langs: 25 мая [ru] / may 25 [en] / 25. mai [de] / 25 mai [fr] / 25 maggio [it] / 25 de mayo [es]

days: may 22 / may 23 / may 24 / may 25 / may 26 / may 27 / may 28

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Lighthouse / Lighthouse

#1 Fire Island Lighthouse

The Fire Island Lighthouse is a visible landmark on the Great South Bay , in southern Suffolk County , New York on the western end of Fire Island , a barrier island off the southern coast of Long Island . [4] The lighthouse is located within Fire Island National Seashore and just to the east of Robe

• ... ormed to preserve the lighthouse. FILPS raised over $1.2 million to restore the tower and light. On may 25, 1986 the United States Coast Guard returned the Fire Island Lighthouse to an active aid to navigati ...

#2 Windmill Point Light (Virginia)

The Windmill Point Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the Rappahannock River . Lighthouse in Virginia, United States Lighthouse Windmill Point Light Location Mouth of the Rappahannock River east of Windmill Point Coordinates 37.5968°N 76.2359°W  / 37.5968; -76.2359 Tower Foundation scre

• ... sometimes not visible. The lighthouse should not be approached within a 100-foot radius. On Sunday 25 may 2008 a sailboat went aground on these rocks and required USCG and Sea Tow assistance to be towed of ...

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Manufacturer / Manufacturer

#1 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

• ... tober 1906 [207] SS Princess Ena 224 1198 London and South Western Railway Steel Twin Screw Steamer 25 may 1906 [208] Registan 222 21 August 1906 [209] Ulimaroa 226 11 July 1907 [210] Atalanta 227 Twin Scre ...

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Ship / Ship

#1 USS Harding (DD-625)

USS Harding (DD-625) (later DMS-28), a Gleaves -class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Seth Harding . Gleaves-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Harding . History United States Name Harding Namesake Seth Harding Builder Seattle-Tacoma

• ... r Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation Laid down 22 July 1941 Launched 28 June 1942 Commissioned 25 may 1943 Decommissioned 2 November 1945 Reclassified DMS-28, 15 November 1944 Stricken 16 November 1945 ...
• ... Corp. , Seattle, Washington , sponsored by Mrs. Sherwood A. Taffinder. The ship was commissioned on 25 may 1943, Lieutenant Commander G. G. Palmer in command. SERVICE HISTORY After shakedown out of San Dieg ...

#2 USS Robert H. Smith

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

• ... Robert H. Smith Namesake Robert H. Smith Builder Bath Iron Works Laid down 10 January 1944 Launched 25 may 1944 Commissioned 4 August 1944 Identification DD-735 Reclassified DM-23, 19 July 1944 Decommission ...
• ... R Robert H. Smith was laid down on 10 January 1944 by Bath Iron Works , Bath, Maine and launched on 25 may 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Robert Holmes Smith. The vessel was redesignated DM-23 on 19 July 1944; and ...

#3 Russian destroyer Fidonisy

Fidonisy ( Фидониси ) was the name ship of her class of eight destroyers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I . Originally named Feodonisy ( Феодониси ), she was renamed Fidonisy before she was completed. Completed in 1917, she played a minor role in the war as part of the Black Se

• ... Russud Shipyard in Nikolayev on 29 October 1915. The ship was launched on 18 May 1916, completed on 25 may 1917 [1] and was accepted for service on 1 June. [4] Fidonisy participated in a commando raid on th ...

#4 USS Fletcher (DD-992)

USS Fletcher (DD-992) , the thirtieth Spruance -class destroyer , was part of the first major class of United States Navy surface ships to be powered by gas turbines . She was commissioned in July 1980 and was deployed mainly in the western and southern Pacific , but also voyaged to the Indian Ocean

• ... the Pacific Ocean on 23 July 1998 USS Fletcher on 12 November 2000 USS Fletcher in Pearl Harbor on 25 may 2004

#5 HMS Glasgow (D88)

HMS Glasgow was a Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy . The last of the Batch 1 Type 42 destroyers, Glasgow was commissioned in 1979. The destroyer fought during the Falklands War , and on 12 May 1982 was damaged by a bomb from an Argentine A-4 Skyhawk . Glasgow was part of the Royal Navy’s 3rd Dest

• ... n Hunter , Tyne and Wear , United Kingdom Laid down 16 May 1974 Launched 14 April 1976 Commissioned 25 may 1979 Decommissioned 1 February 2005 Homeport Rosyth / Portsmouth Identification Pennant number : D8 ...
• ... board killed eight men and injured a further six. The ship was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 25 may 1979. [2] See below design drawings of HMS Glasgow in 1982 and 1992, the latter showing weapons and ...

#6 Japanese destroyer Kuwa (1944)

Kuwa ( 桑 , " Mulberry ") was one of 18 Matsu -class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II . Destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy Sister ship Momi , 4 September 1944 History Empire of Japan Name Kuwa Namesake Mulberry Builder Fujinagata Shipyards , Osaka Laid d

• ... ame Kuwa Namesake Mulberry Builder Fujinagata Shipyards , Osaka Laid down 20 December 1943 Launched 25 may 1944 Completed 15 July 1944 Stricken 10 February 1945 Fate Sunk by gunfire, 3 December 1944 General ...

#7 Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki (1926)

The Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki ( 菊月 , means "Chrysanthemum Moon", and means the 9th month in the lunar calendar ) was one of twelve Mutsuki -class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War , she participated in the Battle of Guam in December 1941

• ... No. 31 Launched 15 May 1926 Completed 20 November 1926 Renamed As Kikuzuki , 1 August 1928 Stricken 25 may 1942 Fate Sank 5 May 1942 General characteristics Class and type Mutsuki -class destroyer Displacem ...
• ... igh tide cycle and sank at coordinates 09°07′S 160°12′E . Kikuzuki was struck from the Navy List on 25 may 1942. [5] After the capture of Tulagi by American forces, the U.S. Navy repair ship USS Prometheus ...

#8 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

• ... sisters in British service and was stripped of valuable scrap and scuttled off Sydney, Australia on 25 may 1946. Lincoln USS Yarnall 23 October 1940 to Norway as HNoMS Lincoln in February 1942; to Canada as ...

#9 HMCS Mackenzie

HMCS Mackenzie was a Mackenzie -class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and later the Canadian Forces . She was the lead ship of her class and is the first Canadian naval unit to carry this name. The ship was named for the Mackenzie River , the largest river system in Canada and

• ... zie River Ordered 1957 Builder Canadian Vickers Ltd. , Montreal Laid down 15 December 1958 Launched 25 may 1961 Commissioned 6 October 1962 Decommissioned 3 August 1993 Refit 1985 (DELEX) Identification Cla ...
• ... nd was laid down on 15 December 1958 at Canadian Vickers Ltd. , Montreal . The ship was launched on 25 may 1961 and was commissioned into the RCN on 6 October 1962 with the classification number DDE 261. [7 ...
• ... e North American west coast for new American submarines. [16] She underwent the DELEX refit between 25 may 1986 and 16 January 1987. [7] Mackenzie was paid off from Maritime Command on 3 August 1993. [7] AS ...

#10 Impavido-class destroyer

The Impavido class were the second group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy after World War II and the first Italian guided missile destroyers . Similar in performance to the US Navy 's Charles F. Adams class , these ships were essentially improved Impetuoso -class vessels, with the after gun-

• ... nt number Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate Impavido D 570 CNR Riva Trigoso 10 June 1957 25 may 1962 16 November 1963 Decommissioned 1992 [2] Intrepido D 571 Ansaldo, Livorno 16 May 1959 21 Octob ...

#11 French destroyer Basque

The French destroyer Basque was one of 14 L'Adroit -class destroyers built for the French Navy during the 1920s. Destroyer of the French Navy For other ships with the same name, see French ship Basque . History France Name Basque Ordered 1 June 1926 Builder Ateliers et Chantiers de Seine-Maritime Ro

• ... une 1926 Builder Ateliers et Chantiers de Seine-Maritime Rouen Laid down 18 September 1926 Launched 25 may 1929 Completed 5 March 1931 In service 24 October 1940 Stricken 10 December 1952 General characteri ...
• ... es were carried. [2] CONSTRUCTION AND CAREER Basque was laid down on 18 September 1926, launched on 25 may 1929 and completed on 5 March 1931. Postwar, she underwent a major overhaul in the second half of 1 ...

#12 HMS Chelmer (1904)

HMS Chelmer was a Thornycroft-type River-Class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903–1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Chelmer in eastern England, north-east of London, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy. Destroyer of the Royal Navy For other ships wit

• ... dings at ANZAC Cove. While ferrying troops ashore she suffered one of her crew killed in action. On 25 may 1915 she was patrolling near HMS Triumph when she was torpedoed. She attacked the submarine without ...

#13 USS Charrette

USS Charrette (DD-581) was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy , named for Lieutenant George Charrette (1867–1938), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Spanish–American War . Entering service during World War II , she spent her career in the Pacific theatre .

• ... regarded as in commission Velos as a museum in the Gulf of Faliro in Athens, 20 May 2006 MUTINY On 25 may 1973, Velos , under the command of Nikolaos Pappas , while participating in a NATO exercise and in ...
• ... ATO vessels between Italy and Sardinia ( 85 nautical miles (157 km) southwest of Rome) at midday on 25 may 1973 the captain and the officers had learned by radio that naval officers had been arrested and to ...

#14 HMS Vimiera (1917)

HMS Vimiera was a V-class destroyer ordered as part of the 1917–18 programme. V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Vimiera . Vimiera circa 1918 History United Kingdom Name HMS Vimiera Namesake Battle of Vimeiro (1808) Builder Swan Hunter , Tyne and

• ... during which Wessex was sunk and Vimiera sustained substantial damage. She was taken into repair on 25 may 1940, and so was not involved in the evacuation from Dunkirk . She was subsequently redeployed to t ...

#15 USS Tarbell

USS Tarbell (DD–142) was a Wickes -class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for Captain Joseph Tarbell . Wickes-class destroyer USS Tarbell underway in Charleston harbor on 17 December 1942 History United States Name Tarbell Namesake Joseph Tarbell B

• ... 24 members of the crew of Lammont Dupont , torpedoed four days out of New York . On the evening of 25 may , when word reached her at San Juan, Puerto Rico of a U-boat attack on the destroyer Blakeley , Tarb ...

#16 HMS Valorous (L00)

The fifth HMS Valorous , ex- HMS Montrose , was a V-class flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War I , the Russian Civil War , and World War II . Destroyer of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Valorous and HMS Montrose . HMS Valorous (bearing L

• ... HMS Valorous Ordered April 1916 [1] Builder William Denny and Brothers , Dumbarton , [2] Laid down 25 may 1916 [2] Identification Pennant number F.92 (in 1917) Renamed HMS Valorous Namesake valorous Launch ...
• ... in April 1916, and was initially intended to be named HMS Montrose ; [9] her keel was laid down on 25 may 1916 by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton , Scotland . On 29 September 1916 she was renamed H ...

#17 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

• ... fly with their antiaircraft batteries whenever enemy planes approached. Throughout the night of 24–2 25 may no Japanese aviator made a really determined attack on radar picket station 15. In fact, Ammen ' s ...
• ... et station 15. In fact, Ammen ' s radar screen remained clear of bogies during the morning watch of 25 may . Half an hour into the forenoon watch, however, things began to warm up. She detected a group of en ...

#18 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

• ... ber. [18] In early 1924, Stewart carried out surveying operations using her echo sounder. [19] From 25 may to 16 June 1924, Stewart supported the flight of four US Army Douglas World Cruiser aircraft around ...

#19 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

• ... B Destroyer 1,350 4 March 1931 sunk 1 June 1940 Bataan Royal Australian Navy Tribal Destroyer 2,116 25 may 1945 scrapped 1958 Bath Royal Navy Royal Norwegian Navy Town Destroyer 1,190 23 September 1940 to N ...
• ... mber 1934 mined 21 June 1944, not repaired Fuyutsuki Imperial Japanese Navy Akizuki Destroyer 2,700 25 may 1944 scrapped and converted to breakwater 1948 Gabbard Royal Navy Battle Destroyer 2,325 10 Decembe ...
• ... 4 29 August 1947, sunk as target 3 February 1948 Harding United States Navy Gleaves Destroyer 1,630 25 may 1943 scrapped 1947 Hardy (H87) Royal Navy H Destroyer flotilla leader 1,455 11 December 1936 beache ...
• ... l 1943 decommissioned 1946, sold for scrap 1973 Huesca Spanish Navy Alessandro Poerio Destroyer 845 25 may 1915 decommissioned and scrapped 1953 Hughes United States Navy Sims Destroyer 1,570 21 September 1 ...
• ... mmissioned 1945, sold for scrap 1947 Lewes Royal Navy Town Destroyer 1,125 23 October 1940 scuttled 25 may 1946 Lewis Hancock United States Navy Fletcher Destroyer 2,050 29 September 1943 to Brazil as Piaui ...

#20 Brazilian destroyer Sergipe (1910)

Sergipe was a Pará -class destroyer of the Brazilian Navy , serving from 1910 to 1944. [4] She was named after the Brazilian state of Sergipe . For other ships with the same name, see Brazilian destroyer Sergipe . History Brazil Name Sergipe Namesake Sergipe (Brazilian state) Ordered 1904 Builder Ya

• ... ake Sergipe (Brazilian state) Ordered 1904 Builder Yarrow , Scotstoun Yard number 1269 [1] Launched 25 may 1910 Completed 1910 Decommissioned 1944 Identification 7 Fate Scrapped General characteristics Type ...