langs: 27 августа [ru] / august 27 [en] / 27. august [de] / 27 août [fr] / 27 agosto [it] / 27 de agosto [es]

days: august 24 / august 25 / august 26 / august 27 / august 28 / august 29 / august 30

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Lighthouse / Lighthouse

#1 West Bank Light

West Bank Light , officially West Bank Front Range Light , [2] is a lighthouse in Lower New York Bay , within New York City , and acts as the front range light for the Ambrose Channel . [2] [3] [4] It is currently active and not open to the public. The tower was built in 1901 and heightened in 1908.

• ... tion placed the light up for sale via auction with an initial bid was $10,000. The auction ended on august 27, 2008 at a final bid of $245,000. [6] The sale did not close, and the light was auctioned a second t ...

#2 East Charity Shoal Light

East Charity Shoal Light is an offshore lighthouse located near the Saint Lawrence River 's entrance in northeastern Lake Ontario , due south of the city of Kingston, Ontario [5] [6] [3] [7] and approximately five miles (8   km) southwest of Wolfe Island . [8] It is on the southeast rim of a 3,300-f

• ... ut up for auction [15] and was eventually purchased for $25,501 by Cyrena Nolan of Dallas, Texas on august 27, 2009. [16] At the time of the purchase, Nolan intended to convert the lighthouse into a vacation ho ...

#3 Pine Islet Light

Pine Islet Light , also known as Percy Isles Light , is an active lighthouse located at Pine Islet, a small islet belonging to the Percy Isles group of the Northumberland Islands , about 130 kilometres (81   mi) southeast of Mackay , Queensland , Australia . The original lighthouse, established 1885

• ... verted to electricity. A 240 V system was installed in 1965, again without converting the light. On 27 august 1985 [9] the lighthouse was decommissioned, to be replaced by a modern fiberglass tower. By then it ...

#4 Old Orchard Shoal Light

Old Orchard Shoal Light was a sparkplug lighthouse in lower New York Bay marking a large shoal area. It was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012. [2] [3] [4] Lighthouse Old Orchard Shoal Light Location New York City , US Coordinates 40°30′44.272″N 74°5′55.369″W Tower Constructed 1893 Fou

• ... d the light up for sale via an auction. The initial bid was $10,000 and the light finally closed on august 27, 2008 at a final bid of $235,000. [9] The lighthouse was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy on October 29, ...

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Manufacturer / Manufacturer

#1 Toyota

Toyota Motor Corporation ( Japanese : トヨタ自動車株式会社 , Hepburn : Toyota Jidōsha kabushikigaisha , IPA:   [toꜜjota] , English: / t ɔɪ ˈ j oʊ t ə / , commonly known as simply Toyota ) is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi , Japan. It was founded by Kiichir

• ... ets of Daihatsu, making the manufacturer of small cars a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota. [69] On august 27, 2018, Toyota announced an investment of US$500 million in Uber 's autonomous cars . [70] 2020S By 2 ...

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Ship / Ship

#1 USS Gilmer (DD-233)

USS Gilmer (DD-233/APD-11) was a Clemson -class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II . She was the first ship named for Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer . Clemson-class destroyer USS Gilmer in 1922 History United States Namesake Thomas Walker Gilmer Builder New York Ship

• ... r Miles, Secretary Gilmer's granddaughter; and commissioned 30 April 1920. [1] SERVICE HISTORY From 27 august 1920 to 11 August 1923, Gilmer made two round trip transatlantic voyages out of New York to Europea ...

#2 USS Allen M. Sumner

USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) , was the lead ship of her class of destroyers . The ship was named for Allen Melancthon Sumner , a United States Marine Corps captain , who was killed in action during World War I . Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) in April 1959 History Unite

• ... s put of Mayport, Allen M. Sumner embarked upon the final Mediterranean deployment of her career on 27 august 1970. The destroyer returned to Mayport on 28 February 1971 and briefly resumed normal duty out of ...

#3 USS Erben

USS Erben (DD-631) , a Fletcher -class destroyer , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Henry Erben (1832–1909). Fletcher-class destroyer USS Erben underway the 1950s History United States Name Erben Namesake Henry Erben Builder Bath Iron Works Laid down 28 October 1942 Launch

• ... n the Korean War , Erben was recommissioned 19 May 1951, and sailed from Long Beach, her home port, 27 august for Yokosuka . At once she joined the destroyer screen protecting carriers of Task Force 77 from su ...

#4 Soviet destroyer Bodry (1936)

Bodry ( Russian : Бодрый , lit.   ' Sprightly ' ) was one of 29 Gnevny -class destroyers (officially known as Project 7 ) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1938, she was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet . After the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa)

• ... , covered the retreat of the Danube Flotilla to Odessa . While bombarding Axis positions on 19, 26–2 27 august and 9–13 September, she was lightly damaged by an Axis shell on 9 September. The ship also ferried s ...

#5 USS O'Bannon (DD-177)

USS O'Bannon (DD-177) was a Wickes -class destroyer built for the United States Navy during World War I. Wickes-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS O'Bannon . History United States Namesake Presley O'Bannon Builder Union Iron Works , San Francisco , California Laid down 12 No

• ... orks , San Francisco , California Laid down 12 November 1918 Launched 28 February 1919 Commissioned 27 august 1919 Decommissioned 27 May 1922 Stricken 19 May 1936 Fate Sold for scrapping, 29 September 1936 Gen ...
• ... rs. Henry O'Bannon Cooper descendant by marriage of Lt. O'Bannon, and commissioned at San Francisco 27 august 1919, Lt. Robert F. Gross in command. O'Bannon sailed out of San Diego for exercises and training m ...

#6 USS Ellyson (DD-454)

USS Ellyson (DD-454/DMS-19) , a Gleaves -class destroyer , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Theodore Gordon Ellyson , a submariner who became the first officer of the U.S. Navy to be designated a naval aviator . Gleaves-class destroyer History United States Name USS Ellyson

• ... in directly behind the minesweepers and knocked out defenses for the incoming troops. On patrol on 27 august she illuminated a suspicious fishing vessel and captured it, finding 50 German submariners trying t ...

#7 USS Davison (DD-618)

USS Davison (DD-618/DMS-37) , a Gleaves -class destroyer , was named for Lieutenant Commander Gregory C. Davison (1871–1935). Davison specialized in torpedo boat operations. Gleaves-class destroyer USS Davison off Charleston Navy Yard, 28 July 1945 History United States Name Davison Namesake Gregory

• ... 1942 Commissioned 11 September 1942 Decommissioned 24 June 1949 Stricken 15 January 1972 Fate Sold 27 august 1973 and broken up for scrap General characteristics Class and type Gleaves -class destroyer Displa ...
• ... fied DMS-37 , 23 June, and her crew was trained in mine -sweeping exercises in Chesapeake Bay until 27 august . She then sailed from Norfolk for the western Pacific, arriving at Okinawa on 15 October. She swept ...
• ... classified DD-618 . Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 January 1972, Davison was sold on 27 august 1973 and broken up for scrap. Davison received three battle stars for World War II service.

#8 USS Benham (DD-796)

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

• ... uncement of the Japanese surrender on 15 August, the destroyer patrolled off the home islands until 27 august , when she joined the long line of ships entering Sagami Wan to receive the surrender of the Yokosuk ...

#9 USS Blue (DD-744)

USS Blue (DD-744) , an Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer , was the second United States Navy ship of that name, for Lieutenant Commander John S. Blue (1902–1942). Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Blue . History United States Name Blue Namesake John S. Blue B

• ... r to join the 3rd Fleet for its attacks against the Japanese home islands (10 July – 15 August). On 27 august , Blue accepted the surrender of Japanese submarine I-400 off the coast of Honshū and brought her to ...

#10 HMS Verulam (R28)

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

• ... Technical Progress Report . Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment: 1–5. June 1963 . Retrieved 27 august 2022 . Stewart, Ninian (2002). The Royal Navy and the Palestine Patrol . Routledge. ISBN 0-714-6521 ...

#11 HMS Star (1896)

HMS Star was a Palmer three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates. She was the eleventh ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1643 for a 19-gun ship sold until 1652. [3] [4] Destroyer of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name,

• ... ecember 1900, when her crew turned over to HMS Electra . [11] She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 august 1901 by Lieutenant Henry Willcox Osburn and assigned to the Portsmouth Flotilla of the Channel Flee ...

#12 USS Alfred A. Cunningham

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

• ... g, she returned to Yokosuka for an availability to prepare for the voyage home where she arrived on 27 august . The ship spent the rest of the year participating in gunnery exercises, ASW exercises, and acting ...

#13 Russian destroyer Smetlivy

Smetlivy ( Russian : Сметливый , lit.   ' Resourceful ' ) is a Kashin-class guided missile destroyer of the Russian Navy . Entering service in 1969, the ship served until 1991 with the fall of the Soviet Union . She returned to service in 1995 after a refit and was made part of the Black Sea Fleet .

• ... ipyard Laid down 15 July 1966 Launched 26 August 1967 Commissioned 25 September 1969 Decommissioned 27 august 2020 Status Opened as Museum in Sevastopol General characteristics Class and type Kashin-class dest ...

#14 Soviet destroyer Stoyky (1938)

Stoyky ( Russian : Стойкий , lit.   ' Steadfast ' ) was one of 18 Storozhevoy -class destroyer (officially known as Project 7U ) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Although she began construction as a Project 7 Gnevny -class destroyer , Stoyky was completed in 1940 to the modified Proj

• ... g with her sister Silny , she bombarded Finnish positions on the coast of Vyborg Bay between 25 and 27 august , expending 490 main-gun shells, in addition to another 60 against transports near Tranzund. Due to ...

#15 USS Colahan

USS Colahan (DD-658) was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy . Fletcher-class destroyer History United States Namesake Charles E. Colahan Builder Bethlehem Mariners Harbor , Staten Island, New York Laid down 24 October 1942 Launched 3 May 1943 Commissioned 23 August 1943 Decommissi

• ... ne for the last great series of air raids against the Japanese home islands. Entering Sagami Wan on 27 august , the destroyer became harbor entrance control vessel for Tokyo Bay until 3 September. On 8 October, ...

#16 USS Isabel

USS Isabel (SP-521) , later PY-10 , was a yacht in commission in the United States Navy as a destroyer from 1917 to 1920 and as a patrol yacht from 1921 to 1946. Patrol vessel of the United States Navy USS Isabel (PY-10) at Hankow , China , in 1937, dressed overall for the coronation of King George

• ... ing torpedo approaches. She also helped train allied submarines. Isabel remained on this duty until 27 august 1945, twelve days after hostilities with Japan ceased. [3] Isabel received one battle star for Worl ...
• ... er to be in too poor condition for such use. [ citation needed ] Instead, she departed Fremantle on 27 august 1945 and Australia entirely on 5 September 1945, headed for the United States. She called at Port M ...

#17 Leningrad-class destroyer

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

• ... Hanko and Osmussaar on 23 June. [15] Both ships bombarded German positions surrounding Tallinn 23–2 27 august and participated in the evacuation of Tallinn from Tallinn to Leningrad at the end of August 1941. [ ...

#18 USS Ericsson (DD-440)

USS Ericsson (DD-440) , a Gleaves -class destroyer , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after John Ericsson , who is best known for devising and building the Civil War ironclad USS   Monitor . Gleaves-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Ericsson . Histor

• ... American task group and fire bombardments along the French coast. She also served on patrol, and on 27 august intercepted a trawler, in which the crew of German submarine U-230 , previously grounded and scuttl ...

#19 USS Clarence K. Bronson

USS Clarence K. Bronson (DD-668) was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy . Fletcher-class destroyer USS Clarence K. Bronson (DD-668), off Mare Island, 15 June 1945. History United States Namesake Clarence K. Bronson Builder Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Kearny, New Jer

• ... and put to sea 2 August to bombard Wake Island 6 days later. Continuing west, she entered Sagami Wan 27 august t, and took part in the occupation by patrolling Japanese waters until 5 December. Homeward bound, s ...

#20 USS Anthony (DD-515)

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

• ... bound, via Pago Pago , Samoa, for Efate Island, New Hebrides . Anthony dropped anchor off Efate on 27 august . Her next several weeks were devoted to more training exercises. Then, late in October, Anthony was ...