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Frank H. Brumby
Frank Hardeman Brumby (September 11, 1874 – July 16, 1950) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who commanded the Battle Force of the United States Fleet from 1934 to 1935. Early career Born in Athens, Georgia, to Belle Hardeman Brumby and former Confederate States Army officer John Wallis Brumby, he was appointed from the state of Georgia to the United States Naval Academy in 1891. Graduating 3rd of 45 in the class of 1895, he served the required two years of sea duty as a passed midshipman before being commissioned ensign on July 1, 1897. During the Spanish–American War, he was a junior officer aboard the armored cruiser ''New York'', flagship of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson's squadron at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, and later served during the Philippine Insurrection. As lieutenant commander, he served as navigator aboard the USS ''New Hampshire'' making a one-week ship visit to St. Petersburg, Russia, in May 1911. The entire wardroom was invited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens, Georgia
Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and an R1 research institution, is in Athens and contributed to its initial growth. In 1991, after a vote the preceding year, the original City of Athens abandoned its charter to form a unified government with Clarke County, referred to jointly as Athens–Clarke County. As of 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau's population of the consolidated city-county (all of Clarke County except Winterville and a portion of Bogart) was 127,315. Athens is the sixth-largest city in Georgia, and the principal city of the Athens metropolitan area, which had a 2020 population of 215,415, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Metropolitan Athens is a component of the larger Atlanta–Athens–Clarke County–Sandy Springs Combin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William T
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulding (DD22) , a light seen in a valley outside Paulding, M ...
Paulding may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places ;Antarctica *Paulding Bay ;United States *Paulding, Michigan, an unincorporated community *Paulding, Mississippi, an unincorporated community *Paulding, Missouri, a ghost town * Paulding, Ohio, a village *Paulding County, Georgia * Paulding County, Ohio US Navy ships * ''Paulding''-class destroyer, a class of 21 ships ** USS ''Paulding'' (DD-22), lead ship of the class * USS ''James K. Paulding'' (DD-238), a US Navy destroyer People *Paulding (surname) *Paulding Farnham (1859–1927), American jewelry designer, sculptor and metallurgist who worked for Tiffany & Co. Other uses * Ruth Paulding Middle School, California See also *Paulding Light The Paulding Light (also called the Lights of Paulding or the Dog Meadow Light) is a light that appears in a valley outside Paulding, Michigan. Reports of the light have appeared since the 1960s, with popular folklore providing such explanations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS-109
USS ''S-4'' (SS-109) was an United States S-class submarine, S-class submarine of the United States Navy. In 1927, she was sunk by being accidentally rammed by a United States Coast Guard destroyer with the loss of all hands but was raised and restored to service until stricken in 1936. Construction ''S-4''s keel was Keel laying, laid down on 4 December 1917 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth Navy Yard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine. She was ship naming and launching, launched on 27 August 1919 Ship sponsor, sponsored by Mrs. Herbert S. Howard, and ship commissioning, commissioned on 19 November 1919. Service Following acceptance trials, a visit to Havana, Cuba from 14–19 January 1920, and subsequent operations along the Gulf of Mexico and New England coasts, ''S-4'' departed New London, Connecticut on 18 November to rendezvous off New Hampshire with her assigned unit — Submarine Divisions 12 (SubDiv 12) — and SubDiv 18. The two divisions were a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Control Force
Control may refer to: Basic meanings Economics and business * Control (management), an element of management * Control, an element of management accounting * Comptroller (or controller), a senior financial officer in an organization * Controlling interest, a percentage of voting stock shares sufficient to prevent opposition * Foreign exchange controls, regulations on trade * Internal control, a process to help achieve specific goals typically related to managing risk Mathematics and science * Control (optimal control theory), a variable for steering a controllable system of state variables toward a desired goal * Controlling for a variable in statistics * Scientific control, an experiment in which "confounding variables" are minimised to reduce error * Control variables, variables which are kept constant during an experiment * Biological pest control, a natural method of controlling pests * Control network in geodesy and surveying, a set of reference points of known geospatia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rear Admiral (United States)
A rear admiral in the uniformed services of the United States is either of two different ranks of commissioned officers: one-star flag officers and two-star flag officers. By contrast, in most other countries, the term " rear admiral" refers only to an officer of two-star rank. Rear admiral (lower half) Rear admiral (lower half) (abbreviated as RDML), is a one-star flag officer, with the pay grade of O-7 in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps. Navy: grades above chief warrant officer, W–5 Grades and ratings Pay grades: assignment to; general rules Rear admiral (lower half) ranks above captain and below rear admiral. Rear admiral (lower half) is equivalent to the rank of brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force and equivalent to the rank of commodore in most other navie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS New Mexico (BB-40)
USS ''New Mexico'' (BB-40) was a battleship in service with the United States Navy from 1918 to 1946. She was the lead ship of a class of three battleships, and the first ship to be named for the state of New Mexico. Her keel was laid down on 14 October 1915 at the New York Navy Yard, she was launched on 23 April 1917, and was commissioned on 20 May 1918. ''New Mexico'' was the U.S. Navy's most advanced warship and its first battleship with a turbo-electric transmission, which helped her reach a maximum speed of . Her numerous commendations for gunnery, engineering, and battle efficiency during naval exercises earned her the moniker, "Queen of the Fleet". Shortly after completing initial training, ''New Mexico'' escorted the ship that carried President Woodrow Wilson to Brest, France to sign the Treaty of Versailles. Thereafter she was made the first flagship of the newly created United States Pacific Fleet. The interwar period was marked by repeated exercises with the Pacif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Cincinnati (C-7)
USS ''Cincinnati'' (C-7) was a protected cruiser and the lead ship of the for the United States Navy. She was launched on 10 November 1892 by New York Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss S. Mosby; and commissioned on 16 June 1894. She was the second ship to be named after Cincinnati, Ohio. Service history Spanish–American War ''Cincinnati''s first cruise, along the east coast, and then in the Caribbean, found her enforcing neutrality laws at Tampa and Key West during the Cuban Revolution from September 1895 to January 1896. From September 1896 to July 1897, she served in the eastern Mediterranean, returning to the South Atlantic Station in September 1897. In April 1898, the opening month of the Spanish–American War, ''Cincinnati'', commanded by Captain Colby Mitchell Chester, joined the blockade off Havana, Cuba, and bombarded Matanzas. The next month, she scouted throughout the West Indies searching for the Spanish fleet known to be approaching Cuba. At the close of May, ''Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS South Carolina (BB-26)
USS ''South Carolina'' (BB-26), the lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleships, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the eighth state. She was also the first American dreadnought; though she did not incorporate turbine propulsion like , ''South Carolina''s design included revolutionary aspects as well, primarily the superfiring arrangement of her main battery. The ship was laid down in December 1906 and launched in July 1908 before being commissioned into the US Atlantic Fleet in March 1910. ''South Carolina'' spent much of her career in the Atlantic and Caribbean patrolling the eastern coast of the United States. She made two trips to Europe in 1910 and 1911 and participated in a visit by a German cruiser squadron in 1912. In 1913–14, she frequently patrolled the coast of Mexico to protect American interests during the Mexican Revolution, and in April 1914 she took part in the United States occupation of Veracruz. After the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS New Hampshire (BB-25)
''New Hampshire'' (BB-25) was the sixth and final pre-dreadnought battleship, the last vessel of that type built for the United States Navy. Like most contemporary battleships, she was armed with an offensive armament that consisted of four large-caliber guns and several medium-caliber 7 and 8-inch (178 and 203 mm) guns. The ship was laid down in May 1905, launched in June 1906, and commissioned in March 1908, a little over a year after the revolutionary all-big-gun rendered ships like ''New Hampshire'' obsolescent. Despite being rapidly surpassed by new American dreadnoughts, ''New Hampshire'' had an active career. She made two trips to Europe in 1910 and 1911, and she sank the old battleship , which had been converted into a target ship. ''New Hampshire'' was particularly active in the Caribbean during this period, as several countries, including Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico devolved into internal political conflicts. These actions included the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Kansas (BB-21)
USS ''Kansas'' (BB-21) was a US pre-dreadnought battleship, the fourth of six ships in the class. She was the second ship of the United States Navy named Kansas, but the only one named in honor of the state of Kansas. The ship was launched in August 1905 and commissioned into the fleet in April 1907. ''Kansas'' was armed with a main battery of four guns and was capable of a top speed of . Shortly after she entered service, ''Kansas'' joined the Great White Fleet for its circumnavigation of the globe in 1908–1909. She made trips to Europe in 1910 and 1911 and after 1912, became involved in suppressing unrest in several Central American countries, including the United States occupation of Veracruz during the Mexican Revolution. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, ''Kansas'' was employed as a training ship for new personnel. In September 1918, she began escorting convoys to Europe. After the war ended in November, she then began a series of trips to F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Louisiana (BB-19)
USS ''Louisiana'' (BB-19) was a of the United States Navy. She was the second member of the class of six pre-dreadnought battleships, and the third ship to carry her name. ''Louisiana'' was laid down in February 1903, launched in August 1904, and commissioned in June 1906. She was a battleship capable of . Her main battery, main armament consisted of four guns supported by a mixed secondary battery of and guns. ''Louisiana'' primarily operated along the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean during her career. In 1908–1909, she took part in the world cruise of the Great White Fleet. A pair of trips to European waters took place in 1910 and 1911. From 1913, she began to become involved in the Mexican Revolution, as the US Navy began to send ships to protect American interests in the country. This activity culminated in the United States occupation of Veracruz, US occupation of Veracruz in April 1914. During World War I, ''Louisiana'' was empl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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