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USS Maryland (BB-46), also known as "Old Mary" or "Fighting Mary" to her crewmates, was a Colorado-class battleship. She was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the seventh state. She was commissioned in 1921, and serving as the flagship of the fleet, cruised to Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil.
A number of Allied ships were damaged by Japanese suicide air attacks during World War II.Many of these attacks were by the kamikaze (officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, "Divine Wind Special Attack Unit"), using pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft, by the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific ...
Air Attack, cartwheeling kamikaze 72 82 7 Apr 45 USS Maryland: Battleship Air Attack, kamikaze hit starboard 16 37 7 Apr 45 USS Bennett: Destroyer Air Attack, kamikaze hit engine room 3 18 7 Apr 45 USS Wesson: Destroyer Air Attack, kamikaze starboard 8 23 7 Apr 45 *USS PGM-18: Small Gunboat Mine, powerful explosion 14 14 7 Apr 45 *YMS-103 ...
Four ships of the U.S. Navy have been named USS Maryland: USS Maryland (1799), a sloop during the Napoleonic Wars; USS Maryland (ACR-8), a Pennsylvania-class cruiser, saw action in World War I, later renamed USS Frederick; USS Maryland (BB-46), a Colorado-class battleship known as "Fighting Mary," saw action in World War II
Away All Boats is a 1956 American war film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, and Julie Adams.It was produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the 1953 novel by Kenneth M. Dodson (1907–1999), who served on the USS Pierce (APA-50) in World War II and used his experiences there as a guide for his novel.
"I would essentially be a kamikaze pilot." It turns out that her father, retired Air Force Col. John Penney, was not piloting United 93, but she had no way of knowing at the time. It would not ...
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