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Breuners Home Furnishings was a chain of furniture stores in Southwestern United States for 148 years before declaring bankruptcy in 2004. Founded in California during the California gold rush in the mid-19th century, its stores served California and Nevada before expanding to the east coast in the late 20th century. [ 1 ]
Aircraft carriers stored at the NISMF in Bremerton, 2012.From left to right: Independence, Kitty Hawk, Constellation and Ranger. A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate.
Berth B-22, Navy Yard Pearl Harbor Blue: DD-387 Undamaged Berth X-7 Helm: DD-388 Minor damage by two bomb near-misses Underway from berth X-7 just prior to attack, en route to deperming buoys at West Loch Mugford: DD-389 Undamaged moored port side to the Sacramento, in berth B-6, at the Navy Yard Ralph Talbot: DD-390 Undamaged
Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the naval fleet of the United States , before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 .
Admiral James O. Richardson, the fleet's commander, strongly opposed long-term basing at Pearl Harbor, feeling that it would leave the fleet vulnerable to Japanese attack, and personally protested the move in Washington, D.C. Political considerations were thought sufficiently important that he was relieved by Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, who was ...
The Naval Station had existed in Pearl Harbor since 1898, but in 1908 the United States Congress allocated $3 million to build the shipyard, then called Navy Yard Pearl Harbor. [3] The shipyard grew quickly, and work began on the first drydock, which collapsed before opening in 1913. After rebuilding, Dry Dock #1 was opened August 21, 1919. [4]
The first store was opened in 1919 [1] [6] [7] in Bakersfield, California. [4] In 1993, Heilig-Meyers bought 92 McMahan's stores for $65 million. [11] In 1996, Heilig-Meyers arranged to buy another 20 stores from McMahan's. [13] Whether the 1996 sale was completed is unknown. Of the stores remaining, three were closed in 2006. [9]
Bob's Discount Furniture is an American furniture store chain headquartered in Manchester, Connecticut. The company opened its first store in 1991 in Newington, Connecticut and is ranked 12th in sales among United States furniture stores according to Furniture Today 's list of Top 100 Furniture Stores.