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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 ...
Draeger twin hose two stage demand regulator. The most striking and well recognized example of vintage scuba gear is the twin-hose or double hose regulator, a popular style of regulator in the early years of scuba diving, since Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan pioneered the first such design, the C45 Scaphandre Autonome, which was marketed in the USA (along with a tank and harness) as ...
Ground effect vehicle [a] 350: 650: 400: Korabl Maket "Caspian Sea Monster" Soviet Navy: ca. 1966–1980 (unofficial) [62] Underwater vehicle: There is no officially recognized speed record for underwater craft, due to the secretive nature of military vessels.
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Old photos of the opening of the John T. Alsop Jr. Bridge, more commonly called the Main Street bridge, show a very different downtown in 1941.
Photos from the city show submerged cars, fallen trees and water inundating streets and houses. City officials said in a 2:30 p.m. advisory that authorities have begun the storm repair and tree ...
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.