Search results

Page title matches

• White Cane Safety Day
  ...cane.jpg|thumb|upright|A long white cane, the symbol of White Cane Safety Day]] '''White Cane Safety Day''' is a national observance in the [[United States]], celebrated on October
  2 KB (280 words) - 13:16, 20 September 2010
• National Day of Mourning (Canadian observance)
  The '''National Day of Mourning''' is observed in [[Canada]] on 28 April. It commemorates work ...ety Express' March/ April 2006 Page 5'' 'April 28th is...Workers' Memorial Day' (no ISBN); published by The [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Accident
  3 KB (459 words) - 21:35, 20 September 2010
• Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day
  ...e.org/naosh08 Newsroom - NAOSH '08<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> OSHP Day 2010 will take place on May 5, 2010. ...lth]] professionals make sure that millions of workers who go to work each day return home safely. They help identify and reduce workplace hazards while r
  2 KB (337 words) - 21:35, 20 September 2010
• Preparedness Day Bombing
  ...on July 22, 1916, when the city held a [[parade]] in honor of Preparedness Day, a celebration of the [[United States]]' imminent entry into [[World War I ...orty injuries resulted from the explosion in the midst of the Preparedness Day parade.
  8 KB (1,207 words) - 21:52, 26 September 2010

Page text matches

• Military cadence
  ...d European battlefield techniques which persist, greatly modified, to this day. I'm gonna take a three-day pass<br/>
  10 KB (1,636 words) - 18:06, 23 December 2009
• Old King Cole
  Three day pass said the Sergeants<br/> Three day pass said the Sergeants<br/>
  3 KB (587 words) - 21:55, 22 December 2009
• PT Pill
  On day one I was puny and weak<br/> On day two it was doing me good<br/>
  780 bytes (171 words) - 21:25, 22 December 2009
• Double Time
  We can run the whole day through.<br/> Up in the morning at the break of day <br/>
  2 KB (299 words) - 18:41, 23 December 2009
• Mr. PT
  Running fast and marching all day long.<br/>
  619 bytes (120 words) - 18:03, 23 December 2009
• Here We Go
  Every day,<br/>
  450 bytes (85 words) - 18:05, 23 December 2009
• Baby Seals
  One day while out on the tundra, <br/>
  336 bytes (66 words) - 18:35, 23 December 2009
• USAF (cadence)
  Hey Hey every day<br/>
  431 bytes (82 words) - 19:11, 23 December 2009
• D.A. Man (cadence)
  Since that time I'm sitting all day<br/>
  589 bytes (124 words) - 20:33, 23 December 2009
• Killer Pilot
  It'll be doing it till the day I die<br/>
  551 bytes (112 words) - 20:40, 23 December 2009
• Sinper Wonderland
  And he's yelling at me all day,<br/>
  757 bytes (136 words) - 20:46, 23 December 2009
• Surfer Dude (cadence)
  Riding waves every day<br/>
  830 bytes (169 words) - 20:47, 23 December 2009
• We Are the Air Force (cadence)
  We fly our planes both day and night<br/>
  476 bytes (88 words) - 20:47, 23 December 2009
• Muscadine
  ...''' (''Vitis rotundifolia'') are a grapevine species native to the present-day southeastern United States that has been extensively cultivated since the 1
  2 KB (337 words) - 22:23, 6 January 2010
• Dill Pickle
  ...water and vinegar. Pour over mixture; let set 4 weeks. Remove scum each day, then pack into jars.
  2 KB (224 words) - 19:09, 7 January 2010
• Max's Fresh Refrigerator Pickles
  ...he original recipe suggested storing the pickles in the refrigerator for a day before eating and waiting a few days to allow proper pickling. Ours have ne
  3 KB (468 words) - 23:27, 10 January 2010
• Sinus
  Inhale steam two to four times per day by leaning over a bowl of hot water (not while the water is on the stove) o
  5 KB (834 words) - 20:35, 16 January 2010
• 100% Whole Wheat Bread
  temperatures. In this recipe, the dough is mixed the day before and refrigerated. more work than other recipes; you just mix the dough the day before.
  4 KB (651 words) - 09:00, 28 May 2010
• Roast Guinea-pig
  ...what is called the 'gleam' of this dish, it is necessary to marinate it a day ahead. The best dressing (for two or three guinea-pigs) is: ...uinea-pig, it is necessary to remove any excess dressing from the previous day to avoid burning the meat. The animal is roasted in charcoal, on a stick, p
  2 KB (353 words) - 23:16, 10 March 2010
• Cleaning Porcelain coated cast iron gas grill
  The next day, remove the grates and hose them off. Then scrub them (use a bristle brush)
  2 KB (426 words) - 18:24, 30 April 2010
• Choosing a retreat
  ...ess of where you are. Persons of semi-condition can hump 10 to 15 miles a day without problems. Persons of good condition can hump 15 to 20 plus miles a day without problems.
  4 KB (683 words) - 19:59, 20 May 2010
• Fallout shelter
  ...hen work outside for gradually increasing amounts of time, to four hours a day at three weeks. The normal work is to sweep or wash fallout into shallow t ...[[potassium iodide]] at the rate of 130&nbsp;mg/day per adult (65&nbsp;mg/day per child) as an additional measure to protect the human thyroid gland from
  24 KB (3,899 words) - 19:58, 11 June 2010
• Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)
  ...s the first blood spilled that day. I jumped in darkness into Normandy, D-Day plus 1. Bataan, North Africa, Sicily. I was there. The 'chutes that fill
  9 KB (1,371 words) - 21:22, 11 June 2010
• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  ...Second ClassJohn Bradley among the group of Marines on Mt. Suribachi that day. They also served on thousands of ships and submarines. Notably, three unas
  24 KB (3,595 words) - 22:09, 1 July 2010
• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...liest single-day death toll for the United States military since the first day of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, and the deadliest single attac ...United States military since the 243 killed on January 31, 1968, the first day of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The attack remains the deadlie
  36 KB (5,350 words) - 22:15, 1 July 2010
• USS Dale W. Peterson (DE-337)
  ...the war in the Pacific was fast coming to a close and on 2 September, the day of signing of the [[Japan]]ese surrender, ''Dale W. Peterson'' was ordered
  4 KB (635 words) - 21:55, 2 July 2010
• USS Willis (DE-395)
  ...he merchantman {{SS|Exanthia}} to Hampton Roads where she arrived the next day. That day, the task group put to sea for operations in the Central Atlantic that took
  15 KB (2,305 words) - 19:30, 2 July 2010
• USS Menges (DE-320)
  ...torpedo]] from [[Unterseeboot 371|U-371]] (which was in turn sunk the next day by [[USS Joseph E. Campbell (DE-70)|USS ''Joseph E. Campbell'' (DE-70)]], [ ...iving [[Boston, Massachusetts]] the 17th. By [[Navy Day#United States|Navy Day]], 27 October, ''Menges'' was moored at [[Fall River]], below Boston.
  7 KB (1,084 words) - 22:14, 2 July 2010
• USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  ...rom the water within 3 hours, and other escorts sank her attacker the same day.
  6 KB (960 words) - 22:07, 2 July 2010
• USS Jacob Jones (DE-130)
  ...ade [[rendezvous]] 13 May with 44 merchant ships and 17 escorts for the 10-day passage to Northern Ireland and returned to New York 8 June with a westboun Three weeks and a day after Germany's unconditional surrender, ''Jacob Jones'' departed Southampt
  7 KB (1,026 words) - 22:12, 2 July 2010
• USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  ...t major action as she arrived off the [[France|French]] coast 16 August, D-day plus one, to support [[Operation Dragoon]], the invasion of southern France ...]] patrol in the Atlantic out of Norfolk. Remaining on this duty until V-E Day, ''Herbert C. Jones'' sailed for the Pacific 24 June 1945 after training ex
  6 KB (847 words) - 22:10, 2 July 2010
• USS Farquhar (DE-139)
  ''Farquhar'' arrived at [[Norfolk, Virginia]], 3 October 1943, and next day sailed on the first of three convoy escort voyages to [[Casablanca]]. She r
  6 KB (877 words) - 21:57, 2 July 2010
• USS Huse (DE-145)
  ...is convoy safely to [[Casablanca]], she returned to [[New York]] Christmas Day 1943. Following training exercises off [[Norfolk, Virginia]], ''Huse'' esco
  9 KB (1,298 words) - 22:11, 2 July 2010
• USS Blair (DE-147)
  ...and [[Delaware]] sections of GUS-24 to [[Chesapeake Bay]] on [[New Year's Day]] 1944. ''Blair'' then sailed to New York for upkeep. After refresher train ...(DE-148)]] and [[USS Jacob Jones (DE-130)]] and arrived there on the last day of July.
  11 KB (1,556 words) - 21:50, 2 July 2010
• USS Tomich (DE-242)
  ...s]], on 12 August and reached [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], on the following day. The destroyer escort departed [[Louisiana]] waters on the 19th, bound for ...urned to [[Cuba]]. Upon her arrival back at Guantánamo Bay later the same day, 17 October, she received orders to search for [[USS Dorado (SS-248)]] whic
  11 KB (1,668 words) - 19:35, 2 July 2010
• USS Otterstetter (DE-244)
  ...rived there on 2 December 1943 and returned to [[New York]] on [[Christmas Day]]. She made a convoy escort voyage to Casablanca in February 1944. ...]an waters, she proceeded to [[Saipan]], arriving 29 August. The following day she sailed for [[Iwo Jima]], arriving on 1 September 1945.
  6 KB (832 words) - 22:16, 2 July 2010
• USS Stanton (DE-247)
  ...[[Landing Ship, Tank|LST]]'s were hit. The convoy reached Bizerte the next day, and ''Stanton'' returned to New York with convoy GUS-37.
  10 KB (1,462 words) - 20:25, 2 July 2010
• USS Swasey (DE-248)
  ...rces near [[Donaldsville, Louisiana]], on 4 October 1862 and died the same day. ...er provisioning on the 12th, moved to [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], the next day. She stood out of New Orleans on 14 September en route to [[Bermuda]] for h
  10 KB (1,562 words) - 19:32, 2 July 2010
• USS Pettit (DE-253)
  After [[V-E Day]], ''Pettit'' proceeded via [[Guantanamo Bay, Cuba]], the [[Panama Canal]],
  4 KB (603 words) - 22:17, 2 July 2010
• USS Ricketts (DE-254)
  ...ed on the 14th, but ''Ricketts'' delayed her departure until the following day to wait for two late-loading merchant ships. ...[[Panama Canal]] 7 July. She called at [[San Diego, California]], for a 5-day visit and departed 20 July, steaming independently for [[Pearl Harbor]] and
  8 KB (1,103 words) - 20:28, 2 July 2010
• USS Sellstrom (DE-255)
  ...and proceeded to New York, mooring at the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] the next day.
  9 KB (1,314 words) - 20:27, 2 July 2010
• USS Harveson (DE-316)
  When [[V-E Day]] came, [[CortDiv]] 22 was ordered to the Pacific; and ''Harveson'' reached
  7 KB (940 words) - 22:09, 2 July 2010
• USS Joyce (DE-317)
  ...r an inactivation overhaul until 21 January 1946 when she departed for a 3-day voyage to [[Green Cove Springs, Florida]]. She remained there and decommiss
  9 KB (1,362 words) - 22:12, 2 July 2010
• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...fter aiding the search for the elusive sub, rejoined the convoy later that day in the [[Straits of Gibraltar]]. She reached New York via Norfolk 22 May. ...oy operations. On 18 March in waters west of treacherous [[Sable Island]], day-long [[Hedgehog (weapon)|hedgehog]] and [[depth charge]] attacks brought "a
  9 KB (1,376 words) - 22:15, 2 July 2010
• USS Lowe (DE-325)
  ...debris to the surface. The submarine was still on the bottom the following day when ''Lowe'' reestablished sound contact. Postwar investigation verified t ...ssel at [[Norfolk, Virginia]], departing only to participate in the [[Navy Day]] observance at [[Washington, D.C.]], 24 October. Departing the Capital 1 N
  7 KB (1,037 words) - 22:12, 2 July 2010
• USS Newell (DE-322)
  ...to stop infiltration from the North. She departed [[Vung Tau]] on the last day of 1966 and sailed via Japan for Hawaii, arriving Pearl Harbor 19 January 1 ...ume Tawian patrol. She headed back toward the Vietnamese coast on the last day of October and relieved [[USS Lowe (DER-325)]] on Market Time Area II, 2 No
  12 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 July 2010
• USS Pride (DE-323)
  ...to be in the area were destroyed. The 6th surrendered shortly after [[V-E Day]].
  5 KB (724 words) - 22:18, 2 July 2010
• USS Strickland (DE-333)
  ...ted for duty in the Pacific. She stood out of New York on 20 June for a 10-day training period at [[Guantanamo Bay, Cuba]], and onward routing via the [[P
  7 KB (1,074 words) - 20:04, 2 July 2010
• USS Ramsden (DE-382)
  ..., on the 20th, headed back to the U.S. carrying returning veterans. [[Navy Day]] celebrations at [[Ketchikan]] interrupted her postwar duties, but in Nove
  8 KB (1,162 words) - 20:29, 2 July 2010
• USS Mills (DE-383)
  By [[V-E Day]], for which she was moored at [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]], ''Mills'' had comple
  7 KB (933 words) - 22:15, 2 July 2010
• USS Rhodes (DE-384)
  After V-E day, ''Rhodes'' was transferred, with her division, to the Pacific. Transiting
  7 KB (1,030 words) - 20:28, 2 July 2010
• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  After a 10-day availability at the [[New York Navy Yard]], the destroyer escort operated b ...ensive operations against a westbound enemy submarine. At 1646 on the next day, ''Wilhoite'' picked up a sound contact and attacked at 1702; listeners pic
  29 KB (4,342 words) - 19:30, 2 July 2010
• USS Neunzer (DE-150)
  == V-E Day == After [[V-E Day]], ''Neunzer'' returned to New York for 2 weeks and left on 25 May to escor
  9 KB (1,340 words) - 22:15, 2 July 2010
• USS Brough (DE-148)
  ...lowed by a leave period kept the ship in Key West until after [[New Year's Day]]. ...Commanding Officer. On the following day, ''Brough'' departed for a three day visit to [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] in the [[Bahamas]] and continued to Nor
  19 KB (2,719 words) - 21:51, 2 July 2010
• USS Vance (DE-387)
  ...g or approaching the air space of the northwestern United States. On Labor Day 1957, ''Vance'' drew emergency duty—an engineering casualty prevented the ...ing with CortRon 7. One month later, she departed Hawaiian waters for a 29-day patrol on the mid-ocean picket lines which provided radar coverage from Ala
  14 KB (2,156 words) - 19:34, 2 July 2010
• USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326)
  ...rerouted to [[Guam]] and arrived at [[Apra Harbor]] on the 13th. The same day, she again got underway; this time with Carrier Division 27. As the force s ...we were part of a task force that was probably larger than the one on [[D-Day]]. This task force was commanded by Admiral Kincaid and we were underway fo
  17 KB (2,666 words) - 19:35, 2 July 2010
• USS Peterson (DE-152)
  ...vember, and six days later was en route to [[New York]], arriving the last day of the month. ...ollided, back to New York. En route to rejoin the convoy later on the same day, Peterson joined ''Gandy'' and [[USS Joyce (DE–317)|''Joyce'']] (DE-317)
  13 KB (1,851 words) - 22:17, 2 July 2010
• USS Marchand (DE-249)
  ...rocco]], arriving [[Casablanca]] 7 January. The ship got underway the next day for the east coast, arriving [[New York]] 24 January. ...survivors while {{USS|Ricketts|DE-254}} took on board 33 others. The next day ''Marchand'' steamed for Bermuda as escort for El Coston. Shortly after mid
  6 KB (874 words) - 22:14, 2 July 2010
• USS Savage (DE-386)
  Commencing Thanksgiving Day of 1943, the ship was subjected to a rigorous training schedule including g On Christmas Day, the SAVAGE completed her training, and ship and crew reported to Norfolk,
  11 KB (1,631 words) - 20:27, 2 July 2010
• USS Stewart (DE-238)
  ...on the [[14 June|14th]] and exited on the [[16 June|16th]]. The following day, she got underway for [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], where she reported for du
  15 KB (2,153 words) - 20:05, 2 July 2010
• USS Swenning (DE-394)
  ...rine. Damage was not ascertained as the submarine submerged. The following day another was attacked on the surface. It also submerged; but, approximately ...ermany's capitulation reached TG 22.3 which proceeded to New York the next day. The ships arrived there on 11 May, and the task group was dissolved. ''Swe
  10 KB (1,415 words) - 19:33, 2 July 2010
• USS Keith (DE-241)
  ...submarine but could not locate it after it dived. While searching the next day, {{USS|Frederick C. Davis|DE-136|6}}, a destroyer escort in company, was to ...the year ''Keith'' sailed for [[China]], arriving [[Shanghai]] on the last day of December. She remained there patrolling and escorting vessels until sai
  5 KB (741 words) - 22:12, 2 July 2010
• USS O'Reilly (DE-330)
  ...anuary 18, 1944, for shakedown off [[Bermuda]]. This was followed by a ten-day availability in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], before she sailed for [[Gua
  5 KB (750 words) - 22:16, 2 July 2010
• USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)
  ...t to the [[United States Coast Guard]], in which she was commissioned that day as the [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|Coast Guard cutter]] [[USCGC Chin
  11 KB (1,532 words) - 21:53, 2 July 2010
• USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  ...Air Station Kaneohe Bay]] at [[Kaneohe, Hawaii|Kaneohe]], Hawaii, the same day. ...29, 1944 to [[Tanapag]] Harbor, [[Guam]], she received VH-3 on board that day.
  25 KB (3,600 words) - 21:49, 2 July 2010
• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  ...ventually replenishing the fuel supply of all 15 of her brood. A brief two-day respite at [[Kossol Roads]], [[Palau]], for repairs and a further refueling ...ady for action immediately, entered [[Leyte Gulf]] on 21 October 1944, the day after the initial landings on Leyte. On 24 October 1944, ''Wachapreague'' s
  18 KB (2,680 words) - 19:31, 2 July 2010
• USS Yakutat (AVP-32)
  ...ington|Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], on 30 March 1944, the day before she was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] ...AVP-13}}, ''Yakutat'' reached [[Kossol Passage]] on 16 September 1944, the day after the initial [[United States|American]] landings on [[Pelelieu]].
  18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:59, 1 July 2010
• USCGC Casco (WAVP-370)
  ...19 April 1949, and was commissioned as USCGC ''Casco'' (WAVP-370) the same day.
  8 KB (1,156 words) - 21:43, 2 July 2010
• USS Casco (AVP-12)
  ...oned her as [[USCGC Casco (WAVP-370)|USCGC ''Casco'' (WAVP-370)]] the same day, and redesignated her WHEC-370 in 1966. During her Coast Guard career, her
  9 KB (1,359 words) - 21:52, 2 July 2010
• USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)
  ...ioned ''Absecon'' on 9 May 1972 and returned her to the U.S. Navy the same day. She was struck from the [[Naval Register]].
  13 KB (1,891 words) - 21:42, 2 July 2010
• USS Coos Bay (AVP-25)
  ...shington (state)|Washington]], on her [[Ship commissioning|commissioning]] day, 15 May 1943 ...endered to the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] took place the followinbg day. Arriving at Ominato Ko on 13 September 1945 for station tender duty, ''Coo
  8 KB (1,196 words) - 21:54, 2 July 2010
• USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378)
  ..., on 24 April 1967 when its commander, [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] John E. Day, hoisted his [[Pennant (commissioning)|pennant]] aboard his [[flagship]], [
  13 KB (1,793 words) - 21:45, 2 July 2010
• USS Half Moon (AVP-26)
  ...shington (state)|Washington]], on her [[Ship commissioning|commissioning]] day, 15 June 1943 ...ot time with concentrated [[antiaircraft]] fire. During the convoy's three-day voyage, gunners on ''Half Moon'' and the other ships were at their stations
  13 KB (1,918 words) - 22:09, 2 July 2010
• USS Unimak (AVP-31)
  ..., and headed for the damaged ship. When she arrived on the scene late that day, ''Unimak'' found the tanker still underway, making for the Panama coast. S
  11 KB (1,499 words) - 19:34, 2 July 2010
• USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)
  ...h was designated [[Task Unit]] 70.8.6. [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] John E. Day, commander of the squadron, hoisted his [[Pennant (commissioning)|pennant]]
  13 KB (1,787 words) - 21:43, 2 July 2010
• USS Barataria (AVP-33)
  ...hen several ''[[kamikaze]]'' suicide planes attacked the convoy later that day, ''Barataria''{{'}}s gunners claimed a "sure assist" for downing one. ...aritaria'' carried out routine fueling operations for the remainder of the day. On the morning of 10 January 1945, ''Barataria'' surveyed the waters off t
  19 KB (2,664 words) - 21:48, 2 July 2010
• USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387)
  ...h was designated [[Task Unit]] 70.8.6. [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] John E. Day, commander of the squadron, hoisted his [[Pennant (commissioning)|pennant]]
  16 KB (2,195 words) - 21:45, 2 July 2010
• USS Willoughby (AGP-9)
  ...mber 1944. Her stay there proved brief, however, for she got underway that day, bound for the [[Padaido Islands]]. On that day, ''Willoughby'', in company with motor torpedo boat tenders [[USS Oyster Ba
  28 KB (4,086 words) - 19:29, 2 July 2010
• USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)
  ..., on 24 April 1967 when its commander, [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] John E. Day, hoisted his [[Pennant (commissioning)|pennant]] aboard his [[flagship]], [ ...ommissioned ''Bering Strait'' in [[South Vietnam]] on 1 January 1971, the day after her second Vietnam War tour ended.
  15 KB (2,041 words) - 21:43, 2 July 2010
• USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380)
  ..., on 24 April 1967 when its commander, [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] John E. Day, hoisted his [[Pennant (commissioning)|pennant]] aboard his [[flagship]], [
  19 KB (2,612 words) - 21:46, 2 July 2010
• USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375)
  ...Coast Guard commissioned her as USCGC ''Chincoteague'' (WAVP-375) the same day.
  12 KB (1,736 words) - 21:44, 2 July 2010
• USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384)
  ...al patient from ''Chambers'' which ''Chambers'' had evacuated the previous day from the [[merchant ship]] ''Neva West''. She then transported that patient ...commissioned ''Cook Inlet'' in [[South Vietnam]] on 21 December 1971, the day her Vietnam War tour ended.
  13 KB (1,793 words) - 21:44, 2 July 2010
• USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278)
  ...bridge to relieve the helmsman, Seaman Cotten hailed the [[Officer of the Day]] moments before an {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}} wall of water struck the po
  13 KB (1,909 words) - 21:46, 2 July 2010
• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  ...; and she anchored with the Fleet in the mouth of the York River. The next day, 6&nbsp;April 1917, the United States entered World War I.<ref name=DANFS / ...Chicago City||2}}, and had to enter the drydock at Spencer Jetty that same day, 24 November 1917, for repairs.<ref name=DANFS />
  25 KB (3,748 words) - 19:31, 2 July 2010
• USS Porter (DD-59)
  ...and began patrolling the southern approaches to the [[Irish Sea]] the next day.<ref name=DANFS-Wadsworth>{{cite DANFS | author = [[Naval History & Heritag
  15 KB (2,142 words) - 22:18, 2 July 2010
• USS Shaw (DD-68)
  ...hip had been taken undertow. But, the crippled transport sank later in the day. On 25 September, a ship in ''Shaw''{{'}}s convoy was attacked by a submari ...r|Navy list]] on 25 March 1926 and transferred to the Coast Guard the same day, to serve in the [[Rum Patrol]]. She was returned to the Navy by the Coast
  5 KB (790 words) - 20:26, 2 July 2010
• USS Big Horn (AO-45)
  ...7 February 1943, and arrived at [[New London, Connecticut]], the following day. On 19 February 1942, Lieutenant Commander ...val District]] and operated out of Boston. Her main duty was to conduct 25-day patrols on the Coast Guard's mid-ocean weather stations and report on surfa
  19 KB (3,002 words) - 21:50, 2 July 2010
• USS Menkar (AK-123)
  ...from WSA under [[bareboat charter]] 17 January 1944; commissioned the next day, Lt. Comdr. Edward G. Gummer, [[USNR]], in command, to be ferried to [[Miam
  7 KB (1,007 words) - 22:14, 2 July 2010
• USS Barricade (ACM-3)
  ...the Navy on 7 April 1944, renamed ''Barricade'', and commissioned the same day, Lt. Charles P. Haber in command. The ship was transferred to the [[U.S. Co
  5 KB (783 words) - 21:49, 2 July 2010
• USS Lipan (AT-85)
  ...Guam]], on D-Day, 21 July. During the two weeks of fierce fighting after D-Day, ''Lipan'' rescued [[landing craft]] grounded by the treacherous surf ringi ...ond barely missed ''Lipan'' and crashed into ''Barry'' which sank the next day. The tug made Ie Shima and returned to Okinawa the 25th.
  10 KB (1,552 words) - 22:12, 2 July 2010
• USS Manhasset (AG-47)
  ...itish merchant ship ''Dolius'', [[torpedo]]ed and abandoned earlier in the day but still afloat, she made sound contact with a submarine late in the after
  7 KB (905 words) - 22:14, 2 July 2010
• USS Zuni (ATF-95)
  ...on the 28th reported for duty with the Western Sea Frontier, The following day, she departed [[Puget Sound]], bound for [[Kodiak, Alaska]]. On 10 November ...eassigned to Service Squadron 2 (ServRon 2) and departed Seattle that same day with a barge in tow, bound for [[Oakland, California|Oakland, Calif.]] Afte
  10 KB (1,461 words) - 22:58, 1 July 2010
• USS Obstructor (ACM-7)
  ...TU 74.4 on the 22nd. Assuming duties as [[flagship]], MinRon 106 the same day, ''Obstructor'' served as minecraft tender for that task unit as it operate
  5 KB (741 words) - 22:16, 2 July 2010
• USS Downes (DD-45)
  ...|2}}, passing in review before returning to Queenstown on 14 December. The day after Christmas she sailed for the United States, arriving at [[Norfolk, Vi
  5 KB (755 words) - 21:55, 2 July 2010
• Sugar beet
  ...iver the crop at a steady rate to processing factories that run 24 hours a day for the duration of the harvest and processing (for the UK the campaign las
  21 KB (3,262 words) - 19:30, 14 June 2010
• Soap
  ...ey may be combined. This lye-fat mixture is stirred until "trace" (modern-day amateur soapmakers often use a stick blender to speed this process). There
  20 KB (3,140 words) - 22:41, 17 June 2010
• Castile soap
  Another theory is that modern-day castile soaps are conceptually similar to, and most likely derived from the
  3 KB (430 words) - 21:23, 16 June 2010
• Mking Charcoal: Indirect by burning inside a barrel
  Timing is important. Plan to start your burn on the hottest, muggiest day of the year with a comfort index of at least 105 and air quality just above
  9 KB (1,717 words) - 19:40, 2 July 2010
• Cole drill
  ...a hand drill. It wouldn't be hard to make one, so I will look into it one day as a project.
  4 KB (678 words) - 18:11, 19 June 2010
• Icy ball
  ...ey did not require the use of [[electricity]] for cooling. They ran for a day on about a cup of [[kerosene]] allowing rural users lacking electricity to ...be charged in the morning, and provide cooling throughout the heat of the day.
  10 KB (1,638 words) - 22:00, 19 June 2010

View (previous 100 | next 100) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)