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Monhegan
Monhegan , island, 2.5 sq mi (6.4 sq km), c.10 mi (16 km) off the coast of S Maine, settled c.1622. It is a summer resort favored by artists for its scenery. In the War of 1812 the U.S.S. Enterprise defeated the H.M.S. Boxer southeast of the island. ... Read more
Newport News
Newport News independent city (1990 pop. 170,045), SE Va., on the Virginia peninsula, at the mouth of the James River, off Hampton Roads, near Norfolk; inc. 1896. It is a port for transatlantic and intracoastal shipping; commodities handled include coal, oil, tobacco, grain, and ores. Newport News ... Read more
Fall River
Fall River industrial city (1990 pop. 92,703), Bristol co., SE Mass., a port of entry on Mt. Hope Bay, at the mouth of the Taunton River; settled 1656, set off from Freetown 1803, inc. as a city 1854. It was once the foremost cotton textile center in the United States; the first cotton mill was bui... Read more
destroyer
destroyer class of warship very fast relative to its length, generally equipped with torpedos, antisubmarine equipment, and medium-caliber and antiaircraft guns. The newest destroyers are equipped with guided missiles as their chief offensive weapon. The destroyer, originally called the torpedo-boa... Read more
aircraft carrier
aircraft carrier ship designed to carry aircraft and to permit takeoff and landing of planes. The carrier's distinctive features are a flat upper deck (flight deck) that functions as a takeoff and landing field, and a main deck (hangar deck) beneath the flight deck for storing and servicing the air... Read more
John Ericsson
John Ericsson , 1803-89, Swedish-American inventor and marine engineer, b. Värmlands co., Sweden. He moved to London in 1826, and entered the railroad locomotive Novelty in a contest in 1829, only to be defeated by George Stephenson 's Rocket. Ericsson's outstanding role in the development... Read more
frigate
frigate , originally a long, narrow nautical vessel used on the Mediterranean, propelled by either oars or sail or both. Later, during the 18th and early 19th cent., the term was applied to a very fast, square-rigged sailing vessel carrying 24 to 44 guns on a single flush gun deck. Frigates were emp... Read more
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. Pacific naval base, Hickam Air Force Base, Pearl Harbor Na... Read more
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden , 1957?-, Saudi-born leader of Al Qaeda [Arab.,=the base], a terrorist organization devoted to uniting all Muslims and establishing a transnational, strict-fundamentalist Islamic state. The youngest son of a wealthy Yemeni-born businessman, bin Laden was trained as a civil engineer (... Read more
John Tyler
John Tyler 1790-1862, 10th President of the United States, b. Charles City co., Va. Early Career Educated at the College of William and Mary, he studied law under his father, John Tyler (1747-1813), governor of Virginia from 1808 to 1811, and was admitted (1809) to the bar. A state legisl... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "USS"

USS Liberty
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security USS Liberty █ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER...the attack was soon ruled an accident. The USS Liberty was a World War II-era freighter...Eastern governments with military aid. The USS Liberty 's mission was to conduct remote intelligence...
USS Cole
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security USS Cole █ STEPHANIE WATSON On the morning of October 12, 2000, as the Navy destroyer USS Cole sat anchored in the Yemeni port of Aden...intelligence officials moved quickly after the USS Cole attack, the investigation hit a number...
Liberty, USS
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa LIBERTY, USS U.S. ship attacked by Israel. On 8 June 1967 the electronic surveillance ship USS Liberty was 14 nautical miles north of al...ship drew rescue aircraft from the carrier USS America, and Israel halted the attack...
Merrimac, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea Merrimac, USS, a 40-gun warship, one of six naval vessels authorized by the US Congress...Confederate States Navy . In March 1862 the Virginia fought a duel with the USS Monitor (which gave her name to the monitor type of warship). Although...
Cole, USS
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa COLE, USS american destroyer attacked in 2000 while refueling in yemen, focusing international...12 October 2000 two men exploded a small boat in the port of Aden alongside USS Cole, killing themselves and seventeen U.S. sailors and wounding thirty...
New Ironsides, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea New Ironsides, USS, an ironclad , launched in May 1862 at Philadelphia during the American...whose name was intended to perpetuate the spirit of the sailing frigate USS Constitution , long known as ‘old ironsides’. With...
Maine, Sinking of the USS
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Maine, Sinking of the USS (1898).In January 1898, Spain was winning its war against Cuban...over to Germany. These circumstances induced McKinley to dispatch the USS Maine a second‐class battleship (its keel was laid in 1888...
Constitution, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea Constitution, USS, one of six original frigates authorized by the US Congress in 1794, and generally regarded by Americans as the most famous ship...
USS Arizona Memorial
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition USS Arizona Memorial see National Parks and Monuments (table).
USS
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea USS, United States Ship, the prefix placed before the name of a warship of the US Navy.

Dictionary entries related to "USS"

Constitution, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Constitution, USS one of six frigates, including the USS Congress , authorized by an act of Congress in 1794, and, more heavily armed than standard frigates, formidable naval opponents. In a battle with the British ship Guerriere during the...
Alabama, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Alabama, USS commissioned on August 16, 1942, a South Dakota Class battleship (BB60...forces and to defend allied carriers with intense antiaircraft fire. The USS Alabama is now located in Mobile and serves as a memorial to all Alabama...
Congress, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Congress, USS one of six frigates authorized by the U.S. Congress, including the USS Constitution , and launched on August 15, 1799. The Congress participated in a Quasi-war with France (escorting U.S. merchant ships to the East Indies...
USS
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military USS abbr. United States Ship, used in the names of ships in the U.S. Navy: the USS Maine was launched in 1895.
Vincennes, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Vincennes, USS CA-44 a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser torpedoed and sunk by Japanese warships off Savo in the Solomon Islands on August 8, 1942.
Philadelphia, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Philadelphia, USS CL-41 a light cruiser, launched in 1936 and commissioned in 1937, that saw extensive service during World War II , especially...
Nautilus, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Nautilus, USS SSN-571 the first nuclear submarine ever built. The keel was laid on June 14, 1952, at Groton, Connecticut, the Nautilus...
Monitor, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Monitor, USS an ironclad Union ship, with an armored revolving gun turret, that engaged in the famous naval battle of ironclads during the...
Langley, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Langley, USS CVL-27 an aircraft carrier, originally named Fargo (CL-85) and renamed Langley in 1942, that provided invaluable service...
Housatonic, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Housatonic, USS a screw sloop-of-war built during the Civil War and commissioned in August 1862, it played an active role in the U.S. Navy...

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USS-Posco finishing line at 60% of capacity. (USS-Posco Industries Inc.)
Magazine article from: American Metal Market; 2/7/1990; ; 700+ words ; USS-Posco finishing line at 60% of capacity LOS ANGELES - Despite earlier predictions that USS-Posco Industries would be running its modernized...ceremonies in Pittsburg, Calif., last April USS-Posco officials confidently forecast that...
USS-Posco awaits shipment ruling; favorable Bay Area decision could mean $10M in freight cost savings. (USS-Posco Industries)
Magazine article from: American Metal Market; 6/14/1991; ; 700+ words ; LOS ANGELES -- USS-Posco Industries, Pittsburg, Calif...at its own Pittsburg docks. If not, USS-Posco says, it could be forced to pay...its share of troubles (AMM, May 13). USS-Posco currently receives more than 700...
USS-Posco phases in modernized lines. (flat-rolled carbon steel production)
Magazine article from: American Metal Market; 4/28/1989; ; 700+ words ; USS-Posco phases in modernized lines PITTSBURG, Calif.--USS-Posco Industries expects to produce about 1.3 million...the year while the new ones are phased in. Meanwhile, USS-Posco's president, E.A. Roskovensky, said representatives...
USS-Posco expansion spurs further growth on W. Coast.(USS-Posco Industries to expand finished galvanized steel capacity)
Magazine article from: American Metal Market; 8/6/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...LOS ANGELES -- A modernization slated by USS-Posco Industries means that all three...either planning or contemplating expansions. USS-Posco, located in Pittsburg, Calif...Steel Corp. of South Korea. The project at USS-Posco, generally considered the largest...
USS-Posco to export tinplate; surveys markets in Pacific Rim, Mexico, South America. (USS-Posco Industries Inc.)
Magazine article from: American Metal Market; 2/10/1988; ; 700+ words ; USS-Posco to export tinplate Surveys markets in Pacific Rim, Mexico, South America USS-Posco Industries, the first West Coast steel...Satterfield, vice president, commercial, for USS-Posco, emphasized that the Pittsburg, Calif...
USS-Posco awaits court judgement. (USS-Posco Industries Inc.) (Steel)
Magazine article from: American Metal Market; 1/31/1990; ; 700+ words ; USS-Posco awaits court judgment LOS ANGELES - USS-Posco Industries is awaiting a state court judgment that threatens...force the restart of its mothballed line. A permit issued to USS-Posco more than two years ago which allowed the company to...
New USS head aims to keep the division on course. (USX Corp. USS Div.'s Thomas T. Usher)(Profile) (Steel Monthly: Steel Forecast )
Magazine article from: American Metal Market; 1/7/1991; ; 700+ words ; New USS head aims to keep the division on course Usher...appropriate name for the new president USX Corp.'s USS steelmaking division in Pittsburgh. By most...steelmakers. While he is among the youngest of all USS presidents at age 48, he is also among the...
USS NEW YORK Commissioning Committee, Governor Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg Announce Date for USS New York Commissioning in New York City
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 11/11/2008; 700+ words ; To: STATE EDITORS Contact: For USS NEW YORK Commissioning Committee: John...11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The USS NEW YORK Commissioning Committee, Governor...today announced the commissioning date of USS NEW YORK as Saturday November 7, 2009 in...
USS-Posco seeks withdrawal of 'inaccurate' supply report. (USS-Posco Industries Inc.)
Magazine article from: American Metal Market; 12/16/1988; ; 700+ words ; USS-Posco seeks withdrawal of `inaccurate' supply report PITTSBURGH--Officials of USS-Posco Industries, angered over perceived...jeopardize the supply of Korean hot-band to USS-Posco next year, have called for an immediate...
USS-Posco's new head getting his bearings. (USS-Posco Industries Inc.'s Leonard Chuderewicz)
Magazine article from: American Metal Market; 5/22/1990; ; 700+ words ; USS-Posco's new head getting his bearings Sizing...producer LOS ANGELES--The new president of USS-Posco Industries said last week that he hasn...Chuderewicz said on his first official day as USS-Posco's president last Thursday in Pittsburg...