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United States Navy and World War I: 1914–1922
Cover: During World War I, convoys carried almost two million men to Europe. In this 1920 oil painting “A Fast Convoy” by Burnell Poole, the destroyer USS Allen (DD-66) is shown escorting USS Leviathan (SP-1326). Throughout the course of the war, Leviathan transported more than 98,000 troops. Naval History and Heritage Command 1 United States Navy and World War I: 1914–1922 Frank A. Blazich Jr., PhD Naval History and Heritage Command Introduction This document is intended to provide readers with a chronological progression of the activities of the United States Navy and its involvement with World War I as an outside observer, active participant, and victor engaged in the war’s lingering effects in the postwar period. The document is not a comprehensive timeline of every action, policy decision, or ship movement. What is provided is a glimpse into how the 20th century’s first global conflict influenced the Navy and its evolution throughout the conflict and the immediate aftermath. The source base is predominately composed of the published records of the Navy and the primary materials gathered under the supervision of Captain Dudley Knox in the Historical Section in the Office of Naval Records and Library. A thorough chronology remains to be written on the Navy’s actions in regard to World War I. The nationality of all vessels, unless otherwise listed, is the United States. All errors and omissions are solely those of the author. Table of Contents 1914..................................................................................................................................................1 -
The Weeping Monument: a Pre and Post Depositional Site
THE WEEPING MONUMENT: A PRE AND POST DEPOSITIONAL SITE FORMATION STUDY OF THE USS ARIZONA by Valerie Rissel April, 2012 Director of Thesis: Dr. Brad Rodgers Major Department: Program in Maritime History and Archaeology Since its loss on December 7, 1941, the USS Arizona has been slowly leaking over 9 liters of oil per day. This issue has brought about conversations regarding the stability of the wreck, and the possibility of defueling the 500,000 to 600,000 gallons that are likely residing within the wreck. Because of the importance of the wreck site, a decision either way is one which should be carefully researched before any significant changes occur. This research would have to include not only the ship and its deterioration, but also the oil’s effects on the environment. This thesis combines the historical and current data regarding the USS Arizona with case studies of similar situations so a clearer picture of the future of the ship can be obtained. THE WEEPING MONUMENT: A PRE AND POST DEPOSITIONAL SITE FORMATION STUDY OF THE USS ARIZONA Photo courtesy of Battleship Arizona by Paul Stillwell A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Program in Maritime Studies Department of History East Carolina University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Masters in Maritime History and Archaeology by Valerie Rissel April, 2012 © Valerie Rissel, 2012 THE WEEPING MONUMENT: A PRE AND POST DEPOSITIONAL SITE FORMATION STUDY OF THE USS ARIZONA by Valerie Rissel APPROVED BY: DIRECTOR OF THESIS______________________________________________________________________ Bradley Rodgers, Ph.D. COMMITTEE MEMBER________________________________________________________ Michael Palmer, Ph.D. -
K a L E N D E R- B L Ä T T E R
- Simon Beckert - K A L E N D E R- B L Ä T T E R „Nichts ist so sehr für die „gute alte Zeit“ verantwortlich wie das schlechte Gedächtnis.“ (Anatole France ) Stand: Januar 2016 H I N W E I S E Eckig [umklammerte] Jahresdaten bedeuten, dass der genaue Tag des Ereignisses unbekannt ist. SEITE 2 J A N U A R 1. JANUAR [um 2100 v. Chr.]: Die erste überlieferte große Flottenexpedition der Geschichte findet im Per- sischen Golf unter Führung von König Manishtusu von Akkad gegen ein nicht bekanntes Volk statt. 1908: Der britische Polarforscher Ernest Shackleton verlässt mit dem Schoner Nimrod den Ha- fen Lyttelton (Neuseeland), um mit einer Expedition den magnetischen Südpol zu erkunden (Nimrod-Expedition). 1915: Die HMS Formidable wird in einem Nachtangriff durch das deutsche U-Boot SM U 24 im Ärmelkanal versenkt. Sie ist das erste britische Linienschiff, welches im Ersten Weltkrieg durch Feindeinwirkung verloren geht. 1917: Das deutsche U-Boot SM UB 47 versenkt den britischen Truppentransporter HMT In- vernia etwa 58 Seemeilen südöstlich von Kap Matapan. 1943: Der amerikanische Frachter Arthur Middleton wird vor dem Hafen von Casablanca von dem deutschen U-Boot U 73 durch zwei Torpedos getroffen. Das zu einem Konvoi gehörende Schiff ist mit Munition und Sprengstoff beladen und versinkt innerhalb einer Minute nach einer Explosion der Ladung. 1995: Die automatische Wellenmessanlage der norwegischen Ölbohrplattform Draupner-E meldet in einem Sturm eine Welle mit einer Höhe von 26 Metern. Damit wurde die Existenz von Monsterwellen erstmals eindeutig wissenschaftlich bewiesen. —————————————————————————————————— 2. JANUAR [um 1990 v. Chr.]: Der ägyptische Pharao Amenemhet I. -
A Couverture AFTER
UNIVERISTE D’ANTANANARIVO DEPARTEMENT DE FORMATION INITIAL LITERAIRE CENTRE D’ETUDE ET DE RECHERCHE EN LANGUE ET LETTRES ANGLAISES Using Snakes And Ladders Board Games With Dice to Teach Wishes and Regrets to Malagasy Students C.A.P.E.N. Dissertation Presented by TOMARIELSON Christian Espérant Advisor: RANDRIAMAMPIONONA Christiane ACADEMIC YEAR: 2014-2015 12 January 2016 Acknowledgments We would like to express our deepest gratitude to God for His guidance and everything He has done to me. First of all, we are extremely grateful to Mrs RANDRIAMAMPIONONA Christiane, our Dissertation Advisor for her invaluable kindness, patience, directives, encouragement, and keen editorial eye before the printing of the work. Our warmest thanks must equally go to Mr MANORO Regis and Mrs RAMINOARIVONY Mirany whose helpful comments and suggestions have helped us in the completion and the official presentation of our work. We would like to express our sincere acknowledgments to all teachers at the CER Langue et Lettres Anglaises, and we equally thank all those who contributed, in one way or another, to the elaboration of the present work. Last but by no means least, we wish to express our sincere gratitude to my wife, my children, and our friends who have supported us through their prayers, care, and encouragements. I TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INTRODUCTION 0.1. Rationale and objective of the study 0.2.Scope and limitations 0.3. Structure of the work Part 1: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS 1.1. On conditionals 1.1.1. Definitions of conditional construction……………………………………….........1 1.1.2. Likely conditionals……………………………………………………………........2 1.1.3. Unlikely conditionals…………………………………………………………........2 1.1.4. -
DEATH of a BATTLESHIP the LOSS of HMS PRINCE of WALES December 10, 1941
DEATH OF A BATTLESHIP THE LOSS OF HMS PRINCE OF WALES December 10, 1941 A Marine Forensics Analysis of the Sinking Garzke - Dulin - Denlay Table of Contents Introduction to the 2010 Revision................................................................................................... 3 Abstract........................................................................................................................................... 5 Historical Background.................................................................................................................... 6 Force Z Track Chart.................................................................................................................. 11 The Fatal Torpedo Hit .................................................................................................................. 13 Figure 1 – Location of the First Torpedo Hit............................................................................ 15 Figure 2 – Transverse Section...................................................................................................18 Figure 3 – Arrangement of Port Outboard Shaft Tunnel .......................................................... 20 Figure 4 – Flooding Diagrams after First Torpedo Hit............................................................. 22 Figure 4a – Machinery and Magazine Arrangements Schematic ............................................. 22 Figure 4b – Location of the Port Torpedo Hit ......................................................................... -
Offspring 2015 #1
Offspring Issue #1, 2015 OFFSPRINGOFFSPRING The National Newsletter of the SONS and DAUGHTERS of PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS, INC. “Pearl Harbor ~ December 7, 1941 ~ Lest We Forget” DECEMBER 7, 2014 Convention, Charleston SC SharingSSS Stories Star Spangled uuu SSS rrr vvv III iii NNN GGG vvv Casting ooo EEE the rrr RRR sss WWWreaththth TTThehehe Real YYYoung & Old Deal Hospitality! JJJayayay FFFriends meeting speaks place !!! W ayne aa aaa BarbarBarbar Thomas Kimmel Our Survi vvvors! Remembering... This past December 7th, two SDPHS State Chairs joined forces in representing all SDPHS at Pearl Harbor. Hawaii State Chair, Cecil Meadows (Child Survivor) and California State Chair Kathleen Farley presented floral wreaths at the USS Utah, Ford Island (December 6th) USS Arizona and USS Oklahoma on December 7th. Joining the two State Chairs were past National Officers and Child Survivors, Lee Sandefer (Past President) and Mary Ellen Smith (past Secretary). More than 2500 people came out to honor over 100 Pearl Harbor Survivors and WWII Veterans on th Kathleen Farley & December 7 at Pearl Harbor. Survivor Mickey Ganitch, USS Pennsylvania PEARL HARBOR, DECEMBER 7, 1941 Offspring Issue #1, 2015 SDPHS SDPHS CALENDAR OF EVENTS NANATIONALTIONAL OFFICERSOFFICERS • March 20 - Spring arrives...Yea! www.sdphs.org • May 2 - USS John Finn Christening Ceremony, Pascagoula, Mississippi • May 18 - Armed Forces Day • May 26 - Memorial Day & National Memorial Day Parade, Washington, D. C. (National Moment of Silence - 3:00 PM - 3:05 PM, local time) NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS • National SDPHS Convention 2016 to be held in Hawaii National President, Rick Carraway Send us your Upcoming Event informationALENDAR to put onOF the CalendarVENTS. -
Feature Cover USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB
Dedicated to the Study of Naval and Maritime Covers Vol. 87 No. 4 April 2020 Whole No. 1037 April 2020 Feature Cover Fom the Editor’s Desk 2 Send for Your Own Covers 2 Out of the Past 3 USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB 38) Calendar of Events 3 Navy News 4 President’s Message 5 The Goat Locker 6 For Beginning Members 8 MILCOPEX News 9 Norfolk Navy News 10 Website Update 11 USCS Chapter News 11 Fleet Problem XVI Censor 12 Reference Collection No. 2 13 Mystery Naval Ship Cancel 14 Computer Vended Postage 17 USS REDFISH (SS 295) 18 Sailors Write Home 20 USS MICHAEL MONSOOR 22 Foreign Navy Covers 24 April’s feature cover shows an item cancelled aboard USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB 38) during the 1935 Fleet Maneuvers in Sales Circuit Treasure 25 the North Pacific. The cancel is a Locy Type 3y reading ("DATE/ CENSOR/ED") in the dial and (1935 IN N.E. / PACIF. USPOD Metal Duplex TRIANGLE) in the killer bars. This cover is one of the Handstamp History Part 3 26 illustrations used in James Moses’ article on Fleet Problem XVI Censorship beginning on Page 12. Auctions 28 Covers for Sale 30 Classified Ads 31 Secretary’s Report 32 Page 2 Universal Ship Cancellation Society Log April 2020 The Universal Ship Cancellation Society, Inc., (APS From the Editor's Desk Affiliate #98), a non-profit, tax exempt corporation, founded in 1932, promotes the study of the history of ships, their postal It is a dangerous world out there these markings and postal documentation of events involving the U.S. -
1 Harry C. Uhler USAR #18 Nov. 27, 1984 Q
Harry C. Uhler USAR #18 Nov. 27, 1984 Q: Mr. Uhler, where were you living on Dec. 7, 1941? A: At Pearl City Peninsula on Oahu. Q: So you were facing Ford Island, is that correct? A: Correct. Q: What was your occupation at the time? A: I was an appraiser for the Territorial Tax Department. Q: Were you at your home on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941? A: Yes, I was. Q: About what time did you get up that morning? A: About seven. Q: Were other members of your household also up about that time? A: Well, there was only two of us and yes, we were both up. Q: Who was the other person? A: My wife. Q: And her name? A: "Topper." Q: Did you have anyone else living on the same property? A: No. Q: Did you have houses on either side of your house? A: Yes, we did. Q: Do you remember who occupied those houses? A: Lt. John Probasco. Q: Do you remember how to spell his name? A: Jr. Officer and his wife lived on the other side of our home. I don't recall their names. Q: Were Lt. Probasco and the other officer married? 1 A: Yes, they were. Q: Did they have children? A: Yes, and pregnant wives. Q: Both wives were pregnant? A: Both, including mine. Q: So, it was a full house then. A: Full house. Q: At what point did you become aware that an enemy attack was under way? A: Just before 8:00 I was on the water side of our yard, watering some grass around a spit that we had constructed outside (tape slips)...heard the sound of this plane coming in (tape slips).. -
US Navy Supply Corps
SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2017 SUPPOs Supplying the Fight A Message from the Chief of Supply Corps Recognizing the central importance of supply to establishing the Navy, President George Washington laid the foundation for the U.S. Navy Supply Corps in 1775 with the appointment of Tench Francis, a Philadelphia businessman, as the country’s first Purveyor of Public Supplies. Francis provided vital support to the first Navy ships, and started our tradition of selfless service. The Navy’s trusted providers of supplies, our supply officers (SUPPOs) keep operations running smoothly to support the mission. But they can’t do it alone. Working as a team with their skilled and experienced enlisted members, our SUPPOs are experts in our field who know inventory and financial management, food, retail, postal operations, and disbursing management. They are leaders and problem solvers who tackle complex challenges to implement effective and efficient management solutions, ensuring our customers’ needs are met. To be “Ready for Sea,” we must be professionally ready with the skills to operate in all our lines of operation. We also need character readiness, demonstrated by our integrity, accountabili- ty, initiative, and toughness. Lastly, we need to be individually ready; to be fit, healthy, and ready to meet the demands of the fight. This issue provides insights from our SUPPOs’ important work as they meet the unique needs of their various commands. Like the pursuers and paymasters who have gone before, SUPPOs uphold our rich heritage, and embrace their responsibilities to support the warfighter with a servant’s heart. Our SUPPO’s success depends on their character and competence, knowledge of the shore infrastructure, relationships with our professional civilian workforce, and on the enlisted members they lead and serve with. -
031 – Brief History of Games
031 – Brief history of games The history of games dates to the ancient human past. Games are an integral part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human social interaction. Games are formalized expressions of play which allow people to go beyond immediate imagination and direct physical activity. Common features of games include uncertainty of outcome, agreed upon rules, competition, separate place and time, elements of fiction, elements of chance, prescribed goals and personal enjoyment. Games capture the ideas and worldviews of their cultures and pass them on to the future generation. Games were important as cultural and social bonding events, as teaching tools and as markers of social status. As pastimes of royalty and the elite, some games became common features of court culture and were also given as gifts. Games such as Senet and the Mesoamerican ball game were often imbued with mythic and ritual religious significance. Games like Gyan chauper and The Mansion of Happiness were used to teach spiritual and ethical lessons while Shatranj and Wéiqí (Go) were seen as a way to develop strategic thinking and mental skill by the political and military elite. — Ancient games Some of the most common pre-historic and ancient gaming tools were made of bone - found worldwide - and are the ancestors of knucklebones as well as dice games. These bones were also sometimes used for oracular and divinatory functions. Other implements could have included shells, stones and sticks. In ancient civilizations there was no clear distinction between the sacred and the profane. ● Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean world A series of 49 small carved painted stones found at the 5,000-year-old Başur Höyük burial mound in southeast Turkey could represent the earliest gaming pieces ever found. -
WW1 Games We May Have Played on the Home and Western Fronts
WW1 Games We May Have Played On the Home and Western Fronts Examples of games on display or described: Halma Tyrolean Roulette Happy Families Dominoes An old, complete set with A modern version, bought in a Two sets, one new, both by J A ‘new’ set of Jaques’ boards and ‘men’ mountain bar in Italy Jaques featuring the Tenniel double-nines, with images spinners Nine Men’s Morris The Invasion of Europe: The Shut the Box Trencho (see Nine Men’s Great War Game Morris) A modern pocket-sized A modern wooden version, by version of the old game P66/67 in ‘Play the Game’ Jaques P 62/3 in ‘Play the Game’ Crown & Anchor Chess: The classic ‘game of Snakes & Ladders Reversi Kings’ P 95 in ‘Play the Game’ P 22/3 & 91 in ‘Play the Game’ Modern-day Othello A Jaques ‘Staunton’ set dating from 1870s Mancala A modern commercial version The list of possible contenders for inclusion would obviously have to feature such ‘classics’ as Chess, Draughts Backgammon and the many card games. The following selection concentrates more on the rather less-well-known games, or those with interesting histories. The presentation finishes with a range of games-related images and photographs Halma Originally invented over a hundred years ago, this race game, a forerunner of the modern Chinese Checkers, involved skill and fun to get all your ‘men’, (13 or 19 depending on how many were playing), from their starting positions at one corner of the 16 x 16 squared board to the opposite corner. One step (or leap if an opponent got in the way) is taken in any direction at a time, blocking the opposition’s progress where possible. -
1. Nuclear Weapons
1. Nuclear weapons Prepared by the Nuclear Weapons Databook staff, Washington, DC' I. Introduction It is difficult to characterize 1989. It was a year during which the entire foundation of the cold war seemed to crumble and the most fundamental assumptions about East-West relations and military strategy required a complete reappraisal. Even a narrow assessment of the nuclear weapon developments of 1989 must take into account the extraordinary political changes in Eastern Europe, the overwhelming economic and political pressures to reduce military expenditure and forces, and the unprecedented level of co-operation between the USA and the USSR. It appears that these developments may permit a fundamental change in the nuclear postures and practices of the nuclear weapon states. Against this backdrop, future historians may see 1989 as the year in which the post-World War IT era ended and a new era began. Even without this new situation the defence budgets of the five nuclear weapon nations in general and the budgets for nuclear weapons in particular are becoming severely constrained. For the fifth year in a row the US military budget declined, as measured in constant dollars. The Soviet Government stated, and the US Government apparently agrees, that Soviet military spending was less in 1989 than it was in 1988. France is now feel- ing the effect of its economic constraints, especially visible in the nuclear weapon programme. Nevertheless, nuclear weapon modernization continued in all five of the acknowledged nuclear weapon states: the USA, the USSR, the UK, France and China. In the USA there was a decrease in the strategic arsenal because of bomb and submarine retirements.