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511918 | USS O'Hare (DD-889) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20O'Hare%20(DD-889) | USS O'Hare (DD-889)
of March 1973. She then became the last U.S. Navy ship based on the United States East Coast to circumnavigate the world after a Vietnam deployment during her return to the United States. She became a "blue-nosed" ship during the voyage when she crossed the Arctic Circle on 17 September 1972, and pa... | 11,200 |
511918 | USS O'Hare (DD-889) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20O'Hare%20(DD-889) | USS O'Hare (DD-889)
turn to the United States. She became a "blue-nosed" ship during the voyage when she crossed the Arctic Circle on 17 September 1972, and passed through the Panama Canal on 6 December 1972.
"O'Hare" was decommissioned on 31 October 1973, and transferred on loan to the Spanish Navy. The ship was stru... | 11,201 |
511931 | 9th Golden Raspberry Awards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=9th%20Golden%20Raspberry%20Awards | 9th Golden Raspberry Awards
9th Golden Raspberry Awards
The 9th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 29, 1989, at the Hollywood Palace to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1988. The list of nominees follows, with recipients marked in bold.
# See also.
- 1988 in film
- 61st Academy Awards
... | 11,202 |
511949 | Saint Philip | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint%20Philip | Saint Philip
Saint Philip
Saint Philip, São Filipe, or San Felipe may refer to:
# People.
- Saint Philip the Apostle
- Saint Philip the Evangelist also known as Philip the Deacon
- Saint Philip Neri
- Saint Philip Benizi de Damiani also known as Saint Philip Benitius or Filippo Benizzi, from Florence, 13th centur... | 11,203 |
511949 | Saint Philip | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint%20Philip | Saint Philip
States
- San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico, USA
- San Felipe, Texas, USA
- Del Rio, Texas, USA, formerly named San Felipe Del Rio
- San Felipe, Yucatán, Mexico
- San Felipe, Lima, a neighborhood in Jesus Maria District, Peru
- San Felipe, Yaracuy, in Venezuela
- San Felipe de Puerto Plata, in the Domini... | 11,204 |
511949 | Saint Philip | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint%20Philip | Saint Philip
of Panama City
- Castillo de San Felipe
## Elsewhere.
- São Filipe, Cape Verde
- São Filipe, Cape Verde (municipality)
- Sint Philipsland (island), a former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland
- Sint Philipsland (village), a village in the Dutch municipality of Tholen
- San Felipe, Zambales, in ... | 11,205 |
511966 | Potnia Theron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Potnia%20Theron | Potnia Theron
Potnia Theron
Potnia Theron (Ἡ Πότνια Θηρῶν, "The Mistress of the Animals") is a term first used (once) by Homer (Iliad 21. 470) and often used to describe female divinities associated with animals. The word "Potnia", meaning mistress or lady, was a Mycenaean Greek word inherited by Classical Greek, with... | 11,206 |
511966 | Potnia Theron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Potnia%20Theron | Potnia Theron
th some scholars positing a relationship between Artemis and goddesses depicted in Minoan art and ""Potnia Theron" has become a generic term for any female associated with animals."
Many depictions in ancient art present a widespread ancient motif of the mistress of Animals, showing a central figure with... | 11,207 |
511972 | Money (KMFDM song) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Money%20(KMFDM%20song) | Money (KMFDM song)
Money (KMFDM song)
"Money" is a song by industrial rock group KMFDM from their 1992 album of the same name. It was released as a single in 1992, and released as a 7" in 2008, as the ninth release of KMFDM's 24/7 series. The song charted at No. 36 in July 1992 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play Songs Cha... | 11,208 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
Matthew H. Carpenter
Matthew Hale Carpenter (born Decatur Merritt Hammond Carpenter; December 22, 1824 – February 24, 1881) was an American attorney and U.S. Senator representing the state of Wisconsin. He served in the Senate from 1869 to 1875 and again from 1879 to 1881. Recognized as an authori... | 11,209 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
Ulysses S. Grant's administration despite allegations of corruption lost him the backing of reformers, and his legal arguments in favor of Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden in the disputed presidential election of 1876 outraged many Republicans. A gifted orator, he was dubbed "the Webster of th... | 11,210 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
office including justice of the peace, and though not a member of the bar, possessed wisdom and eloquence that led to a career as an advocate in the local courts.
His son Ira Carpenter (1798–1862) was chiefly a farmer, but he also gained prominence through positions such as justice of the peace, p... | 11,211 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
and left home to live and study law under the tutelage of family friend (and future Vermont governor) Paul Dillingham in nearby Waterbury. For four years Carpenter attended the local grade school while absorbing Dillingham's law library. Having received an appointment to the United States Military ... | 11,212 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
but Carpenter declined so he could further his law studies under Rufus Choate of Boston. Choate was also impressed with Carpenter, and after a few months he too offered him a partnership, but Carpenter sought to make a name and career for himself in the West.
# Wisconsin attorney.
After reading t... | 11,213 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
community.
His practice was interrupted by a painful inflammation of his eyes which rendered him blind. After traveling to New York to seek treatment, his sight gradually recovered after a year as he convalesced in the Waterbury home of his mentor Dillingham. Before returning to Wisconsin he becam... | 11,214 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
from 1850 to 1852 and 1854 to 1856. He was a Democrat in the tradition of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, but he disdained the party's pro-slavery platform while also rejecting Whig Party notions of opposing slavery based on "higher law"—the idea that individual belief of right and wrong permi... | 11,215 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
residents did not hold legal title to their land because it was sold to them by someone who had pre-empted the land but had not received official title from the government (Congress had previously outlawed the pre-emption of non-agricultural land). Carpenter put forth the theory that the original p... | 11,216 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
case was withdrawn.
# Barstow-Bashford election dispute.
Wisconsin's gubernatorial election of 1855 was thrown into doubt when incumbent Democratic governor William A. Barstow was ruled the 157-vote victor over Republican Coles Bashford by a board of canvassers friendly to Barstow. Discrepancies ... | 11,217 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
jurisdiction and the ability to examine election tallies (as Carpenter had previously argued for his own election for district attorney). Barstow then resigned, elevating Lieutenant Governor Arthur MacArthur to the governorship. After the court ruled that Bashford was the rightful governor, MacArth... | 11,218 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
between Carpenter and Edward G. Ryan, another highly regarded attorney and a force in the state Democratic Party. Despite their excellent credentials, they proved to be temperamentally incompatible, and ended their partnership the next year.
By the time Carpenter moved to Milwaukee he had become a... | 11,219 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
during the Civil War.
Carpenter supported Democrat Stephen Douglas in the 1860 presidential election, viewing Republican Abraham Lincoln as an honest but incompetent sectional candidate. Yet, he warned those in his party that he saw secession as treason, and he would be "the first man to raise a m... | 11,220 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
He also became an early advocate for emancipation, but only as a war measure rather than an act of humanity. Excluded from meetings of the Democratic leadership, Carpenter joined other like-minded party members of the "Loyal Democracy" in considering a third party in Wisconsin, but nothing came of ... | 11,221 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
the Reconstruction acts passed by Congress.
"Ex parte Garland" dealt with the disbarment from federal courts of Southern lawyers who refused to take an oath swearing they had not taken up arms or assisted the Confederacy. Carpenter argued that the act passed on January 24, 1865 was ex post facto (... | 11,222 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
rebellion, libeling federal officials, and intimidating voters. After the circuit court denied him a writ of habeas corpus, McCardle appealed to the Supreme Court. Carpenter argued that the court lacked jurisdiction over a president's official acts, as in a similar case of his, "Georgia vs. Grant".... | 11,223 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
lawyer in the country." However, Radical Republicans in Congress feared that the reconstruction acts would be ruled unconstitutional, so they quickly pushed through a law repealing the Habeas Corpus Act of 1867, barring jurisdiction in pending cases and preventing a clear decision from being render... | 11,224 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment and deprived of property under the due process clause. Making a plea for states' rights, Carpenter contended that the amendment had been intended solely to elevate African Americans and had no bearing on economic statutes passed by a state. He also wa... | 11,225 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
Representing Bradwell, Carpenter argued that no class of people could be excluded from practicing the legal profession. The federal court disagreed, questioning the propriety of ruling on a state's qualifications for admission to the bar.
These cases brought Carpenter handsome fees, national accla... | 11,226 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
supporting the Radical congress. He called for the enfranchisement of African-American men and invited members of the Loyal Democracy to join the Republicans, as he himself did in the summer of 1867 with his support for Governor Lucius Fairchild's re-election.
With high-profile backing Carpenter r... | 11,227 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
central committee chairman Horace Rublee. After Rublee was appointed minister to Switzerland by President Grant, Keyes became party chairman and closely coordinated with Carpenter to distribute federal patronage jobs to political allies.
Once in the Senate, Carpenter moderated his views to the deg... | 11,228 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
idea of civil service reform. He also feuded with Liberal Republican senators Charles Sumner and Carl Schurz over many issues. He delivered a sarcastic denunciation of Sumner's wide-reaching civil rights amendment to the Confederate amnesty bill. As the chair of an investigating committee he also d... | 11,229 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
the Contingent Expense (42nd and 43rd Congresses).
As part of another committee inquiry, Carpenter went to Louisiana to investigate election claims in order to determine the rightful governor of the contested state. His report was highly critical of both factions, but he urged the recognition of R... | 11,230 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
investigations resulted in two journalists being jailed for not divulging the source of a leaked treaty. Opposition newspapers like the "New York Tribune" responded by not only criticizing Carpenter's methods, but by also condemning his moral character by bringing his private life into question. La... | 11,231 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
such as the Credit Mobilier and the "Salary Grab," defending them in a speech in Janesville. In a speech at Ripon he denounced the railroads, insisting they were public highways paid for with government land grants. He also stated his belief that the government has a right as well as a duty to regu... | 11,232 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
was seen as Carpenter's personal mouthpiece.
Despite the incessant criticism, Carpenter was seen as being easily re-elected in 1875. Nevertheless, a surprise bolt by disgruntled Republicans combined with votes by calculating Democrats resulted in the election of Angus Cameron, a La Crosse Republic... | 11,233 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
accepted money in exchange for the appointment of a post trader. Despite Belknap's immediate resignation outraged House Democrats proceeded with his impeachment. Carpenter portrayed Belknap as the hapless victim of a social-climbing wife, but his legal victory relied on his assertion that jurisdict... | 11,234 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
the partisan make-up of the special electoral commission (7 Republicans, 6 Democrats) and its refusal to look behind the certified counts made many of their rulings a forgone conclusive win for Hayes.
# Return to the senate.
Despite ongoing press criticism and declining health, in 1878 Carpenter ... | 11,235 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
polling places. He also vigorously opposed the Democrats' proposed pardoning of General Fitz-John Porter for ignoring General John Pope's orders at Manassas in 1863, arguing that the power of pardon resides solely with the president. Carpenter remained a loyal supporter of President Grant in his qu... | 11,236 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
and family. He was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee.
# Family.
In 1855 Carpenter married Caroline Dillingham, the daughter of Paul Dillingham. They were the parents of four children. Daughters Ada and Annie were born and died in 1860. The other two lived to adulthood—a daughter named L... | 11,237 |
511914 | Matthew H. Carpenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew%20H.%20Carpenter | Matthew H. Carpenter
, the daughter of Paul Dillingham. They were the parents of four children. Daughters Ada and Annie were born and died in 1860. The other two lived to adulthood—a daughter named Lilian (1857–1942) and a son named Paul Dillingham Carpenter (1867–1932). Paul D. Carpenter was an attorney in Milwaukee a... | 11,238 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
Garrison Petawawa
Garrison Petawawa is located in Petawawa, Ontario. It is operated as an army base by the Canadian Army.
# Garrison facts.
The Garrison is located in the Ottawa Valley in Renfrew County, northwest of Ottawa along the western bank of the Ottawa River. Its main gate is North of the t... | 11,239 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
Pembroke.
The Garrison has an extensive infrastructure with 465 buildings and over 300 km of property comprising the Petawawa Training Area.
## Fitness facilities.
Dundonald Hall is the Garrison's main fitness facility and is located on Festuburt Boulevard. It houses a 5,000 square metre field hous... | 11,240 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
Recreation.
The South Side Community Centre offers similar facilities and services to another area of the Petawawa community, including Recreation Service's and Military Family Resources Services.
During the summer, recreation options include golf on the base's 18-hole course, hiking local trails, b... | 11,241 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
of of mostly agricultural property from local residents.
The Garrison derives its name from the Petawawa River. The origin of the name PETAWAWA is lost in antiquity, but legend has it that it is an Algonquian Native-Aboriginal word pronounced PETWEWE. The translation is thought to mean, "Where one he... | 11,242 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
The site was originally a German immigrant settlement. German pioneers toiled to build a community out of the harsh and rugged terrain. Some of the topographical features in the training area still bear the names of these early settlers.
By 1904 the Department of Militia and Defence purchased 150 pro... | 11,243 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
summer training from their permanent station in Kingston, Ontario.
By 1907 combined training and tactical exercises were conducted by various other units such as A and B Squadron, Royal Canadian Dragoons; A and B Batteries, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery; No. 2 Company, Royal Canadian Engineers; a ba... | 11,244 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
for 750 German and Austrian prisoners of World War I. Most of these men were civilian internees, the majority of them Ukrainians and other Europeans who came to the Dominion from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and so were categorized as "enemy aliens" at the outbreak of the war. At the same time Canada ... | 11,245 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
training centres (two artillery and one engineering) were established at Camp Petawawa. In September 1942, 12,515 troops were stationed on the base. The peak load was reached during 1943 when approximately 20,000 troops were undergoing training at one time. As in the previous war, Petawawa was the sit... | 11,246 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
Regiment were moved to Camp Petawawa in 1948. Upon being given the status of a permanent camp, it was officially designated " Camp Petawawa" in May 1951. During the next few years construction continued in order to accommodate more regular units, married quarters and schools for the soldier's dependen... | 11,247 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
Forces resulted in Camp Petawawa being renamed Canadian Forces Base Petawawa (CFB Petawawa) on February 1, 1968. Under the CF, the base was allocated to Mobile Command.
On 1 April 1977, 2 Combat Group was disbanded. 2 Combat Group combined with the Canadian Airborne Regiment at CFB Petawawa to form t... | 11,248 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
the general purpose combat capabilities of a normal brigade and the strategic and tactical flexibility which derived from the lighter and more mobile capabilities of the Canadian Airborne Regiment. Units and soldiers of the Special Service Force served in operations both at home and around the world.
... | 11,249 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
clear that general-purpose capabilities provide the best return on Canada's investment in defence. Accordingly, 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group of Petawawa has been designed to be a mirror image of its two sister formations, 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, based in Edmonton, Alberta and 5 Can... | 11,250 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
there are approximately 6,100 persons employed at Garrison Petawawa (5,100 of them military) who are included in the units of 2 CMBG, Garrison Petawawa and lodger units. Soldiers at Garrison Petawawa have been involved in many operations throughout the world including tours in Afghanistan and Bosnia.
... | 11,251 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
Mechanized Brigade Group, which is made up of:
- 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters & Signal Squadron
- 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
- The Royal Canadian Dragoons
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
- 2 Combat En... | 11,252 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
Helicopter Squadron are based here and operate their own helipads at Petawawa Heliport. They fly the Bell CH-146 Griffon and CH-147F Chinook, respectively.
# Garrison Petawawa Museum and the Canadian Airborne Forces Museum.
The Garrison Petawawa Museum and the Canadian Airborne Forces Museum feature... | 11,253 |
511922 | Garrison Petawawa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garrison%20Petawawa | Garrison Petawawa
n war. The Garrison Petawawa Military Museums "are dedicated to the remembrance of our military past and recognition of the Canadian Armed Forces' service to humanity, through the education of our youth, the fostering of identity, and the nurturing of understanding, the promotion of spirit de corps an... | 11,254 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
USS Stickell (DD-888)
USS "Stickell" (DD-888) was a of the United States Navy. She was named for Lieutenant John H. Stickell USNR (1914–1943), who was killed in action at Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands on 13 December 1943 and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
# USS "Stickell" (DD-888).
... | 11,255 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
1946. She then conducted shakedown training out of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, before arriving in Charleston, South Carolina, on 11 March for post-shakedown availability. She shifted to Norfolk, Virginia, on 21 April and, until 6 May, supported carrier qualifications from that port with . She then scree... | 11,256 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
deployments, she visited the Philippines, the Marianas, Japan, North/ South Korea, China, and Okinawa. After each tour of duty in the western Pacific, she returned to duty along the west coast and in Hawaiian waters. Drills and exercises occupied the bulk of her time during the postwar period.
##... | 11,257 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
coasts of Korea, participated in anti-submarine warfare exercises off Yokosuka, Japan, conducted shore bombardments of the Songjin-Wonsan area and patrolled the waters off Shingjin, Yong-do, and Chongjin for enemy small craft. In addition, she landed Republic of Korea intelligence teams on hostile... | 11,258 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
19 to 23 February, she began her second combat tour in Korean waters. Between 23 February and 19 March, she operated with TF 77 off the coast of Korea and made three shore bombardments; one off Yong-do on 28 February with heavy cruiser ; one at the bombline on 5 March; and one off Singchong-Ni on ... | 11,259 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
She remained at Yokosuka during the first two weeks in April; then resumed support for TF 77 air strikes and intermittent shore bombardments. She was in Yokosuka from 29 May to 18 June for dry-docking and repairs before conducting a brief operation along Korea's east coast, including a night landi... | 11,260 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
before returning to the Taiwan area to rejoin TF 77 on 27 July. After further operations off the eastern coast of Korea, she entered Yokosuka on 6 August and, four days later, sailed for return to the United States.
## 1953–1962.
"Stickell" arrived in San Diego on 26 August and remained there un... | 11,261 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
primarily of hunter-killer training and Taiwan Strait patrol. On 1 June, she departed Sasebo on a voyage to complete a circumnavigation of the globe. Along the way, she visited Hong Kong, Singapore, Ceylon, Kenya, South Africa, Brazil, and Trinidad, She reached Norfolk, Virginia, on 10 August 1954... | 11,262 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
she was outfitted with an experimental data processing and weapons analysis system. In 1961, she earned the Atlantic Fleet Destroyer force Antiair Warfare Trophy. Her seven-month Mediterranean cruise in 1962 was highlighted by an excursion into the Black Sea. In the fall of 1962, "Stickell" partic... | 11,263 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
drone helicopters. Early in 1964, she rejoined the Atlantic Fleet in Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 12 as a straight DD. Home ported at Newport, Rhode Island, she became the flagship of DesDiv 122. Following refresher training in April, she became a unit of the midshipman training squadron and made a... | 11,264 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
during the 1965 upheavals in that country. After five weeks of patrolling, she entered the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard at Boston, Massachusetts, for a six-week overhaul. In October, she took station off the west coast of Africa to participate in the recovery of Gemini 6. However, t... | 11,265 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
Panama Canal and brief stops at San Diego and Pearl Harbor, the ship commenced wartime operations in the South China Sea in support of the Republic of Vietnam. While attached to the 7th Fleet, "Stickell" was assigned to Search and Rescue (SAR) and helicopter inflight refueling duties in the Gulf o... | 11,266 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
and Aden. She transited the Suez Canal and touched at Athens, Greece; Palma, Mallorca; and Gibraltar. ship returned to Newport on 17 August 1966.
## 1966–1968.
In October 1966, "Stickell" entered the Boston Naval Shipyard for overhaul. She emerged in February 1967 and headed toward Guantánamo Ba... | 11,267 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
Denmark, West Germany, Great Britain, and France. "Stickell" then entered the Mediterranean Sea and joined the 6th Fleet. She operated with the aircraft carrier and several other destroyers as a "pouncer" ASW Task Force. While in the Mediterranean, "Stickell" visited Naples, Italy; Valletta, Malta... | 11,268 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
Newport behind, "Stickell" participated in a variety of training operations designed to sharpen her crew's already finely honed efficiency. Following "Springboard", she acted as sonar training ship at the Fleet Antisubmarine Warfare School at Key West, Florida.
The next several months were spent ... | 11,269 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
Iran; Bushehr, Iran; Kuwait; and Dakar, Senegal — touching some ports more than once. While in the Persian Gulf area, "Stickell" participated in the international naval exercise "Middlinx XL". Together with units of the United States, British, and Iranian navies, "Stickell" once again demonstrated... | 11,270 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
leave and upkeep, she headed to Davisville, Rhode Island, on 18 May for a month of hull repairs. Back in Norfolk again on 20 June, she remained there, except for two brief operations with the aircraft carrier in July, until 9 November when she got underway to off-load ammunition at Yorktown, in pr... | 11,271 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
Mauritius, Bahrein, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Iran, India, Pakistan, Kenya, and Senegal.
At the end of this, her last, deployment, "Stickell" remained in the Virginia Capes area - for the most part at anchor or in port. She spent most of the remainder of 1971 and the first half of 1972 preparing fo... | 11,272 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
and later Prime Minister of Greece.
She commissioned into the Hellenic Navy (Greek Navy) on 1 July 1972 at Norfolk, Virginia, by Cdr. K. Zografos HN. After sea trials and training she sailed to Greece where she arrived on 29 March 1973. She served in the Hellenic Navy for 20 years as part of the ... | 11,273 |
511909 | USS Stickell (DD-888) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Stickell%20(DD-888) | USS Stickell (DD-888)
performed many patrols in the Aegean Sea participated in Greek and NATO exercises and had active participation in the conflicts with Turkey in 1974 and 1987.
The ship's badge depicts the hand of a fire ship captain holding the torch used to set on fire the fire ship, while the fireship sails towa... | 11,274 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
USS "Jacob Jones" (Destroyer No. 61/DD-61) was a built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of Jacob Jones.
"Jacob Jones" was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding of Camden, New... | 11,275 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
England coast. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, "Jacob Jones" was sent overseas. Patrolling the Irish Sea out of Queenstown, Ireland, "Jacob Jones" rescued the survivors of several ships, picking up over 300 from the sunken Armed merchant cruiser .
On 6 December, "Jaco... | 11,276 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
his submarine, radioed the U.S. base at Queenstown with the coordinates for the survivors. The Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Dedham, Massachusetts is named for the ship.
# Design and construction.
"Jacob Jones" was authorized in 1913 as the fifth ship of the which, like the related , was an... | 11,277 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
officer during the War of 1812. As built, "Jacob Jones" was in length and abeam and drew . The ship had a standard displacement of and displaced when fully loaded.
"Jacob Jones" had two Curtis steam turbines that drove her two screw propellers, and an additional steam turbine geared to one of t... | 11,278 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
Navy had called for two anti-aircraft guns for the "Tucker"-class ships, as well as provisions for laying up to 36 floating mines. From sources, it is unclear if these recommendations were followed for "Jacob Jones" or any of the other ships of the class.
# United States Navy career.
USS "Jaco... | 11,279 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
yard. Contemporary reports said it might have been an act of sabotage. Upon the United States' entry into World War I on 6 April 1917, "Jacob Jones" patrolled off the coast of Virginia. She sailed from Boston for Europe on 7 May with a group of destroyers that included , and arrived at Queenstow... | 11,280 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
Jones" sighted a periscope, but before the destroyer could make an attack on the submarine, torpedoed and sank the steamship. "Jacob Jones" was able to take on 26 of "Dafila"s 28-member crew after the ship went down.
On 19 October, the British Armed merchant cruiser and ten destroyers, includin... | 11,281 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
helped escort a convoy to Brest, France, with five other Queenstown-based destroyers. The last to depart from Brest on the return to Ireland, "Jacob Jones" was steaming alone in a zig-zag pattern when she was spotted by "Kapitänleutnant" Hans Rose on the German submarine . At 16:20 on 6 December... | 11,282 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
a distress signal; since she was steaming alone, no other ship was present to know of "Jacob Jones" predicament.
Commander David W. Bagley, the destroyer's commander, ordered all life rafts and boats launched. As the ship sank, her bow raised in the air almost vertically before she began to sli... | 11,283 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
Junior Grade, Stanton F. Kalk, the officer-of-the-deck when the torpedo struck — began to get men out of the water and into the life rafts. Kalk worked in the cold Atlantic water to equalize the load among the various rafts, but died of exhaustion and exposure.
Bagley noted in his official acco... | 11,284 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
departing the area.
Bagley, unaware of Rose's humanitarian gesture, left most of the food, water, and medical supplies with Lieutenant Commander John K. Richards, whom he left in charge of the assembled rafts. Bagley, Lieutenant Commander Norman Scott ("Jacob Jones" executive officer) and four ... | 11,285 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
American steamer .
Several men were recognized for their actions in the aftermath of the torpedo attack. Kalk (posthumously) and Bagley received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal. Others honored included Chief Boatswain's Mate Harry Gibson (posthumously) and Chief Electrician's Mate L. J. Ke... | 11,286 |
511925 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Jacob%20Jones%20(DD-61) | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)
ack. Kalk (posthumously) and Bagley received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal. Others honored included Chief Boatswain's Mate Harry Gibson (posthumously) and Chief Electrician's Mate L. J. Kelly, who both received the Navy Cross; and Richards, Scott, and Chief Boatswain's Mate Charles Charle... | 11,287 |
511985 | Wellington Province | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20Province | Wellington Province
Wellington Province
The Wellington Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.
# Area.
The province governed much of the southern half of the North Island, roughly the same area now known as the Manawatu-Wanganui and Wellington Regions.
... | 11,288 |
511985 | Wellington Province | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20Province | Wellington Province
boundaries include four of New Zealand's main urban areas: Wellington, Palmerston North, Wanganui and Kapiti. Other large towns are Feilding, Levin and Masterton. According to Statistics New Zealand figures at the 2001 census 626,000 people lived within the old provincial boundaries.
# European set... | 11,289 |
511985 | Wellington Province | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20Province | Wellington Province
was to become the Wellington Province, European settlement started at Port Nicholson (now called Wellington Harbour) and at the mouth of the Whanganui River. Settlement in the Hawke's Bay area started a decade later around 1850.
# Anniversary Day.
New Zealand law provides an anniversary day for ea... | 11,290 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in New Zealand, governing the country's third-largest city by population, behind Auckland and Christchurch. Wellington City consists of the central historic town and certain additional areas within the Wellington metropo... | 11,291 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
Wellington for the first time on 26 July 1865. During the last half of the nineteenth century, Wellington grew rapidly from 7,460 residents in 1867 to 49,344 by the end of the century.
The council represents a population of 207,900 (), and consists of a mayor and fourteen councillors elected fr... | 11,292 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
Plan Committee.
## Mayor.
One mayor is elected at large from the entire Wellington City district.
## Eastern Ward.
The Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council.
## Lambton Ward.
The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council.
## Nort... | 11,293 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
Blazon is;
- Arms: Quarterly Gules and Azure, a Cross Or between; In the first quarter a Fleece Or; in the second quarter on Water barry wavy proper in base a Lymphad sail furled pennon and flags flying Argent; in the third quarter a Garb Or; in the fourth quarter five Plates in Saltire Argent.... | 11,294 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
cross is placed over the entire shield centrally between these quarters. The top left quarter contains a golden fleece (usually depicted as a whole sheep with a band around its middle). The second quarter is depicted as a silver sailing ship (lymphad) with its sails furled as it would be in port... | 11,295 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
either side of the shield are a golden heraldic lion with a chained collar around its neck to the left, and a moa in its natural colouring on the right (the terms "sinister" and "dexter" relate to the shield from the holder's point of view, not the viewer's, thus dexter is the viewer's left and ... | 11,296 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
compared to 27.4% nationally).
- The fewest people in their sixties (6.4%) and the second fewest people aged over sixty (12.2%).
# Suburbs.
Wellington city has roughly 60 officially defined suburbs; one can group them by the wards used to elect the City Council. Some areas, while officially f... | 11,297 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
Northland; Crofton Downs; Kaiwharawhara; Khandallah; Ngaio; Ngauranga; Makara; Makara Beach; Wadestown; Wilton.
- informal: Cashmere; Chartwell; Highland Park; Rangoon Heights; Te Kainga
## Lambton Ward.
- official: Brooklyn; Aro Valley; Kelburn; Mount Victoria; Oriental Bay; Te Aro; Thorndon... | 11,298 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
Heights; Miramar Heights; Strathmore Heights.
# Communities of common interest.
Positively Wellington Tourism, funded by the Wellington City Council, has designated the four inner-city "quarters" as marketing subdivisions to promote international and domestic tourism.
# Educational facilities... | 11,299 |
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