langs: 13 апреля [ru] / april 13 [en] / 13. april [de] / 13 avril [fr] / 13 aprile [it] / 13 de abril [es]
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Lighthouse / Lighthouse
#1 St. Simons Island Light
The St. Simons Island Light is a lighthouse on the southern tip of St. Simons Island , Georgia , United States . It guides ships into St. Simons Sound and warns of the many sandbars in the area. Lighthouse St. Simons Island Light Lighthouse and keeper's house Location 600 Beachview Dr., Saint Simons
- ... arles B. Cluskey Architectural style Gothic, Eclectic NRHP reference No. 72000386 [1] Added to NRHP april 13, 1972 HISTORY ORIGINAL STRUCTURE The original St. Simons Island lighthouse, which was built in 1810, ...
#2 Point Bonita Lighthouse
Point Bonita Lighthouse is a lighthouse located at Point Bonita at the San Francisco Bay entrance in the Marin Headlands near Sausalito, California . Point Bonita was the last manned lighthouse on the California coast. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [3] Lighthouse
- ... he bridge, which was 56 years old, had started to rust . It was replaced by a new span which opened april 13, 2012. The new bridge construction cost a little over $1 million. It is made of tropical hardwood wi ...
#3 Norah Head Light
Norah Head Light is an active lighthouse located at Norah Head , a headland on the Central Coast, New South Wales , Australia , close to Toukley . It is the last lighthouse of the James Barnet style to be built, [1] and the last staffed lighthouse constructed in New South Wales. [2] Lighthouse in Ne
- ... ion. The high speed of rotation made operating the light while it was active very difficult. [6] On 13 april 1923 the light source was upgraded to a Ford-Schmidt kerosene burner with an intensity of 700,000 c ...
#4 Barcelona Light
Barcelona Light , also known as Portland Harbor Light , is a lighthouse overlooking Barcelona Harbor on Lake Erie in the Town of Westfield , New York . This article lacks inline citations besides NRIS , a database which provides minimal and sometimes ambiguous information. ( January 2022 ) Lighthous
- ... ional Register of Historic Places Area 0 acres (0 ha) NRHP reference No. 72000825 [1] Added to NRHP april 13, 1972 ; 50 years ago ( 1972-04-13 ) The lighthouse is in the path of totality for the 2024 solar ecl ...
Ship / Ship
#1 USS Sloat (DD-316)
The first USS Sloat (DD-316) was a Clemson -class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I . She was named for John Drake Sloat . Clemson-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Sloat . This article includes a list of references , related reading or external link
- ... Zone from 27 January to 6 February 1929 and then underwent overhaul at Mare Island from 3 March to 13 april . She conducted training off San Diego during the summer; and, after a one-week trip to San Francisc ...
#2 German World War II destroyers
At the outbreak of the Second World War Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine had 21 destroyers ( Ger : Zerstörer ) in service, while another one was just being completed. [1] These 22 vessels – comprising 3 classes (Type 34, 34A and 36) – had all been built in the 1930s, making them modern vessels (no destr
- ... erke Kiel, 25 October 1934 Launched: 18 August 1935 Commissioned: 27 February 1937 Fate: beached on 13 april 1940, after suffering serious damage during the Battles of Narvik Named after Georg Thiele Z3 Max S ...
- ... rmaniawerft Kiel, 23 March 1935 Launched: 27 March 1936 Commissioned: 2 July 1938 Fate: scuttled on 13 april 1940 Named after Wolfgang Zenker , killed during the Wilhelmshaven mutiny Z10 Hans Lody Laid down: ...
- ... aniawerft Kiel, 26 April 1935 Launched: 8 July 1936 Commissioned: 6 December 1938 Fate: scuttled on 13 april 1940 Named after Bernd von Arnim Z12 Erich Giese Laid down: Germaniawerft Kiel, 3 May 1935 Launched ...
- ... down: Germaniawerft Kiel, 3 May 1935 Launched: 12 March 1937 Commissioned: 4 March 1939 Fate: sunk 13 april 1940 Named after Erich Giese Z13 Erich Koellner Laid down: Germaniawerft Kiel, 12 October 1935 Laun ...
- ... Germaniawerft Kiel, 12 October 1935 Launched: 18 March 1937 Commissioned: 28 March 1939 Fate: sunk 13 april 1940 Named after Erich Koellner Z14 Friedrich Ihn Laid down: Blohm & Voss Hamburg, 30 March 1935 La ...
- ... DeSchiMAG Bremen, 9 September 1936 Launched: 19 August 1937 Commissioned: 29 August 1938 Fate: sunk 13 april 1940 (Narvik) Named after Diether von Roeder Z18 Hans Lüdemann Laid down: DeSchiMAG Bremen, 9 Septe ...
- ... G Bremen, 9 September 1936 Launched: 1 December 1937 Commissioned: 8 October 1938 Fate: scuttled on 13 april 1940 Named after Hans Lüdemann Z19 Hermann Künne Laid down: DeSchiMAG Bremen, 5 October 1936 Launch ...
- ... AG Bremen, 5 October 1936 Launched: 22 December 1937 Commissioned: 12 January 1939 Fate: beached on 13 april 1940 Named after Hermann Künne Z20 Karl Galster Laid down: DeSchiMAG Bremen, 14 September 1937 Laun ...
#3 HNoMS Draug (1908)
HNoMS Draug was the lead ship of the three-ship Draug class of destroyers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in the years 1908 – 1913. The four-stacked destroyer was kept in service long after she was obsolete, and took part in the defence of Norway during the German invasion in 1940. For other ship
- ... ember 1941) Lieutenant Frodesen (3 November 1941 – 21 March 1942) Lieutenant H. Øi (21 March 1942 – 13 april 1942) CinC. Port Edgar (13 April 1942 – 5 February 1943) Operations: Opposing the German invasion o ...
- ... 3 November 1941 – 21 March 1942) Lieutenant H. Øi (21 March 1942 – 13 April 1942) CinC. Port Edgar ( 13 april 1942 – 5 February 1943) Operations: Opposing the German invasion of Norway Battle of Britain Victor ...
#4 HMS Legion (G74)
HMS Legion was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy . She entered service during the Second World War , and had a short but eventful career, serving in Home waters and the Mediterranean . She was sunk in an air attack on Malta in 1942. The ship had been adopted by the British civil community of th
- ... 1 March. Following the successful completion of these duties, she joined the 14th Escort Group. On 13 april she rescued survivors from the armed merchant cruiser Rajputana which had been torpedoed in the Nor ...
#5 HMS Edinburgh (D97)
HMS Edinburgh was a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer of the Royal Navy . Edinburgh was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead . She was launched on 14 April 1983 and commissioned on 17 December 1985. The largest of the Type 42 destroyers, Edinburgh was known as the "Fortress of the Sea". Edinburgh was the
- ... saw the ship begin an eight-month deployment visiting the Cape Verde and Falkland Islands . [2] On 13 april 2012 Edinburgh fired the last ever operational Sea Dart missiles after a thirty-year career. The la ...
#6 USS Twining
USS Twining (DD-540) , a Fletcher -class destroyer , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining (1869–1924). Fletcher-class destroyer USS Twining underway in the 1950s History United States Name Twining Namesake Nathan C. Twining Builder Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
- ... eship Yamato , light cruiser Yahagi , and four destroyers. Enemy air activity was frequent; and, on 13 april , Twining chased off an aerial intruder which had approached her picket post. [1] A few days later, ...
#7 HMS Whitley (L23)
HMS Whitley (L23) , ex- Whitby , was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the British campaign in the Baltic Sea against Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War and in the early months of World War II . Destroyer of the Royal Navy HMS Whitley (L 23) History United
- ... 17 [2] Renamed HMS Whitley Namesake Misspelling of originally intended name " Whitby " [2] Launched 13 april 1918 [2] Completed 11 October 1918 [2] Commissioned 14 October 1918 [1] Decommissioned 1921 Recommi ...
- ... not to correct it, and she was launched as HMS Whitley , the first Royal Navy ship of the name, on 13 april 1918. She was completed on 11 October 1918, [2] exactly one month before the conclusion of World Wa ...
#8 USS Tingey (DD-539)
USS Tingey (DD-539) was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy . She was the third Navy ship to be named for Commodore Thomas Tingey (1750 – 1829). Fletcher-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Tingey . History Namesake Thomas Tingey Builder Bethlehem Shipbuildi
- ... Harbor in February and March before screening a convoy en route to the Marshalls early in April. On 13 april , she sortied Majuro to join Rear Admiral Marc A. Mitscher 's Fast Carrier Task Force (then designat ...
#9 Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931)
The Akatsuki -class destroyer ( 暁型駆逐艦 , Akatsuki-gata kuchikukan ) was a class of four destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy . [1] According to most sources, they are regarded as a sub-class of the Fubuki class , partly because the Imperial Japanese Navy itself kept the improvements made a secret
- ... hi Uraga Dock Company , Japan 7 March 1930 22 October 1931 15 August 1932 Torpedoed west of Guam on 13 april 1944; struck 10 June 1944 電 Inazuma Fujinagata Shipyards , Japan 7 March 1930 25 February 1932 15 N ...
#10 USS Hudson (DD-475)
USS Hudson (DD-475) , a Fletcher -class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain William L. Hudson (1794 – 1862). Fletcher-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Hudson . History United States Namesake William L. Hudson Builder Boston Nav
- ... iam L. Hudson Builder Boston Navy Yard Laid down 20 February 1942 Launched 3 June 1942 Commissioned 13 april 1943 Decommissioned 31 May 1946 Stricken 1 December 1972 Fate Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973 Gene ...
- ... vy Yard ; sponsored by Mrs. Henry H. Hough, wife of Admiral Henry H. Hough (Ret.); and commissioned 13 april 1943. HISTORY After shakedown and escort duty along the Atlantic coast, Hudson sailed for Efate , N ...
#11 HMS Matabele (F26)
HMS Matabele was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in World War II , being sunk by a U-boat on 17 January 1942. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Matabele , which in common with the other ships of the Tribal class, was named after an ethnic group
- ... tercept German warships. Whilst carrying out these duties, Matabele came under heavy air attacks on 13 april , and again on 16 April, but escaped undamaged. On 17 April she escorted the cruisers Effingham and ...
#12 HMS Scimitar (H21)
HMS Scimitar was an S-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy and the first ship in the Royal Navy named after the Scimitar , an Arabian backsword or sabre with a curved blade. She served in both World Wars and following a National Savings campaign in 1942 she was adopted by the civil commu
- ... ORLD WAR I HMS Scimitar bearing pennant G41 Given the pennant number G41, Scimitar was completed on 13 april 1918. [1] She served briefly with the Grand Fleet . Although she was active before the armistice , ...
#13 USS Bullard
USS Bullard (DD-660) was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy , named for Rear Admiral William H. G. Bullard (1866–1927). Fletcher-class destroyer History United States Namesake William H. G. Bullard Builder Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Kearny, New Jersey Laid down 16
- ... on of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls (22 January – March 1944); Admiralty Islands landings (30 March – 13 april ), Hollandia operation (16 April – 4 May); seizures of Saipan and of Guam (10 June – 17 August) and ...
#14 List of destroyers of World War II
This is a list of destroyers of the Second World War . [1] [2] [3] [4] Ships of World War II A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z aircraft carriers battleships battlecruisers cruisers coastal ships monitors destroyers torpedo boats frigates corvettes minor warships mine warfare amphib
- ... er 1,522 3 September 1927 discarded 24 June 1961 Cesare Battisti Regia Marina Sauro Destroyer 1,041 13 april 1927 scuttled 3 April 1941 Ceuta Spanish Navy Vifor Destroyer 1,594 20 January 1920 scrapped 1948 C ...
- ... etcher Destroyer 2,050 3 April 1944 decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1962 Hudson Destroyer 2,050 13 april 1943 decommissioned 1946, sold for scrap 1973 Huesca Spanish Navy Alessandro Poerio Destroyer 845 2 ...
- ... 12 Decommissioned 1946 Ikazuchi Imperial Japanese Navy Akatsuki Destroyer 1,750 15 August 1932 sunk 13 april 1944 Ilex Royal Navy I Destroyer 1,370 7 July 1937 scrapped 1948. Imogen Destroyer 1,370 2 June 193 ...
- ... rtridge Royal Navy P Destroyer 1,690 5 July 1941 paid off 1 January 1946 Pathfinder Destroyer 1,690 13 april 1942 paid off 1945, scrapped 1948 Patterson United States Navy Bagley Destroyer 1,500 22 September ...
- ... uary 1943 decommissioned 1946, sold for scrap 1974 Scimitar Royal Navy S (Admiralty) Destroyer 1,075 13 april l 1918 scrapped 29 June 1947 Scirocco Regia Marina Maestrale Destroyer 1,640 21 October 1934 sunk 23 ...
- ... yer 2,223 14 January 1937 sunk 22 February 1940 Z2 Georg Thiele Destroyer 2,223 27 February 1937 sun 13 april il 1940 Z3 Max Schultz Destroyer 2,223 8 April 1937 sunk 22 February 1940 Z4 Richard Beitzen Destroy ...
- ... yer 2,171 8 January 1938 sunk 25 January 1942 Z9 Wolfgang Zenker Destroyer 2,171 2 July 1938 scuttle 13 april il 1940 Z10 Hans Lody Destroyer 2,171 13 September 1938 ceded to UK late 1945, scrapped 17 July 1949 ...
- ... d to UK late 1945, scrapped 17 July 1949 Z11 Bernd von Arnim Destroyer 2,171 6 December 1938 scuttle 13 april il 1940 Z12 Erich Giese Destroyer 2,171 4 March 1939 sunk 13 April 1940 Z13 Erich Koellner Destroyer ...
- ... troyer 2,171 6 December 1938 scuttled 13 April 1940 Z12 Erich Giese Destroyer 2,171 4 March 1939 sun 13 april il 1940 Z13 Erich Koellner Destroyer 2,171 28 March 1939 sunk 13 April 1940 Z14 Friedrich Ihn Destro ...
- ... Destroyer 2,171 4 March 1939 sunk 13 April 1940 Z13 Erich Koellner Destroyer 2,171 28 March 1939 sun 13 april il 1940 Z14 Friedrich Ihn Destroyer 2,239 9 April 1938 to USSR as Prytky November 1945, scrapped 195 ...
- ... July 1938 sunk 31 December 1942 Z17 Diether von Roeder Type 1936 Destroyer 2,411 29 August 1938 sun 13 april il 1940 Z18 Hans Lüdemann Destroyer 2,411 8 October 1938 sunk 13 April 1940 Z19 Hermann Künne Destro ...
- ... stroyer 2,411 29 August 1938 sunk 13 April 1940 Z18 Hans Lüdemann Destroyer 2,411 8 October 1938 sun 13 april il 1940 Z19 Hermann Künne Destroyer 2,411 12 January 1939 sunk 13 April 1940 Z20 Karl Galster Destro ...
- ... troyer 2,411 8 October 1938 sunk 13 April 1940 Z19 Hermann Künne Destroyer 2,411 12 January 1939 sun 13 april il 1940 Z20 Karl Galster Destroyer 2,411 21 March 1939 to USSR as Prochny 6 February 1946, scrapped ...
#15 USS Tattnall (DDG-19)
USS Tattnall (DDG-19) was a Charles F. Adams -class guided missile -armed destroyer of the United States Navy . She was named for Commodore Josiah Tattnall III USN (1794–1871) – also commandant of the CSS Virginia , and an admiral in the Confederate States Navy – who made the adage " blood is thicke
- ... 1 July 1959 Builder Avondale Marine Laid down 14 November 1960 Launched 26 August 1961 Commissioned 13 april 1963 Decommissioned 18 January 1991 Stricken 12 January 1993 Identification Callsign : NIBD Hull nu ...
- ... isiana on 14 November 1960, launched on 26 August 1961 by Mrs. Mary Adams Mason and commissioned on 13 april 1963 at Charleston, S.C. 1960S Following commissioning, Tattnall conducted sea trials out of Charle ...
#16 USS Garfield Thomas
USS Garfield Thomas (DE-193) was a Cannon -class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II . She served in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys . Cannon-class destroyer escort Histor
- ... a convoy bound for Bizerte , North Africa , where she arrived on 31 March and returned New York on 13 april . She made two subsequent runs to Bizerte arriving New York from her third voyage on 7 September. Af ...
#17 Soviet destroyer Dzerzhinsky
Dzerzhinsky ( Дзержинский ) was one of eight Fidonisy -class destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I . She was originally named Kaliakria ( Калиакрия ) before she was renamed Dzerzhinsky in 1926. Destroyer of the Soviet Navy A postwar view of sister ship Zheleznyakov Histor
- ... d the tanker I. Stalin from Batumi to Sevastopol via Tuapse . Anchored in Sevastopol between 12 and 13 april , the destroyer bombarded a German troop concentration near Mamashay. She departed on 13 April as an ...
- ... 2 and 13 April, the destroyer bombarded a German troop concentration near Mamashay. She departed on 13 april as an escort for the tanker Moskva and returned to Batumi two days later. Dzerzhinsky and the destr ...
#18 Greek destroyer Vasilefs Georgios
Vasilefs Georgios ( Greek : ΒΠ Βασιλεύς Γεώργιος ) ( King George ) was the lead ship of her class of two destroyers built for the Royal Hellenic Navy before the Second World War . Flagship of the navy's Destroyer Flotilla , she participated in the Greco-Italian War in 1940–1941, escorting convoys an
- ... convoys between Greece and Egypt via Crete. While anchored in Sofiko Bay in the Saronic Gulf on 12–1 13 april Vasilefs Georgios was attacked by German aircraft and badly damaged by near-misses that caused exte ...
#19 USS Franks (DD-554)
USS Franks (DD-554) , a World War II -era Fletcher -class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy , was named after Medal of Honor recipient Acting Master's Mate William Joseph Franks . Fletcher-class destroyer History United States Name Franks Namesake William Joseph Franks Builder Seatt
- ... battleship New Jersey . She sailed at once for temporary repairs at Ulithi, from which she departed 13 april for overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard . Franks returned to the western Pacific on 17 August 19 ...
#20 HMS Pathfinder (G10)
HMS Pathfinder was a P-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War . She was damaged while serving in the Far East , and was scrapped after the end of the war. For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pathfinder . History United Kingdom Name HMS Pathfinder Ordered 2 Octob
- ... Leslie and Company , Newcastle upon Tyne Laid down 5 March 1940 Launched 10 April 1941 Commissioned 13 april 1942 Identification Pennant number : G10 Fate Scrapped in 1948 Notes Badge: On a Field per Pale wav ...