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- ...ces, a military cadence or cadence call is a traditional call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching. In the United St ...rch. As a sort of work song, military cadences take their rhythms from the work being done (compare sea shanty). Many cadences have a call and response str10 KB (1,636 words) - 18:06, 23 December 2009
- ...s and submarines; Fleet Marine Force, Special Forces and Seabee units, and at isolated duty stations where no medical officer is available. ...pany. Their primary duties were to keep the irons hot and buckets of sand at the ready for the operating area. It was commonplace during battle for the24 KB (3,595 words) - 22:09, 1 July 2010
- ...nge=9,100 [[nautical mile|nmi.]] at 12 knots<br/>(17,000 km at 22 km/h) ...on was so violent that the aft third of the ship was destroyed, killing 31 men and wounding 25. However, Commander McCabe properly refused to give the ord7 KB (1,084 words) - 22:14, 2 July 2010
- ...age:DE-136 Frederick C Davis.jpg|300px|USS ''Frederick C. Davis'' (DE-136) at sea]] |Ship caption=USS ''Frederick C. Davis'' (DE-136) at sea6 KB (960 words) - 22:07, 2 July 2010
- ...10 minutes, she broke in two and had to be abandoned. Thirty-three of her men were killed and 50 badly wounded by the explosion, but all who survived it * {{cite web|title=''Fiske''|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|url=http://www.history.navy.mil6 KB (908 words) - 22:06, 2 July 2010
- ...nge=9,100 [[nautical mile|nmi.]] at 12 knots<br/>(17,000 km at 22 km/h) ''Vance'' (DE-387) was laid down on 30 April 1943 at Houston, Tex., by the Brown Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 16 July 1943; spo14 KB (2,156 words) - 19:34, 2 July 2010
- ...nge=9,100 [[nautical mile|nmi.]] at 12 knots<br/>(17,000 km at 22 km/h) ...''Bogue'' force sank [[Japanese submarine RO-501|RO-501]], ex-[[U-1224]], at {{coord|18|08|N|33|13|W}}. 13 May as the former German ship was heading for10 KB (1,475 words) - 22:09, 2 July 2010
- ...nsored by Mrs. George F. Cornwall, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] at her builder’s yard on July 19, 1944 with [[Commander]] Walter D. Innis in ...two weeks of repairs and alterations at [[Terminal Island Naval Drydocks]] at [[Terminal Island]], California.25 KB (3,600 words) - 21:49, 2 July 2010
- ...kaway Inlet]], on the southwestern coast of [[Long Island]], [[New York]], at the entrance to [[New York Bay]] ...away'' was laid down on 30 June 1941 by [[Associated Shipbuilders, Inc.]], at [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. She was10 KB (1,378 words) - 20:25, 2 July 2010
- ...l = http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Wainwright.pdf | format = pdf | work = | publisher = Historian's Office, United States Coast Guard | accessdate ...ainwright'' was powered by a pair of [[steam turbine]]s that propelled her at up to {{convert|30|knots|km/h}}.25 KB (3,748 words) - 19:31, 2 July 2010
- |Ship complement= 13 officers and 157 men ...ity of Flint'']], which had become the center of an international incident at the beginning of the war, and was later sunk by a [[U-boat]].19 KB (3,002 words) - 21:50, 2 July 2010
- ...1 Public Health Service doctor; US Coast Guard Passengers 25 officers, 315 men ...temporarily assigned to [[NOTS|NTS]]. In late July she loaded on supplies at Norfolk and got underway for the [[Panama Canal Zone]], via [[Guantanamo]],7 KB (1,007 words) - 22:14, 2 July 2010
- ...r hair; he mentions rather disapprovingly that among the Gauls and Germans men are likelier to use it than women.<ref>Pliny the Elder, ''Natural History'' ...tewards of estates are to tally. Soap-making is mentioned both as "women's work" and the produce of "good workmen" alongside other necessities such as the20 KB (3,140 words) - 22:41, 17 June 2010
- |caption= A 120 mm M1 anti-aircraft gun at [[United States Army Ordnance Museum|US Army Ordnance Museum]]. ...ammunition chief supervising two ammunition handlers - a total of thirteen men.4 KB (658 words) - 19:14, 27 September 2011
- ...nutes in flight.<ref name="Mark7"/> Each turret required a crew of 94 men to operate.<ref name="Mark7"/>Each turret cost US$1.4 million, but thi ...ed.<ref>{{cite web | title =Do battleships move sideways when they fire? | work = NavWeaps.com| url = http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-022.htm|autho11 KB (1,599 words) - 22:20, 1 July 2010
- ...e, but it was soon obvious that more a more specialised weapon was needed. At first attempts were made to buy British and French guns, but both nations n ...to manufacture 1 prototype and 12 production cannons. The detailed design work took longer than anticipated, and with the end of the war the urgency seeme5 KB (873 words) - 22:39, 1 July 2010
- ...itzers were not popular. The heavy 12-pounder howitzers were most popular at their intended jobs, while the 24-pounder boat howitzer were found to serve ...Y National Guard]]. The unit had trained on boat howitzers while deployed at Washington D.C., and when called to Bull Run, brought two of them attached29 KB (4,428 words) - 19:21, 2 July 2010
- |range= {{convert|11750|yd|m|0|adj=on}} at 40° elevation ...onal property. They were known as the "Elswick Battery" and were manned by men from Elswick, recruited by 1st Northumberland Royal Garrison Artillery (Vol13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:13, 2 July 2010
- ...s shows an early long cartridge case for [[gunpowder]] propellant (upended at bottom left); later UK cases for [[cordite]] propellant were much shorter. ...tile, using {{convert|13|lb|4|oz|kg|abbr=on}} Cordite size 30 propellant, at {{convert|60|°F|°C|abbr=on}}. {{convert|1882|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}} using {{c14 KB (2,105 words) - 21:18, 2 July 2010
- ...ground-based gun because of the need to control the firing of several guns at once. In naval engagements both the firing guns and target are moving, and *Coordinated gunfire from a formation of ships at a single target was a focus of battleship fleet operations. An officer on54 KB (8,488 words) - 21:31, 2 July 2010
