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Brown-class Destroyer
The ''Brown''-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Argentine Navy. Five ships of the were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1961 until 1982. Development ARA ''Brown'' was commissioned as on 6 July 1943, ARA ''Espora'' was commissioned as on 7 August 1943, ARA ''Rosales'' was commissioned as on 16 July 1943, ARA ''Almirante Domecq Garcia'' was commissioned as on 11 May 1943 and ARA ''Almirante Storni'' was commissioned as on 23 August 1943. After World War II, they were in a Reserve fleet, mothball state, but In August 1961, they were handed over to Argentina based on the Argentina-US Ship Loan Agreement. All ships were decommissioned by the time of the Falklands War, to save resources for the war. ARA ''Almirante Storni'' fired warning shots and then live shots in the bow of the RRS Shackleton, British oceanic research vessel ''Shackleton'' on 2 April 1976. Ships in the class References Bibliography * * {{DEFAULTSORT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major United States shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, founded in 1884 as Bath Iron Works, Limited. Since 1995, Bath Iron Works has been a subsidiary of General Dynamics. It is the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world as of 2008. BIW has built private, commercial, and military vessels, most of which have been ordered by the United States Navy. History Bath Iron Works was incorporated in 1884 by General Thomas W. Hyde, a native of Bath who served in the American Civil War. After the war, he bought a shop that made windlasses and other iron hardware for the wooden ships built in Bath's many shipyards. He expanded the business by improving its practices, entering new markets, and acquiring other local businesses. By 1882, Hyde Windlass was eyeing the new and growing business of iron shipbuilding, and it incorporated as Bath Iron Works in 1884. On February 28, 1890, BIW won its first contract for complete vessels: two iron gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
