USS Indianapolis

The Galileo Seven is the sixteenth episode of the original series of Star Trek. The plot starts when the USS Enterprise starship has a mission to deliver medical supplies to Makus III. A shuttlecraft, called Galileo, is sent out to trace out the formation of four star systems. In that spaceship, a group of research team includes Chief Medical Officer McCoy, Chief Engineer Scott, and four other specialists, under the command of First Officer Spock. Nevertheless, soon after Galileo has launched, the

Leadership Analysis Paper By Richard Miller PADM 450   Introduction: The story of Captain D. Michael Abrashoff and his command of USS Benfold has now become legendary inside and outside the Navy. Captain Abrashoff offers this tale of top-down change for anyone trying to navigate today’s uncertain seas. When Captain Abrashoff took over as the commander of USS Benfold, which is a ship that is completely armed with every cutting-edge system available, but unfortunately, the ship was like a business

March 27 -- Congress authorizes construction of six frigates to help protect American merchant fleets from attacks by the Algerian pirates and harassment by British and French forces. They are to be designed by Joshua Humphreys and Josiah Fox and built at six different sites. The contract for one of those ships, to be named CONSTITUTION, is given to Edmond Hartt's Shipyard in Boston. Back to Historical Events List 1794-1797: CONSTITUTION is under construction. Built in Boston to defend the young

done just that. The Zumwalt Class Destroyers received their naming after the former US Navy Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr, who served in the position from 1970-1974. Two of the ships are currently being built and one, the USS Zumwalt DDG-1000, already beginning its sea trials. The original plan was to build thirty-two of these priced vessels back when the planning originally stated, each with a price of $3.3 billion. Subsequently thought, over time price for each ship increase

Virginia in mind and the leaked design plans of the CSS Virginia, much more effort and planning went in the making of the USS Monitor. Swedish engineer John Ericsson was the lead designer of the Union ironclad. It was built from the ground up in just ninety days and was made entirely of iron, giving the vessel a leg up over its opposite. The key design feature that set the USS Monitor apart from the CSS Virginia was the turret that was “twenty-one feet across and eight feet high, the turret was constructed

of the USS Maine was the Spanish. Yellow Journalism was exaggeration of the news which led Americans to believe that the Spanish wanted war. Americans wanted more military forces and natural resources to become imperialist. The United States fought in the Spanish war because of the sinking of the USS Maine, yellow journalism, and Imperialism. Americans were quick to believe that the sinking of the USS Maine was the Spanish. Americans assumed right away that the Spanish destroyed the USS Maine and

Spanish-American War There were many reasons why the Spanish-American War happened. But here are a few big reasons that helped cause the Spanish-American War. Something that caused The Spanish-American War was the explosion of the USS Maine. The US blamed Spain for blowing up the US ship. I think it was miscommunication because the Americans didn’t know what happened. Another reason I think caused the war is the US wanted Cuba and the Philippines and Spain controlled. The Americans wanted but Spain

distorts, or exaggerates the news to attract readers. A truce was called and Spain allowed Cuba to have limited power of self-government. Nevertheless, the demand for the US to intervene with the conflict grew and it resulted in the sinking of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba. The battleship had an explosion that resulted in 260 sailors dead. The explosion was thought to have been caused by the Spanish even though it was never proven.This led to the start of the war. Spain declared war

alone, but with the accumulation many events which caused the war to explode. It started with the event surrounding USS Maine, was a "second class" battleship built up for the U.S. Navy. Spain sent General “Butcher” Weyler to control the situation in Cuba, so America sent the navy battleship called the USS Maine to the area to protect American investments. At first, the battleship USS Maine had no hostility, but until the Maine exploded at

Carl Johnson’s life matters. A 90-year-old veteran in Virginia, Carl was the last Tuskegee Airman to graduate from the famed school that produced so many heroic African American aviators. According to a recent article in the Washington Post, the U.S. Army issued Carl a train ticket for a Pullman sleeping car so he could get from Texas to Alabama for his military training in 1946. Carl recalled being told by the station manager that he and his fellow black soldiers were not allowed to use the Pullman