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SS. Lord Gough?
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1800 - CAPT Preble in Essex arrives in Batavia, Java, to escort U.S. merchant ships 1942 - First Naval Air Transport Service flight across Pacific 1969 - Sinking of USS Guitarro (SSN-665) 1991 - Amphibious Task Force arrives at Chittagong, Bangladesh, for relief operations after Cyclone Marian
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Danny I think we still need Bill to comfirm you're right.
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That was quick Danny. http://www.ddghansa-shipsphotos.de/drachenfels300.htm David
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Great looking model Chris. Piggy bank relabelled to HMS Victory fund. David -
You got it Bill. Originally the USS General Harry Taylor (AP 145). She seved with the US Navy, Army and Air Force. Even in the Russian Navy as Akademik Vladislav Volkov. (In the 1998 movie Virus anyway). She's now the Second-largest artificial reef in the world, after the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. David
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Not the USNS General H.H. Arnold Danny and Bill
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Next up. Good Luck David
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1836 - U.S. Exploring Expedition authorized to conduct exploration of Pacific Ocean and South Seas, first major scientific expedition overseas. LT Charles Wilkes USN, would lead the expedition in surveying South America, Antarctica, Far East, and North Pacific. 1845 - First U.S. warship visits Vietnam. While anchored in Danang for reprovisioning, CAPT John Percival commanding USS Constitution, conducts a show of force against Vietnamese authorities in an effort to obtain the release of a French priest held prisoner by Emperor of Annam at Hue. 1975 - Marines recapture Mayaguez, go ashore on Koh Tang Island and release the crew.
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Queen of Scots?
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1908 - Naval Nurse Corps established. 1908 - Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, later called Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, was officially established in the Territory of Hawaii as a coaling station for U.S. Navy ships transiting the Pacific Ocean. 1943 - Bureau of Navigation renamed Bureau of Naval Personnel 1945 - Aircraft from fast carrier task force begin 2-day attack on Kyushu airfields, Japan 1964 - Organization and deployment of world's first all nuclear-powered task group, USS Enterprise, USS Long Beach, and USS Bainbridge, to Sixth Fleet 1988 - Iraq bombed and destroyed 2 of the worlds largest supertankers in the Southern Persian Golf loading oil in the Iranian offshore loading terminal of Larak . This is seen as a further escalation of the 7 1/2 year war between Iraq and Iran
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1780 - Fall of Charleston, SC; three Continental Navy frigates (Boston, Providence, and Ranger) captured; and one American frigate (Queen of France) sunk to prevent capture 1975 - SS Mayaguez seized by Khmer Rouge and escorted to Koh Tang Island. 1986 - Destroyer USS David R. Ray deters an Iranian Navy attempt to board a U.S. merchant ship.
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You got it Jack. It is the Eureka. The largest wooden passenger ferry ever built, certified to carry 3,500 people. Preseved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Your turn David
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Sorry Dave. Not the Berkeley.
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Next up. Good Luck David
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Is it the French Commerce de Marseille?
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1898 - Sailors and Marines from USS Marblehead cut trans-oceanic cable near Cienfuegos, Cuba, isolating Cuba from Spain. 1943 - Naval task force lands Army troops on Attu, Aleutians. 1965 - U.S. destroyers deliver first shore bombardment of Vietnam War.
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SS Arawa?
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Is it the SS La Bretagne?
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Nice Deck Kevin. David
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Crackers gets it right. USS Cyclops is correct. Your go David
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Absolutely right Dave. Here's a bit of colour for a change. Good luck. David
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Good one Dave. This ship is also named Quiloa. Launched in 1959. In 1972 she became the Michiel and was renamed again in 1974 to Great Justice. David
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Great start on the rigging Andy.
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1775 - Force under Ethan Allan and Benedict Arnold cross Lake Champlain and capture British fort at Ticonderoga, New York. 1949 - First shipboard launching of LARK, guided missile by USS Norton Sound. 1960 - USS Triton (SSRN-586) completes submerged circumnavigation of world in 84 days following many of the routes taken by Magellan and cruising 46,000 miles.
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