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Tillamook Rock Light (known locally as Terrible Tilly or just Tilly ) is a deactivated lighthouse on the northern Oregon Coast of the United States . It is located approximately 1.2 miles (1.9 km) offshore from Tillamook Head , and 20 miles (32 km) south of the mouth of the Columbia River near A
#2 Abu Musa
Abu Musa ( Persian : ابوموسی listen ( help · info ) , IPA: [æbu mu'sɒ ] , Arabic : أبو موسى ) is a 12.8-square-kilometre (4.9 sq mi) island in the eastern Persian Gulf near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz . [3] Due to the depth of sea, oil tankers and big ships have to pass between Abu
The St. George Reef Light is an inactive lighthouse built on North West Seal Rock, six miles (10 km) off the coast of northern California near Crescent City . Lighthouse in California, United States This article is about a lighthouse in California. For the Florida lighthouse, see Cape St. George L
Bois Blanc Light can refer to one of five lighthouses erected on Bois Blanc Island , Michigan , in Lake Huron . [3] Two of the lighthouses are currently standing. The lighthouse and surrounding property are privately owned and closed to the public. Lighthouse in Michigan, United States This article
The Horseshoe Reef Lighthouse is a dilapidated lighthouse in Lake Erie between New York State and Canada near Buffalo, New York and at the head of the Niagara River , which empties Lake Erie into Lake Ontario . This article is an orphan , as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to t
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
#2 Uljanik
Uljanik was a shipbuilding company in Pula , Croatia . [1] Shipbuilding company in Pula, Croatia This article is about the shipbuilding company. For the shipping company, see Uljanik plovidba . For the village near Garešnica, see Uljanik, Bjelovar-Bilogora County . Uljanik Type public, active Indust
Union Iron Works , located in San Francisco, California , on the southeast waterfront, was a central business within the large industrial zone of Potrero Point , for four decades at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. [1] San Francisco American shipyard company Union
The A class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. Some 42 vessels were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications, the only uniting feature being a specified top speed
The first USS Stewart was a Bainbridge -class destroyer in the United States Navy . She was named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart . Bainbridge-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Stewart . USS Stewart , anchored off Guaymas , Mexico, 26 December 1915. Preble is partially vis
#3 USS Robison
USS Robison (DDG-12) , named for Rear Admiral Samuel Shelburne Robison , was a Charles F. Adams -class guided missile armed destroyer in the service of the United States Navy . Charles F. Adams-class destroyer USS Robison underway in 1966 History United States Name Robison Namesake Samuel Shelburne
#4 Japanese destroyer Natsushio
Natsushio ( 夏潮 , lit. “Summer Tide” ) [1] was the sixth vessel to be commissioned in the 19-vessel Kagerō -class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late-1930s under the Circle Three Supplementary Naval Expansion Program ( Maru San Keikaku ). Kagerō-class destroyer For other ships
USS Robert H. Smith (DD-735/DM-23) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer minelayers in the United States Navy . Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer History United States Name Robert H. Smith Namesake Robert H. Smith Builder Bath Iron Works Laid down 10 January 1944 Launched 25 May 1944 C
HMS Watchman was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the final months of World War I , in the Russian Civil War , and in World War II . Destroyer of the Royal Navy HMS Watchman at anchor in Plymouth Sound during World War II . History United Kingdom Name HMS Watchman Na
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
USS Monssen (DD-798) was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy , the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant Mons Monssen (1867–1930), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for putting out a fire in a magazine on Missouri . Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy For other ship
USS Ringgold (DD-89) was a Wickes -class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and the interwar period. During World War II , the vessel was transferred to the Royal Navy as a Town-class destroyer named HMS Newark , being scrapped after the end of the war in 1947. Wickes-class destr
#10 HMS Wrestler
HMS Wrestler (D35) was a V and W-class destroyer built by the Royal Navy during the First World War and active from 1939 to 1944 during the Second World War . She was the first Royal Navy ship to bear that name, and the only one to do so to date. Destroyer of the Royal Navy HMS Wrestler underway His
USS Dorsey (DD–117) , reclassified DMS-1 on 19 November 1940, was a Wickes -class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I . She was named for John Dorsey. Wickes-class destroyer USS Dorsey underway History United States Name Dorsey Namesake John Dorsey Builder William Cramp & Sons , P
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
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
The Sampson -class destroyers served in the United States Navy during World War I . Commissioned in 1916 and 1917, the class was a modification of the O'Brien and Tucker classes , with the number of 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes increased from four twin-mounts to four triple-mounts. The Sampson s
#15 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
The third USS Rowan (DD-405) was a Benham -class destroyer named for Stephen C. Rowan . Rowan was in the Atlantic when the United States entered World War II , and was one of the United States Navy ships joining the British Home Fleet for the battle of convoy PQ 17 . Rowan later engaged French warsh
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
HMS Vortigern was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy . She served in both World Wars, and was sunk in 1942. Destroyer of the Royal Navy Vortigern in the First World War History United Kingdom Name HMS Vortigern Ordered 1916-17 Programme Build (9th Order) Builder J. Samuel White , Cowes , Isle of
HMS Express was an E-class minelaying destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion, the ship was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1935–36 during the Abyssinia Crisis . During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39, she spent considerable
#20 HMCS Huron (G24)
HMCS Huron was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and the Korean War . She was the first ship to bear this name, entering service in 1943. She was named for the Huron people . During the Second World War the vessel saw service in Operation Neptune