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USS ARD-1
USS ARD-1 was an auxiliary repair dock serving with the United States Navy during World War II as Auxiliary floating drydock. ''ARD-1'' was built by the Pacific Bridge Company and completed in September 1934. ''ARD-1'' was commissioned at Alameda, California on 19 December 1935 then towed to San Diego, California. ''ARD-1'' was the first in her class of self-sustaining, ship hull shape ship repair docks. ''ARD-1'' was able to repair ships in a Naval fleet in remote locations. Background and design ''USS ARD-1'' was the third steel floating drydock built for the US Navy. The first two were the YFD-2 built in 1901 and the USS ''Dewey'' built in 1905. While these two floating drydock worked very well, they proved to be not very mobile. Both proved to be difficult to tow, as both lacked bows to cut though waves. A new design was needed, or as it turned out an older design made new. In the past wood ships hulls with no interior were used to drydock smaller ship that could fit into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Bridge (AF-1)
The first USS ''Bridge'' (AF-1) was a stores ship in service with the United States Navy from 1917 to 1946. Following a short commercial service, she was scrapped in 1953. Early career ''Bridge'' was launched on 18 May 1916 at the Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. Granville Searcy Fleece, a grandniece of Commodore Bridge; and commissioned on 2 June 1917. Following her commissioning ''Bridge'' loaded stores and provisions, and transported and issued them to the fleet and shore stations. World War I During 1917–18 she made four round trips across the Atlantic as a unit of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service. On 1 October 1917, she came to the assistance of the patrol vessel USS ''Mohawk'', which had collided with the British tanker off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. After the patrol vessels and took off all 77 members of ''Mohawks crew, ''Bridge'' attempted to tow ''Mohawk'' to shallow water, but before she could generate any forward movement, ''Mohawk'' sank rap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Tank
A water tank is a container for storing water. Water tanks are used to provide storage of water for use in many applications, drinking water, irrigation agriculture, fire suppression, agricultural farming, both for plants and livestock, chemical manufacturing, food preparation as well as many other uses. Water tank parameters include the general design of the tank, and choice of construction materials, linings. Various materials are used for making a water tank: plastics (polyethylene, polypropylene), fiberglass, concrete, stone, steel (welded or bolted, carbon, or stainless). Earthen pots, such as matki used in South Asia, can also be used for water storage. Water tanks are an efficient way to help developing countries to store clean water. History Throughout history, wood, ceramic and stone tanks have been used as water tanks. These containers were all naturally occurring and some man made and a few of these tanks are still in service. The Indus Valley civilization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamikaze
, officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to destroy warships more effectively than with conventional air attacks. About 3,800 ''kamikaze'' pilots died during the war, and more than 7,000 naval personnel were killed by ''kamikaze'' attacks. ''Kamikaze'' aircraft were essentially pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft. Pilots would attempt to crash their aircraft into enemy ships in what was called a "body attack" (''tai-atari'') in aircraft loaded with bombs, torpedoes and or other explosives. About 19% of ''kamikaze'' attacks were successful. The Japanese considered the goal of damaging or sinking large numbers of Allied ships to be a just reason for suicide attacks; ''kamikaze'' was more accurate than conventional attacks and often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Spectacle (AM-305)
USS ''Spectacle'' (AM-305) was a steel-hulled Admirable class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. A trained crew boarded the new vessel, practiced with her minesweeping gear, and then proceeded to the Pacific Ocean to clear mines from Japanese beaches so that Allied forces could invade. While performing this dangerous task of mine clearance, a Japanese plane strafed her, and another deliberately crashed into her. When she returned to the United States, her battle damage was so severe that the U.S. Navy decided to scrap, rather than to repair, her. She was awarded two battle stars. ''Spectacle'' was laid down on 24 May 1943 by Associated Shipbuilders, Seattle, Washington; launched on 10 October 1943; and, commissioned on 11 August 1944. World War II Pacific Theatre operations After fitting out at Puget Sound and conducting trial runs at Seattle, Washington, ''Spectacle'' sailed on the 31st for San Pedro, California. Following her shakedown training, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Safeguard (ARS-25)
USS ''Safeguard'' (ARS-25) was a in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1947 and from 1952 to 1979. She was then transferred to Turkey where she served as TCG ''Işın'' (A-589) until 2017. History ''Safeguard'' was laid down on 5 June 1943 by the Basalt Rock Company in Napa, California; launched on 20 November 1943; and commissioned on 30 September 1944 at the Southern Pacific Docks, Vallejo, California. United States Navy (1944-1979) World War II Following shakedown out of San Diego, California, ''Safeguard'' called at San Pedro, California, and San Francisco before commencing the first of many deep water towing operations on 23 December. With ''YC-1165'' and ''YC-1166'' in tow, she arrived at Pearl Harbor on 3 January 1945. Escorted by ''PC-125Jt'' and ''SC-1033'', she departed Pearl for Eniwetok on the 15th, this time with ''ARD-25'' in tow. Until 1 March, she operated in the area of Tanapag Harbor. ''Safeguard'' later moved on to the Ryūkyūs. At Okinaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Monssen (DD-436)
USS ''Monssen'' (DD-436), a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Mons Monssen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions aboard in 1904. Commissioned in 1941, the destroyer saw service during World War II in both Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. ''Monssen'' was sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. Service history ''Monssen'' was laid down on 12 July 1939 by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington and launched on 16 May 1940, sponsored by Mrs. Mons Monssen, widow of Lieutenant Monssen. The ship was commissioned on 14 March 1941, Lieutenant Commander Roland N. Smoot in command. Following shakedown and training, ''Monssen'' reported to the Atlantic Fleet on 27 June 1941 as a unit of Destroyer Division 22 (DesDiv 22). For the next five months she operated in the northwestern Atlantic, from the coast of New England and the Maritime Provinces to Iceland, on neutrality patrol. Her escort and patrol duties changed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitro-class Ammunition Ship
The ''Nitro''-class ammunition ships are a class of three auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy. Launched in 1958-1959, they were among the first specialized underway replenishment ships built after the Second World War, to carry munitions. These and the s are sometimes considered to form a single class. A fourth ship of the class was planned under the 1959 military construction program but was eventually cancelled before construction began. Soon after completion, all ships of the class were modified to stow surface to air missiles as large as the RIM-8 Talos in their holds. Initially ships of the ''Nitro'' class were armed with eight 3"/50 caliber guns in Mk 33 twin mounts. Two Mk 33 mounts were located on the forecastle and another two were located near the stern. During the mid-1960s all ships of the class had the two Mk 33 mounts near the stern replaced with a helicopter landing pad. This allowed each ship to utilize helicopters during replenishment operations. The ''N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Pyro (AE-24)
The second USS ''Pyro'' (AE–24), an ammunition ship, was laid down 21 October 1957 by Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrows Point, Maryland; launched 5 November 1958; sponsored by Mrs. Stuart H. Ingersoll; and commissioned 24 July 1959 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, Va. After fitting out at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, ''Pyro'' moved from local operations at Norfolk to Earle, N.J. to take on ammunition, thence proceeded to shakedown out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba through 30 October. She called at San Juan and Kingston before transiting the Panama Canal to report to Service Force, Pacific for duty. Steaming via Lima, Peru and Acapulco, Mexico, she arrived San Diego 4 December 1959. The fourth of a new class of ammunition ships designed from the hull up for carrying and transferring at sea the latest in munitions and guided missiles, ''Pyro'' spent the last part of December undergoing final trials at San Francisco. At Port Chicago, Calif., ''Pyro'' offloaded her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands are now a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The U.S. government first obtained exclusive use of the inlet and the right to maintain a repair and coaling station for ships here in 1887. The surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941, led the United States to declare war on the Empire of Japan, making the attack on Pearl Harbor the immediate cause of the United States' entry into World War II. History Pearl Harbor was originally an extensive shallow embayment called ''Wai Momi'' (meaning, “Waters of Pearl”) or ''Puuloa'' (meaning, “long hill”) by the Hawaiians. Puuloa wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in 1885 by Fernando Villaamil for the Spanish NavySmith, Charles Edgar: ''A short history of naval and marine engineering.'' Babcock & Wilcox, ltd. at the University Press, 1937, page 263 as a defense against torpedo boats, and by the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, these "torpedo boat destroyers" (TBDs) were "large, swift, and powerfully armed torpedo boats designed to destroy other torpedo boats". Although the term "destroyer" had been used interchangeably with "TBD" and "torpedo boat destroyer" by navies since 1892, the term "torpedo boat destroyer" had been generally shortened to simply "destroyer" by nearly all navies by the First World War. Before World War II, destroyers were light vessels with little endurance for unatte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farragut Class Destroyer (1934)
The ''Farragut''-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,365-ton destroyers in the United States Navy and the first US destroyers of post-World War I design. Their construction, along with the , was authorized by Congress on 29 April 1916, but funding was delayed considerably. Limited to 1,500 tons standard displacement by the provisions of the London Naval Treaty of 1930, the ships were laid down beginning in 1932 and were completed by 1935. After 12 years since the last of the previous class of American destroyers (the ) was commissioned, the ''Farragut''s were commissioned in 1934 and 1935. These ships were slightly larger than their predecessors, faster, and they had only two stacks, versus the four stacks common to all the earlier classes. The class was the first of six classes of 1,500-ton destroyers built in the 1930s to modernize the United States Navy, and all eight ''Farragut''s saw extensive front-line service during World War II. None were lost in battle, although on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Aylwin (DD-355)
USS ''Aylwin'' (DD-355) was a ''Farragut''-class destroyer, and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant John Cushing Aylwin (1778–1812). Construction and commissioning ''Aylwin'' was laid down on 23 September 1933 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, launched on 10 July 1934, sponsored by Miss Elizabeth M. Farley, the 11-year-old daughter of Postmaster General James Farley, and commissioned on 1 March 1935. 1935–1941 1935 Following builders' trials late in March, and fitting out, the destroyer shifted to the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, to load eight torpedo warheads. At the end of further trials, she returned to Philadelphia on 8 May to prepare for shakedown. On 22 May, ''Aylwin'' sailed for a cruise that took her to European countries. She stopped at Port Leixoes (Oporto), Portugal, on 1 June and at Santander, Spain, on the 5th, before shifting to Cherbourg, France, on the 10th. Five days later, the Honorable Jesse I. Strau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
