langs: 14 июля [ru] / july 14 [en] / 14. juli [de] / 14 juillet [fr] / 14 luglio [it] / 14 de julio [es]
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#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
Point Pinos Lighthouse was lit on February 1, 1855, [4] to guide ships on the Pacific Coast of California . It is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States and even the lens is original. Alcatraz Island Lighthouse preceded Point Pinos by eight months, but wa
Leasowe Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse in Leasowe on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside , England . [1] The lighthouse was built in 1763 by The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company to guide shipping safely to the Port of Liverpool and is the oldest lighthouse built from bricks in the United Kingdom
Port Clinton Light is a lighthouse in Port Clinton, Ohio , USA at the northern end of Waterworks Park . It was previously located on the outer end of the west pier which is located in the city's harbor entrance. [2] This lighthouse has two incarnations which were built with different materials. Only
#4 Tchefuncte River Range Lights
The Tchefuncte River Range Lights are a range that was first established in 1838 to aid vessels entering the Tchefuncte River from the north side of Lake Pontchartrain , Louisiana . The lighting apparatus was supplied by Winslow Lewis and consisted of nine lamps with several fourteen-inch reflectors
Point Clark Lighthouse is located on in a beach community, Point Clark , Ontario, near a point that protrudes into Lake Huron . Built between 1855 and 1859 under the instructions of the Board of Works , Canada West , it is one of the few on the Great Lakes to be made primarily from stone. It is one
Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL), often styled as simply Yarrows , was a major shipbuilding firm based in the Scotstoun district of Glasgow on the River Clyde . It is now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships , owned by BAE Systems , which has also operated the nearby Govan shipyard (formerly Fairfield
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
USS Hopkins (DD-249/DMS-13) was a Clemson -class destroyer built in 1920 and in United States Navy service between 1921-1946. The third Navy ship named in honor of Commodore of the Continental Navy Esek Hopkins , she saw extensive action in the Pacific Theatre during World War II , emerging the most
USS John Rodgers (DD-983) , a Spruance -class destroyer , was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the three generations of the Rodgers family who served in the navy. Spruance-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS John Rodgers . USS John Rodgers on 7 March 1
#4 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
HMS Thruster was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War . The R class were an improvement on the previous M class with geared steam turbines to improve efficiency. Built by Hawthorn Leslie and launched in January 1917, Thruster joined the Harwich Force , ser
USS Schenck (DD-159) was a Wickes -class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II . She was named for Rear Admiral James F. Schenck , USN (1807–1882). Wickes-class destroyer USS Schenk underway History United States Name Schenk Namesake James F. Schenck Builder New York Shipbuilding C
#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
#8 Japanese destroyer Tokitsukaze (1939)
Tokitsukaze ( 時津風 , lit. “favorable wind” ) [1] was the tenth 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
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
HMS Cheerful was a 30-knot, three-funnel torpedo boat destroyer built by Hawthorn Leslie. She was ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates, launched in 1898 and saw action during World War I. She was mined off the Shetland Islands in 1917 and sank with the loss of 44 officers an
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
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
#13 Soviet destroyer Besposhchadny (1936)
Besposhchadny was one of 29 Gnevny -class destroyers (officially known as Project 7 ) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1939, she was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet . After the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in June 1941, the ship
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
#15 Soviet destroyer Komsomolets Ukrainy
Komsomolets Ukrainy was the lead ship of Kashin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy . [2] [3] Kashin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy Komsomolets Ukrainy in 1990 History Soviet Union Name Komsomolets Ukrainy (Комсомолец Украины) Namesake Komsomol of Ukraine Builder 61 Communards Shipyard , Nikolaye
USS Allen (DD-66) was a Sampson -class destroyer of the United States Navy launched in 1916. She was the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant William Henry Allen (1784–1813), a naval officer during the War of 1812 . She was the longest-serving destroyer on the Naval Vessel Register when she was sol
#17 Japanese destroyer Akebono (1930)
Akebono ( 曙 , "Daybreak" ) [1] was the eighteenth of twenty-four Fubuki -class destroyers , built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I . When introduced into service, these ships were the most powerful destroyers in the world. [2] They served as first-line destroyers through the 1930
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
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
ZH1 was the lead ship of her class of four destroyers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the late 1930s. Originally named Gerard Callenburgh , the ship was scuttled while still incomplete by the Dutch during the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, but she was salvaged by the Germans