Search results
Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
USS Sea Dog (SS-401/AGSS-401) was a Balao -class submarine in the United States Navy. She was the first ship to be named for the dogfish, a small shark of the North Atlantic, considered destructive by fishermen. Sea Dog was laid down on 1 November 1943 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 28 March 1944 sponsored by ...
USS Heermann (DD-532) was a World War II -era Fletcher -class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. The ship entered service in 1943 and took part in several battles during World War II in the Pacific theatre of operations, including the Philippines campaign, Battle off Samar and the Battle of Iwo Jima among others.
In 1965, Camp was sent to Vietnamese waters for coastal patrol and interdiction by the U.S. Navy (Operation Market Time). On 7 August 1967, Camp was notified that the Viet Cong were overrunning the Republic of Vietnam Navy Naval Junk Base 16 on the Trà Khúc River. At flank speed, Camp sped to the aid of the Vietnamese and an American Adviser.
USS SC-227, prior to July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 227 or USS S.C. 227, was an SC-1 -class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I. She operated as part of the Otranto Barrage during the war. After World War I, the former USS SC-227 became the motor yacht SC-227.
HMS Nymphe was one of 20 Acorn -class (later H-class) destroyers built for the Royal Navy that served in the First World War. The Acorn class were smaller than the preceding Beagle class but oil -fired and better armed. Launched in 1911, the ship served with the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, joining the Grand Fleet at the start of the war in 1914 ...
muscle spasm. Less common causes of flank pain include: pneumonia. pancreatitis. appendicitis. inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn’s disease. renal infarct, which occurs when a blood clot ...
1 × 14 cm (5.5 in) Deck Gun. I-41 was an Imperial Japanese Navy B2 type submarine. She was completed at Kure Navy Yard on 18 September 1943, whereupon she entered into service with the Imperial Japanese Navy Yokosuka Naval District, SubRon 11, and sailed to Yokosuka for final trials under the command of Lt. Commander Tamori Yoshimatsu. This ...
Triumph. (S93) HMS Triumph is a Trafalgar -class nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy and was the seventh and final boat of her class. She is the nineteenth nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine built for the Royal Navy. Triumph is the tenth vessel, and the second submarine, to bear the name. The first HMS Triumph was a 68-gun galleon built in ...