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The East Asia Squadron (in the rear, under steam) leaving Valparaíso harbour in Chile, with Chilean cruisers in the foreground. The German East Asia Squadron (German: Kreuzergeschwader / Ostasiengeschwader) was an Imperial German Navy cruiser squadron which operated mainly in the Pacific Ocean between the mid-1890s until 1914, when it was destroyed at the Battle of the Falkland Islands.
Far East Consortium International Limited ( FEC) ( SEHK : 35) is a company with its head office in Central, Hong Kong. [1] It was founded in 1950 by Deacon Chiu and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972. FEC is mainly engaged in property development and investment, hotel development and management, car park operations and facilities ...
On May 1, 2003, United States President George W. Bush gave a televised speech on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Bush, who had launched the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq six weeks earlier, mounted a podium before a White House -produced banner that read " Mission Accomplished ". Reading from a prepared text, he said, "Major combat ...
The presidential state car and the Air Force One during a state visit in 2007. The United States government has maintained a variety of vehicles for the president.Because of the president's role as commander-in-chief, military transports are exclusively used for international travel; however, the civilian Secret Service operates the president's motorcade.
The navy suffered the loss of 33 ships and 1,797 sailors. To gain experience with the operation of aircraft carriers, RCN personnel crewed two Royal Navy escort carriers from 1944 to 1946: HMS Nabob, and HMS Puncher. Four F2H-3 Banshee fly overhead HMCS Bonaventure. Bonaventure was the last aircraft carrier in service with the RCN.
Pacific Far East Line, also called PFEL in short, was a passenger and cargo shipping line founded in 1943 by Thomas E. Cuffe, in San Francisco, California. [1] At the beginning he started by chartering foreign ships to run the lines in tramp trade. Later scheduled cargo services were added to the line.
Launch date. May 1942; 82 years ago. ( 1942-05) Dissolved. 1991; 33 years ago. ( 1991) Former names. American Forces Network-Japan. The Far East Network ( FEN) was a network of American military radio and television stations, primarily serving U.S. Forces in Japan, Okinawa, the Philippines, and Guam .
The Pacific Fleet (Russian: Тихоокеанский флот, romanized: Tikhookeansky flot) is the Russian Navy fleet in the Pacific Ocean.Established in 1731 as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the fleet was known as the Okhotsk Military Flotilla (1731–1856) and Siberian Military Flotilla (1856–1918), formed to defend Russian interests in the Russian Far East region along the ...