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The 1920 Motor Transport Corps convoy left Washington, D.C., on 14 June 1920 and followed the Bankhead Highway to San Diego, California, where it arrived on 2 October. A smaller expedition than the first, the second convoy consisted of 50 vehicles, 32 officers, and 160 enlisted men under Col John F. Franklin. A rate of 45–60 miles per day was ...
sailed from Bermuda and merged with same number HX convoy at sea CK Charleston, South Carolina to British Isles 1944 1944 rarely used CT British Isles to Canada 1941 1941 troopships CU: Caribbean (later New York City) to Liverpool: 20 March 1943 30 May 1945 73 14-knot convoys of tankers with some fast cargo ships: GUF: Mediterranean to ...
San Diego ' s essential mission was the escort of convoys through the first dangerous leg of their passages to Europe. Based in Tompkinsville, New York , and Halifax , Nova Scotia , she operated in the weather-torn, submarine -infested North Atlantic safely convoying all of her charges to the ocean escort.
According to a press release dated Feb. 9, Convoy to Save America is planning to send two convoys to the Peace Bridge in Buffalo this weekend, the first of which will leave New York City on Friday ...
In September 1935 Consolidated moved across the country to its new "Building 1", a 247,000-square-foot (22,900 m 2) continuous flow factory in San Diego, California. The first production PBY Catalina was launched in San Diego Bay in 1936, [3] and the first XPB2Y-1 Coronado test aircraft made its first flight in 1937. [4]
1919 "Trans-Continental Motor Truck" [1] The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy was a long distance convoy (described as a Motor Truck Trip with a "Truck Train" [1]) carried out by the U.S. Army Motor Transport Corps that drove over 3,000 mi (4,800 km) on the historic Lincoln Highway from Washington, D.C., to Oakland, California and then by ferry over to end in San Francisco.
The 1983–84 Major Indoor Soccer League season was the sixth in league history and ended with the Baltimore Blast winning their first MISL championship. The Blast would beat the St. Louis Steamers in the championship series, the third time in five seasons the Steamers would lose in the MISL championship round.
World War II map of Camp Lockett. Camp Lockett was a United States Army military post in Campo, California, east of San Diego, and north of the Mexican border.Camp Lockett has historical connections to the Buffalo Soldiers due to the 10th and 28th Cavalry Regiments having been garrisoned there during World War II. [7]