Diyala province . “ It was a very big surprise for the terrorists and the people that support them . ” The people of Sherween played a vital role in this operation as they fought side - by - side the ISF to help them capture and kill known terrorists . Members of the IA also cleared a local mosque , a suspected terrorist haven , and identified mortar tubes , a mortar cache , small - arms munitions , a sniper rifle and machine guns . The other weapons cache included small - arms munitions and IED - making materials . “ The political impact will strengthen the local population ’ s confidence in the IA and the local government , ” said Maj . John Woodward , 6 - 9 ARS executive officer . “ It will also facilitate Sunni Resistance fighting in the Muqdadiyah area as the people have grown tired of the destruction al - Qaida offers . ” “ Such an operation will have a very big impact on the future of Diyala , ” said Kareem . “ This will serve as lessons for the terrorists and their supporters . “ Now they will start thinking there is no safe haven , ” Kareem continued . “ The ISF and CF will follow them wherever they go . ”
30th Infantry Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The British 30th Infantry Brigade is a brigade of the British Army in the First and Second World Wars . History . The Brigade was originally raised as part of the 10th ( Irish ) Division and served with that formation throughout the First World War . The Brigade was reformed on April 24 , 1940 in the United Kingdom , as 30th Motor Brigade . It contained two regular motor infantry battalions and a Territorial motorcycle reconnaissance battalion . It was intended to be part of the British 1st Armoured Division , then forming in Normandy , but on May 22 it was hastily sent to Calais in France to defend the port against a German panzer division . After a siege lasting three days , the brigade was overrun late on May 26 . The brigade was reformed on October 17 , 1940 , as the British 30th Independent Brigade Group ( Guards ) , and later converted to the British 6th Guards Armoured Brigade .
USS Runner ( SS - 275 ) USS " Runner " ( SS - 275 ) was a " Gato " - class submarine , the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the runner , an amberfish inhabiting subtropical waters , so called for its rapid leaps from the water . " Runner " ' s keel was laid down on 8 December 1941 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard of Kittery , Maine . She was launched on 30 May 1942 sponsored by Mrs . John H . Newton , and commissioned on 30 July 1942 with Commander Frank W . Fenno , Jr . , in command . Following shakedown out of New London , Connecticut , " Runner " departed the east coast in late 1942 , and arrived at Pearl Harbor via the Panama Canal on 10 January 1943 . Her first patrol , 18 January to 7 March , was conducted in the area between Midway Island and the Palau Islands . Five Japanese cargo ships were torpedo ed on this patrol , but none was confirmed as being sunk . In making the last attack of the patrol on a freighter off Peleliu , she was damaged by a near miss from a bomb dropped from a patrol bomber . The concussion knocked out her sound gear and the power supply for both periscope hoists . " Runner " made her escape by a deep dive , the crew made emergency repairs , and the ship returned to Pearl Harbor for overhaul . On her second patrol , 1 April to 6 May , " Runner " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s primary mission was to lay a minefield off Pedro Blanco Rock . Successful in this mission , " Runner " proceeded to Hainan Straits , off the Chinese mainland . One freighter was torpedoed , and the sound of a ship breaking up was heard over " Runner " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s sound gear , but the kill could not be confirmed . The submarine returned to Midway Island on 6 May 1943 . On 27 May , under command of Lieutenant Commander Joseph H . Bourland , she departed Midway for the Kuril Islands chain and waters off northern Japan . No report was heard from her . Captured Japanese records indicated that she sank the cargo ship " Seinan Maru " on 11 June in Tsugaru Strait off Hokkaidō , and the passenger - cargo ship " Shinryu Maru " on 26 June off the Kuril Islands . " Runner " was declared overdue and presumed lost in July 1943 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 October 1943 . Awards . " Runner " was awarded one battle star for World War II service .
USS Tech Jr . ( SP - 1761 ) USS " Tech Jr . " ( SP - 1761 ) , sometimes written as ID - 1761 , was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission during the latter half of 1917 . " Tech Jr . " was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1912 by Adolph Apel at Atlantic City , New Jersey . On 30 August 1917 , the U . S . Navy leased her from her owners , L . & T . Prettyman of Cambridge , Maryland , for use as a section patrol boat during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " Tech Jr . " ( SP - 1761 ) . Assigned to the 5th Naval District , " Tech Jr . " apparently was unsatisfactory for naval service and served on patrol duties there only briefly . She was returned to her owners on 27 November 1917 and stricken from the Navy List simultaneously .
Piotr Wysocki Piotr Wysocki ( September 10 , 1797 in Warka – January 6 , 1875 there ) , was a Polish lieutenant and leader of the Polish conspiracy against Russian Tsar Nicolas I . Nobleman ( " szlachcic " ) of Odrowąż Coat of Arms , he raised military insurgents on 29 November 1830 , starting the November Uprising against Russia . In 1831 he was sentenced to death by Russians , but his sentence was commuted to a 20 years exile in Siberia . On March 3 , 1831 , he was awarded the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari ( cross number 1 ) .
Battle of Muret At the Battle of Muret on 12 September 1213 the Crusading army of Simon IV de Montfort defeated the Catharist , Aragonese and Catalan forces of Peter II of Aragon , at Muret near Toulouse . Background . Simon IV de Montfort was the leader of the Albigensian Crusade to destroy the Cathar heresy and incidentally to join the Languedoc to the crown of France . He invaded Toulouse and exiled its count , Raymond VI . Count Raymond sought assistance from his brother - in - law , King Peter II of Aragon , who felt threatened by Montfort ' s conquests in Languedoc . He decided to cross the Pyrenees and deal with Montfort at Muret . On 10 September , Peter ' s army arrived at Muret , and was joined by a Toulousain militia . He chose to position his army so their right flank was protected by the Saudrune River , and the left protected by a marsh . He left the Toulousain militia to assault the walls of the city . Encounter . Simon de Montfort led an army of 870 French Crusaders , along with a small contingent of knights brought by his ally , the viscount of Corbeil . Simon de Montfort ' s 870 mailed cavalry included 270 knights , making the small force of exceptional quality . King Peter of Aragon had brought 800 to 1 , 000 Aragonese cavalry , joined by a militia from Toulouse and armies brought by the counts of Comminges and Foix . King Peter of Aragon ' s combined forces possibly numbered 4000 cavalry , with thirty to forty thousand infantry . Montfort divided his army into three squadrons , and then led them across the Garonne to meet the Aragonese forces . Peter ' s ally and brother - in - law , Count Raymond , advised a defensive posture in order to weaken the advancing enemy with bowshot and javelins . Peter rejected this suggestion as unknightly and dishonorable . King Peter rode to the front line , forsaking his royal armour for the plain armour of a common soldier . His army was disorderly and confused . When Montfort ' s first squadron charged the field , the Aragonese cavalry was crushed and Peter himself was unhorsed . He cried out , " I am the king ! " but was killed regardless . With the realization that their king had been killed , the Aragonese forces broke in panic and fled , pursued by Montfort ' s Crusaders .
Army Medical Museum and Library The Army Medical Museum and Library ( AMML ) of the U . S . Army was a large brick building constructed in 1887 at South B Street ( now Independence Avenue ) and 7th Street , SW , Washington , D . C . , USA , which is directly on the National Mall . It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 , but , notwithstanding , was demolished in 1969 . History . The AMML was designed by Adolf Cluss to house the Army Medical Museum , the Library of the Surgeon General ' s Office , and some of the Army ' s medical records . Between 1893 and 1910 , it also housed the Army Medical School . The AMML remained on the Mall until the 1960s , when the Museum and Library were moved to their present separate locations . The old building ( known affectionately as " Old Red " or " The Old Pickle Factory " ) was razed and replaced by the Smithsonian ' s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 1969 . External links .
USS Farragut ( DD - 300 ) The second USS " Farragut " ( DD - 300 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy . She was named for Admiral David Farragut . History . " Farragut " was laid down by the Union Iron Works Plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco , California on 4 July 1918 , launched on 21 November 1918 by Mrs . Templin Potts and commissioned on 4 June 1920 . " Farragut " arrived at San Diego , California 3 July 1920 , and was at once placed in reserve until 31 March 1922 . Then she took up a regular training schedule along the west coast , from the Panama Canal Zone to Oregon . On 27 July 1923 , at Seattle , Washington , she took part in a review taken by President Warren G . Harding , on his way home from a visit to Alaska . Returning to San Diego , she , with eight other ships , grounded on a foggy night on Honda Point , 8 September , in the Honda Point Disaster . " Farragut " and one other ship were able to get clear with only minor damage , while the others remained stranded on the rocky shore . In both 1924 and 1927 , " Farragut " sailed into the Caribbean for fleet concentrations for maneuvers , in 1927 continuing north to visit New York , Newport , Rhode Island , and Norfolk , Virginia . Her first visit to the Hawaiian Islands was in the summer of 1925 , during which she acted as station ship during the flight of seaplane s from the west coast to Hawaii . Again in the spring of 1928 " Farragut " exercised in the Hawaiians . " USS Farragut " was decommissioned at San Diego on 1 April 1930 , stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 22 July 1930 and sold for scrap , 31 October 1930 in accordance with the London Naval Treaty .
USS Colossus ( 1864 ) USS " Colossus " ( 1864 ) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy towards the end of the American Civil War . She was used to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries . " Colossus " , a stern wheel steamer , was built in 1864 at Freedom , Pennsylvania ; purchased 6 December 1864 at Cincinnati , Ohio , by the U . S . Navy ; outfitted at Mound City , Illinois ; and commissioned 24 February 1865 , Acting Master F . G . Sampson in command . Assigned to serve in the Mississippi Squadron . Serving in the Mississippi Squadron , " Colossus " patrolled the waters between Vicksburg , Mississippi , and the Arkansas River until 15 June 1865 when she returned to Mound City . " Colossus " was placed out of commission 3 July 1865 and sold 17 August 1865 .
802 Naval Air Squadron 802 Naval Air Squadron was a unit of the Fleet Air Arm of the British Royal Navy . Early history . 802 Squadron was formed on 3 April 1933 aboard by the merger of two independent RAF naval units , 408 ( Fleet Fighter ) Flight and 409 ( Fleet Fighter ) Flight . By 1939 , 802 Squadron was operating from ( Dekhelia ) in Egypt where , like all Fleet Air Arm units , it was taken over by the Admiralty on 24 May 1939 . World War II . In April 1940 802 Squadron was serving aboard " Glorious " with twelve Sea Gladiators when the ship was recalled to participate in the defence of Norway . The squadron ceased to exist after " Glorious " was sunk by the German battleships " Scharnhorst " and " Gneisenau " on 8 June 1940 during the defence of Norway . Reformed from part of 804 Squadron on 21 November 1940 with Martlet Is , the squadron sub - flights embarked on in July 1941 , with B flight serving on in August . In the following month the whole squadron was involved in Gibraltar escort convoys from " Audacity " from which it shot down four Fw 200s . The squadron was lost on 21 December 1941 when " Audacity " was sunk by . The squadron was re - formed at Yeovilton in February 1942 with Sea Hurricane Ibs , before embarking on for escorting Arctic Convoy PQ 18 in September during which time five enemy aircraft were shot down and 17 damaged , in conjunction with 883 Squadron . In September , the squadron embarked on " Avenger " and provided fighter cover on the Algerian invasion beaches . While returning to the UK " Avenger " was torpedoed and sunk by on 15 November 1942 . The squadron lay dormant till May 1945 when reformed at Arbroath with 24 Seafire L . IIIs . By VJ day , the squadron had spent a short period in , and had been anticipated to leave for the British Pacific Fleet with 9th Carrier Air Group . Post - war service . By the summer of 1947 , 802 Squadron had switched to Seafire XVs operating from . During the Korean War 802 Squadron was assigned to , and equipped with Sea Furys . Squadron pilot Lieutenant " Hoagy " Carmichael shot down a Mikoyan - Gurevich MiG - 15 on 9 August 1952 . Carmichael achieved this feat during a dogfight which started when a formation of four Sea Furys under his command were attacked by eight MiGs during a fighter bomber mission over Chinnampo . By the time of the Suez Crisis , 802 Squadron had transferred to , and was equipped with Sea Hawk FB3s – one of these aircraft lost the front of a drop tank to ground fire while the squadron was embarked aboard in September 1956 . 802 Squadron re - equipped with Sea Hawk FB5s before transferring to the " Ark Royal " in May 1957 . Following a trip to the United States , which included cross - operations with , 802 Squadron completed two tours in the Mediterranean , the second of these starting in September 1958 aboard , and ending with the disbandment of 802 Squadron at RNAS Lossiemouth on 10 April 1959 . Plans to reform 802 Squadron at Yeovilton in 1979 with five Sea Harriers failed to materialise .
Robert Sproull Robert Lamb Sproull ( born August 16 , 1918 ) is a retired American educator , physicist , and US Department of Defense official . Sproull was born in Lacon , Illinois . A graduate of Deep Springs College , Sproull studied English literature at Cornell University before taking a Ph . D . at the same university in physics . He began a promising and productive career as a physicist at Cornell and headed the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics ( LASSP ) and the Materials Science Center . Sproull left Cornell to become director of ARPA where he was a strong advocate of cooperation among academia , government , and industry to meet US scientific needs for defense and competition with the Soviet Union . After taking up an administrative post at Cornell , he became provost and vice president of the University of Rochester in 1968 . While at Rochester , he also served on Cornell ' s Board of Trustees . In 1970 , he became Rochester ' s President , and the trustees voted in 1974 to make him the university ’ s chief executive officer . He retired as president and became professor of physics at the university in 1985 . He serves on the Board of the George C . Marshall Institute . He was Chairman of the Defense Science Board . He was a member of the Roundtable Council of the National Academy of Sciences . In 2005 , the University of Rochester named its Center for High Intensity Laser Research in his honor . In 2006 , Sproull and his wife donated $ 1 million to create the Robert L . and Mary L . Sproull Fund to support the work of the Cornell Center for Materials Research ( CCMR ) . In 2006 , Sproull was awarded the Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology in Telluride , Colorado . During his term as President of the University of Rochester , Dr . Sproull was known by the nickname " Particle Bob " , a reference to his background in physics .
Arado Ar 199 The Arado Ar 199 was a floatplane aircraft built by Arado Flugzeugwerke . It was a low - wing monoplane , designed in 1938 to be launched from a catapult and operated over water . The enclosed cockpit had two side - by - side seats for instructor and student , and a third rear seat for a trainee navigator or radio operator . The Technical Office of Germany demanded 1938 a modern naval trainer aircraft . The Arado Ar 199 was the design for flight training complete seaplane crews . The machine resembled an Ar 196 , however , was based on the Ar 79 and Ar 96 , but all - metal and catapults capable . The Ar 199 owned two all - metal floats that ended in a flat stage . Behind was a keel , which was equipped with water rowing . It was powered by an Argus As 410C . To achieve good flight characteristics the Ar 199 had rigid slats and large rudders . The first 4 prototypes possessed a VDM - adjusting air screw , the last and the series , however , an Argus " Verstellluftschraube " . 31 Arado 199 were built , 5 prototypes and 26 series machines . Originally , according to RLM scheduling plan No . 10 dated 01 . 01 . 1939 65 machines were required . The pre - series consisted of 26 machines ( WNr . 001 - 026 ) , the last 4 were built in France . They were mainly used in the rescue . The series was canceled because of the need for combat aircraft was paramount . < br > Examples of series machines : Some of the Arado Ar 199 served at the 10 . / Seenotstaffel in Tromso / Kirkenes in Norway .
Jean Alexander Heinrich Clapier de Colongue Jean Alexander Heinrich Clapier de Colongue ( ; ) ( – ) was a Baltic German marine engineer and founder of a theory of magnetic deviation for magnetic compass es , living and working in Imperial Russia . Ivan Petrovich de Collong was born in 1839 in Dünaburg ( now Daugavpils ) into a Baltic German noble family originally of Franco - Portuguese origin . He studied at the Naval Academy in Saint Petersburg and from 1870 he worked there as a lecturer . Starting in 1878 he was head of the Navy ' s Main Hydrographical Administration . In 1875 he constructed " deflector " ( a new type of compass baffle ) and later improved upon its design . De Collong was a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences ( from 1896 ) and a Major - General of the Imperial Russian Navy . He was awarded the Lomonosov Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences .