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Battle Of Vella Gulf
618 wordsOn the night of 6 August 1943 between the islands of Valle Vella and Kolombangara, six Navy destroyers the DUNLAP (DD 394), CRAVEN (DD 392), MAURY (DD 401), LANG (DD 399), STERTT (DD 407), and STACK (DD 406) changed the tactical role of destroyers forever. These ship, in the battle of Vella Gulf, were the first destroyers allowed to operate independent during a campaign. He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces, says Sun The (1). The victory at Vella Gulf proved this...
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Craft Corellian Yt Imperial Tie Interceptor Mission
5,486 wordsX-WING ALLIANCE - Mission Guide (version 1. 15) Written by Tim Ways (April 23 th - May 5 th, 1999) E-mail: The author is also the webmaster of The Cheat Empire: web Where you can always find the latest cheats & walkthroughs for PC Games. For the LATEST VERSION of this Guide, check his website! - Mission 1: Aeron's Lesson: Transport Operations - Mission 2: Emon's Lesson: Weapons - Mission 3: Aeron's Error: Data Recovery - Mission 4: Sticking it to the Viraxo's: Covert Delivery - Mission 5: Black ...
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U S Navy Surface Of The Water
2,531 wordsWouldnt it be fun to ride a torpedo, or drive a nuclear reactor around underwater? In this research paper I am going to illustrate the ingenious submarine. The submarine is one of the most important strategic and tactical weapons systems of the 20 th Century, and this importance will increase in the 21 st Century. The tiny, leaking, creaking, and unsafe submarine boats of the 1890 s, displacing under two hundred tons and carrying a handful of men and a few torpedoes have grown into massive, soph...
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World War One Declared War On Germany
1,344 wordsThe U-boat fleet all started in 1905, when the German government ordered for a new type of military submarine to be produced, and be called das Unterseebootein, which means undersea boat, and is abbreviated as U-boat. Within a short time, Krupps Germaniawerft plant designed the almost perfect submarine, except for one flaw, the use of petrol engines. Using gasoline was extremely dangerous, with the constant risk of explosions. So instead of petrol engines, they replaced them with diesel engines....
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Engine Room Men Died
710 wordsThe USS Indianapolis (CA- 35) was commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 November 1932. The ship served with honor from Pearl Harbor through the last campaign of World War II, sinking in action two weeks before the end of the war. On 30 July 1945, while sailing from Guam to Leyte, Indianapolis was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I- 58. The ship capsized and sank in twelve minutes. Survivors were spotted by a patrol aircraft on 2 August. All air and surface units capable of rescue opera...
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Dien Bien Phu Ho Chi Minh
1,775 wordsHistory of Vietnam Most humans will always have a tendency to protect his own. When the more fortunate notice a victim in any situation, theyll help out those they deem worthy of support, be it morally, financially, or physically. As long as there is free blood flowing in Americas veins, she will always step in to keep tyranny on a downfall. The whole Vietnam war is a prime example of human nature not only at its best, but sadly, also at its worst. Oppression is perhaps the worst crime that man ...
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Attack On Pearl Harbor Japanese Attack
1,686 wordsJapanese Attack on Pearl Harbor The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor could be considered one of the worst surprise attacks in American history. For every Japanese crewman or pilot killed, almost thirty-eight Americans were killed. Before the attack, the American government had tried to negotiate many times with Japan speakers to withdraw their troops from China and put an end to the war. Japan had already seized many bases in northern Vietnam and occupied the south in July of 1941, threatening a ...
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Aircraft Carriers Pearl Harbor
3,616 words? The key to national greatness is a strong industrial economy coupled with a powerful navy. ? Introduction It was 8 AM at in the Pacific on December 7, 1941, and a harbor filled with a few warships was being bombed. It wasn? t uncommon for a harbor bombing during the times of World War II. What was uncommon was the fact that the harbor belonged to the United States, a country that wasn? t involved in the war yet, and the country bombing it was Japan, a country that had come out of isolation jus...
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U S Navy World War Ii
5,009 wordsWouldn? t it be fun to ride a torpedo, or drive a nuclear reactor around underwater? In this research paper I am going to illustrate the ingenious submarine. The submarine is one of the most important strategic and tactical weapons systems of the 20 th Century, and this importance will increase in the 21 st Century. The tiny, leaking, creaking, and unsafe submarine boats of the 1890? s, displacing under two hundred tons and carrying a handful of men and a few torpedoes have grown into massive, s...
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