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HMS Medea ( 1778 ) HMS " Medea " was a 28 - gun " Enterprise " - class sixth - rate frigate of the Royal Navy . The " Medea " was first commissioned in May 1778 under the command of Captain William Cornwallis . She was sold for breaking up in 1805 . Career . " Medea " and HM hired ship " Countess of Scarborough " shared in the capture , on 17 June 1779 , of the French privateers " Compte de Maurepas " and " Due de la Vauguyon " . " Medea " captured " Due de la Vauguyon " ( or " Duc de Lavaugnon " ) of Dunkirk , a cutter of 14 guns and 98 men , after a fight of an hour . The fight cost the French four men killed and ten wounded ; " Medea " had no casualties . The Royal Navy took her into service as . " Duc de la Vauguyon " had captured and ransomed a lobster smack sailing from Norway to Britain . The master of the smack informed Captain James Montague of " Medea " that the privateer had had a consort . " Medea " s rigging was too cut up for her to pursue the consort , so Montague sent " Countess of Scarborough " , Captain Thomas Piercy , after her . Piercy caught up with " Compte de Maurepas " , of Dunkirk , after a few hours and the privateer struck without resistance . She was armed with fourteen 4 - pounder guns and had a crew of 87 men . On 5 May 1781 " Medea " assisted " Roebuck " in the capture off Sandy Hook of the " Protector " , a 28 - gun frigate of the Massachusetts State Navy . The prisoners were taken off to the prison hulk " Jersey " http : / / www . americanrevolution . org / navy / nav16 . html On 7 September 1781 " Medea " captured the " Belisarius " , " a fast sailing frigate of 26 guns and 147 men , belonging to Salem " . " Medea " captured her off the Delaware River . and shared in the capture . The Royal Navy took her into service as the sixth rate HMS , but then sold her in 1783 , after the end of the war . " Medea " made a number of other captures in summer 1781 . These included the ship " Phoenix " ( 1 June ) , the ship " Rover " ( 20 June ) , the schooner " Neptune " ( 30 July ; with " Amphitrite " and " General Monk " ) , and the brig " Marianne " ( 3 August ) .
USS Escape ( ARS - 6 ) USS Escape ( ARS - 6 ) was an " Diver " - class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U . S . Navy for service in World War II . She was responsible for coming to the aid of stricken vessels . " Escape " ( ARS - 6 ) was launched 22 November 1942 by Basalt Rock Company in Napa , California ; sponsored by Mrs . J . E . Brenner ; and commissioned 20 November 1943 , Lieutenant W . T . Williams in command . World War II service . " Escape " sailed from San Diego , California , 31 December 1943 for Norfolk , Virginia , where from 4 February she was based for general salvage and towing duties . Between 10 July and 9 September , she performed similar duties out of Bermuda , and on 12 September , put to sea from Norfolk to rescue hurricane - disabled " SS George Ade " . She reached the stricken ship on the 15th , and brought her safely to port through another violent storm , in which she herself was damaged . From 31 December 1944 to 4 June 1945 , " Escape " again operated out of Bermuda , during this time aiding three large ships damaged by heavy seas . On 11 August , she departed Norfolk for the Pacific Ocean , but with the end of hostilities , her orders were changed , and after towing scows from Coco Solo , Panama Canal Zone , to Tampa , Florida , she sailed to Davisville , Rhode Island , for mooring buoys . These she laid at Jacksonville , Florida , in October . End of war in Europe . Escape sailed from Key West , Florida , 8 November 1945 to escort and later tow the Italian submarine Mameli to Taranto . She returned to Norfolk 22 January 1946 , and on 20 July 1946 was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Orange , Texas . Recommissioning during Korean War . Recommissioned 12 July 1951 , " Escape " was homeported at Norfolk for salvage and towing services to the Fleet along the east coast , and from 1954 , spent alternate years in the Caribbean , based on San Juan , Puerto Rico . On 26 January 1960 " Escape " got underway for Operation Sky Hook . While on station she was diverted to Culebra Island , Puerto Rico , to assist ( DD - 938 ) which had gone aground . Project Mercury . On 30 January 1960 " Escape " got underway to assist in Project Mercury , a United States space - flight program . She continued to give essential support to the fleet through the remainder of 1960 . On 1 September 1978 , she was decommissioned and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet . Transfer to Coast Guard . " Escape " was transferred to U . S . Coast Guard and commissioned USCGC " Escape " ( WMEC - 6 ) , 1 September 1978 . She served the Coast Guard until 29 June 1995 when she was returned to the Navy . Final decommissioning . " Escape " was decommissioned and returned to Naval custody , 29 June 1995 . She was struck from the Naval Register , 29 June 1995 and her title was transferred to the Maritime Administration ( MARAD ) . She was then laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet , James River Group , Fort Eustis , Virginia . Final disposition : Sold for scrap to Bay Bridge Enterprises in August 2009 . Military awards and honors . " Escape ’ s " crew was eligible for the following medals :
Faris ad - Din Aktai Faris ad - Din Aktai al - Jemdar ( Arabic : فارس الدين أقطاى الجمدار ) ( d . 1254 , Cairo ) Not to be confused with his namesake and contemporary the commander in chief Faris ad - Din Aktai al - Mostareb ( Arabic : فارس الدين أقطاى المستعرب ) Biography . Faris ad - Din Aktai al - Jemdar was an Emir ( prince ) and the leader of the Mamluk s of the Bahri dynasty . When the Ayyobid Sultan as - Salih Ayyub died he was sent to Hasankeyf to recall Turanshah , the son and heir of the dead sultan , to Egypt . During the Battle of al - Mansurah he was one of the Mamluk commanders who defeated the Frank forces led by the French king Louis IX . He was one of the Mamluks who collaborated in the murdering of Turanshah after the battle of al - Mansurah . During the era of Sultan Aybak , he led the Egyptian forces that defeated the army of the Ayyubid ruler of Syria an - Nasir Yusuf in Gaza and , as a general , he played a crucial role in the final defeat of an - Nasir Yusuf in the battle of Kora . In 1252 , together with " Faris ad - Din Aktai al - Mostareb " , he suppressed a major rebellion led by " al - Sharif Hesn ad - Din Thalab " ( Arabic : الشريف حصن الدين ثعلب ) in middle and upper Egypt . In 1251 he conquered parts of Syria and in 1252 the port city of Alexandria in northern Egypt became his own domain . Feeling that Aktai and his Mamluks were defying his authority and almost installed a state within his state , Aybak decided to kill him . In a conspiracy involving Aybak , Qutuz and some Mamluks , Aktai was murdered in the sultan ' s fort and his Mamnluks , including his friend Baibars al - Bunduqdari , fled to Syria and al - Karak .
XXVII Reserve Corps ( German Empire ) The XXVII Reserve Corps ( ) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I . Formation . XXVII Reserve Corps was formed in October 1914 . It was part of the first wave of new Corps formed at the outset of World War I consisting of XXII - XXVII Reserve Corps of 43rd - 54th Reserve Divisions ( plus 6th Bavarian Reserve Division ) . The personnel was predominantly made up of " kriegsfreiwillige " ( wartime volunteers ) who did not wait to be called up . It was still in existence at the end of the war . Structure on formation . On formation in October 1914 , XXVII Reserve Corps consisted of two divisions . but was weaker than an Active Corps In summary , XXVII Reserve Corps mobilised with 26 infantry battalions , 10 machine gun platoons ( 20 machine guns ) , 2 cavalry detachments , 18 field artillery batteries ( 72 guns ) and 2 pioneer companies . Combat chronicle . Formed of Saxon and Württemberg units in the early stages of the First World War , the Corps appeared on the Western Front in Belgium in October 1914 . It was assigned to the 4th Army , commanded by " Generalfeldmarschall " Albrecht , Duke of Württemberg , with which it participated in the First Battle of Ypres . In 1915 , it took part in the Second Battle of Ypres and the Second Battle of Champagne and in 1916 in the Battle of the Somme . In November 1916 , it was transferred to the Eastern Front . In late 1917 it returned to the West , initially on border security duties on the Dutch - Belgian border , before reurning to the Flanders front in January 1918 . It took part in the Spring Offensive from March 1918 and continued to be engaged on the Western Front for the remainder of the War . The Corps was dissolved in February 1919 . Commanders . XXVII Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence :
Ouvrage Saint Ours Bas Ouvrage Saint Ours Bas is a lesser work ( " petit ouvrage " ) of the Maginot Line ' s Alpine extension , the Alpine Line . The ouvrage consists of one infantry block . The location is unusual on lacking the underground galleries typical of a Maginot fortification , making it more like a blockhouse than an " ouvrage " . It was armed with two machine gun cloches and three heavy twin machine guns and six light machine gun embrasures . The interior is laid out on two levels . Construction began in July 1931 , and cost 4 . 2 million francs to complete . The position controlled movement along RN 100 . Present condition . Saint - Ours Bas has been preserved and is now a museum , associated with Ouvrage Saint Ours Haut , as part of the Museum of Saint - Ours - Bas .
Alexander Thompson Alexander Thompson VC ( 1824 – 29 March 1880 ) was a Scottish 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 . Thompson was about 34 years old , and a lance - corporal in the 42nd Regiment of Foot ( later The Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) ) , British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 15 April 1858 during the attack on Fort Ruhya , British India , Lance - Corporal Thompson volunteered , with others , including Edward Spence , to assist Captain William Martin Cafe in carrying in the body of a lieutenant from the top of the glacis , in an exposed position under heavy fire . His citation read : Further information . He later achieved the rank of sergeant and served in the 42nd Regiment at the battles of Alma , Balaklava and the siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Black Watch Museum , Perth , Scotland .
Ludwik Mateusz Dembowski Ludwik Mateusz Dembowski ( born 1768 in Góra , Poland - 1812 in Valladolid , Spain ) , was a Polish general and traveler . After the fall of the Kościuszko Uprising went to France . He served in Polish Legions under Jan Henryk Dąbrowski , with the French Army sent to Santo Domingo .
Yakovlev Yak - 6 The Yakovlev Yak - 6 was a Soviet twin - engined utility aircraft , developed and built during World War II . It was used as a short range light night bomber and a light transport . Development . In April 1942 , the Yakovlev design bureau was instructed to design a twin - engined utility transport aircraft to supplement smaller single - engined aircraft such as the Polikarpov U - 2 . The design was required to be simple to build and operate . Design and construction work proceeded extremely quickly , with the first protoype Yak - 6 flying in June 1942 . It passed its State Acceptance Tests in September that year and was quickly cleared for production . The Yak - 6 was a cantilever low - wing monoplane of all - wood construction with fabric covering . It had a retractable tailwheel undercarriage , with the main wheels retracting rearwards into the engine nacelles . The horizontal tail was braced . It was powered by two 140 hp Shvetsov M - 11 F radial engines driving two bladed wooden propellers , with the engine installation based on Yakovlev ' s UT - 2 primary training aircraft . In order to minimise the use of scarce resources , the aircraft ' s fuel tanks were made of chemical - impregnated plywood rather than metal or rubber . Many Yak - 6s were fitted with fixed landing gear . The aircraft appeared in two versions , one as a transport and utility aircraft for the supply of partisans , transport of the wounded , and for liaison and courier services . It could accommodate two crew side - by - side in an enclosed cockpit with capacity to carry four passengers or 500 kg ( 1 , 100 lb ) or cargo . The second version was a light night bomber ( designated NBB - " nochnoy blizhniy bombardirovshchik " - Short Range Night Bomber ) , capable of carrying up to 500 kg of bombs on racks under the wing centre sections and with a defensive armament of a single ShKAS machine gun in a dorsal mounting . A total of 381 examples were built with production ending in 1943 . A few examples of an improved version of the Yak - 6 with swept outer wings were flown , with the modified version sometimes known as the Yak - 6M . The Yak - 6M led to the larger Yak - 8 which flew in early 1944 . Operational history . The Yak - 6 was used with great effect at the front lines in the Great Patriotic War both as a transport and as a bomber , proving popular with its crews , although the potential for the aircraft to enter a spin if overloaded or carelessly handled resulting in production ending in 1943 in favour of the similarly powered Shcherbakov Shche - 2 . By 1944 , most operational units of the VVS had a Yak - 6 as a utility aircraft . In the Battle for Berlin , the Yak - 6 was fitted with rocket launcher s under the wings for ten 82 - mm RS - 82 missiles for use against ground targets . After the end of the Second World War , some Yak - 6s were supplied to allies , while it remained in large scale service with Soviet forces until 1950 .
Camp Leroy Johnson Camp Leroy Johnson in New Orleans , Louisiana , formerly known as the New Orleans Air Base , was located on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain in the area bounded west by London Ave . south by Leon C . Simon Dr . and east by Inner Harbor Navigation Canal . The area is occupied today by the University of New Orleans . One former building of the base still remains . The " smokestack " was incorporated into an Alumni Building . An accent barrack was used as a record storage building until 2007 when it was torn down . The base used jointly with the New Orleans Airport for training during World War II . It was transferred to the Air Service Command and became part of the New Orleans Port of Embarkation facilities . Signal and Quartermaster units were trained on the post and it housed a Transportation Corps Officer Candidate School and a Replacement Training Center . The base was named after World War II Medal of Honor recipient Leroy Johnson . He was a native of Caney Creek , Louisiana and served as a Sergeant , U . S . Army . He died on December 15 , 1944 near Limon , Leyte , Philippine Islands shortly after he threw himself on two enemy grenades saving two comrades . In 1947 the New Orleans Navy Air Base was renamed Camp Leroy Johnson in his honor .
Eduards Kalniņš Eduards Kalniņš ( December 31 , 1876 – June 28 , 1964 ) was a Latvian general . He participated in the Russo - Japanese War and in the Latvian War of Independence . He was Minister of Defence of Latvia in 1926 and 1928 and was recipient of the Latvian military Order of Lāčplēsis , 2nd and 3rd class , and the Estonian Cross of Liberty . Biography . Born in Plātere parish ( Russian Empire ) , in a farmer ' s family . Graduated Plātere Elementary School and Riga City Catherine School . In 1894 Kalniņš joined St . Peterburg ' s Artillery Academy , graduating in 1900 . After graduation he was sent to the Kaunas artillery base . At the Michail Artillery Academy he passed an exam for the podporuchik rank . After that he served at the Novogeorgievsk fortress . In 1904 he was sent to Kwantung . He participated in the Russo - Japanese War and served at the Port Arthur naval base . During service Kalniņš was shell - shocked , wounded several times wounded and captured . In 1906 he returned from captivity and was sent to Krepost Sveaborg ( near Helsinki ) , where he served until 1918 . On January 17 , 1919 , he voluntarily joined the Latvian Army . In February he was appointed as the North Latvian Brigade ' s artillery commander . He participated in battles against the " Baltische Landeswehr " units near Cēsis and Jugla . On July 15 , 1919 Kalniņš was appointed commander of the Army Department of Artillery and the Commander - in - Chief headquarter ' s deputy commander . He was promoted to colonel . From July 18 , 1919 to October 18 , 1919 he was transferred to post of commander of main army ' s artillery department . Kalniņš was a signer of the Latvian – Soviet Peace Treaty . In 1925 he was promoted to general . Between 1926 and 1928 he was Ministers of Defence of Latvia . From 1928 to 1935 he was an inspector of artillery . In 1935 Kalniņš retired from the army . In 1944 , before the Soviet Union occupied the country , he went to Sweden . In 1954 Kalniņš moved to Hollywood , where on June 28 , 1965 he died .
HMS L12 HMS " L12 " was a British L class submarine built by Vickers , Barrow - in - Furness . She was laid down on 22 January 1917 and was commissioned on 30 June 1918 . HMS " L12 " was converted into a minelayer along with . She and " L11 " were the only group 1 boats to be converted into minelayers . HMS " L12 " collided with off Milford Haven , Wales on 9 July 1929 . Luckily the boat resurfaced and returned to Milford Haven . Unfortunately , three sailors died . HMS " L12 " was sold on 16 February 1932 in Newport .
HMS Hollesley Bay ( K614 ) HMS " Hollesley Bay " ( K614 ) was a Bay - class anti - aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy . She is named for Hollesley Bay in Suffolk . She was originally laid down as the Loch - class vessel " Loch Fannich " and was cancelled incomplete in 1945 and scrapped on the slipway .
Paul Scharfe Paul Scharfe ( born 6 September 1876 - 29 July 1942 ) was Chief of the SS Legal Services . He was an SS judge and head of the SS court which was separate from civil and military courts . He joined the NSDAP ( Nazi ) party as member 665696 and the SS as member 14220 . He was the recipient of the SS Honor Ring . He died of natural causes in 1942 .
44th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 44th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men , an effort to augment existing manpower for an all - out push to end the war within 100 days . Service . The 44th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport , Iowa , and mustered in for one - hundred days Federal service on June 1 , 1864 , as part of a plan to raise short - term regiments for service as rear area garrison duty to release veteran troops for Sherman ' s Atlanta Campaign . The 44th Iowa garrisoned strategic points in the Memphis , Tennessee , district . The regiment was mustered out at Davenport on September 15 , 1864 . Total strength and casualties . A total of 996 men served in the 44th Iowa at one time or another during its existence . It suffered 2 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 15 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 17 fatalities .
Mochifumi Nangō Nangō graduated from the Naval Academy Etajima in 1927 and completed flight training in November 1932 . After a tour of duty with the aircraft carrier " Akagi ' s " fighter group , he spent two years in London as the assistant naval attache in the Japanese embassy . After returning to Japan , Nangō was posted to the 13th Air Group in October 1937 soon after the outbreak of renewed hostilities with China . In a single engagement over Nanking on 2 December 1937 , he was credited with destroying two Chinese aircraft . Later that month , Nangō was assigned as a division commander in the carrier " Sōryū ' s " fighter group . In July 1938 , Nangō assumed command of the 15th Air Group , based in Anqing . He led his fighter group in air operations supporting ground forces around Hankow and protecting shipping in the Yangtze River . Unsanitary conditions at Anqing contributed to ill health in many of the 15th ' s pilots , including Nangō , but he refused to be taken off flying duty . On 18 July 1938 , he was killed during an aerial battle when his aircraft collided with a Chinese Polikarpov I - 15 fighter flown by Soviet volunteer Valentin Dudonov . Nangō ' s death in battle was widely publicized in Japan and his funeral was attended by the vice minister of the navy , Isoroku Yamamoto .
Berwick Castle Berwick Castle is a ruined castle in Berwick - upon - Tweed , Northumberland , England . The castle was founded in the 12th century by the Scottish King David I . In 1296 - 8 , the English King Edward I had the castle rebuilt and the town fortified , before it was returned to Scotland . In 1330 " Domino Roberto de Lawedre " of The Bass , described as Custodian or Keeper of the Marches and the Castle of Berwick - upon - Tweed , received , apparently upon the termination of his employment there , £33 . 6s . 8d , plus a similar amount , from the Scottish Exchequer . The town and castle changed hands several times during the English - Scottish conflicts . In 1464 the " Exchequer Rolls of Scotland " record that Robert Lauder of Edrington was paid £20 for repairs made to Berwick Castle . In the 16th century , during the reign of Elizabeth I , the walls were strengthened with the addition of two semi - circular artillery flanking towers , one at the river ' s edge and the other on the angle of the curtain wall . The castle ' s location in the hotly disputed border country between England and Scotland made it one of the most important strongholds in the British Isles , and it enjoyed an eventful history . As a major tactical objective in the region , the castle was captured by both the English and Scots on a number of occasions and frequently sustained substantial damage ; Edward I used it as his headquarters during the course of his invasions of Scotland . The castle also changed hands in less violent circumstances when the English King Richard I ( the Lionheart ) sold the castle to the Scots , to help fund the Third Crusade . The castle finally fell into English hands in the last week of August 1482 . After invading Scotland following a pact with the Duke of Albany , Richard , Duke of Gloucester captured the castle from Patrick Hepburn , Lord Hailes . The construction of modern ramparts around Berwick in the sixteenth century rendered the castle obsolete and its later history is one of steady decline . Large parts of the structure were simply used as a quarry ( notably for the construction during the Commonwealth of the parish church , Holy Trinity , while in the nineteenth century , the Great hall and much of what remained was demolished to make way for Berwick - upon - Tweed railway station . The railway platforms now stand where King Edward took oaths of allegiance from Scottish nobility in 1296 , marked by a large notice to that effect . The principal surviving part of the structure is the late thirteenth century White Wall and the steep and long flight of steps known as the Breakneck Stairs . It is now administered by English Heritage .
HMS Aberford ( P3102 ) HMS " Aberford " was one of 20 boats of the " Ford " class of patrol boat s built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s . Their names were all chosen from villages ending in " - ford " . This boat was named after Aberford , West Yorkshire . The Kenya Navy was granted " Aberford " as a gift following independence and the formation of the Navy . She was renamed KNS ( for Kenya Navy Ship ) " Nyati " , and was the first ship in the Kenyan Navy . She was withdrawn and laid up in the late 1960s off the Southern Engineering yard in Mbaraki Creek in Mombasa and eventually beached and scrapped in 1975 .