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USS Atik (Lieutenant Commander Harry Lynnwood Hicks), was originally a merchantman named SS Carolyn which was converted to a Q-ship after America's entry into World War II. Atik displaced 6,610 tons with a crew of 141 men and an armament of four 4 in (100 mm) naval guns, eight machine guns and six K-guns.
The steel-hulled, single-screw steamer Carolyn was laid down on 15 March 1912 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, for the A. H. Bull Steamship Lines; launched on 3 July 1912, sponsored by Ms. Carolyn Bull (for whom the ship was probably named), a granddaughter of the shipping firm's owner, Archibald Hilton Bull (1847–1920), and delivered on 20 ...
Two crew members and ten Afghan soldiers were killed. [223] May 18, 2016: An An-12 cargo plane carrying NATO troop supplies crashed on runway when it was attempting to land at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan. Seven crew members were killed [224] [225] (five citizens of Azerbaijan, one citizen of Uzbekistan and one citizen of Ukraine). [226]
In addition to the American service members, 168 Afghans were killed in the bombing as they tried to get on board evacuation flights out of the war-torn country.
January 11, 2020 – Two U.S. service members were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. [31] January 27, 2020 – Two US Air Force crew members were killed when an E-11A aircraft crashed; February 8, 2020 – Two U.S. Special Operations Soldiers were killed and six service members wounded from an insider "Green on Blue" attack in Nangarhar ...
As of June 2018 total of US World War II casualties listed as MIA is 72,823 [94] e. ^ Korean War : Note: [ 20 ] gives Dead as 33,746 and Wounded as 103, 284 and MIA as 8,177. The American Battle Monuments Commission database for the Korean War reports that "The Department of Defense reports that 54,246 American service men and women lost their ...
Congressional leaders posthumously gave their highest honor Tuesday to the 13 U.S. service members killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan three years ago. The Congressional Gold ...
Four more Georgian soldiers were killed by a landmine during combat operations on 1 October 2010, in Helmand. [73] On 21 February 2011 Georgia lost another soldier, George Avaliani, while two others were wounded. [74] On 14 March 2011, one of the two injured died in a hospital in Germany and on 27 May 2011 another soldier died.