Search results for "USS Washington" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Bay, which included an attack on Washington, D.C. that resulted in ... but the embarrassing Burning of Washington led to Armstrong's ...42 KB (6,479 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
- ===Sinking of the USS Maine=== [[Image:USSMaine.jpg|right|thumb|250px ... On February 15, 1898, an explosion sank the American battleship USS ...25 KB (4,004 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- American Civil War. On November 8, 1861, the USS San Jacinto, commanded by ... On the Union side, the USS San Jacinto, commanded by Captain Charles ...21 KB (3,294 words) - 16:44, 2 May 2023
- Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865 ... Because Maryland shared a border with Washington, D.C., Lincoln declared ...20 KB (3,093 words) - 04:41, 3 May 2024
- George Washington Carver (c. early 1864 – January 5, 1943) was an ... classes, he began to use the name George Washington Carver. ...18 KB (2,882 words) - 01:30, 23 November 2022
- at Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington, D.C.. He also served with ... 25 medium bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, with targets in Tokyo ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- 1 (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps)] (Washington, DC: Department of the ... course conducted at Fort Lewis, Washington, during the summer. Typically ...25 KB (3,768 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
- would not accept a black ambassador in Washington, D.C. ... " One example was the visit of the USS John Adams in 1852, which ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- first battle between ironclad warships (the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia at ... arms race would not end until the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. This ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- central portion of the state, with Mount Washington being the highest peak ... John Paul Jones' ship the Sloop-of-war USS Ranger and the frigate USS ...33 KB (4,724 words) - 09:19, 11 March 2023
- was hired and soon was asked to move to Washington DC as a reporter. ... as the captain of a U.S. Navy destroyer, the USS Jack Miller, in the Pacific ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 18:02, 3 May 2023
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... two battleships, have been named USS Washington in honor of the state ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- Japan, and rescued by the American whaler USS John Howland, commanded by ... States. He was formally received at Washington D.C., and he traveled overland ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- General J. Lawton Collins returned to Washington, D.C., and had the invasion ... Destroyer Squadron Nine, headed by the USS Mansfield, sailed up Eastern ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- The United States Navy destroyer tender USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37 ... in America: The Gompers Era. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 01:17, 21 April 2023
- 47, last serving as gunnery officer of the USS Quirinus. He received a M ... (who at 29 years of age, hitchhiked to Washington, D.C. and got a job working ...25 KB (3,714 words) - 22:06, 25 January 2024
- who was given unprecedented authority by Washington to use his best judgment ... Prefecture. They were followed by the USS Missouri, whose accompanying ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- signed the armistice with Japan onboard the USS Missouri on behalf of CEFEO ... meeting of September 23 1950, in Washington, the United States started ...58 KB (9,174 words) - 19:56, 4 March 2024
- In Washington, D.C., she briefly attended the Holton-Arms School. ... year, and instead transferred to George Washington University in Washington ...21 KB (3,354 words) - 08:15, 18 March 2024
- conference at Dolley Madison House in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 1959: ... honored with ticker-tape parades in Washington, New York and Los Angeles ...57 KB (8,455 words) - 04:33, 17 June 2023
- no combat action. However his ship, the USS Uruguay was rammed by another ... *Jackie Sherrill – Washington State University (1976), University ...18 KB (2,706 words) - 03:11, 26 September 2023
- George W. DeLong, commanding USS Jeanette, led an expedition in 1879 ... Islands.] U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. Retrieved December ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 14:01, 20 May 2023
- Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C. ... The United States Navy has commissioned several ships of the name ...41 KB (6,399 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- M. Bucher and his eighty one crewmen from USS Pueblo crossed the Bridge ... Relationship 1943-1953. University of Washington Press. ASIN: B000ORWQM4 ...29 KB (4,482 words) - 19:40, 4 May 2024
- The first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571), put to ... the National Digital Science Library at Washington & Lee University. Alsos ...49 KB (7,262 words) - 10:10, 11 March 2023
- of Air Group 51, his squadron was based on USS San Jacinto in the spring ... In 1976 Ford brought Bush back to Washington to become director of ...41 KB (6,218 words) - 08:07, 23 January 2023
- During the Vietnam War, he was almost killed in the 1967 USS Forrestal ... of McCain was rung by the bellringers of Washington National Cathedral the ...89 KB (12,407 words) - 02:53, 2 May 2024
- a year later was temporarily assigned to the USS George Washington, then to ... as its head mechanical engineer in Washington, DC. And in 1944 he became ...36 KB (5,646 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- #039;s casket at Union Station in Washington, DC, and escorted it to ... later, the MacArthur family moved to Washington, DC when Douglas's ...47 KB (7,075 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- of the colonies, he nominated George Washington as commander-in-chief of ... While Washington was the unanimous choice for president, Adams came ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 07:33, 5 April 2024
- soldiers was established by George Washington on August 7, 1782, when ... of Honor recipients was held onboard the USS Constitution on September 30, 2006. ...32 KB (4,854 words) - 23:23, 14 June 2023
- 1936, in a relief appearance against the Washington Senators. A month later ... after he pitched a shutout against the Washington Senators on August 21. ...63 KB (9,620 words) - 14:15, 10 May 2024
- *The United States Navy named the USS Edison (DD-439), a Gleaves class destroyer, in his honor in 1940. The ship was decommissioned a few months ...26 KB (4,124 words) - 21:08, 30 April 2023
- had commissioned its own first submarine, USS Holland. The ships were John ... to the U.S. and Britain (10:10:7) at the Washington Naval Conference, which ...62 KB (9,133 words) - 16:43, 12 February 2024
- Daniel Webster gave an address to the Washington Benevolent Society, an ... The Washington oration was widely circulated and read throughout New ...42 KB (6,358 words) - 22:07, 25 January 2024
- 1898, the U.S. sent a warship to Cuba, the USS Maine, to protect American ... that it is necessary in the land of Washington and Lincoln to reaffirm ...22 KB (3,341 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- mediated in the conflict aboard USS Lackawanna at Arica Bay, attempting ... Boundary Disputes in Latin America. Washington, D.C.: Institute of Peace, 2003. ...34 KB (5,333 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- Junkin, whose father was president of Washington College (later Washington ... The United States Navy submarine USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN 634) ...40 KB (6,273 words) - 04:43, 28 April 2023
- An Iraqi plane accidentally attacked the USS Stark, an Oliver Hazard ... On April 14, 1988, the frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts was badly damaged ...36 KB (5,506 words) - 17:42, 29 January 2024
- a few miles northwest from downtown Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River. ... or when he met with a key figure in the USS Cole bombing. And the CIA ...26 KB (3,792 words) - 23:54, 3 December 2023
- 1989. Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal. (Washington, DC: USG Printing Office ... converted to minesweepers, Zane and USS Trevor, which were delivering ...46 KB (6,816 words) - 11:29, 20 September 2023
- York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. fueled its rapid ... On Christmas Day, 1776, the Continental Army under George Washington ...34 KB (4,973 words) - 09:22, 11 March 2023
- naval battle groups, the aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS ... Iraqi Nuclear Reactors Hit Hard. The Washington Post, 1991. ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- also did a photo mural of the George Washington Bridge that was chosen ... [[Image:USS Lexington (CV-16), November 1943, Gilbert Islands.jpg ...20 KB (3,055 words) - 23:52, 12 February 2024
- drama about Biko starring Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline. ... * In Star Trek: The Next Generation, there is a starship named USS ...19 KB (2,967 words) - 04:41, 28 April 2023
- aboard; HMS Challenger during the 1870s; the USS Tuscarora (1873-76); and the ... *Seattle, Washington, United States *Shanghai, People's Republic ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- example, during World War II, the battleship USS Washington had not one casualty due to enemy action. However, some sailors were killed by electrocution ...22 KB (3,364 words) - 00:16, 13 February 2024
- and held a series of staff positions in Washington, D.C., California, and ... was assigned to the General Staff in Washington, where he served until ...38 KB (5,775 words) - 17:24, 12 February 2024
- of Titans: A History of Project Gemini (Washington, DC: NASA History Division ... of the Apollo 1 fire—Armstrong was in Washington, D.C. with Cooper, Gordon ...110 KB (16,075 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2023
- traveling 1,700 miles across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. ... He was selected to represent the Crow in Washington, D.C., where he ...59 KB (8,584 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
