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Freedom Park (Omaha)
Freedom Park is an outdoor park and museum at the Greater Omaha Marina on the bank of the Missouri River at 2497 Freedom Park Road in the East Omaha section of Omaha, Nebraska. It displays numerous military aircraft and artillery pieces along with its two major exhibits, the World War II minesweeper and Cold War-era training submarine . The park closed as a result of flooding along the Missouri River in 2011, but reopened on October 7, 2015 after four years of restoration and cleanup work. Exhibits * * * USS ''Towers'' (DDG-9) (Gig) *Douglas A-4C Skyhawk (marked with US Navy BuNo 149618) *LTV A-7D Corsair II (AF serial no. 69-6191) *Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard (USCG 1370) Nameplates * USS ''Huntington'' (CL-107) * USS ''Dayton'' (CL-105) * USS ''Thetis Bay'' (CVE-90) * USS ''Houston'' (CL-81) * USS ''Conger'' (SS-477) * USS ''William T. Powell'' (DE-213) * USS ''Spangenberg'' (DE-223) * USS ''Sarda'' (SS-488) * USS ''Toro'' (SS-422) * USS ''Corsair'' (SS-435) An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest city, Omaha's 2020 census population was 486,051. Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, bi-state Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha Metropolitan Area is the 58th-largest in the United States, with a population of 967,604. The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) totaled 1,004,771, according to 2020 estimates. Approximately 1.5 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a radius of Downtown Omaha. It is ranked as a global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, which in 2020 gave it "sufficiency" status. Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Towers
USS ''Towers'' (DD-959/DDG-9) was a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy notable for action in the Vietnam War. The ship was named in honor of Admiral John Henry Towers. Construction and career ''Towers'' keel was laid down on 1 April 1958 at Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ..., by the Todd Pacific Shipyards; launched on 23 April 1959; sponsored by Mrs. Nathaniel Rotoreau, Jr.; and commissioned on 6 June 1961 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. 1960s Homeported at San Diego, California, ''Towers'' carried out trials and local operations off the southern California coast into September 1961. She then conducted her shakedown cruise to Callao and Lima, Peru; Balboa, Panama, Balboa, Panama Canal Zone; and Aca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Toro (SS-422)
USS ''Toro'' (SS-422), a ''Tench''-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ''toro'', a name applied to various fish including the cowfish, the catalufa, and the cavallo. Construction and commissioning ''Toro''′s keel was laid down on 27 May 1944 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 23 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Alan G. Kirk, and commissioned on 8 December 1944. First War Patrol Following her completion on 26 December 1944, ''Toro'' participated in training exercises out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Newport, Rhode Island, and New London, Connecticut, before arriving at Key West, Florida, on 11 February 1945. She provided services to the Fleet Sonar School, then, on 28 February, departed Key West in company with submarine , bound for the Panama Canal Zone where she underwent a week of intensive training. The two submarines set a westward course for Hawaii on 15 March and arrived at Pearl Harbor o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Sarda (SS-488)
USS ''Sarda'' (SS-488), a ''Tench''-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sarda, a game fish of the central, southwestern, and western Pacific Ocean. Construction and commissioning ''Sarda''′s construction was financed by bonds purchased during the Seventh War Loan by the residents of Lynn, Massachusetts. Her keel was laid down on 12 April 1945 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 24 August 1945 sponsored by Mrs. Heffernan, the wife of James J. Heffernan, Congressman from New York. Since World War II had ended in mid-August 1945, just weeks before ''Sarda''′s launch, ''Sarda'' no longer was needed for wartime service, and the decision as to whether to commission or scrap her had to be made. ''Sarda''’s prospective commanding officer — Commander Chester W. Nimitz, Jr., son of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz — grew frustrated with the debate over the fate of his submarine. During the months of waiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Spangenberg (DE-223)
USS ''Spangenberg'' (DE/DER-223), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Gunner's Mate Kenneth J. Spangenberg (1922–1942), who died as a result of wounds suffered during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, while serving aboard the heavy cruiser . He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. ''Spangenberg'', a destroyer escort, was laid down on 5 April 1943 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched on 3 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Gussie Spangenberg; and commissioned on 15 April 1944. Service history World War II, 1944–1945 After completing trials around Philadelphia and Norfolk, Virginia and shakedown in the vicinity of Bermuda, ''Spangenberg'' returned to Norfolk on 1 June. She served temporarily as school ship for student officers and as escort to coastwise merchant traffic before beginning duty with transatlantic convoys. On 13 July, the destroyer escort joined Escort Division 66 (CortDiv 66) and put to sea the next day from Hampton Roads, Virginia, in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Conger (SS-477)
USS ''Conger'' (SS/AGSS-477), a ''Tench''-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the conger, an eel found in warm seas at moderate depths, common to both coasts of the Atlantic Ocean. Construction and design Her keel was laid down on 11 July 1944 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. She was launched on 17 October 1944 sponsored by Mrs. W. C. Ploeser, and commissioned on 14 February 1945. Service history ''Conger'' tested new submarine equipment at New London, Connecticut, until she cleared 21 July 1945 for Pacific service. At sea between Balboa, Panama, and Pearl Harbor upon the end of hostilities, she was ordered back to the Panama Canal Zone, and on 4 September arrived at Key West, Florida, to provide services to the Fleet Sonar School until 6 December. She sailed then for New London and Tompkinsville, New York, where she lay until sailing 10 January 1946 for her assigned home port at Cristobal, Canal Zone. ''Conger'' operated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Houston (CL-81)
USS ''Houston'' (CL-81) was a light cruiser of the United States Navy, which were built during World War II. The class was designed as a development of the earlier s, the size of which had been limited by the First London Naval Treaty. The start of the war led to the dissolution of the treaty system, but the dramatic need for new vessels precluded a new design, so the ''Cleveland''s used the same hull as their predecessors, but were significantly heavier. The ''Cleveland''s carried a main battery of twelve guns in four three-gun turrets, along with a secondary armament of twelve dual-purpose guns. They had a top speed of . She was active in the Pacific War and survived two separate aerial torpedo hits in October 1944. Design The ''Cleveland''-class light cruisers traced their origin to design work done in the late 1930s; at the time, light cruiser displacement was limited to by the Second London Naval Treaty. Following the start of World War II in September 1939, Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Thetis Bay
USS ''Thetis Bay'' (CVE-90) was the thirty-sixth of fifty s built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was launched in March 1944, commissioned in April, and served as a transport carrier in the Pacific, as well as a replenishment carrier supporting the Allied bombardment of Tokyo and the Main Islands. Postwar, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet, before being decommissioned in August 1946, being mothballed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was reactivated in July 1956, and converted to a helicopter transport carrier, serving in relief operations in Taiwan and Haiti. Ultimately, she was broken up in 1966, the last ''Casablanca''-class hull to be scrapped. Design and description ''Thetis Bay'' was a ''Casablanca''-class escort carrier, the most numerous type of aircraft carrier ever built, and was designed specifically to be rapidly mass-produced using prefabricated sections, in order to replace heavy early-war losses. By the end of their production ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Dayton (CL-105)
USS ''Dayton'' was a light cruiser of the United States Navy, which were built during World War II. The class was designed as a development of the earlier s, the size of which had been limited by the First London Naval Treaty. The start of the war led to the dissolution of the treaty system, but the dramatic need for new vessels precluded a new design, so the ''Cleveland''s used the same hull as their predecessors, but were significantly heavier. The ''Cleveland''s carried a main battery of twelve guns in four three-gun turrets, along with a secondary armament of twelve dual-purpose guns. They had a top speed of . The ship was launched 19 March 1944 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. H. Rueger, and commissioned 7 January 1945, Captain Paul William Steinhagen in command. Construction for ''Dayton'' was underwritten in part by the citizens of the City of Dayton Ohio through the purchase of war bonds. Design The ''Cleveland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Huntington (CL-107)
USS ''Huntington'' (CL-107), a light cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Huntington, West Virginia. She was built during World War II but not completed until after the end of the war and in use for only a few years. ''Huntington'' was launched by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, on 8 April 1945, sponsored by Mrs. M. L. Jarrett, Jr., and commissioned 23 February 1946. Service history After shakedown training off Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, ''Huntington'' sailed from Philadelphia on 23 July 1946 for duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. During the cruise she visited many ports, including Naples, Malta, Villefranche, and Alexandria, helping to stabilize the volatile post-war situation in Europe. Departing Gibraltar on 8 February 1947, she took part in exercises off Guantánamo Bay, stopped at Norfolk and Newport, Rhode Island, and departed the latter port 20 May 1947 for another tour of duty in the Mediter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikorsky S-62
The Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard (company designation S-62) was an early amphibious helicopter designed and produced by the American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. It was the first of the company's amphibious rotorcraft to fly. The S-62 was originally developed as a commercial venture during the late 1950s. It combined the dynamic elements of the Sikorsky S-55 with a boat hull-shaped fuselage and a single lightweight turboshaft engine. The prototype S-62 conducted its maiden flight on 22 May 1958, powered by a single General Electric T58-GE-6 turboshaft engine. It underwent evaluation at the Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent River, Maryland, at Sikorsky's own expense as part of its effort to promote the S-62 to the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The USCG would procure 99 S-62s, which it initially designated as the ''HU2S-1G Seaguard'', and later re-designated as the ''HH-52A Seaguard''. It was primarily operated by the USCG for air-sea rescue missions. Various other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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