Targeteer (other)
A targeteer is a military or intelligence officer who is responsible for bomb-attack plans. Targeteer may also refer to: * USS ''Targeteer'' (YV-3), an ''LSM(R)-501''-class landing ship medium (rocket) * Targeteer (pistol), an air pistol made by Daisy Outdoor Products * Target and the Targeteers The Target and the Targeteers are fictional characters, a trio of superheroes who first appeared in 1940, in ''Target Comics'' (after which the characters were named) from Novelty Press. History ''Target Comics'' debuted with a premiere issue cov ...

Targeteer
A targeteer is a military or intelligence officer responsible for planning and coordinating bombardment-type attacks. Duties include identifying critical elements or vulnerable points, estimating collateral damage, selecting munitions required, and submitting targets to commanders Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. .... After an attack, the targeteer is responsible for battle damage assessment to establish whether the strike had the desired effect. References Military specialisms {{Military-stub ...
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USS Targeteer
USS ''Targeteer'' was an originally projected as ''LSM-508''. The landing craft was reclassified as ''LSM(R)-508'' in February 1945 and laid down on 31 March 1945 at Houston, TX, by the Brown Shipbuilding Corporation. Launched on 28 April 1945, ''LSM(R)-508'' was commissioned at Houston on 25 June 1945. Service history Landing ship medium (rocket), 1945–1947 ''LSM(R)-508'' departed Houston on 30 June and arrived at Galveston, TX, the same day to begin fitting out. She got underway again on 5 July and arrived at Charleston, SC, five days later, to receive her rocket launchers and undergo alterations. The landing ship shifted to Little Creek, VA, on 31 July. During her shakedown, conducted from 1 to 15 August 1945, Japan capitulated, ending the war in the Pacific. ''LSM(R)-508'' operated out of Little Creek, off the Virginia Capes, and in the Caribbean, conducting training there out of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into 1946. Returning to Little Creek on ...
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Targeteer (pistol)
The ''Targeteer'' was the first air pistol that Daisy Outdoor Products created. Fred Lefever first made it in 1937, and he based it on the Colt Woodsman pistol's design.p.67 Punchard, Neal ''Daisy Air Rifles and BB Guns: 100 Years of America's Favorite'' MBI Publishing Company, 05/12/2002 The Targeteer was designed as a low-power BB gun for indoor target shooting Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms ( firearms and airguns, in forms su .... The weapon originally used a smaller-sized BB. The first models had the box designed to be folded into a backstop with a revolving target in the box. After World War II, Daisy redesignated the weapon the ''Targette'' that now was made with a silver chrome finish. It included an attractive red plastic holder of spinning targets that was also designed to hold the pistol ...
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