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Kurt Carlsen (1953) (Henrik) Kurt Carlsen (20 February 1914 – 7 October 1989) was a Danish-born sea-captain who became world-famous in January 1952 when he stayed on his sinking freighter, the Flying Enterprise, for 13 days. [1]
A Cruise Ship Tracker App Helped My Mom Out When 'Find My Friends' Acted Up. Courtesy Alani Vargas. As stated up top, my mom loves Find My Friends (and so do I). So that was, of course, her go-to ...
Anderson received the Legion of Merit from Eisenhower for leading his crew and ship on the historic mission. [1] [2] After completing his tour as commander of the Nautilus, Anderson became an assistant to Admiral Rickover. He was promoted to the rank of captain at the relatively young age of 39 in 1960.
Brilliant was part of the task force that took part in the Falklands War, with Captain John Coward in command. [1]During the war, her two helicopters were involved in successfully attacking the Argentine submarine Santa Fe, and she was the first Royal Navy warship to fire the Sea Wolf missile in action when, on 12 May 1982, she shot down three A-4 Skyhawks.
The Atlantic Power, a 250-foot anchor handling ship, floats idle off Government Cut in Miami Beach Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, after Miami-Dade Fire Rescue hoisted its captain from the vessel and took ...
The Assembly and Command Ship—or ACS, and subsequently named Sea Launch Commander—was an all-new, purpose-built vessel that serves as a floating rocket assembly factory while in port, provides crew and customer accommodations and also houses mission control facilities for launches at sea.
Nearly two years after an Australian research team made the claim that a Rhode Island shipwreck was Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour, the team says they have more evidence to back up their assertion ...
The Grumman C-1 Trader (TF prior to 1962) is a carrier onboard delivery (COD) variant of the Grumman S-2 Tracker. It was replaced by a similar version of the Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, the Grumman C-2 Greyhound. It entered service in 1956 and was retired in 1988, with 87 aircraft produced.