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USS Locust (YN-17)
USS ''Locust'' (YN-17/AN-22) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was later transferred to the French Navy as ''Locuste'' (A765). She was sold to Malaysian owners but sank after striking a reef off Cikobia Island, Fiji, on 30 July 1978. She was towing the former French ship , which also sank. Career The second ship to be so named by the Navy, ''Locust'' (YN-17) was laid down by the American Shipbuilding Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 18 October 1940; launched 1 February 1941; and placed in service 13 July 1941 for passage down the St. Lawrence River for a year of net-laying duties in the 3d Naval District off New York, New York, before commissioning December, 1942. Assigned to the Service Squadron, Pacific Fleet, the beginning of 1943, ''Locust'' laid and tended torpedo nets, moorings, and buoys and participated in various towing and salvage operations in the South Pacific Ocean through World War II. The net tender was off San Cristobel Island, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locust (YN-17)
Locusts (derived from the Vulgar Latin ''locusta'', meaning grasshopper) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a Swarm behaviour, swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they become more abundant and change their behaviour and habits, becoming sociality, gregarious. No taxonomic distinction is made between locust and grasshopper species; the basis for the definition is whether a species forms swarms under intermittently suitable conditions; this has evolved independently in multiple lineages, comprising at least 18 genera in 5 different acridid subfamilies. Normally, these grasshoppers are innocuous, their numbers are low, and they do not pose a major economic threat to agriculture. However, under suitable conditions of drought followed by rapid vegetation growth, serotonin in their brains triggers dramatic changes: they start to breed abundantly, becoming gregarious and nomadic (loosely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
