langs: 28 февраля [ru] / february 28 [en] / 28. februar [de] / 28 février [fr] / 28 febbraio [it] / 28 de febrero [es]
days: february 25 / february 26 / february 27 / february 28 / february 29 / march 1 / march 2
Engine / Engine
#1 List of Volkswagen Group diesel engines
List of Volkswagen Group diesel engines . The compression-ignition diesel engines listed below are currently [ when? ] used by various marques of automobiles and commercial vehicles of the German automotive concern , Volkswagen Group , [1] and also in Volkswagen Marine [2] and Volkswagen Industrial
- ... er (T5) references "50 mpg-plus Audi diesel sports car cleans up in Geneva" . Audi.co.uk . Audi UK. 28 february 2008. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010 . Retrieved 4 January 2010 . "Audi's new TT TDI i ...
Lighthouse / Lighthouse
#1 Dames Point Light
The Dames Point Light marked an 8-foot-deep (2.4 m) shoal at a sharp bend in the St. Johns River in Florida that was a danger to ships heading to or from Jacksonville . Lighthouse in Florida, US Lighthouse Dames Point Light Location on the shoals off Dames Point St. Johns River Florida United Stat
- ... ow the Dames Point Lighthouse made the continuance of the light unnecessary and it was discontinued february 28, 1893. The lantern and lens were taken down and transferred to Charleston, South Carolina and the la ...
#2 Alappuzha Lighthouse
The Alappuzha Lighthouse (or Alleppey Light ) is situated in the coastal town of Alappuzha , Kerala . It was built in 1862 and is a major tourist attraction. Visitors are allowed between 1500 hours and 1630 hours on every weekday at an admission fee of 20 rupees for Indian citizens and 50 rupees for
- ... lantern on 30 December 1998. The incandescent lamp was replaced by 230 V 150 W Metal halide lamp on 28 february 1999. The lighthouse is still a staffed station. [1] [2] Originally painted plain white, it was rep ...
#3 Whitefish Point Light
The Whitefish Point Light is a lighthouse located in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan . [11] Located on the southeastern shores of Lake Superior , it sits at the edge of Whitefish Point leading to Whitefish Bay . Constructed in 1849, it is the oldest operating lighthouse in the Upper Pe
- ... Places Michigan State Historic Site NRHP reference No. 73000947 [9] Significant dates Added to NRHP february 28, 1973 Designated MSHS February 22, 1974 [10] The lighthouse is part of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Mus ...
#4 Braddock Point Light
Braddock Point Light was a lighthouse just west of Braddock Bay at Bogus Point on Lake Ontario in New York . [1] Lighthouse Braddock Point Light Location Bogus Point on Lake Ontario Coordinates 43°20′28″N 77°45′45″W Tower Constructed 1896 Construction Brick Automated 1954 Height 50 feet (15 m) (Or
- ... moved by the Coast Guard in 1954 due to structural damage. The Coast Guard reactivated the light on february 28, 1999. [2] The lighthouse is now privately owned and has opened as a bed and breakfast . The lightho ...
#5 Gasparilla Island Lights
The Gasparilla Island Lights are on Gasparilla Island in Boca Grande, Florida . The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse is on the southern tip of Gasparilla Island (located in Gasparilla Island State Park), and marked the Boca Grande Pass entrance to Charlotte Harbor . Lighthouses on Gasparilla Island, Boca
- ... cation Gasparilla Island Coordinates 26°43′2″N 82°15′39″W NRHP reference No. 80000953 Added to NRHP february 28, 1980 Lighthouse Gasparilla Island Light The Gasparilla Island Rear Range Light was first lit in 193 ...
- ... , and sand was pumped in to build up the beach. Lee County took title of the lighthouse in 1972. On february 28, 1980, the lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places . Restoration work bega ...
#6 Charlotte–Genesee Lighthouse
The Charlotte–Genesee Lighthouse is an 1822 stone octagonal [5] lighthouse in the Charlotte neighborhood in northern Rochester , New York , United States. The 40 ft (12 m) tower is located on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Genesee River . It originally had 10 whale oil Argand lamps , which wer
- ... tional Register of Historic Places NRHP reference No. 74001259 [4] Added to NRHP August 13, 1974 On february 28, 1881, the lighthouse was turned off. After nearby piers changed the mouth of the river, it was far ...
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
- ... inal 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 her home port. On 1 July 1971, she was reassigned to du ...
#2 USS Stethem
USS Stethem (DDG-63) is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer in the United States Navy . The ship was built in Pascagoula, Mississippi , starting on 11 May 1993. She was commissioned on 21 October 1995. She is part of the Pacific Fleet, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 . The Stethem was named for Stee
- ... lia , American Samoa, Singapore, and Thailand, Stethem reported to the United States Fifth Fleet on 28 february 2001. During her 68 days on station in the Persian Gulf she conducted maritime interception operati ...
#3 Japanese destroyer Hatsukaze
Hatsukaze ( 初風 , lit. “First Wind” ) [1] was the seventh 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 ). She survived four major fleet actions
- ... n in January, and the invasion forces for Makassar , Timor and eastern Java in February. [5] On 27–2 28 february Hatsukaze and Desron 2 participated in the Battle of the Java Sea , taking part in a torpedo attack ...
#4 HMS Laforey (G99)
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
- ... i-submarine operations continued on 27 February when another two destroyers joined, and finished on 28 february when the ships returned to Naples. Laforey sailed to Naples with survivors from Inglefield , which ...
#5 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
- ... yards , Osaka Laid down 9 December 1937 Launched 23 February 1939 Completed 31 August 1940 Stricken 28 february 1942 Fate Torpedoed and sunk by USS S-37 , 9 February 1942 General characteristics Class and type K ...
- ... he survivors were rescued by her sister ship Kuroshio . Natsushio was removed from the navy list on 28 february 1942. [6] She was the first Japanese destroyer to fall victim to U.S. submarines during the war, th ...
#6 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
- ... O'Bannon Builder Union Iron Works , 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 scra ...
- ... Bannon , was laid down by Union Iron Works , San Francisco, California , 12 November 1918, launched 28 february 1919, sponsored by Mrs. Henry O'Bannon Cooper descendant by marriage of Lt. O'Bannon, and commissio ...
#7 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-
- ... n Laid down: 12 December 1939 Launched: 5 September 1940 Completed: 29 December 1940 Fate: Paid off 28 february 1946. Sold to Egypt in 1950 as Ibrahim el Awal , renamed Mohamed Ali el Kebir in 1951, scrapped. Ib ...
- ... 43. Whaddon Builder: Stephens , Linthouse Laid down: 27 July 1939 Launched: 16 July 1940 Completed: 28 february 1941 Fate: Paid off October 1945 and broken up 5 April 1959. TYPE II General characteristics Type I ...
- ... Fate: Paid off 4 December 1945 and broken up on 17 September 1962 at Faslane. Brissenden Laid down: 28 february 1941 Launched: 15 September 1942 Completed: 12 February 1943 Fate: Paid off 19 June 1948 and broken ...
#8 USS Mervine (DD-322)
USS Mervine (DD-322) was a Clemson -class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1921 to 1930. She was scrapped in 1931. Clemson-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Mervine . History United States Namesake William Mervine Builder Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporat
- ... ion , Union Iron Works , San Francisco Laid down 28 April 1919 Launched 11 August 1919 Commissioned 28 february 1921 Decommissioned 4 June 1930 Stricken 3 November 1930 Fate Sold for scrap, 1930 General characte ...
- ... ia , 28 April 1919; launched 11 August 1919; sponsored by Miss Eileen D. McCarthy; and commissioned 28 february 1921. Mervine , built on the west coast, joined the Pacific Fleet at San Diego, California after sh ...
#9 HNLMS Rotterdam (D818)
HNLMS Rotterdam (D818) ( Dutch : Hr.Ms. Rotterdam ) was a destroyer of the Friesland class . The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1957 to 1981. The destroyer was named after the Dutch city of Rotterdam and was the nineteenth ship with this name. In 1981 the ship was taken out
- ... ke Rotterdam Builder RDM , Rotterdam Laid down 7 January 1954 Launched 26 January 1956 Commissioned 28 february 1957 Decommissioned 15 May 1981 Fate Sold to the Peruvian Navy Peru Name Diez Canseco Acquired 1981 ...
- ... took place on 7 January 1954 and the launching on 26 January 1956. The ship was put into service on 28 february 1957. [2] Rotterdam towed Drenthe to the harbor after a fire had broken out in that ships engine ro ...
#10 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
- ... w York on 13 February. Following post-shakedown availability, she proceeded to Norfolk, Virginia on 28 february , joined with Piedmont , and escorted the destroyer tender through the Panama Canal to Hawaii , arri ...
#11 Town-class destroyer
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
- ... Steel Fore River 17 March 1919 23 September 1940 Broadwater A USS Mason Clemson Newport News SB Co. 28 february 1920 2 October 1940 Broadway A USS Hunt Clemson Newport News SB Co. 8 June 1920 8 October 1940 Burn ...
- ... . Albans in April 1941; to the Soviet Union as Dostoyny in July 1944; returned to the Royal Navy on 28 february 1949 towed for scrapping on 18 May 1949. St. Mary's USS Doran 23 September 1940 convoy escort with ...
- ... ly 1942; transferred to the Soviet Union as Dostoyny on 16 July 1944; returned to the Royal Navy on 28 february 1949 towed for scrapping on 18 May 1949. SOVIET NAVY Main article: Soviet Navy Town -class destroye ...
- ... 1949 Scrapped on 14 May 1949. Dostoyny HNoMS St. Albans 16 July 1944 returned to the Royal Navy on 28 february 1949 towed for scrapping on 18 May 1949. Druzny HMCS Lincoln 26 August 1944 returned to the Royal N ...
#12 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
- ... ached to convoy JW 57 along with the light cruiser Black Prince and the escort carrier, Chaser . On 28 february the convoy reached the Kola Inlet with the loss of one destroyer, Mahratta , with the destruction o ...
#13 USS Moale
USS Moale (DD-693) was the second Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer of the United States Navy . Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Moale History United States Name Moale Namesake Edward Moale, Jr. Builder Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Laid down 5 August 1943 Launched 16 January 1944 Comm
- ... ral Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Laid down 5 August 1943 Launched 16 January 1944 Commissioned 28 february 1944 Decommissioned 2 July 1973 Stricken 2 July 1973 Fate Sold for scrapping General characteristic ...
- ... ward S. Moale, daughter-in-law of Lieutenant Moale, Jr.; and commissioned in the Brooklyn Navy Yard 28 february 1944. SERVICE HISTORY WORLD WAR II Following a Bermuda shakedown, Moale remained on the Atlantic co ...
#14 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
- ... n company with the other ships of DesDiv 232 for a six-month WestPac tour. Reaching Pearl Harbor on 28 february , Cunningham operated locally until sailing for the Far East on 23 March. Soon after leaving Hawaii, ...
#15 HNLMS Evertsen (1926)
HNLMS Evertsen ( Dutch : Hr.Ms. Evertsen ) was a Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy . She was destroyed by ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy on 1 March 1942, during the Battle of Sunda Strait . For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS Evertsen . HNLMS Evertsen History Net
- ... iser HMAS Perth and the American heavy cruiser USS Houston . Perth and Houston departed at 19:00 on 28 february , but Evertsen was delayed, leaving port two hours later. The route through the Strait had earlier b ...
#16 HMS Milne (1914)
HMS Milne was a Royal Navy Admiralty M-class destroyer . Milne was built by John Brown & Company from 1913 to 1914 and was completed in December that year. She served through the remainder of the First World War , at first with the Harwich Force with which she took part in the Battle of Dogger Bank
- ... between Harwich and Lowestoft . Nothing was seen, with German forces staying close to home. [53] On 28 february 1917, Milne was one of five destroyers escorting shipping from the Netherlands to Britain when she ...
#17 USS Shaw (DD-373)
USS Shaw (DD-373) was a Mahan -class destroyer and the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain John Shaw , a naval officer. Commissioned in 1936, Shaw was plagued by construction deficiencies and was not fully operational until 1938. After training in the Atlantic, she was tran
- ... uzon operations, Shaw supported the assault and occupation of Palawan Island during the period from 28 february to 4 March. In early April, Shaw operated in the Visayas , setting two Japanese barges on fire off ...
#18 HMAS Quadrant
HMAS Quadrant (G11/D11/F01) , named for the navigational instrument , [2] was a Q-class destroyer operated by the Royal Navy as HMS Quadrant (G67/D17) during World War II, and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1945 to 1957. The ship was built during the early 1940s as one of the War Emergency Pro
- ... trument Builder R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company Limited Laid down 24 September 1940 Launched 28 february 1942 Commissioned 26 November 1942 Decommissioned Late 1945 Honours and awards Battle honours: Arct ...
- ... slie and Company Limited at Hebburn-on-Tyne , England on 24 September 1940. [2] She was launched on 28 february 1942 by the wife of one of the shipyard's directors. [2] Quadrant was commissioned into the Royal N ...
#19 USS Thomas (DD-182)
The first USS Thomas (DD–182) was a Wickes -class destroyer of the United States Navy that entered service just after World War I . Wickes-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Thomas and HMS St Albans . History United States Name USS Thomas Namesake Clarence Crase Thomas Build
- ... [1] Soviet Union Name Dostoyny (Worthy) Acquired 16 July 1944 Fate Transferred to UK for scrapping, 28 february 1949 General characteristics Class and type Wickes -class destroyer Displacement 1,213 tons Length ...
- ... enamed her Dostoyny ( rus. Достойный, "Worthy"). [lower-alpha 1] She was returned to the British on 28 february 1949 at Rosyth, Scotland. It was eventually broken up for scrap at Charlestown in April 1949. BATTL ...
#20 USS Cowell (DD-167)
The first USS Cowell (DD–167) was a Wickes -class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I . She was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Brighton , and later to the Soviet Navy as Zharky . [note 1] Wickes-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Cowell . History Uni
- ... Name Zharky (Жаркий / Torrid) Acquired 16 July 1944 Fate Returned to United Kingdom for scrapping, 28 february 1949 General characteristics Class and type Wickes -class destroyer Displacement 1,060 tons Length ...
- ... Navy she served as Zharky ( rus. Жаркий, "Torrid") [note 2] until returned to the British at Rosyth 28 february 1949. She was sold for scrap on 5 April 1949.