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John Gerald "Gerry" Driscoll III (1924 – March 12, 2011) was an international yachting champion and businessman from San Diego, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He competed in the defense portion of four America's Cup races (1964, 1967, 1970, and 1974), and was part of the organizational effort for two others. [ 3 ]
In 1982 Marco sold the yard to San Diego Marine Industries, Inc. (not the well known San Diego Marine Construction, Inc.). San Diego Marine Industries, Inc. later became Southwest Marine in 1985. The shipyard closed in 1991 and was later sold, part of the land became the San Diego Convention Center. The shipyard was located at 1206 Marina Park ...
The cast's residence was a custom-designed, two-story house at 4922 North Harbor Drive in San Diego. The house, formerly a Blue Crab Seafood restaurant and a marine supply company, sits on the edge of the southeast end of Driscoll's Wharf, overlooking America's Cup Harbor in Point Loma.
A John C. Butler-class destroyer escort that was sunk as a target off San Diego. USS Archer-Fish United States Navy: 19 October 1968 A Balao-class submarine that was sunk as a target off San Diego. USS Aspro United States Navy: 16 November 1962 A Balao-class submarine that was sunk as a target off San Diego. USS Atlanta United States Navy: 1 ...
A Clemson-class destroyer wrecked on Honda Point on the coast of Santa Barbara County, California, in the Honda Point disaster. Yamabiko Maru Japan: 13 January 1944 A repair ship that was torpedoed by the American submarine USS Steelhead about 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) south of Hamamatsu, Japan. [12
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...
Naval Training Center San Diego (NTC San Diego) is a former United States Navy base located at the north end of San Diego Bay, used as a training facility, commonly known as "boot camp". The Naval Training Center site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , and many of the individual structures are designated as historic by the ...
A Georgia man was arrested Monday in the 1985 murder of two people at a church, after the original suspect spent two decades in prison.