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Ordered in 1938 under the Second Vinson Act, Iowa was the lead ship of her class of battleship. [2] She was launched on 27 August 1942 and commissioned on 22 February 1943. [ 2 ] Iowa' s main battery consisted of nine 16-inch (406.4 mm)/50 caliber guns.
The Type 39 torpedo boat was conceived as a general-purpose design, much larger than preceding German torpedo boats. [1] The boats had an overall length of 102.5 meters (336 ft 3 in) and were 97 meters (318 ft 3 in) long at the waterline.
Malabar (1795 ship) CSS Manassas; HMS Matabele (F26) USS McCalla (DD-253) USS Mississippi (1841) USS Missouri (1841) HMS Monmouth (1901) Monument to the Victims of the USS Maine (Havana) USS Morrison; Russian cruiser Moskva; HMS Mourne; Japanese destroyer Murasame (1935) Japanese battleship Mutsu
The crown ship of King Eric XIV of Sweden's fleet. The gunpowder store exploded and as many as 1,000 people, including Swedes and the invading Lübeckians, died. [2] 900–1100 1692 France: Soleil Royal – On 3 June, in the Battle of La Hougue, the French flagship was attacked by 17 ships at Pointe du Hommet.
T31 or T.31 may refer to: Aero Country Airport, in McKinney, Texas; FAA airport code T31; General Electric T31, an American turboprop engine; German torpedo boat T31; Komagawa-Nakano Station, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan; Osaka Metro station code T31; Slingsby T.31 Tandem Tutor, a British military training glider; T31 cannon, an aircraft ...
After attempts to repair the ship in Galveston failed and efforts to sell the ship proved unsuccessful, US officials decided to intentionally scuttle the ship. A channel 1,500 feet long and 25 feet deep was dug to a point just off Pelican Island's eastern shoreline where on March 9, 1922, the ship was laid to rest.
The Titan’s wreckage was seen for the first time in pictures after the Coast Guard announced on Thursday (23 June) that ROVs (remotely-operated vehicles) found its chambers in a sea of debris 1 ...
The exploding torpedo set off the ship's ammunition and within a few minutes the cruiser sank along with her entire crew of 597. She was the first Russian warship sunk in World War I. 597 Navy 1914 Germany: SMS Gneisenau – A sister ship of SMS Scharnhorst, she was sunk in the same battle as her sister, by British cruisers, taking 596 men with ...