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Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-335, "Fireboat JOHN J. HARVEY, Pier 63, North River, New York, New York County, NY", 9 photos, 7 data pages, 2 photo caption pages; Ship information and current position at MarineTraffic.com
At its peak it had 300 Victory ships and Liberty ships, many of which had been built at the nearby former North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Shipyard. Some ships in the fleet were reactivated for the Korean War and Vietnam War. Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Wilmington closed in 1962, with the last ship removed in February 27, 1970.
1950 First of only two prototypes of the Fairchild XNQ-1 Navy trainer contender, BuNo 75725, written off in a crash. [1]5 January A Boeing B-50A Superfortress, 46-021, [2] c/n 15741 [3] of the 3200th Proof Test Group out of Eglin AFB, crash lands in the Choctawhatchee Bay, northwest Florida, killing two of the 11 crew.
During first flight of North American F-107A at Edwards AFB, California, prototype, 55-5118, experiences problem with engine gearbox differential pressure during a dive, North American test pilot Bob Baker lands on dry lakebed at just under 200 knots (370 km/h), after rolling about a mile, aircraft hits a depression in the lakebed, nose gear ...
Brigadier General Barnie B. McEntire, Jr., commander of the South Carolina Air National Guard, was killed when his Lockheed F-104A Starfighter, 56-0853, suffered engine failure on take off from Olmsted Air Force Base, Pennsylvania; he stayed with the jet to crash into the Susquehanna River rather than risk it crashing into populated areas of ...
The jet’s engine creates 43,000 pounds of thrust and it can fly up to 1,200 mph. ‘Most advanced fighter jet’ will fly through Tri-Cities for 2023 Over the River Air Show Skip to main content
Patrol Boat, Riverine, or PBR, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until 1975. They were deployed in a force that grew to 250 boats, the most common craft in the River Patrol Force, Task Force 116, and were used to stop and search river traffic in areas such as the Mekong Delta, the Rung Sat Special Zone, the Saigon ...
Fifty-three years after a private plane carrying five men disappeared on a snowy Vermont night, experts believe they have found the wreckage of the long lost jet in Lake Champlain. Initial ...