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#1 Poverty Island Light Station
The Poverty Island Light is a light house located on Poverty Island in northwestern Lake Michigan , 5.8 miles (9.3 km) south of Garden Peninsula . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 as the Poverty Island Light Station . [3] Lighthouse in Lake Michigan, United States
#2 Point No Point Light (Washington)
Point No Point Light is an operational aid to navigation on the northeastern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula on the west side of Puget Sound , at Point No Point where Admiralty Inlet joins Puget Sound, near the small community of Hansville , Kitsap County , in the U.S. state of Washington . [4] Point No
Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine . The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine . Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in Maine . The light
Cape Jervis Lighthouse is a lighthouse located at the headland of Cape Jervis on the most westerly part of the Fleurieu Peninsula on the east coast of Gulf St Vincent in South Australia . Lighthouse Cape Jervis Lighthouse Location Cape Jervis Fleurieu Peninsula South Australia Australia Coordinates
The Montague Island Light is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on Barunguba / Montague Island , an island in the Tasman Sea , 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) offshore from Narooma on the south coast of New South Wales , Australia . The lighthouse is located at the highest point of the island. It w
Andenes Lighthouse ( Norwegian : Andenes fyr ) is a coastal lighthouse in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway . It is located in the village of Andenes at the northern end of the island of Andøya in the Vesterålen archipelago . It was established in 1859 and automated in 1978. The lighthou
Gourlay Brothers was a marine engineering and shipbuilding company based in Dundee , Scotland. It existed between 1846 and 1908. Gourlay Brothers and Company (Dundee) Ltd. Type Private limited company Industry Marine engineering Shipbuilding Predecessor Gourlay, Mudie & Co. (1846-1853) Gourlay Broth
#2 Volvo
The Volvo Group ( Swedish : Volvokoncernen ; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo , shortened to AB Volvo , stylized as VOLVO ) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg . While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of trucks , buses and construction
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
USS Hollister (DD-788) was a Gearing -class destroyer of the United States Navy , named for the three Hollister brothers , who were killed in 1943 while serving in the Navy during World War II . Gearing-class destroyer USS Hollister underway on 2 October 1969 History United States Name Hollister Nam
HMS Laforey was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy . She was commissioned in and served during the Second World War , and was torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat in 1944. She had been adopted by the civil community of Northampton in November 1941. Destroyer of the Royal Navy For other ships with the
USS Porter (DD-800) was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy , the fourth Navy ship named for Commodore David Porter (1780 – 1843), and his son Admiral David Dixon Porter (1813–1891). Fletcher-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Porter . History United States
#5 HMS Seafire
HMS Seafire was an S-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the First World War . She saw service during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War . The ship was sold for scrap in 1936. Destroyer of the Royal Navy Seafire circa 1918 History United Kingdom Name Seafire Ordered July 19
The Hunt class was a class of escort destroyer of the Royal Navy . The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in the Second World War , particularly on the British east coast and Mediterranean convoys . They were named after British fox hunts . The modern Hunt-
#7 Japanese destroyer Shiratsuyu (1935)
Shiratsuyu ( 白露 , ”White Dew” ) [1] was the lead ship of ten Shiratsuyu -class destroyers , and first of six to be built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the Circle One Program ( Maru Ichi Keikaku ). [2] Destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy For other ships with the same name, see Japanese des
USS Benham (DD-796) was a Fletcher -class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1960. She was then transferred to Peru where she served as BAP Villar (DD-71) until being scrapped in 1980. Fletcher-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see U
#9 Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze (1939)
Amatsukaze ( 天津風 , "Heavenly Wind") was a Kagerō -class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy . Kagerō-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze . This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 ) Amatsuka
The Town-class destroyers were a group of 50 destroyers of the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy that were in service during the Second World War . They were transferred from the United States Navy in exchange for military bases in the British West Indies and Newfoundland , as outlined in the D
HMS Verulam was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War . Frigate of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Verulam . Verulam anchored in the Clyde , December 1943 History United Kingdom Name HMS Verulam Ordered 1 September 1941
USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752) , an Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Alfred Austell Cunningham , a USMC officer and aviator . Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer History United States Namesake Alfred Austell Cunningham Builder Bethlehem Mar
The six Leningrad -class destroyer leaders were built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1930s. They were inspired by the contre-torpilleurs built for the French Navy . They were ordered in two batches of three ships each; the first group was designated Project 1 and the second Project 38. These ships
#14 HMS Mendip (L60)
HMS Mendip (L60) was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy . She was a member of the first subgroup of the class. The ship is notable for seeing service in the navies of three other nations after her use by the Royal Navy. [1] She saw service in the Second World War and later as an Egyptian Navy
USS Kimberly (DD-521) was a Fletcher -class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947, then from 1951 to 1954. In 1967, she was transferred to the Republic of China Navy where she served as ROCS An Yang (DD-18/DDG-918) until 1999. The destroyer was sunk as a target in 2003.
USS Shubrick (DD-639) , a Gleaves -class destroyer , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral William B. Shubrick . Gleaves-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Shubrick . History United States Name Shubrick Namesake William B. Shubrick Builde
HMS Wild Swan was an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy . She was one of four destroyers ordered in 1918 from Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson , Wallsend-on-Tyne under the 14th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Program of 1917–18. She was the second Royal Navy shi
USS Hart (DD-594) , a Fletcher -class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy of that name, in honor of Lieutenant Patrick H. Hart (1912–1942), who posthumously received the Navy Cross for heroism during the Battle of Midway . Fletcher-class destroyer For other ships with the same
USS Anthony (DD-515) , a Fletcher -class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marine Sergeant Major William Anthony (1853–1899). Fletcher-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Anthony . USS Anthony (DD-515) off Mare Island Navy Yard , Califo
HMS Gravelines was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy . She was named after the Battle of Gravelines , which took place in 1588, resulting in the English Navy defeating the Spanish Armada . Gravelines was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead . She was laid down on 10 August 1943, launched on