langs: 18 декабря [ru] / december 18 [en] / 18. dezember [de] / 18 décembre [fr] / 18 dicembre [it] / 18 de diciembre [es]

days: december 15 / december 16 / december 17 / december 18 / december 19 / december 20 / december 21

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Lighthouse / Lighthouse

#1 Western Channel Pile Light

Western Channel Pile Light , also known as the West Wedding Cake due to its shape, is an active pile lighthouse located at the Sydney Harbour , New South Wales , Australia , off Georges Head at Mosman . It marks the western end of the Sow and Pigs Reef . It collapsed in December 2006 and was reconst

• ... house, and a new lower section. [3] Reconstruction completed and the light returned to operation on 18 december 2008. [3] SITE OPERATION AND VISITING The light is operated by the Sydney Ports Corporation. It is ...

#2 Cape Capricorn Light

Cape Capricorn Light is an active heritage-listed lighthouse located on Cape Capricorn , a coastal headland on the northeast point of Curtis Island , in Gladstone Region, Central Queensland , Australia . The lighthouse, constructed in 1964, is the third at this site, following a timber frame lightho

• ... including North Reef Light , Lady Elliot Island Light , Pine Islet Light and Dent Island Light . On 18 december 1978 this role was transferred to Bustard Head Light . [7] On 8 December 1983, the House Standing C ...

#3 Flannan Isles Lighthouse

Flannan Isles Lighthouse is a lighthouse near the highest point on Eilean Mòr, one of the Flannan Isles in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland . It is best known for the mysterious disappearance of its keepers in 1900. [3] Lighthouse off the northwest coast of Scotland Lighthouse Flann

• ... log that the light was not operational in poor weather conditions. When the ship docked in Leith on 18 december 1900, the sighting was passed on to the Northern Lighthouse Board . [10] The relief vessel, the lig ...

#4 Cape St. Elias Light

The Cape St. Elias Light is a lighthouse on Kayak Island in Alaska . Lighthouse Cape St. Elias Light Top of Cape St. Elias light Location Cape St. Elias Kayak Island Alaska United States Coordinates 59°47′54″N 144°35′56″W Tower Foundation rock Construction concrete tower Automated 1974 Height 55 fee

• ... ne acre Built 1915 NRHP reference No. 75002157 [3] AHRS No. XMI-003 Significant dates Added to NRHP december 18, 1975 Designated AHRS 1970 HISTORY Congress approved the construction of a light station at Cape St. ...

#5 Wolf Rock Lighthouse

Wolf Rock Lighthouse is on the Wolf Rock ( Cornish : An Welv , meaning the lip ), [1] a single rock located 18 nautical miles (33   km ; 21   mi ) east of St Mary's , Isles of Scilly and 8 nautical miles (15   km; 9.2   mi) southwest of Land's End , in Cornwall , England. [2] The fissures in the roc

• ... ime afterwards the red flash was removed and it simply flashed white, every thirty seconds. [31] On 18 december 1944, German submarine U-1209 hit Wolf Rock and was subsequently scuttle with the loss of 9 lives. ...

#6 St. Augustine Light

The St. Augustine Light Station is a privately maintained aid to navigation and an active, working lighthouse in St. Augustine, Florida . [2] The current lighthouse stands at the north end of Anastasia Island and was built between 1871 and 1874. The tower is the second lighthouse tower in St. August

• ... on and laboratory analysis of artifacts, it is believed that this vessel was a ship involved in the december 18, 1782, evacuation of Charleston at the end of the American Revolution , carrying Loyalist refugees a ...

#7 Niechorze Lighthouse

Niechorze Lighthouse ( Polish : Latarnia morska Niechorze ) is a lighthouse in Niechorze , on the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea , by a steep cliff . The lighthouse is located in Niechorze , West Pomeranian Voivodeship , in Poland . [1] [2] Lighthouse in Poland This article may be expanded with text

• ... of the Second World War there was a considerable delay restarting the lighthouse, it was not until 18 december 1948 when the lighthouse was finally operational – this was due to the erosion of the cliff which t ...

#8 Dunkirk Light

Dunkirk Light , also known as Point Gratiot Light , is an active lighthouse located at Point Gratiot on Lake Erie in New York state. [2] [3] [4] Lighthouse in New York, United States Not to be confused with Dunkirk Lighthouse in Nord, France. Lighthouse Dunkirk Light Location Sycamore Rd., Dunkirk,

• ... 875 Architectural style Gothic, High Victorian Gothic NRHP reference No. 79001568 [1] Added to NRHP december 18, 1979 The lighthouse was established in 1826 and the current tower was first lit in 1875. The lighth ...

#9 Sambizanga

Sambizanga is one of the six urban districts that make up the municipality of Luanda , in the province of Luanda . This article is about the municipality of Angola . For the film, see Sambizanga (film) . Lighthouse Ponta das Lagostas Lighthouse Location Ponta das Lagostas, Sambizanga , Angola Coordi

• ... 07 SHOOTING In December 2007, film director Radical Ribeiro began shooting a film in Sambizanga. On 18 december , police mistook actors in Ribeiro's film, who were carrying unloaded firearms, as actual criminals ...

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Manufacturer / Manufacturer

#1 General Motors

The General Motors Company [2] ( GM ) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit , Michigan , United States. [3] It is the largest automaker in the United States and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008. [4

• ... ion into GM's former financing company, GMAC (now Ally Financial ). The shares in Ally were sold on december 18, 2014, for $19.6 billion netting the government $2.4 billion in profit, including dividends. [114] [ ...

#2 Gourlay Brothers

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

• ... De Carvalho 167 459 tons Amazon Steam Navigation Company of South America Steel Twin Screw Steamer 18 december 1895 [156] Antonia Olyntho 168 459 tons Amazon Steam Navigation Company, Paraguay Steel Twin Screw ...

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Ship / Ship

#1 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

• ... omber. On the following day, the destroyer departed Mindoro to return to Leyte where she arrived on 18 december . Between 26 and 29 December, the warship escorted a resupply echelon to Mindoro and back to San Ped ...

#2 USS Hollister

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

• ... subsided. The destroyer returned to San Diego 23 April but sailed again for the Western Pacific on 18 december to operate with the 7th Fleet. Returning San Diego on 13 June 1959, Hollister spent the remainder o ...

#3 HMS Venomous

HMS Venomous (ex- Venom ), was a Modified W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the Russian Civil War and World War II . Destroyer of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Venom . HMS Venomous ca. 1919, when her pennant number was G98 History United Kin

• ... gus as she deployed to the Mediterranean to transport aircraft to Malta in Operation White . [2] On 18 december 1940, Venomous arrived at Derry (also called Londonderry), Northern Ireland , to become part of the ...

#4 USS McKean (DD-784)

USS McKean (DD-784) was a Gearing -class destroyer of the United States Navy built by the Todd Pacific Ship Building Company in Seattle , Washington state . Gearing-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS McKean . USS McKean (DD-784) in 1952 History United States Name USS McKean

• ... and in this case, a suspected Soviet submarine was attacked, with no signs that it had survived. On 18 december 1950, McKean, codenamed "Rancher," had just left the harbor at Sasebo to rejoin Task Force 77. Task ...
• ... ove because any deeper the depth charges would not go off. McKean fired 54 depth charges the day of 18 december 1950. "Rancher" had dropped about 84 depth charges in a 24-hour period. The morning of 19 December, ...

#5 Hunt-class destroyer

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-

• ... pton, ordered on 28 July 1940. Brecon Laid down: 27 February 1941 Launched: 27 June 1942 Completed: 18 december 1942 Fate: Paid off 4 December 1945 and broken up on 17 September 1962 at Faslane. Brissenden Laid ...

#6 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

• ... ansports carrying reinforcement troops and supplies to Safi , French Morocco between 8 December and 18 december . She returned to New York on 10 January 1943. After two more voyages to North Africa as a convoy es ...

#7 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

• ... the most notable event to the ships of the task force was a typhoon that swept through the area on 18 december . Caught in the center of the storm, Benham found herself faced with stack-high seas and 100 kn (190 ...
• ... s included Naples , Barcelona , Gibraltar , and the Azores before she finally arrived in Newport on 18 december . After a short leave and upkeep period, she spent most of 1955 conducting brief training missions o ...

#8 Fletcher-class destroyer

The Fletcher class was a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II . The class was designed in 1939, as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types of the Porter and Somers classes. Some went on to serve during the Korean War and into the Vietnam War

• ... Read , sunk by kamikazes in the Leyte Gulf , 1 November 1944 Spence , foundered in Typhoon Cobra , 18 december 1944 Halligan , lost to a mine off Okinawa, 26 March 1945 Bush , sunk by kamikazes off Okinawa , 6 ...

#9 HMS Brecon (L76)

HMS Brecon was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in the Second World War , one of two ships in the fourth subgroup of the class, built to a radically different design from other ships in the Hunt class. Destroyer of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS B

• ... d 1940 Builder Thornycroft , Woolston Laid down 27 February 1941 Launched 27 June 1942 Commissioned 18 december 1942 Decommissioned Paid off into reserve 12 December 1945 Motto By luck and good guidance Honours ...
• ... rd No 1290) on 27 February 1941 and launched on 27 June 1942 . She was commissioned into service on 18 december 1942 and was assigned to the 6th Destroyer Flotilla at Scapa Flow . CAREER 1943 Brecon arrived at t ...

#10 HMS Torrid (1917)

HMS Torrid was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during World War I . The ship was launched on 10 February 1917 and served as part of the Harwich Force . Subsequently, Torrid was used in the 1930s as a trials ship for new anti-submarine warfare weapons, particularly playing a rol

• ... d to trial a forward-firing anti-submarine mortar with less success. [11] During this time, between 18 december 1930 and 10 July 1931, the destroyer was commanded by Charles Pizey , later the first Chief of the ...

#11 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

• ... brief upkeep period, the ship left on a return voyage to the west coast, arriving at Long Beach on 18 december . In late January 1961, the ship entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for a fleet rehabilitation an ...

#12 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

• ... missioned 23 August 1943 Decommissioned 1 August 1966 Stricken 1 August 1966 Fate Sunk as a target, 18 december 1966 General characteristics Class and type Fletcher class destroyer Displacement 2,050 tons Length ...
• ... stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 August 1966. She was sunk as target off California on 18 december 1966. AWARDS Colahan received eight battle stars for World War II service, and five for Korean War ...

#13 USS Collett

USS Collett (DD-730) was a World War II -era Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy . Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Collett (DD-730), off Boston , Massachusetts, 31 May 1944 History United States Name Collett Namesake John A. Collett Builder Bath Iron Works L

• ... Iron Works Laid down 11 October 1943 Launched 5 March 1944 Commissioned 16 May 1944 Decommissioned 18 december 1970 Stricken 1 February 1974 Identification DD-730 Motto Virtus Velox ("Swift Courage") Fate To Ar ...

#14 Japanese destroyer Arashi

Arashi ( 嵐 , "Storm") was a Kagerō -class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy . Kagerō-class destroyer Arashi underway in December 1940. History Empire of Japan Name Arashi Builder Maizuru Naval Arsenal Launched 22 April 1940 Commissioned 25 November 1940 Stricken 15 October 1943 Fate Sunk in ac

• ... he conflict (he was Killed In Action as Commander Destroyer Division 1 aboard destroyer Numakaze on 18 december 1943), and the matter was set aside. AT THE SOLOMON ISLANDS Arashi was part of a Japanese convoy th ...

#15 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

• ... eamed for the Philippines. En route, she weathered a typhoon which swallowed up three destroyers on 18 december . After a fruitless search for survivors, the carrier group aborted planned strikes on Luzon because ...

#16 USS Thorn (DD-647)

USS Thorn (DD-647) , a Gleaves -class destroyer , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jonathan Thorn . Gleaves-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Thorn . History United States Name Thorn Namesake Jonathan Thorn Builder Federal Shipbuilding and Drydoc

• ... uarding, this time standing by escort carriers. She assisted Cape Esperance during Typhoon Cobra on 18 december . Following this heavy storm — which sank three destroyers — Thorn searched for survivors in the sto ...

#17 USS Spence

USS Spence (DD-512) , a Fletcher class destroyer , was laid down on 18 May 1942 by the Bath Iron Works , Bath, Maine ; launched on 27 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Eben Learned; and commissioned on 8 January 1943, Lieutenant Commander H. J. Armstrong in command. The ship was named for Robert T. Sp

• ... October 1942 Commissioned 8 January 1943 Stricken 19 January 1945 Fate Foundered in Typhoon Cobra , 18 december 1944 General characteristics Class and type Fletcher -class destroyer Displacement 2,050 tons Lengt ...

#18 USS Barry (DD-933)

USS Barry (DD-933) was one of eighteen Forrest   Sherman –class destroyers of the United States Navy , and was the third US destroyer to be named for Commodore John Barry . Commissioned in 1954, she spent most of her career in the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Mediterranean, but also served in the Vietna

• ... U.S. and NATO operations "Teamwork", "Masterstroke", and "Steel Pike I". She returned to Newport on 18 december r. [6] In February 1965, Barry ventured south to the Caribbean for the annual spring training exerci ...

#19 USS Ammen (DD-527)

USS Ammen (DD-527) , a Fletcher -class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen (1820–1898). Fletcher-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Ammen . USS Ammen (DD-527) underway off Leyte, 20–24 October 1944 History Unite

• ... Islands and Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides , the warship arrived at Milne Bay , New Guinea , on 18 december . There, she became a unit of the 7th Fleet . For the next nine months, Ammen focused her energies o ...
• ... atrol. On 6 December, she departed Yokosuka to return to San Diego. Ammen steamed into San Diego on 18 december and remained there exactly 10 weeks completing the usual post-deployment and holiday leave and upke ...

#20 USS Stewart (DD-224)

USS Stewart (DD-224) was a Clemson -class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II . She was the second ship named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart . Scuttled in port at Surabaya, Java, she was later raised by the Japanese and commissioned as Patrol Boat No. 102 . She came back under

• ... to Yokohama , Japan between 17 and 30 October, she returned to Chinese waters, leaving Shanghai on 18 december carrying newreel footage of the Japanese sinking of the American gunboat Panay . [29] Stewart was a ...