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USS Liberty
USS Liberty ¦ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER The Liberty Incident refers to the June 8, 1967, attack on the United States intelligence ship Libertyby Israeli Defense Forces. The Libertywas stationed near the Sinai Peninsula and charged with monitoring Soviet... Read more |
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firing line
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fire-blight
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firing
firing n. 1. the action of setting fire to something: the deliberate firing of 600 oil wells. 2. the discharging of a gun or other weapon: the prolonged firing caused heavy losses | no missile firings were planned.... Read more |
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Fire-Eaters
FIRE-EATERS FIRE-EATERS. An outspoken group of Southern, proslavery extremists, the Fire-Eaters advocated secession from the Union and the formation of an independent confederacy as early as the 1840s. The group included a number of well-known champions of Southern sovereignty, including South... Read more |
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sally port
sally port. 1. A large port cut on each quarter of a fireship out of which officers and men made their escape into the boats towing alongside as soon as the fireship had grappled an enemy ship and the powder train was fired. 2. The entering port of a three-decker warship during the days of sail. 3.... Read more |
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Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear former metropolitan county, NE England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Newcastle upon Tyne conurbation and comprised five metropolitan districts: Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Gateshead, and Sunderland. Tyne and Wear... Read more |
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Robert Smalls
Robert Smalls (1839-1915) Source A FRICAN AMERICAN SAILOR The Escape.While their white officers slept peacefully in Charleston, the slave crew aboard the Confederate gunboat Plantermade a daring run for Northern vessels anchored off the coast of... Read more |
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Dutch attack in the Medway
Medway, Dutch attack in the, 1667. One of the most brilliant of all naval exploits, the Dutch attack upon the Medway anchorage was on 10–14 June, as the English were attempting to recover from the Plague and the Great Fire of London. Anticipating peace negotiations, Charles II had laid up... Read more |
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Carolina Power Light Company
Carolina Power & Light Company 411 Fayetteville StreetRaleigh, North Carolina 27602U.S.A.(919) 546-6111Fax: (919) 546-7678Web site: http://www.CP&LC.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1926Employees: 6,700Sales: $3 billionStock Exchanges: New York PacificSICs: 4911 Electric... Read more |
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North Koreans lose torpedo boat in clash.(News)
A North Korean torpedo boat was sunk and three...with the South Korean Navy in the...waters. South Korea said...that the North Koreans fired first...its return ... |
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S. KOREA REPORTS N. KOREAN BOAT SUNK
...VERSION.South Korean warships sank a North Korean torpedo boat after an exchange of gunfire Tuesday, South Korea's...Our patrol boats fired 35mm...said. "The ... |
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South Korea Claims to Sink North Korean Boat in Disputed Waters
...North Korean torpedo boat and badly...Peninsula, South Korean officials...said. Two South Korean ships also were...officials said a North ... |
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N. KOREAN GUNBOAT IS SUNK IN CLASH STANDOFF WITH THE SOUTH OVER CRAB BEDS...
South Korean warships sank one North Korean boat...another in an exchange of gunfire today, South Korea's...The sunken ship was believed to be a torpedo boat ... |
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WORLD IN BRIEF
...Troubled Korean WatersSEOUL -- U.S. ships and planes...today, but North Korean vessels...a deadly exchange with South Korea in...with another ship he did not...exchange of ... |
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NK Boats Remain North of Sea Border.
...and North Korean warships traded fire in the West...Korean fishing boats were operating...their patrol boats took up positions...its patrol ships south of...sank one North ... |
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U.N. COMMAND, DPRK REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET SOON
...invitation from the North Korean People's Army...June 15, a DPRK torpedo boat was sunk and three others badly damaged while two South Korean patrol ships were slightly damaged in an ... |
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TENSIONS RISE AS SOUTH KOREA SINKS TORPEDO BOAT FROM NORTH
...minute exchange of gunfire...apology. Ships from the...southern ships twice tried...northern torpedo boat opened fire when a southern...the South Koreans fired back...The sunken ... |
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SERBS' WITHDRAWAL FIERY
...said. N. Korean Ship Sunk: South Korean warships sank a North Korean torpedo boat after an exchange of gunfire Tuesday, South ... |
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U.S. eyes Korean hostilities, Sinking of North Korean ship kills 30,...
...confrontation between North and South Korea escalated...warships sunk one northern...About 30 North Korean sailors...anonymity. While South Korea blamed...minute exchange of gunfire...northern ... |
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