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USS Flirt ( 1839 ) USS " Flirt " was a schooner of the United States Navy , in commission from 1839 until 1850 , which saw service in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican – American War before being sold into commercial service . Service history . The ship was built in 1839 by the War Department at Baltimore , transferred to the Navy in November 1839 , and commissioned under the command of Lieutenant J . T . McLaughlin . " Flirt " sailed from Baltimore on 15 December 1839 as the flagship of a small squadron of schooners . Based at Key West they operated along the coast of Florida during the suppression of Indian uprisings . The force prevented the Indians from receiving ammunition and supplies from Cuba and Bermuda , and organized expeditions into the Everglades to protect settlers ' lives and property . When the squadron was dissolved in 1842 , " Flirt " was ordered north , arriving in Hampton Roads on 19 July . From August to November 1842 , " Flirt " lay " in ordinary " at Norfolk , Virginia , then served as receiving ship at Charleston , South Carolina , until April 1843 , when she was fitted out for service as a dispatch ship . Based at Norfolk , " Flirt " carried passengers and mail destined for the Pacific Squadron to Panama , and touched at many ports in the Gulf of Mexico to transfer men and supplies . Under the command of Lieutenant James Shedden Palmer , during the Mexican War of 1846 - 47 , she continued carrying despatches for the Pacific Squadron to Panama , as well as transporting mail and supplies between New Orleans and Galveston for the forces in Texas , and occasionally blockading Mexican ports . From 1847 to 1850 , under the command of Lieutenant Ebenezer Farrand , " Flirt " based at Key West for patrol duty in the Gulf of Mexico , and on 18 October 1850 , she arrived at Charleston , where she was decommissioned on 29 November 1850 and subsequently sold in 1851 to General James Gadsden . For the next two years she carried goods between Newport , Florida and South Carolina . Gadsden sold " Flirt " in 1853 .
ORP Warszawa ( 1956 ) ORP " Warszawa " was a Kotlin - class destroyer . She was originally the " Spravedlivyy " of the Soviet navy , built in Leningrad . She was later transferred to the Polish navy , the only ship of this class to be so transferred .
François Joseph de Gratet , vicomte Dubouchage François Joseph de Gratet , vicomte du Bouchage ( born 1 April 1749 , Grenoble – 12 April 1821 ) , was an artillery general , politician , and French Minister of Marine in 1792 and 1815 , and Minister of Foreign Affairs 1792 . Biography . Born into a noble family of Bugey , established in Dauphiné since the sixteenth century , he was the fourth child of Claude - Francois de Gratet , vicomte du Bouchage , barrister and honorary knight in Parliament of the Dauphiné . Like his brother Marie - Joseph , he embraced a military career by entering in 1763 , at the age of fourteen years , in the artillery of France . Brilliant officer , he was appointed brigadier on 1 November 1784 during the creation of the corps of Colonial Royal Artillery . As a result , he spent in the Navy , he never left . Two years later , on 1 May 1786 , he was Deputy Director at Brest , naval artillery . Became a Director at the beginning of the revolution in 1791 ; he published a paper on the organization of the Marines which inspired legislators in their decree of June 14 , 1792 . Field Marshal and Inspector General of Artillery July 8 , 1792 , he accepted the portfolio Minister of the Navy after the dismissal of Roland , then as Minister of Foreign Affairs . Dismissed August 10 as anti - revolutionary . He advised Louis XVI in resistance , the prince chose to retire from the Assembly . He accompanied him there on his arm to the Queen and Madame taking by the hand . On August 13 he left Paris , but he did not emigrate . He was arrested a few days in 1805 , on suspicion of having intercourse with London . Appointed Commander of St . Louis in 1814 , he remained inactive during the Hundred Days . Minister of the Navy September 27 , 1815 , he conceived the idea of establishing a naval school in Angoulême ; he restored the Naval establishment of the Invalides . He opposed the order of September 5 , and surrendered his portfolio , June 22 , 1817 . He was made a peer of France .
HNLMS O 24 O 24 , laid down K XXIV was a of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II . The most famous occupant of the " O - 24 " was Piet de Jong , who was the commanding officer from 1944 until 1946 and who later became Minister of Defence in 1963 and served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 until 1971 . Ship history . The submarine was laid down on 12 November 1937 as " K XXIV " at the " Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij " ( RDM ) shipyard in Rotterdam . During construction she was renamed " O 24 " , and was finally launched on 18 March 1940 . Following the German invasion of 10 May 1940 , the " O 24 " was hastily commissioned , still incomplete , and sailed for England on 13 May , to be finally completed at the Thornycroft shipyard at Southampton . From September 1940 she was attached to the 9th Submarine Flotilla at Dundee for patrols in the North Sea and off the Norwegian coast . In March 1941 she joined the 8th Submarine Flotilla at Gibraltar for operations in the Bay of Biscay and Atlantic Ocean , and convoy patrol duties . She also operated off the east coast of Italy , sinking several ships . In July 1942 " O 24 " was transferred to the British Eastern Fleet based at Colombo in Ceylon for operations in the Indian Ocean . Her patrols took her into the into the Strait of Malacca , off Sumatra , and around the Andaman Islands , attacking Japanese shipping and also landing small groups of British special forces on various islands . In mid - 1944 she was refitted at the Philadelphia Navy Yard , then sailed for Fremantle , Australia , for further operations in the East Indies . After the Japanese surrender she was based at Batavia , before finally returning to the Netherlands in April 1946 . " O 24 " was reduced to the status of training ship in 1947 , and was decommissioned in June 1955 to serve as a floating battery until 1958 , then as a instruction vessel until 1962 when she was struck , and sold for scrapping the following year . Victories . Ships sunk by " O 24 " .
637th Radar Squadron The 637th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 25th Air Division , Aerospace Defense Command , stationed at Othello Air Force Station , Washington . History . The squadron was originally activated at Long Beach Municipal Airport CA as the 637th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron as part of the initial cold war air defenses of the Western United States . The following year it moved to Lashup Site L - 32 at McChord AFB , WA . In 1959 , it moved to Site L - 29 at Moses Lake AFB , WA . The squadron finally moved to its final station at site LP - 40 ( later P - 40 , Z - 40 ) on Saddle Mountain , WA in 1951 . In 1960 , the unit was integrated into the Semi Automatic Ground Environment ( SAGE ) control system and was redesignated the 637th Radar Squadron ( SAGE ) . Because it was stationed at a Backup Interceptor Control ( BUIC ) site , it was inactivated in 1970 and replaced by the like numbered 637th Air Defense Group ( ADG ) . As defense systems against manned bomber threats were reduced , it was activated once again in 1974 to replace the 637th ADG . It was last inactivated on 31 March 1975 . The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States .
USS Rio Grande ( AOG - 3 ) USS " Rio Grande " ( AOG - 3 ) was a acquired by the U . S . Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet , and to remote Navy stations . Gasoline tanker " Rio Grande " was laid down 30 June 1942 by Seattle - Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation , Seattle , Washington ; launched 23 September 1942 ; sponsored by Mrs . R . D . Kirkpatrick ; and commissioned 10 April 1943 , Lt . Comdr . Lawrence J . Hasse , USNR , in command . World War II service . Following shakedown " Rio Grande " was assigned to the U . S . Pacific Fleet as a unit of the mobile support group and carried petroleum products to help provide the lifeline of fuel for the fighting ships of the fleet in their advance toward Japan . After the end of World War II , she continued to operate with Service Force , Pacific Fleet until she decommissioned 28 June 1946 . Post - war activity . In April 1948 , she was transferred to Norfolk , Virginia , and placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . Reactivated during Korean War . " Rio Grande " recommissioned 12 October 1950 , Lt . Milton L . Elchinger in command . Early the next year she resumed her mission of providing petroleum logistic support in the mid - Pacific . In September 1952 she began seven months of service in the western Pacific , supplying gasoline and diesel oil to United Nations forces in Japan and Korea , with an occasional run to French Indochina . She returned to Pearl Harbor in May 1953 and resumed her fueling duties there . The following March she sailed for Alaskan waters and seven weeks of service transporting fuel between Shemya Island and the Alaskan mainland before returning to the mid - Pacific . Decommissioning . " Rio Grande " decommissioned at San Diego , California , 6 January 1956 . On 30 June 1960 she entered the Maritime Administration Reserve Fleet at Puget Sound , Olympia , Washington , where she remained until sold for scrapping on 7 February 1972 to General Metals , Tacoma , Washington . Her bell is located in the navy wing of the ROTC building at Texas A & M University . Military awards and honors . " Rio Grande ’ s " Navy crew members were eligible for the following medals : References . " The entry can be found here "
Paper organization A paper organization is any group which exists more in theory than reality . The term " paper organization " is used in two different contexts , that of the military and that of the labor movement . Military . For the military , a unit which is not combat - ready due to a planned or unplanned lack of men or basic equipment , but which remains in existence on the books , is called a " paper organization . " Such a rating of an organization is a regular part of the planning process and the term is not pejorative . Political . In the trade union and radical political movements , a " paper organization " is a group ostensibly in existence for a specific purpose , but which remains a phantom . For example , a single individual might claim to represent a non - existing local unit of a national organization in attempt to gain admission as a delegate and thus help " pack " a national convention in favor of a particular faction . Such a phantom unit would be called a " paper organization . " Alternatively , the term can be used with regards to a single - interest group with an impressive name but no greater existence than a letterhead and a mailing address , and no concrete existence in fact . Some so - called Communist front group s were an example of this latter form of " paper organization . "
Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership The Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership is a United States Navy award established in 1980 by United States Secretary of the Navy Edward Hidalgo to honor the inspirational leadership of James Stockdale , a Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War , who exhibited exemplary leadership while a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for nearly eight years . The award were first made in 1981 . Award criteria . Each year two commanding officer s below the grade of captain are selected , one for the United States Atlantic Fleet and one from the United States Pacific Fleet . A board of peer - nominated officers , one for the Atlantic , and one for the Pacific , select the winners , based on the five criteria of inspirational leadership the Vice Admiral Stockdale identified in his writing and teaching on leadership . These criteria are :
Denjaka The Jala Mengkara detachment ( Indonesian : Detasemen Jala Mengkara / Denjaka ) is an elite special operations forces of the Indonesian Navy . It is a combined detachment formed from selected personnel of the Navy ' s Underwater Special Unit ( KOPASKA ) and the Marine Corps ' Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion ( Batalyon Intai Amfibi Yon taifib ) . The detachment was formed in 1984 by the chief of the Indonesian armed forces to counter maritime strategic threats including , but not limited to , terrorism and sabotage . Despite the specific reason for its formation , as in the case of any other special operations forces around the world , the detachment is also fully trained in conducting reconnaissance , unconventional warfare , and clandestine behind - enemy - lines operations . History . On November 4 , 1982 , the Navy chief of staff issued a decree ( No . Skep / 2848 / XI / 1982 ) forming a task force called " Naval Special Forces ( Pasusla ) " to fulfill the need for a maritime special operations forces capable of countering terrorism and sabotage . In the initial phase , 70 personnel from the Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion and Underwater Special Unit ( or Navy frogmen ) were recruited to form Pasusla . Training for this new unit was under the command of the Western Fleet commander with assistance from the commandant of the Marine Corps , while the Navy chief of staff acted as the operational commander of Pasusla . The unit was based at Western Fleet Command Headquarters , Jakarta . Upon further development of this unit , on November 13 , 1984 , the Navy chief of staff requested the chief of the Indonesian armed forces to form Denjaka , which was approved and , through the issuance of an approval letter ( No . R / 39 / 08 / 9 / 2 / SPN ) , Pasusla changed into Denjaka and was designated as a Naval counter - terrorism detachment . Mission . Denjaka ' s primary task is to develop anti - terrorism , anti - sabotage and other clandestine operations capabilities in support of maritime counter - terrorism , counter - sabotage and other special operations as directed by the chief of the armed forces . Organizational structure . According to the directive of the Navy chief of staff , Denjaka is a Marine Corps task force under the Indonesian Navy , with the commandant of the Marine Corps holding responsibilities for general training , while specific training falls under the responsibilities of the chief of Armed Forces Strategic Intelligence Agency . Operational command falls directly under the chief of the armed forces . Denjaka consists of one detachment headquarters , one command element , one engineering element and three combat elements . Recruitments and training . Denjaka ' s recruitment process begins after the conclusion of para and commando training . Prior to enrolling in Denjaka training , the applicant must possess amphibious reconnaissance qualifications .
Palmerston Forts , Plymouth Several of the forts surrounding Plymouth were built as a result of a decision in Lord Palmerston ' s premiership to deter the French from attacking naval bases in the south of the country . The Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom reported in 1860 and resulted in a huge building programme . Examples of the forts are :
USS Brilliant ( ID - 1329 ) USS " Brilliant " ( ID - 1329 ) was the proposed name and hull classification for a tug that never actually served in the United States Navy . " Brilliant " was a commercial tug built in 1903 by the Neafie & Levy at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . During the period of the United States ' participation in World War I , the Navy inspected her for possible acquisition and assigned her the hull classification ID - 1329 in anticipation of commissioning her as USS " Brilliant " . However , the Navy never took possession of her , and she remained in civilian service with her owners , the Atlantic Refining Company of Philadelphia .
Mark 10 torpedo The Mark 10 torpedo was a torpedo first put into use by the United States in 1915 and used as the primary torpedo in the R - class and S - class submarines . It used alcohol - water steam propulsion . It was succeeded by the problematic Mark 14 torpedo , but remained in service in S - boats & fleet submarine s through the Pacific War . The Mark 10 featured the largest payload of any torpedo developed at that time .
Georg Hartog Gerson Georg Hartog Gerson ( 25 August 1788 – 3 December 1844 ) was a medical doctor and surgeon in the King ' s German Legion during the Napoleonic Wars . Dr . Gerson was born in Hamburg . He came from a family of doctors who had been living and working in Hamburg and Altona since the 17th century . His grandfather was the principal of the Jewish hospital in Altona , his father and elder brothers were also medical doctors . After his education at home , he visited the secondary grammar school ( " Gymnasium " ) and specialised in the classical languages and natural sciences ( especially in botany ) . He studied from 1805 at the university of Berlin and from 1809 at the university of Göttingen . Here he got his medical doctorate on 7 April 1810 . He habilitated in Hamburg in 1811 and then joined the King ' s German Legion as " hospital mate " . Military career . As soon as 12 August 1811 he was proposed for the position of " Assistant Surgeon " and received this commission on 6 September 1811 for the 5th Line Battalion , King ' s German Legion . He saw action in the Peninsula , in Southern France , the Lowlands and at the Battle of Waterloo . " A rare eagerness was seen in the assistant surgeon Gerson of this 5th line battalion , who not only stayed in the carree during the fiercest of fighting , dressing with fervour and skill the wounded of his battalion , but also caring for those of the neighbouring Hanoverian troops . In this way he saved the live of many brave men , voluntary exposing his own life , he rightly gained the admiration of every eyewitness , and Colonel von Ompteda , commander of the brigade , shortly before the charge which cost his life , expressed his great appreciation publicly . " After the battle Gerson was in charge of the " Hôpital de la Gendàmerie " in Brussels . Civilian career . After the legion was dissolved in 1816 he returned to Hamburg and was in the beginning mainly working as an author , but his surgery was expanding quickly and he gained a reputation as doctor and surgeon . In 1833 he was appointed as teacher for anatomy at the " medical - surgery school " and worked also from time to time as chief surgeon at the " Allgemeine Krankenhaus " . In 1839 he became sick with a chronicle disease which led to his sudden death on 3 December 1844 in Hamburg . His graveside was in the Jewish cemetery the " Grindelfriedhof " . In the time of the " Third Reich " the cemetery was dissolved and the dead were reburied with their gravestones in the " Jewish Cemetery Ohlsdorf " . There his memorial can still be seen today . The inscription on one side reads : " Mitissimus Aggressor — Acerrimus Defensor " ( a mild aggressor — a sharp defender ) . His uniform jacket , that he ( presumably ) wore at the battle of Waterloo is in the hamburgmuseum , the " Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte " ( Museum for the History of Hamburg ) .
Angus Falconer Douglas - Hamilton Lieutenant - Colonel Angus Falconer Douglas - Hamilton VC ( 20 August 1863 – 26 September 1915 ) 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 . Life . Born at Brighton in 1863 , he was the son of Major General Octavius Douglas - Hamilton and Katherine Macleod , and a great - great - grandson of Lt . Gen . James Douglas - Hamilton , 4th Duke of Hamilton and 1st Duke of Brandon . Douglas - Hamilton was educated at Foster ' s Naval Preparatory School , and latterly at the Royal Military College , Sandhurst . Having been commissioned into the Queen ' s Own Cameron Highlanders in 1884 , he served in the Sudan , Gibraltar , Malta , South Africa , North China , and India , attaining the rank of major by 1901 . He retired in 1912 , whilst remaining on the army ' s reserve list . First World War . In 1914 , at the outbreak of the First World War , he was 52 years old . Recalled , and promoted to a temporary Lieutenant - Colonel cy in the Queen ' s Own Cameron Highlanders Reserve of Officers , British Army , commanding the 6th Battalion , the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 25 – 26 September 1915 during operations on Hill 70 at the Battle of Loos , France , Lieutenant - Colonel Douglas - Hamilton , when the battalions on his right and left had retired , rallied his own battalion again and again and led his men forward four times . The last time he led all that remained , about 50 men , in a most gallant manner , and was killed at their head . It was due to his bravery , and splendid leadership that the line at this point was able to check the enemy ' s advance . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of Queen ' s Own Highlanders ( Seaforth and Camerons ) , Fort George , Inverness - shire , Scotland .
Esther Williams Trophy The Esther Williams Trophy is one of two trophies that have circulated among ships of various navies , after originating in the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) . Initially , in 1943 , the trophy was a joke between two friends , Lieutenant s Lindsay Brand and David Stevenson ( later the RAN ' s Chief of Naval Staff ) , serving in , an N class destroyer attached to the British Eastern Fleet . Stevenson wrote on a photograph of Esther Williams , " To my own Georgie , with all my love and a passionate kiss , Esther " ; Brand ( aka " George " ) put the screen idol over his bed . The photo was taken to another ship by a fellow officer , and the " trophy " was then circulated by officers among some 200 other ships including in United States Navy , Royal Navy , and Royal Canadian Navy ships in Asian waters . The original photo became the " trophy copy " to be kept in a safe location . A " fighting copy " was displayed where officers from other ships could attempt to steal it or take it by force , often with a good deal of roughhousing between the officers of the ships involved ; one of the more violent raids , by officers of attempting to retrieve the trophy from , resulted in three Americans and one Australian being hospitalised . After the " fighting copy " had been successfully removed from the custodial ship , the " trophy copy " would be presented to the new owners with appropriate ceremony . At various times , the holders of the trophy have either flown an Esther flag or sent naval signals ( signed " Esther " ) to other nearby ships to indicate where the trophy resided . In 1946 , an officer from started a tradition when he composed the " Esther Rescued " signal ( indicating the trophy ' s changing of hands ) in poetry . In 1957 , " Esther " was retired by the United States Navy and sent to the RAN ' s Naval Historical Collection at Spectacle Island in Sydney . The trophy was brought into circulation again in 1997 by officers from , and has been given official standing by senior officers , for instance when an RAN admiral officiated when Brand was re - introduced to the trophy on 30 June 2004 for only the fourth time since 1943 . On 16 April 2008 , the trophy attended the memorial service for the newly rediscovered wreck of the World War II - era , off Geraldton , Western Australia , travelling in . A documentary about the trophy ' s history was produced in 2007 . Following the death of Esther Williams in June 2013 , the trophy was officially retired . The last unit to officially capture the trophy , RAN Clearance Diving Team Four , presented the trophy to for transportation to the Navy Heritage Centre at Spectacle Island .