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USS ABSD-2 at Seeadler Harbor. USS ABSD-2, later redesignated as AFDB-2, was a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock of the US Navy. Advance Base Sectional Dock-2 (Auxiliary Floating Dock Big-2) was constructed in sections during 1942 and 1943 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California for World War II.
Los Alamos. (AFDB-7) ABSD-7, an advanced base sectional dock, [1] was constructed of seven advance base docks (ABD) as follows: ABD-37, ABD-38, ABD-39, and ABD-40 were built by Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Morgan City, Louisiana, and completed in December 1944 and January and February 1945; ABD-51 and ABD-52 were built by Pollock-Stockton ...
On 9 April 2010, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that the Navy's 10th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock would be named John P. Murtha (LPD-26). [6] A former United States Marine Corps officer, Murtha was the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, in 1974.
96 ft (29.3 m) Propulsion. None. Shippingport (ARDM-4) is an ARDM-4 -class United States Navy Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock. She is one of the Navy's two medium auxiliary repair dry docks, and was the first floating dry dock built for the US Navy since World War II. [ 1] Laid down in 1977, delivered and placed in service on 4 January 1979 ...
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7–2–2 defense. The 7–2–2 defense or seven-box defense, used seven "down linemen ", or players on the line of scrimmage at the time of the snap, two linebackers, and two safeties. [1] Amos Alonzo Stagg invented the seven-box defense in 1890 at Springfield College. [2] At that time, most teams were using a nine-man line on defense, and ...
Known as "The I-5 Killer" and "The I-5 Bandit." Suspected of as many as 44 murders. [89] Sentenced to imprisonment for life. Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu Turkey: 1994–2002 18 40 Killed in various cities of Turkey. 18 murders proven and accused of more than 40 by eyewitnesses and relatives. [90] Was sentenced to 74 years in prison. Paul John Knowles ...
Knife game being played, with white line representing the motion of the game. The knife game, pinfinger, nerve, bishop, knife fingies, five finger fillet (FFF), or chicken [citation needed] is a game wherein, placing the palm of one's hand down on a table with fingers apart, using a knife (such as a pocket or pen knife), or other sharp object, one attempt to stab back and forth between one's ...