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USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg
USNS ''General Hoyt S. Vandenberg'' (T-AGM-10) (originally named USS ''General Harry Taylor'' (AP-145)) was a in the United States Navy in World War II named in honor of United States Army, U.S. Army Chief of Engineers Harry Taylor (engineer), Harry Taylor. She served for a time as army transport United States Army Transport, USAT ''General Harry Taylor'', and was reacquired by the navy in 1950 as United States Naval Ship, USNS ''General Harry Taylor'' (T-AP-145). Placed in reserve in 1958, she was transferred to the United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force in 1961 and renamed USAFS ''General Hoyt S. Vandenberg'' in 1963 in honor of the Hoyt Vandenberg, former Air Force Chief of Staff. She was reacquired by the U.S. Navy in 1964 as USNS ''General Hoyt S. Vandenberg'' (T-AGM-10). Retired in 1983, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1993, she was to be sunk as an artificial reef originally intended for the spring of 2008, but instead was placed under Federal Lien to be auc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Taylor (engineer)
Harry Taylor (June 26, 1862January 27, 1930) was a U.S. Army officer who fought in World War I, and who served for a time as Chief of Engineers. Early life Taylor was born in Tilton, New Hampshire, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1884 and commissioned in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Corps of Engineers. Military career After serving in engineer offices in Wilmington, North Carolina, and New York City, Taylor served from 1891 to 1900 on fortifications and rivers and harbors construction work in Oregon and Washington (state), Washington. Later he pursued similar work in New England and New York. Transferred to the Philippines, he supervised all fortification work there in 1904–05. Taylor was district engineer in New London, Connecticut, from 1906 to 1911. He then headed the River and Harbor Division in the Office of the Chief of Engineers for five years. During World War I he served as Chief Engineer, American Expeditionary Forces in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
