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In 1812 we sailed to war in ships my boatwrights built. I fought beside you in the deserts of our great Sout In 1918, soldier... like you. Pearl Harbor, too. Mine was the first blood spilled

...arded the [[Medal of Honor]], when, as a pilot of a [[seaplane]] 21 August 1918, off the coast of [[Italy]], he dived down and landed next to a downed fell ...g one passage, 2 March 1945, ''Hammann'' was called upon to aid one of the ships in the convoy, [[SS Lone Jack]], after a [[torpedo]] attack. The destroyer

...onor of Howard Daniel Crow who was born in [[Alvarado, Texas]], 2 February 1918, and was commissioned ensign after completing Naval Reserve Midshipman’s ...ls. In 1957, she took part in important [[NATO]] exercises with almost 50 ships from a dozen countries and in 1958 the versatile ship acted as communicatio

...several unsuccessful attacks on U-boats, and rescued survivors of several ships sunk by the German craft. ...these recommendations were followed for ''Wainwright'' or any of the other ships of the class.

...) lists eight torpedo tubes; the ''[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm link]) reports, w ...''Porter'' severely damaged the German submarine {{SMU|U-108||2}} in April 1918.

...t Britain]] and [[Ireland]], for the most part without incident. On 1 July 1918, she received an SOS from the torpedoed American transport, {{USS|Covington On 9 October 1918, while escorting {{RMS|Aquitania||2}}, ''Shaw''{{'}}s rudder jammed just as

|Ship owner=1918: {{USSB|first=only}}<br>before 1941: Steel Products Transportation Company, |Ship launched=29 August 1918 as ''Lake Arline''

...us attacks with no sure results and with other destroyers aided distressed ships. On two occasions her efficiency won commendations from the British Admiral [[Category:United States Navy ships transferred to the United States Coast Guard]]

...gagement, as no battles were fought with the German [[High Seas Fleet]] in 1918. ...n shore as coastal artillery.<ref name=NHC>{{cite web | title = Greek Navy Ships -- Lemnos | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/greece/grksh-

...they would elevate as a unit, similar to the triple turrets on other Navy ships). The 14"/50 caliber guns were designated as Mark 4 and 6, with later versi ...ater switched to the [[16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun]] in a 1917 redesign. The ships were eventually canceled in 1922 after the [[Washington Naval Treaty]] was

|image= [[File:USS Texas (BB-35) 1918.JPEG|300px]] ...l 14"/45 [[caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|caliber]] gun turrets, 1918.

...bles for His Majesty's Fleet, Vol. I., 1918 9.2-Inch Guns and Above April, 1918] 2825 ft/second using 307 lb cordite MD size 45 propellant : [[Treatise on Mk XI guns were mounted in the following ships :

...er>Ramming shell on [[HMAS Australia (1911)|HMAS ''Australia'']], December 1918</center>]] Mk X Guns were mounted in the following ships which served throughout [[World War I]] :

|production_date= 1912-1918 ...n Elizabeth class battleship|''Queen Elizabeth'' class battleship]]s (Five ships with eight guns each)

|service=1918 - 1945 ...a metric 120 mm gun) was a British medium-velocity naval gun introduced in 1918 for destroyers, to counter a new generation of heavily-armed destroyers Ger

|caption=On [[:en:HMAS Australia (1911)|HMAS ''Australia'']], 1918 ...It was also used as a defensive weapon on [[Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships]] (DEMS) during the [[Second World War]].<ref name=Warship53/>

...HMS ''Hood''. A total of 81 guns were made and were used on the following ships *2 guns from [[HMS Hood (1918)|HMS ''Hood'']], on [[Ascension Island]]

|service=1901 - 1972 (Fort Scratchley) <br>1915 - 1918 (field use) ...capital ship]]s, [[cruiser]]s, [[monitor (warship)|monitor]]s, and smaller ships such as the [[Insect class gunboat]] which served throughout [[World War II

...humb|left|<center>Gunners wearing gas masks load a gun on [[HMAS Adelaide (1918)|HMAS ''Adelaide]], October 1939. The man at left carries a [[cordite]] [[B Guns were mounted in the following ships :

Guns were mounted in the following ships : * Monitor [[HMS Marshal Ney|HMS ''Marshal Ney'']] as re-gunned in 1918

*[[Conqueror class battleship|''Conqueror'' class ironclad turret ships]] completed 1886 - 1888 : Mk II From 1895 many ships' guns were converted to [[British ordnance terms#QF|QF]] to use the same br

...condary armament as a heavier alternative to 6-inch guns, on the following ships : ....V. and Thurston, L.F. (1972). British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918. Ian Allan, London.

...dom in [[World War I]]. 3 Mk IX and 53 Mk X guns were in place as at April 1918<ref>Farndale 1988, page 404</ref>. ....V. and Thurston, L.F. (1972). British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918. Ian Allan, London. ISBN 7110 0381 5

|service=1881 - 1918 ...res]] versions, Mk III through to Mk VII became the first to be mounted on ships and deployed in general service.

...ntry|Finland}}<ref>[http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/AA_GUNS1.htm FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS PART 1<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br>{{fl ...(ship)|deck]]-mounted anti-aircraft weapon in at least some of the [[MAS (ships)|MAS torpedo boat]]s. The naval mounting had an elevation of -10 to +90 deg

...ong Whitworth#Elswick Ordnance Company|Elswick Ordnance Company]] to equip ships they built and/or armed for several countries before [[World War I]]. *I.V. Hogg & L.F. Thurston, British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918. London: Ian Allan, 1972.

|design_date= 1918<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m2-50cal.htm M2 * As an [[anti-aircraft]] (AA) gun in some ships; up to six M2 guns could be mounted on the same turret.

|caption=On a Royal Navy monitor circa. 1918 ...arger ships. During the interwar years they were widely used to arm light ships and river craft. A number of them were converted into anti-aircraft guns a

...had a "monobloc" barrel made of a single casting, served on smaller escort ships such as destroyers and on [[armed merchant ship]]s, on dual-purpose high-lo ...otal 383 of all types) employed in coast defence around the UK as at April 1918.<ref>Farndale 1988, Page 404</ref> Many of these were still in service in W

...guarding a train against air attack, [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]], 1918</center>]] ...t was ordered in 1915 by the [[Royal Navy]] as an anti-aircraft weapon for ships of cruiser size and below. The original models fired from hand-loaded fabri

...umb|left|<center>On [[HMAS Australia (1911)|HMAS ''Australia'']], December 1918</center>]] ...typically the Peerless 4 Ton. In addition, many were mounted on Royal Navy ships.

...Japan, and mounted them as anti-submarine guns on merchant ships and troop ships, under the designation Mark V*. ...e guns were again used in [[World War II]] to arm merchant ships and troop ships.

...h-angle anti-aircraft role, and was typically used on cruisers and heavier ships. ....e. anti-aircraft) gun on new warships in the 1930s, but it served on many ships such as [[destroyer]]s and [[light cruiser]]s in [[World War II]].<ref>Tony

...[[R class destroyer (1916)|R class destroyer]] HMS ''Satyr'' circa. 1917 - 1918</center>]] It was used to arm merchant ships in [[World War II]].

|service=1896 - 1920<ref>Remaining ships were all scrapped or decommissioned following WWI, by 1921 at latest</ref> It was mounted on the following ships :

...and hence enabled it to penetrate the lightly-armoured decks of attacking ships rather than their heavily-armoured sides. To increase accuracy the old barr *I.V. Hogg & L.F. Thurston, British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918. London: Ian Allan, 1972.

...ore targets, with or without the aid of radar or optical sighting. Most US ships destroyers or larger (but not destroyer escorts or escort carriers) employe ...ions. An officer on the flagship would signal target information to other ships in the formation.

...7 p6]</ref> reports a proposal of Stone's to construct a fleet of concrete ships. The paper reported "Mr. E. G. Stone, of Messrs. Stone and Siddeley, engine *'''1917''' '''Concrete Ships Proposal'''. Proposal put to the Prime Minister during World War 1.<ref nam

...rchive]]</ref> Thousands of tons of asbestos were used in [[World War II]] ships to wrap the pipes, line the boilers, and cover engine and turbine parts. Th ...er studies that strengthened the association. One such study, published in 1918, noted: