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91United States Navy Armed Guard — Insignia of the United States Armed Guard. United States Navy Armed Guard units were established during World War I in an attempt to provide defensive firepower to merchant ships in convoy or merchant ships traveling alone. This was done because… …
92Timeline of Military Operations in the 2006 Lebanon War — This is a timeline of Military operations of the 2006 Israel Lebanon conflict.July 12 July 19Wednesday, July 12The conflict began on July 12 when 8 Israeli soldiers were killed and a further two were captured during a cross border attack. At 9:05 …
93William Day (sea captain) — William Day ( circa 1712 – after mid September 1777) was a Boston, Massachusetts (United States), sea captain who acted against America s enemies in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. In 1777 he received the first… …
94MV Joyita — was a merchant vessel from which 25 passengers and crew mysteriously disappeared in the South Pacific in 1955. Vessel description and historyVessel constructionThe 69 foot (21 m) wooden ship was built in 1931 as a luxury yacht by the Wilmington… …
95John Benbow — in 1701, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. He holds a simple officer s hanger.[1] …
96USS Tillman (DD-641) — USS Tillman (DD 641), a Gleaves class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for United States Senator Ben Tillman. Tillman was laid down on 1 May 1941 at Charleston, S.C., by the Charleston Navy Yard; launched on 20 …
97Japanese cruiser Mogami (1934) — nihongo| Mogami |最上 was the lead ship in the four vessel Mogami class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was named after the Mogami River in Tohoku region of Japan. The Mogami class ships were constructed as light cruisers (per… …
98DAMP Project — The Downrange Anti missile Measurement Program or DAMP was an applied research project to obtain scientific data, just prior to and during re entry, on intermediate and intercontinental range ballistic missiles as they returned to earth. The… …
99USRC Active — One of the first ten revenue cutters, Active may have been the second of the ten cutters to enter service. The Columbian Centinel on 30 April 1791 noted:A Revenue Cutter, was launched at Baltimore the 9th inst. at Captain Stodder s Ship Yard, and …
100Ship class — A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design.[1] This is distinct from a ship type,[1] which might reflect a similarity of tonnage or intended use. For example, the USS Carl Vinson is a nuclear aircraft carrier of the Nimitz class.… …
