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USS Hummer (AMS-20)
USS ''Hummer'' (AMS-20/YMS-372) was a acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing. History ''Hummer'' (''YMS-372'') was launched as ''YMS-372'', 23 December 1943 by Weaver Shipyards, Orange, Texas; and commissioned 28 March 1944. She was named ''Hummer'' and reclassified ''AMS-20'' on 17 February 1947. After shakedown cruise, shakedown and operational training in early 1945, Hummer departed the United States to sweep mines and to patrol between Okinawa and Japan from 29 June to 31 July. With the cessation of hostilities, the ship swept mines on the coasts of Empire of Japan, Japan and Korea until 21 February 1946 when she departed for the Western Seaboard of the United States. ''Hummer'' decommissioned 23 June and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She recommissioned 3 November 1950 to help support the United Nations commitment to containing aggression in Korea. Her training and readiness activities c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
