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USS Klakring (FFG-42)
USS ''Klakring'' (FFG-42), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class frigate, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral (United States), Rear Admiral Thomas B. Klakring (1904–1975), who was awarded three Navy Cross (United States), Navy Crosses as commander of the submarine during World War II. Construction and commissioning ''Klakring'' was laid down on 19 February 1982 by the Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath, Maine; Ship naming and launching, launched on 18 September 1982; sponsored by Beverly Bohen, niece of Rear Admiral Klakring; and ship commissioning, commissioned on 20 August 1983 at Bath. Service history 1980s 1983 ''Klakring'' completed a light-off examination on 8 September 1983, followed on 15 September by her initial crew certification. Prior to leaving for Charleston, South Carolina, ''Klakring'' visited Newport, Rhode Island. The ''Klakring'' crew was able to explore Newport while the America's Cup battle was underway. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Klakring (FFG 42) In Souda Bay, Greece
USS ''Klakring'' (FFG-42), an ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class frigate, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Thomas B. Klakring (1904–1975), who was awarded three Navy Crosses as commander of the submarine during World War II. Construction and commissioning ''Klakring'' was laid down on 19 February 1982 by the Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath, Maine; launched on 18 September 1982; sponsored by Beverly Bohen, niece of Rear Admiral Klakring; and commissioned on 20 August 1983 at Bath. Service history 1980s 1983 ''Klakring'' completed a light-off examination on 8 September 1983, followed on 15 September by her initial crew certification. Prior to leaving for Charleston, South Carolina, ''Klakring'' visited Newport, Rhode Island. The ''Klakring'' crew was able to explore Newport while the America's Cup battle was underway. Many sailors experienced getting their "land legs" back after their first days at sea. The ship reached her initial home port of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederiksted, United States Virgin Islands
Frederiksted is both the town and one of the two administrative districts of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It is a grid-planned city, designed by surveyor Jens Beckfor, originally to 14x14 blocks but built 7x7 to enhance the island commerce in the 1700s. Frederiksted has fewer than 1,000 people in the town proper, but nearly 10,000 in the greater western side of the island. Christiansted (mid-island on the north) is about 30 years older but commerce was limited by its natural, shallow protective reef. Frederiksted was built in the leeward side of the island (shadow of the wind) for calm seas and a naturally deep port. It is home to Fort Frederik, constructed to protect the town from pirate raids and attacks from rival imperialist nations and named after Frederick V of Denmark, who purchased the Danish West Indies in 1754. Frederiksted is often referred to as "Freedom City" by locals. This nickname has to do with the fact that the town was the site of the emancipation of slav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. With a population of 274,400 as of 2016, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas, Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. It is the centre of commerce, education, law, administration, and media of the country. Lynden Pindling International Airport, the major airport for the Bahamas, is located about west of the city centre of Nassau, and has daily flights to major cities in Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and the United States. The city is located on the island of New Providence. Nassau is the site of the House of Assembly and various judicial departments and was considered historically to be a stronghold of pirates. The city was named in honour of William III of England, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Nassau's modern growth began in the late eighteenth century, with the influx of thousands of Loyalists and their slaves to the Bahamas following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Klakring (FFG-42) Underway In The Atlantic Ocean, 28 June 1983 (6405087)
USS ''Klakring'' (FFG-42), an ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class frigate, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Thomas B. Klakring (1904–1975), who was awarded three Navy Crosses as commander of the submarine during World War II. Construction and commissioning ''Klakring'' was laid down on 19 February 1982 by the Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath, Maine; launched on 18 September 1982; sponsored by Beverly Bohen, niece of Rear Admiral Klakring; and commissioned on 20 August 1983 at Bath. Service history 1980s 1983 ''Klakring'' completed a light-off examination on 8 September 1983, followed on 15 September by her initial crew certification. Prior to leaving for Charleston, South Carolina, ''Klakring'' visited Newport, Rhode Island. The ''Klakring'' crew was able to explore Newport while the America's Cup battle was underway. Many sailors experienced getting their "land legs" back after their first days at sea. The ship reached her initial home port of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
