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Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 16 June 1959 : Conner DD-582 6 April 1942 18 July 1942 8 June 1943 5 July 1946 Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 15 September 1959 : Hall DD-583 16 April 1942 18 July 1942 6 July 1943 10 December 1946 Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 9 February 1960 : Halligan DD-584 9 November 1942 19 March 1943
The United States Navy commissioned 175 Fletcher-class destroyers between 1942 and 1944, more than any other destroyer class, and the design was generally regarded as highly successful. The Fletcher s had a design speed of 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) and a principal armament of five 5-inch (127 mm) guns in single mounts with ten 21-inch (530 mm ...
During the same year, she completed conversion to Navy Distillate fuel and renovation to her crew's galley, mess decks and scullery. During her deployment in 1977, Hector was called on to replenish combatant ships that had departed Pearl Harbor quickly in order to observe Soviet cruise missile triangulation operations. During this operation ...
The scullery of Brodick Castle. A scullery is a room in a house, traditionally used for washing up dishes and laundering clothes, or as an overflow kitchen.Tasks performed in the scullery include cleaning dishes and cooking utensils (or storing them), occasional kitchen work, ironing, boiling water for cooking or bathing, and soaking and washing clothes.
Wardroom of the Royal Navy submarine depot ship HMS Forth, from a series titled 'The Royal Navy during the Second World War'.. The wardroom is the mess cabin or compartment on a warship or other military ship for commissioned naval officers above the rank of midshipman.
In the U.S. Navy all sailors are assigned to 90 days of Temporary Assigned Duty (TAD) upon reporting to their respective commands. For most sailors this will mean being sent to a shore-based or shipboard galley, which includes, but is not limited to, washing dishes in the scullery, food prep, mess deck cleaning, and/or line server. The only ...
The list of United States naval aircraft contains types currently used by the United States Navy.For a complete list of naval aircraft designated under pre-1962 United States Navy designation systems, see List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962); for aircraft without formal designations, see List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States.
HMS Sheffield was a Type 42 guided missile destroyer and the second Royal Navy ship to be named after the city of Sheffield in Yorkshire.Commissioned on 16 February 1975 the Sheffield was part of the Task Force 317 sent to the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War.