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111United States Maritime Commission — Seal of the United States Maritime Commission The United States Maritime Commission was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and… …
112USS Wilkes (DD-441) — USS Wilkes (DD 441), a sclass|Gleaves|destroyer, was the 3rd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charles Wilkes, who was an American naval officer and explorer. Wilkes was laid down on 1 November 1939 by the Boston Navy Yard, launched… …
113SS Kronprinz Wilhelm — The German passenger liner Kronprinz Wilhelm was built for the Norddeutscher Lloyd, a former shipping company of the Hapag Lloyd by the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin, Germany, in 1901. She took her name from Crown Prince Wilhelm, son of the… …
114ST Kinetics — Type Subsidiary of ST Engineering which is publicly listed on SGX Industry Defence Commercial Vehicles Automotive Services Founded 1967 as the Chartered Industries o …
115Seabees in World War II — The history of the United States Navy Seabees in World War II begins with the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. After the attack and the United States entry into the war, the use of civilian labor in war zones became impractical. The Navy… …
116Long Range Shipbuilding Program — The Long Range Shipbuilding program was implemented by the U.S. Maritime Commission shortly after its establishment in 1937 as part of the mandate of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 which stated that: United States shall have a merchant marine… …
117HNoMS Honningsvåg — was a naval trawler that served throughout World War II as a patrol boat in the Royal Norwegian Navy. She was launched at the North Sea harbour of Wesermünde in Hanover, Germany in February 1940 as the fishing trawler Malangen and was captured by …
118japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
119Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
120Dates of 2008 — ▪ 2009 January As we meet tonight, our economy is undergoing a period of uncertainty.… At kitchen tables across our country, there is a concern about our economic future. U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, in his final state of the union address, January …
