Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Snowden (DE-246) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was named in honor of Admiral Thomas Snowden (1857-1930) who was awarded the Navy Cross during World War I. She was laid down on 7 December 1942 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Houston, Texas; launched on 19 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Halford R. Greenlee; and commissioned on 23 August 1943, Lt. Comdr. A. Jackson, Jr., USNR, in command. At war's end, she returned home proudly with three battle stars. Данное издание...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pantone Inc. is a corporation headquartered in Carlstadt, New Jersey, USA. The company is best known for its Pantone Matching System (PMS), a proprietary color space used in a variety of industries, primarily printing, though sometimes in the manufacture of colored paint, fabric, and plastics. Pantone's current general manager is Ron Potesky.In October 2007, X-Rite Inc, a supplier of color measurement instruments and software, purchased Pantone Inc for $180 million. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа. High Quality Content by...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-6642-1
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS SC-1316 was a 110-foot submarine chaser in the United States Navy during World War II. The vessel was constructed and launched in 1943 in Nyack, New York. SC-1316 later was converted to a fishing vessel and renamed Helen E. Helen E. was operated out of Coos Bay, Oregon, before it was grounded at Horsfall Beach near its home port. Someone burned the vessel after crews were unable to salvage Helen E. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-2949-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sheboygan (PF-57), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Sheboygan (PF-57), originally classified PG-165, was reclassified PF-57 on 15 April 1943; laid down on 17 April 1943 under Maritime Commission contract by the Globe Shipbuilding Company at Superior, Wisconsin; sponsored by Mrs. Willard M. Sonnenburg; and placed in reduced commission at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 26 May 1944, with Lieutenant Commander A. J. Carpenter, USCG, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-5008-6
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Southampton was a store ship in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War. Southampton was laid down at Norfolk, Virginia as a side wheel steamer in October 1841, but her machinery proved to be unsatisfactory and was removed. Apparently purchased by the United States Government in 1845, the ship was commissioned on 27 May 1845, Lieutenant Henry W. Morris in command. The ship departed Norfolk on 27 June 1845 and sailed for the coast of Africa where she served as a store ship for the cruisers of the Africa Squadron. Southampton returned to Hampton Roads on 16 December 1846 and was repaired at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Данное издание не является...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-6264-5
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS St. Joseph's River (LSM(R)-527) was laid down on 19 May 1945 by the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Houston, TX; launched on 16 June 1945; and commissioned on 24 August 1945. Active for less than three months, LSM(R)-527 joined the 16th (Inactive) Fleet in November 1945; decommissioned on 28 March 1946; and, for the next four years, remained berthed at Green Cove Springs, FL. In June 1950, however, the North Korean Army pushed south across the 38th Parallel; and, on 14 October, LSM(R)-527 was recommissioned. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-7140-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sumter was a side wheel steamer built as Junius Beebe, in 1853 at Algiers, Louisiana. She operated on the Mississippi River and its tributaries as a towboat until early 1861 when she was purchased by the State of Louisiana from Charles H. Morgan's Southern Steamship Company. In January 1862, she was acquired by Capt. James E. Montgomery, CSN, for the Confederate War Department's River Defense Fleet. The steamer was refitted at Algiers as a cottonclad ram by the James Martin yard. Her bow was strengthened by 4-inch oak sheathing covered by 1-inch iron plates. In addition, cotton bales were compressed between double pine bulkheads for added strength. Данное издание не...
ISBN: 978-6-1330-0175-6
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Surfbird (AM-383) was an Auk-class minesweeper built during World War II for the United States Navy. She was the only U.S. Navy ship named for the surfbird. Surfbird was laid down on 15 February 1944 by the American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio; launched on 31 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. F. W. Chambers; and commissioned on 25 November 1944 with Lt. R. H. Nelson, Jr., USNR, in command. Surfbird departed Lorain on 26 November en route to Boston, Massachusetts via Montreal, Quebec and Halifax. She arrived at Boston on 15 December 1944 and held minesweeping trials. On 13 February 1945 the ship arrived at Little Creek, Virginia to begin her shakedown training. After a brief period in...
ISBN: 978-6-1330-0482-5
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Swift (AM-122) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. The second U.S. Naval vessel to be so named, Swift was laid down on 27 June 1942 by John H. Mathis Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1330-1104-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sarah and Caroline (1861) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as a ship's tender. While on blockade duty on the afternoon of 11 December 1861, Union side wheel steamer, Bienville, sighted two sails and immediately gave chase. She succeeded in driving one ship aground in the breakers at the mouth of the St. Johns River, and she captured the other, a small pilot-boat schooner, named Sarah and Caroline. The prize had slipped out of Jacksonville, Florida, and was bound for Nassau, New Providence, in the Bahamas, carrying 60 barrels of...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-2398-1
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Seadragon (SSN-584), a Skate-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seadragon, a small fish commonly called the dragonet. The contract to build her was awarded to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine on 29 September 1955 and her keel was laid down on 20 June 1956. She was launched on 16 August 1958 sponsored by Mrs. Robert L. Dennison, and commissioned on 5 December 1959, with Lieutenant Commander George P. Steele in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-3941-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sarsfield (DD-837), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Eugene S. Sarsfield, an officer and commander of the Maddox. He disappeared after the sinking of his ship and was presumed dead on 11 July 1943. Sarsfield was laid down on 15 January 1945 by the Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine; launched on 27 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Eugene S. Sarsfield; and commissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard on 31 July 1945, with Commander Hepburn A. Pierce in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-2511-4
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Stalwart (AMc-105) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Stalwart was laid down on 24 March 1941 by Snow Shipyards Co., Rockland, Maine; launched on 28 August 1941, sponsored by Miss Van Meter Blackie; and commissioned on 22 January 1942, Lt. (jg.) F. W. Dieht, USNR, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-8563-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first USS Swasey (DD-273) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Rockingham (G58). Named for Charles Swasey, Swasey was laid down on 27 August 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts; launched on 7 May 1919; sponsored by Ms. Mary L. Swasey; and commissioned on 8 August 1919. Swasey was assigned to the Pacific Fleet and, after completing fitting out and sailing to the west coast, arrived at Pearl Harbor in the fall of 1919. She served there until the summer of 1922 when she returned to San Diego, California. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...
ISBN: 978-6-1330-0977-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Shirk (DD-318) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for James W. Shirk. Shirk was laid down on 13 February 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California; launched on 20 June 1919; sponsored by Miss Ida Lawlor Dunnigan; and commissioned on 5 February 1921, Lieutenant Commander G. M. Ravenscroft in command. Shirk arrived in her homeport, San Diego, California, on 7 March 1921 and, after three weeks of exercises, was placed in reserve there until October. She conducted exercises off San Diego from late in the year until sailing with the fleet on 27 June 1922 for exercises off Puget Sound. The ship returned to...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-5141-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Saugatuck (AO-75) was a Suamico-class fleet oiler of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down on 20 August 1942 as SS Newtown, a Maritime Commission type Type T2-SE-A1 tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 355) at the Sun Shipbuilding Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-2664-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Shawsheen (1855) was a steam operated tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. In addition to her tugboat duties, she was used by the Navy as a gunboat to patrol and blockade navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Shawsheen -- a side wheel tug built at New York City in 1855 -- was purchased by the Union Navy at New York City as Young America on 21 September 1861. No record of her commissioning has been found, but Acting Lieutenant Edmund R. Calhoun was apparently the tug's first commanding officer. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-5003-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Skill (AM-115) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Skill was the first of two ships to bear that name. She was laid down on 28 November 1941 by American Ship Building Company of Cleveland, Ohio; launched on 22 June 1942; and placed in service on 17 November 1942, Lt. Comdr. E. J. Kevern, USNR, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-5644-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Straub (DE-181) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was laid down on 7 June 1943 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., at Newark, New Jersey. Sponsored by Mrs. Margaret H. Straub, the escort was launched on 19 September and commissioned on 25 October 1943 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Lt. Comdr. James T. Kilbreth, USNR, in command. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-9436-3
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