langs: 24 ноября [ru] / november 24 [en] / 24. november [de] / 24 novembre [fr] / 24 novembre [it] / 24 de noviembre [es]
days: november 21 / november 22 / november 23 / november 24 / november 25 / november 26 / november 27
Lighthouse / Lighthouse
#1 Dog Island Lighthouse
The Dog Island Lighthouse on Dog Island in Foveaux Strait is New Zealand's tallest lighthouse, and one of its oldest. It is notable for its masonry construction, and is a work example by an engineer who was prominent at the time. The lighthouse employed the first revolving beam in New Zealand, and t
- ... epers cottage was registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (now Heritage New Zealand) on 24 november 1983 as a Category II structure, with registration number 2562. [24] On 22 November 1984, the Dog I ...
Manufacturer / Manufacturer
#1 Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar Inc. (stock symbol CAT ) is an American Fortune 100 corporation that designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, markets, and sells machinery , engines , financial products , and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network. It is the world's largest construction-equipment manuf
- ... er (30 kW) Holt steamer, No. 77, with a set of wooden tracks bolted to chains. On Thanksgiving Day, november 24, 1904, he successfully tested the updated machine plowing the soggy delta land of Roberts Island . [ ...
Ship / Ship
#1 HMCS Iroquois (G89)
HMCS Iroquois was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and Korean War . She was named for the Iroquois First Nations. Iroquois was the first ship to bear this name and the first ship of the class to serve with the Royal Canadian Navy. [2] Destro
- ... er, Iroquois provided support to Russian convoys, beginning with convoy JW 54A from Loch Ewe on 18–2 24 november and convoy RA 54B from Molotvsk on 28 November. [15] In late December, Iroquois escorted the convoy ...
#2 HMS Legion (G74)
HMS Legion was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy . She entered service during the Second World War , and had a short but eventful career, serving in Home waters and the Mediterranean . She was sunk in an air attack on Malta in 1942. The ship had been adopted by the British civil community of th
- ... TION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN After Ark Royal sank under tow, Legion returned to Gibraltar, arriving on 24 november . In December she was transferred to Alexandria to serve as part of the Mediterranean Fleet . On 13 ...
#3 USS Isherwood (DD-520)
USS Isherwood (DD-520) , a Fletcher -class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Isherwood (1822 – 1915). Fletcher-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Isherwood . History United States Namesake Benjamin F. Isherwood
- ... jamin F. Isherwood Builder Bethlehem Mariners Harbor , Staten Island Laid down 12 May 1942 Launched 24 november 1942 Commissioned 12 April 1943 Decommissioned 11 September 1961 Stricken 15 January 1974 Fate Loan ...
- ... × depth charge tracks Isherwood was launched by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Staten Island , N.Y. , 24 november 1942, sponsored by Mrs. A. J. Kerwin, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Isherwood; and commissioned 12 ...
#4 USS Barry (DD-2)
USS Barry , was a Bainbridge -class destroyer , she was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commodore John Barry (1745–1803). Bainbridge-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Barry . USS Barry in port soon after completion, c. 1902-1903. History United Stat
- ... mpany of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Laid down 2 September 1899 Launched 22 March 1902 Commissioned 24 november 1902 Decommissioned 2 April 1908 Commissioned 21 December 1908 Decommissioned 21 October 1912 Commi ...
- ... onsored by Miss Charlotte Adams Barnes the great-grandniece of Commodore Barry: and commissioned on 24 november 1902, Lieutenant Noble Edward Irwin in command. [2] SERVICE HISTORY COMMISSIONING Barry was assigne ...
#5 USS Schenck (DD-159)
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
- ... escort carrier Card . The group conducted patrols against enemy submarines near the Azores between 24 november 1943 and 2 January 1944. The high point of Schenck ' war service came on 24 December 1943, when the ...
#6 Japanese destroyer Hatakaze (1924)
The Japanese destroyer Hatakaze ( 旗風 , ”Flag Wind” ) was one of nine Kamikaze -class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War , she participated in the Philippines Campaign in December 1941 and the Dutch East Indies Campaign in early 1942. She to
- ... ruk , and from there she escorted convoys on to Rabaul and back to Palau , returning to Yokosuka on 24 november to resume her duties as a guard ship. [9] However, on 2 March 1943, Hatakaze suffered an accidental ...
#7 Japanese destroyer Hatsuharu (1933)
Hatsuharu ( 初春 , 'Early Spring' ) , [1] the second Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer of the name, was the lead ship of six Hatsuharu -class destroyer s built under the Circle One Program ( Maru Ichi Keikaku ). Three were laid down in JFY 1931 and the next three in JFY 1933. The remaining six ships in
- ... ed with Hatsushimo as escort for the aircraft carriers Ryūhō and Chitose to Singapore . Likewise on 24 november , with Hatsushimo and Wakaba she escorted the carrier Hiyō , from Kure to Truk via Manila , Singapor ...
#8 USS Picking
USS Picking (DD-685) , a Fletcher -class destroyer , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Sherwood Picking (1890 – 1941), a submarine commander during World War I . Fletcher-class destroyer History United States Name Picking Namesake Sherwood Picking Builder Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporat
- ... amesake Sherwood Picking Builder Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation , Staten Island, N.Y. Laid down 24 november 1942 Launched 1 June 1943 Commissioned 21 September 1943 Decommissioned 20 December 1945 Recommissi ...
- ... route to temporary duty in London. CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING Picking (DD–685) was laid down on 24 november 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Inc., Staten Island, N.Y. ; launched on 1 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. ...
#9 Aigle-class destroyer
The Aigle -class destroyers ( contre-torpilleurs ) were built for the French navy during the 1920s. They were very similar to the previous Guepard class, the only difference being improved machinery with higher pressure boilers, offering an additional 0.5 knots (0.93 km/h; 0.58 mph) of speed and
- ... ry 1931 Completed 10 October 1932 Scuttled 27 November 1942 Refloated 10 July 1943. Bombed and sunk 24 november 1943 Broken up in situ 1952. Vautour ( Vulture ; pennant numbers 6, 5, 73, X71) Built by Forges et ...
- ... er 1942. She was later refloated and sunk a second time by United States Army Air Forces bombers on 24 november 1943. Later she was salvaged and scrapped. Vautour and Gerfaut were also scuttled at Toulon, but Va ...
#10 French destroyer Le Fantasque
Le Fantasque ("The capricious one") was the lead ship of her class of six large destroyers ( contre-torpilleur , "Torpedo-boat destroyer") built for the Marine Nationale (French Navy) during the 1930s. The ship entered service in 1935 and participated in the Second World War . When war was declared
- ... West Africa and its fleet, including Le Fantasque and her sister Le Terrible , joined the Allies on 24 november . The sisters steamed to Casablanca, French Morocco, where their light anti-aircraft guns were remov ...
- ... the sisters conducted two unsuccessful raids searching for German shipping in the Aegean Sea on 19–2 24 november in conjunction with the British light cruiser Neptune . On 24 December, she intercepted the German c ...
#11 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
- ... leet in the Carolines , for duty with the Fast Carrier Task Force (then designated TF38). From 6 to 24 november Thorn participated in TF 38's strikes against Japanese targets in the Philippines, screening and pl ...
#12 USS Ingraham (DD-694)
USS Ingraham (DD-694) was a United States Navy Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer , the third ship in U.S. Navy history to be named for Duncan Ingraham . She was in commission from 1944 to 1971. Following her US service, she was sold to the Hellenic Navy and renamed Miaoulis . The ship was sunk as a t
- ... arriving there on 20 April 1949. She participated in training exercises in the Atlantic Ocean until 24 november 1950, when she departed Norfolk for four months of duty with the United States Sixth Fleet in the M ...
#13 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
- ... the next three weeks, Spence performed patrol and escort duty in the Port Purvis-Kula Gulf area. On 24 november , the squadron was refueling in Hathorn Sound when ordered northwest of Buka Island to intercept Jap ...
#14 HMCS Iroquois (DDG 280)
HMCS Iroquois was the lead ship of the Iroquois -class destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy , also known as the Tribal class or the 280 class. The second vessel to carry the name , she carried the hull number DDG 280. Entering service in 1972 she was assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) a
- ... iscard the vessel was taken in September 2014 and Iroquois was paid off on 1 May 2015. [18] [19] On 24 november 2016 the destroyer was towed out of Halifax harbour en route to Liverpool, Nova Scotia to be broken ...
#15 USS Thompson (DD-627)
USS Thompson (DD-627) (later DMS-38) was first a Gleaves -class destroyer , then became an Ellyson -class destroyer minesweeper . She was the second Navy ship named "Thompson", and the first named in honor of Robert M. Thompson . Gleaves-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Th
- ... o . One week later, the destroyer, attached to DesDiv 36, was homeward-bound with Convoy GUS-20. On 24 november , Thompson entered New York harbor with the convoy and then proceeded independently to the New York ...
#16 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
- ... Navy Aigle Destroyer 2,402 10 October 1932 scuttled 27 November 1942, refloated 10 July 1943, sunk 24 november 1943, scrapped 1952 Akatsuki Imperial Japanese Navy Akatsuki Destroyer 1,750 30 November 1932 sunk ...
- ... er 1931 decommissioned 9 September 1959 Albert W. Grant United States Navy Fletcher Destroyer 2,050 24 november 1943 decommissioned 1971, scrapped 1972 Alcalá Galiano Spanish Navy Churruca Destroyer 1,620 1932 s ...
- ... royer 1,090 26 July 1929 stricken 12 February 1958 Alden United States Navy Clemson Destroyer 1,215 24 november 1919 scrapped 30 November 1945 Alfred A. Cunningham Allen M. Sumner Destroyer 2,200 23 November 194 ...
- ... 19 November 1945 paid off 16 June 1958 Charles Ausburne United States Navy Fletcher Destroyer 2,050 24 november 1942 scrapped 1968 Charles F. Hughes Benson Destroyer 1,620 5 September 1940 decommissioned 1946, s ...
- ... yer 2,077 20 February 1944 sunk 26 October 1944 Hayashio Kagerō Destroyer 2,033 31 August 1940 sunk 24 november 1942 Heermann United States Navy Fletcher Destroyer 2,050 6 July 1943 transfer to Argentina 1961, s ...
- ... or Destroyer 1,594 8 February 1917 scrapped 1950 Melvin United States Navy Fletcher Destroyer 2,050 24 november 1943 Decommissioned 13 January 1954, scrapped 1975 Mendoza Argentine Navy Mendoza Destroyer 1,570 2 ...
#17 USS Abbot (DD-629)
USS Abbot (DD-629) was a Fletcher -class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy . She was the second Navy ship named after Commodore Joel Abbot (1793–1855). Fletcher-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Abbot . History United States Name Abbott Namesake Joel Abbot
- ... to have damaged a Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" with her 5-inch battery — Abbot got underway for Hollandia on 24 november . She arrived at that New Guinea port on 29 November and remained there almost one month. On 23 Dece ...
#18 USS Melvin (DD-680)
USS Melvin (DD-680) , a Fletcher -class destroyer and the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant, junior grade John T. Melvin (1887–1917), who was killed on 5 November 1917 [1] while serving on the USS Alcedo in World War I and is recognized as the first American naval offi
- ... lding & Dry Dock Company , Kearny, N.J. Laid down 6 July 1943 Launched 17 October 1943 Commissioned 24 november 1943 Decommissioned 13 January 1954 Stricken 1 December 1974 Fate Sold for scrap 14 August 1975 Gen ...
- ... ber 1943, sponsored by Miss Gertrude C. Bailey, grandniece of Lieutenant Melvin and commissioned on 24 november 1943. SERVICE HISTORY 1944 Following shakedown off Bermuda , Melvin sailed for the Pacific on 1 Feb ...
#19 USS Du Pont (DD-152)
USS Du Pont (DD–152) was a Wickes -class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II , later reclassified as AG-80 . She was the second ship named for Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont . Wickes-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Du Pont . History United States
- ... t Key West 2 days later to act as target ship for Fleet Air Wing 5. She rescued two downed aviators 24 november and 2 days later, transferred her doctor to a Norwegian merchantman to render emergency treatment. ...
#20 USS Jouett (DD-41)
The first USS Jouett (DD-41) was a modified Paulding -class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard , designated as CG-13 . She was named for Rear admiral James Edward Jouett . Paulding-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see
- ... es and fleet maneuvers until entering Philadelphia Navy Yard on 20 July 1919. She decommissioned on 24 november and remained inactive until being loaned to the Coast Guard on 23 April 1924 for use as a cutter . ...