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USS Atlanta (CL-51) of the United States Navy was the lead ship of the Atlanta class of eight light cruisers. She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Atlanta , Georgia. Designed to provide anti-aircraft protection for US naval task groups, Atlanta served in this capacity in the naval battles Midway and the Eastern Solomons .
The Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant at 699 Ponce de Leon Avenue [2] in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia was the headquarters of the Ford Motor Company's southeastern US operations from 1915 to 1942. As a result of good sales in Atlanta, and a desire to decentralize production, Ford established a combined assembly, sales ...
All eight ships in this class served during World War II, and six ships survived the war. The lead ship of this class, Atlanta, was laid down on 22 April 1940 and launched on 6 September 1941. Atlanta was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 24 December 1941, just a few weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of 7 December.
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Georgia (U.S. state) (28 P) Pages in category "1940s in Georgia (U.S. state)" This category contains only the following page.
The Candler Field Museum was a non-profit venture to recreate the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport as it appeared in the 1920s and 1930s. It was located in Williamson, Georgia, at Peach State Airport. Founded in March 2005 as Candler Field Museum, Inc., it featured one complete building, several aircraft and vehicles, and a ...
Photos from the city show submerged cars, fallen trees and water inundating streets and houses. ... A car in a flooded street is seen after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Atlanta, Georgia, on ...
High Museum of Art in Atlanta. This list of museums in Georgia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Two weeks of public testimony concluded Friday in the U.S. Coast Guard's investigation to establish what caused the Titan submersible to implode during a deep ocean dive last year.