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NYC Fleet Week 2002 began on May 22, and was the first Fleet Week following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center. Thirteen U.S. Navy ships, five U.S. Coast Guard ships, one ship representing the Canadian Navy and one representing the Danish Navy sailed up the Hudson River to piers 86 and 88 near the ...
Kansas City was built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA. The ship was christened on 22 September 2018 in Mobile, Alabama, [4] and sponsored by Tracy Davidson, wife of Admiral Philip S. Davidson. [1] She was launched 19 October 2018 into the Mobile River. [3]
Martin 4-0-4. There were only 103 Martin 4-0-4s built. TWA operated 40 in their fleet along the U. S. east coast, while strong competitor Eastern Airlines operated the largest 4-0-4 fleet, flying 60 aircraft along that airline's eastern seaboard route, including in and around Florida.
Watch as the annual Fleet Week (FWNY) begins in New York City on Wednesday, 24 May, celebrating maritime forces. A ceremonial parade of vessels will sail past Manhattan and Staten Island, passing ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco Fleet Week is here, just in time for an autumn Bay Area heat wave to clear out. During the seven days of Fleet Week, bands will play, jets will roar overhead ...
Fabrication work for Iwo Jima began at Ingalls shipyard on 3 September 1996, and the ship's keel was laid on 12 December 1997. At the keel laying ceremony, United States Army Captain Jacklyn H. Lucas, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while serving as a Marine at the Battle of Iwo Jima, placed his Medal of Honor citation in the hull of the ship, where it remains today. [2]
The Mid-America Air Museum is the largest aircraft museum in Kansas. It has on display over 100 aircraft (both within the museum's primary building and on the adjacent tarmac ), a gift store, and several displays of photographs and ephemera relating to the history of aviation in the region.
Welcome to The Kansas City Star’s weekly news quiz. Each Friday, we’ll update this quiz with a look back at the Uniquely KC things that happened in the metro.