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Bennington aviators went after targets both at Tokyo and at Yokosuka, site of the large Japanese naval base. While their colleagues pounded Japan, pilots in Bennington ' s Combat Air Patrol (CAP) helped to protect TG 58.1 from air raids and shot down three intruders. On the negative side, her air group lost one plane to antiaircraft fire over ...
The Battle of Bennington occurred on 16 August 1777. USS Bennington (PG-4), was commissioned in 1891 and took possession of Wake Island during the Spanish–American War. USS Bennington (CV-20), was an aircraft carrier of World War II and decommissioned in 1970.
USS Bennington (Gunboat No. 4/PG-43) was a member of the Yorktown class of steel-hulled, twin-screw gunboats in the United States Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was the first U.S. Navy ship named in honor of the town of Bennington, Vermont , site of the Battle of Bennington in the American Revolutionary War .
The Bombing Fighting Squadron One, designated as Bombing Fighter Squadron VBF-1 and known as "The Royal Flushers", was formed at the Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nevada in December 1944 and commissioned on 2 January 1945, to become the fourth squadron in the Veteran Air Group One.
USS MacKenzie (TB-17) USS Madgie; USS Manitowoc (LST-1180) USS Marigold; USS Marjorie M. SS Mary (1920) Melantho (1812 ship) Mentor (1776 ship) USS Miami (1861) USS Minneapolis (CA-36) USS Mississippi (1841) USS Moccasin (1864) USS Mohawk (1858) USS Monongahela (1862) Montezuma (1804 ship) Montezuma (1822 ship) USS Mount Washington (1846) USS ...
The Bennington Battle Monument is just over 306 feet high and was completed in 1891 to commemorate the Aug. 16, 1777 Battle of Bennington, considered a turning point in the Revolutionary War.
Fire Station No. 5, and variations such as Engine House No. 5, may refer to: (ordered by U.S. state then city) Fire Station No. 5 (Mobile, Alabama) Fire Barn 5 (Elgin, Illinois), also known as "Fire Station 5" Engine House No. 5 (Columbus, Ohio) No. 5 Fire Station (Sandusky, Ohio) Fire Station No. 5 (Knoxville, Tennessee)
Boers was born March 10, 1884, in Cincinnati, Ohio and after joining the navy from Kentucky was stationed aboard the USS Bennington (PG-4) as a seaman. On July 21, 1905, the USS Bennington was in San Diego, California when a boiler exploded. For his actions received the Medal January 5, 1906. [1] [2] [3] He died April 2, 1929.