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The Admiral's Daughter. The Admiral's Daughter is a 1979 autobiography written by Victoria Fyodorova with Haskel Frankel. It relates the story of Fyodorova's parents, Jackson Tate and Zoya Fyodorova, who had an affair in Moscow in 1945, her childhood in the Soviet Union, and her later search for and reunion with her father in the United States.
Matthew C. Perry. Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was a United States Navy officer who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War. He played a leading role in the Perry Expedition that ended Japan's isolationism and the Convention of Kanagawa between Japan and the United ...
December 22, 2007. (2007-12-22) (aged 87) South Killingly, Connecticut, U.S. Burial place. Sharon Memorial Park. Sharon, Massachusetts. Ruth Wallis (January 5, 1920 – December 22, 2007) was a novelty popular cabaret singer. She sang with a studio orchestra and often took on an accent for songs about characters from other countries.
Joseph Nelson Miller (22 November 1836 – 25 April 1909) was a United States Navy rear admiral.He served as commander of the Pacific Squadron from 1897 to 1898. Miller fought in the Union Navy during the American Civil War and later represented the U.S. Navy at the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in June 1897 and at the annexation of Hawaii by the United States in August 1898.
April 15, 1966. (1966-04-15) Running time. 90 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Women of the Prehistoric Planet is a 1966 independently made American science fiction / action film directed by Arthur C. Pierce, with Wendell Corey receiving the top billing among the cast.
Genre (s) adventure. Don Winslow of the Navy is an American comic strip created by Frank Victor Martinek and was distributed mostly by the Bell Syndicate from 1934 to 1955. [ 1 ] The title character was a spy-chasing lieutenant commander in Naval intelligence. The comic strip led to a radio adventure serial that began in 1937, as well as film ...
Arleigh Burke. Taken in 1920 while he was attending the U.S. Naval Academy. Burke was born in Boulder, Colorado, on October 19, 1901, to Oscar Burke and Clara Mokler.His grandfather, August Björkgren, was a Swedish immigrant to the US and changed his surname to 'Burke', a common Irish surname, to sound more 'American'. [1]
The Gearing class was a series of 98 destroyers built for the U.S. Navy during and shortly after World War II.The Gearing design was a minor modification of the Allen M. Sumner class, whereby the hull was lengthened by 14 ft (4.3 m) at amidships, which resulted in more fuel storage space and increased the operating range.