Japanese submarine I-52 - Japanese submarine I-52 I-52, a Japanese cargo submarine, was the lead ship of the three Type C-3 submarines designed and constructed by the Mitsubishi Corporation in 1943 and 1944. In March 1944, on her maiden voyage, I-52 departed Kure, Japan, picked up a cargo of 290 tons of strategic materials, including 228 metric tons of tin, 2.3 tons of opium, three tons of quinine, tungsten, 54 tons of rubber, and two tons of gold, in Singapore, and headed through the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. In mid-ocean, she rendezvoused with U-530, a Type IXC/40 U-boat, which provided her with fuel and installed a Naxos radar detector. A Naxos operator and a navigator familiar with the Bay of Biscay joined the Japanese crew to help the.
USS Juneau (CL-52) - USS Juneau (CL-52) (add image here) Career Laid down: 27 May 1940 Launched: 25 October 1941 Commissioned: 14 February 1942 Fate: sunk 13 November 1942 General Characteristics Displacement: 6,000 tons Length: 541.5 ft Beam: 53.2 ft Draft: 16.3 ft Speed: 32 knots Complement: 623 officers and men Armament: 16 x 5-inch guns, 16 x 1.1-inch guns, 8 x 20mm MGs Aircraft: 4 scout planes The second USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942. She was laid down by Federal Shipbuilding Company, Kearny, New Jersey, 27 May 1940, launched 25 October 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Harry I. Lucas, wife of the Mayor of the city of Juneau, Alaska, and commissioned 14 February 1942, Captain Lyman K..
USS Tennessee (BB-43) Part 3 - Islands, was planned as a two-pronged thrust. Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner's Task Force 51 was organized into a Northern Attack Force (TF 52), under his command, and a Southern Attack Force (TF 53) under Rear Admiral Richard Conolly. While TF 52 attacked Saipan and nearby Tinian, Conolly's TF 52 was aimed at Guam. The bombardment and fire support force arrayed for this operation included Tennessee and seven other older battleships, 11 cruisers, and about 26 destroyers. These ships were divided into two fire support groups, Tennessee, with California (BB-44), Maryland (BB-46), and Colorado (BB-45), was assigned to Fire Support Group One (TG 52.17) under Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf. The Northern Attack Force assembled at Hawaii in mid-May 1944. After rehearsals off Maui and Kahoolawe, Fire Support Group One sailed for.
USS Albany (CL-23) - ( m) Beam: 43.8 ft ( m) Draft: 17.5 ft ( m) Speed: 20.52 knots Complement: 353 Armament: 6 x 6-inch guns, 4 x 4.7-inch guns, 10 x 6-pounders, 4 x 1-pounders, 3 torpedo tubes The third USS Albany (later CL-23) was a United States Navy protected cruiser. She was laid down at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, by Armstrong, Whitworth and Company as Almirante Abreu for the Brazilian Navy, purchased while still on the ways by the United States Navy on 16 March 1898 to prevent her being acquired by the Spanish Navy, renamed Albany, launched in February 1899, sponsored by Mrs. John C. Colwell, the wife of the American naval attaché in London, and commissioned in the Tyne River, England, on 29 May 1900, Captain Joseph E. Craig in command. On 26.
USS Wasp (CV-18) - Marshall Islands and at Majuro Rear Admiral Alfred E. Montgomery's newly formed Task Group 58.6 of Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 58). On 14 May, she and her sister carriers of TG 58.6, Essex (CV-9) and San Jacinto (CV-30), sortied for raids on Marcus and Wake Islands to give the new task group combat experience; to test a recently devised system of assigning - before takeoff - each pilot a specific target, and to neutralize those islands for the forthcoming Marianas campaign. As the force neared Marcus, it split, sending San Jacinto north to search for Japanese picket boats while Wasp and Essex launched strikes on the 19th and 20th, aimed at installations on the island. American planes encountered heavy antiaircraft fire but still managed to.
USS Atlanta (CL-51) - ultimately reached Pearl Harbor on 23 April. Punctuating her brief stay in Hawaiian waters with an antiaircraft practice off Oahu on 3 May, Atlanta, in company with McCall (DD-400) sailed on 10 May as escort for the ammunition ship Rainier (AE-5) and the oiler Kaskaskia (AO-27), bound for Nouméa, New Caledonia. On 16 May, having seen the auxiliaries to their destination, she joined Vice Admiral William F. Halsey's Task Force 16, formed around the carriers Enterprise (CV-6) and Hornet (CV-8), as it steamed back to Pearl Harbor, having been summoned back to Hawaiian waters in response to an imminent Japanese thrust in the direction of Midway atoll. TF 16 arrived at Pearl on 26 May. Atlanta sailed with TF 16 again on the morning of the 28th. Over the days that.
USS Salmon (SSR-573) - six 21-inch torpedo tubes USS Salmon (SSR/SS/AGSS-573), a Sailfish-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon, a soft-finned, gamy fish which inhabits the coasts of America and Europe in northern latitudes and ascends rivers for the purpose of spawning. Salmon are highly valued for their rich, succulent meat. Her keel was laid down on 10 March 1954 by the United States Naval Shipyard of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was launched on 25 February 1956 sponsored by Mrs. Albert M. Bontier, widow of the late Commander A. M. Bontier who was lost when submarine Sea Wolf (SS-197) was sunk during a war patrol in the South Pacific early in October 1944, and commissioned on 26 August 1956 with Lieutenant Commander Robert R. Hale.
USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) - 1943 Commissioned: 7 August 1943 Fate: sunk by a Japanese submarine Stricken: 24 November 1943 General Characteristics Displacement: 7800 tons Length: 512 feet 3 inches Beam: 65 feet Extreme Width: 108.1 inches Draft: 22 feet 6 inches Speed: 19 knots Complement: 860 officers and men Armament: one five-inch gun; 16 40mm cannon Aircraft: 28 USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56), a Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Liscome Bay in Alaska's coast. Her keel was laid down 9 December 1942 by Kaiser Shipbuilding Company of Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract. She was launched on 19 April 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Ben Moreell. She was named Liscome Bay on 28 June 1943 and assigned hull classification symbol CVE-56 on 15 July.
August 2003 - of Shkin) near the Pakistani border. Taliban reinforcements moved into mountainous region in southern Afghanistan where U.S. and Afghan forces have been attacking hideouts in a battle over the past week. [1] August 30, 2003 Software patents: After protests, the European Parliament has postponed its decision about legality of patents on software in the European Union from September 1st to September 22nd. [1] WTO deal to allow poor countries to bypass drug patents and import cheap copies to treat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. [1] Natural disaster: French official first report from the Institut de Veille Sanitaire was presented to Jean-François Mattei (Health Minister). It reports 11,500 more deaths than the previous three years would be due to the heat wave of early August. It had previously been suggested that the number.
List of ships of the United States Navy - list of destroyers of the United States Navy list of submarines of the United States Navy list of airships of the United States Navy list of ships of the line of the United States Navy list of sailing frigates of the United States Navy list of military vessels named after living Americans There is also a list of ships of the Japanese Navy. (This list cannot be sorted well by type, because the same name is used for ships of different types at different times. Add rest of destroyers and subs, but will need to break up list by letters.) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Alphabetical list of ships A.
List of Japan-related topics - See also Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Japanese) Wikipedia:WikiProject Japanese prefectures Wikipedia:Wikiproject Japanese districts and municipalites Wikipedia:Tips for Japanese Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Japan Wikipedia:WikiProject Chinese characters Kanji Reference:Index Wikipedia:Manual of Style for Japan-related articles A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # .hack, .hack//SIGN, 0 Series Shinkansen, 100 Series Shinkansen, 100-yen shop, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1998 Winter Olympics, 200 Series Shinkansen, 23 special wards, 2ch, 300 Series Shinkansen, 400 Series Shinkansen, 47 Ronin, 500 Series Shinkansen, 55-year system, 64DD, 700 Series Shinkansen, 800 Series Shinkansen A A City With No People, A.I. Love You, Abashiri, Abashiri subprefecture, ABCL/1, ABCL/R, ABCL/R2, Abe clan of Mikawa, Abe Iso, Abe Masakatsu, Abe no Hirafu, Abe no Seimei, Abe Nobuyuki, Abeno Plain,.
Ko-hyoteki class submarine - Ko-hyoteki class submarine (insert image and caption here) General Characteristics Displacement: 46 tons submerged Length: 23.9 meters (78.5 feet) Beam: 1.8 meters (6 feet) Height: 3 meters (10.2 feet) Ballast: 5899 pounds in 534 11-pound lead bars Designed Depth: 30 meters (100 feet) Propulsion: one electric motor, 600 horsepower at 1800 rpm, two screws conter-rotating on single shaft, leading prop 1.35 meters diameter, right-handed; trailing prop 1.25 meters diameter, left-handed Batteries: 192 trays of two two-volt cells each, 136 trays forward, 56 trays aft Endurance: 100 nautical miles at 2 knots, 80 nautical miles at 6 knots, 18 nautical miles at 19 knots Speed: 23 knots surfaced, 19 knots submerged Complement: one commander, one crewman Armament: two 18-inch torpedoes muzzle-loaded into tubes, one 300-pound scuttling charge (big enough not.
Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku - Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku The Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Shokaku (空母 翔鶴) is most famous for taking part in the battles of Pearl Harbor and the Coral Sea. She was laid down at Yokosuka Dockyard in December 1937, launched in mid-1939, and commissioned in August 1941. With an efficient modern design, a displacement of about 30,000 tons, and a top speed of 34 knots, Shokaku could carry 70 to 80 aircraft and was well capable of matching it with the best American carriers of the day. She and her sister, the "Zuikaku" forming the Japanese 5th Carrier Division, aquired their aircraft just shortly before and were ready just in time for the Pearl Harbor attack. With her sistership Zuikaku, Shokaku joined the Pearl Harbor attack.
Japanese ship naming conventions - Japanese ship naming conventions Japanese ship naming conventions are different from and not well known in the West. For example, Japanese warships have never been named after people. Prior to World War II Japanese ship naming conventions underwent several changes before being basically settled. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Maru 2 Early Conventions 3 World War II 4 Post-World War II Names 5 Translated Names of Some Major Warships Maru Westerners are familiar with the word Maru being attached to Japanese ship names. There are several theories associated with this word being attached to ship names. The most common is that ships were thought of as floating castles and the word maru referred to the defensive "circles" or maru that protected the castle. Another explanation is.
January 31 - States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations. 1814 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina. 1915 - World War I: Germany uses poison gas against Russians. 1917 - World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare. 1928 - 3M begins marketing Scotch tape. 1929 - The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky. 1936 - The Green Hornet radio show debuts. 1944 - World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. 1945 - Eddie Slovik is executed, the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion. 1946 - Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia). 1950 - President Harry.
Ikazuchi - member of the Akatsuki class of destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was built at Uraga, Japan and was completed in August 1932. She displaced 1680 tons. She took part in operations during the war with China that began in mid-1937 and was active through the first two and a half years of the Pacific War. On December 8, 1941 she was one of the Japanese warships that attacked Hong Kong, sinking two British gunboats. During the first months of 1942, Ikazuchi participated in the East Indies campaign, including the invasion of Java and the Battle of the Java Sea on March 1, 1942 in which the British cruiser HMS Exeter, destroyer HMS Encounter and U.S. destroyer USS Pope were sunk. In early June 1942 Ikazuchi took part in operations.
HMS Liverpool - in 1872 and eventually sold for breaking in 1875. Fifth The fifth HMS Liverpool, a 4800 ton cruiser, was built by Vickers Sons & Maxim of Barrow and was the first ship of the name to be built in the 20th century, not to mention the first Liverpool to be built of steel. She was launched on 30th October 1909 and was armed with 2 x 6inch and 10 x 4inch guns that was a potent group of weapons if used correctly. She served with the formidable Home Fleet from 1910-14. At the outbreak of World War I, she joined the prestigious and powerful Grand Fleet, taking part in the action of Helogoland Bight on 28th August 1914. In this, with distinction, she assisted in rescuing the crew of the German.
HMS Newcastle - to search for the armed merchant raider SMS Prinz Eitel Friedrich. In 1916 she joined the Mediterranean Fleet and in 1917 was attached to the Colombo Patrol. Her final duty was in South America, where she patrolled until WW1 came to a close. In 1921, she was sold. All of the Bristol Class met a similar fate throughout the 1920s. HMS Newcastle (1937-1958) The seventh HMS Newcastle was a Southampton Class cruiser launched by Her Grace the Duchess of of Northumberland. She had numerous incidents in the initial part of World War II, including an attack on two German destroyers at Brest which damaged them badly. She took part in a abortive operation under Vice-Admiral Somerville against the Italians at Cape Spartivento, winning her only battle honour of the war. After.
February 14 - Being Earnest (St. James' Theatre in London). 1899 - Voting machines are approved by the United States Congress for use in federal elections. 1900 - Russia responds to international pressure to free Finland by tightening imperial control over the country. 1900 - Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State. 1903 - The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into Dept. of Commerce and Dept. of Labor). 1912 - Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state. 1912 - In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned. 1918 - The movie Tarzan of the Apes is released. 1918 - The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (1 February according to the Julian calendar). 1920 - The League of Women Voters.
USS Barbero (SS-317) - after conversion to guided missile submarine in 1955 Career Laid down: 25 March 1943 Launched: 12 December 1943 Commissioned: 29 April 1944 Fate: sunk as a target Struck: 1 July 1964 General Characteristics Displacement: 1526 tons surfaced, 2391 tons submerged Length: 311.7 feet Beam: 27.2 feet Draft: 16.8 feet Speed: 20.3 knots surfaced, 8.8 knots submerged Test Depth: 400 feet Complement: six officers, 60 men Armament: one five-inch/25 gun or Regulus missile; six 21-inch torpedo tubes forward, four 21-inch torpedo tubes aft USS Barbero (SS/A/G-317) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for a family of fishes commonly called surgeon fish. Her keel was laid by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut on 25 March 1943. She was launched 12 December 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Katherine R..
