USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship,the lead ship of her class,and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships,Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to serve in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.
The Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a decisive naval engagement that occurred on July 3,1898 between an American fleet,led by William T. Sampson and Winfield Scott Schley,against a Spanish fleet led by Pascual Cervera y Topete,which occurred during the Spanish–American War. The significantly more powerful US Navy squadron,consisting of four battleships and two armored cruisers,decisively defeated an outgunned squadron of the Royal Spanish Navy,consisting of four armored cruisers and two destroyers. All of the Spanish ships were sunk for no American loss. The crushing defeat sealed the American victory in the Cuban theater of the war,ensuring the independence of Cuba from Spanish rule.
James Biddle,of the Biddle family,brother of financier Nicholas Biddle and nephew of Capt. Nicholas Biddle,was an American commodore. His flagship was USS Columbus.
Jeffrey Shears Ashby is an American mechanical engineer,and former naval officer and aviator,test pilot and NASA astronaut,a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy. He currently works for Blue Origin as chief of mission assurance.
USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631),a James Madison-class fleet ballistic missile submarine,was the third shipa of the United States Navy to be named for Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885),American Civil War general and the 18th President of the United States (1869-1877).
Operation Nanook was an Arctic expedition undertaken by the United States Navy in 1946. It consisted of USS Norton Sound (AV-11),USS Atule (SS-403),USCGC Northwind (WAG-282),USS Alcona (AK-157),USS Beltrami (AK-162),and USS Whitewood (AN-63). The mission is mostly documented as cartographic in nature.
Uriel Sebree was a career officer in the United States Navy. He entered the Naval Academy during the Civil War and served until 1910,retiring as a rear admiral. He is best remembered for his two expeditions into the Arctic and for serving as acting governor of American Samoa. He was also commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet.
On 19 April 1989,an explosion occurred within the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) during a fleet exercise in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico. The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. Two major investigations were undertaken into the cause of the explosion,one by the U.S. Navy and then one by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Sandia National Laboratories. The investigations produced conflicting conclusions.
George John Dufek was an American naval officer,naval aviator,and polar expert. He served in World War II and the Korean War and in the 1940s and 1950s spent much of his career in the Antarctic,first with Admiral Byrd and later as supervisor of U.S. programs in the South Polar regions. Rear Admiral Dufek was the director of the Mariners' Museum in Newport News,Virginia after his retirement from the Navy in 1959.
Fred P. Moosally is a former captain in the United States Navy. During his naval career,Moosally served in many different assignments,including commander of a destroyer and the battleship USS Iowa. Moosally was captain of the Iowa when the center gun of one of the ship's main gun turrets exploded on April 19,1989,killing 47 crewmen.
A Glimpse of Hell:The Explosion on the USSIowa and Its Cover-Up is a nonfiction book of investigative journalism,written by Charles C. Thompson II and published in 1999. The book describes the USS Iowa turret explosion that took place on April 19,1989,and the subsequent investigations that tried to determine the cause. The explosion aboard the United States Navy battleship Iowa killed 47 of the turret's crewmen.
The 1962 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as an independent during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach Tommy Prothro,the Beavers compiled a 9–2 record and outscored their opponents 279 to 148. They played three home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis and three at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.
Thomas Egenton Hogg (1828–1898) was a master in the Confederate States Navy who participated in raids on Union ships during the American Civil War. He was captured and sentenced to death,but was eventually released from prison,after which he became a businessman and railroad promoter in the U.S. state of Oregon. He worked to build the Oregon Pacific Railroad,though his dream to create a transcontinental railroad with its western terminus on the Oregon Coast was never realized.
Lee Arden Thomas (1886–1953) was an architect in Bend and Portland,Oregon,United States. He graduated in 1907 from Oregon State University. He completed many projects in Bend,often partnering with local architect Hugh Thompson. His work in that area includes the planning for Bend Amateur Athletic Club Gymnasium (1917–1918),Redmond Union High School,and the Washington School in Corvallis.
The role of Washington Territory in the American Civil War is atypical,as the territory was the most remote from the main battlefields of the conflict. The territory raised a small number of volunteers for the Union Army,who did not fight against the Confederate States Army but instead maintained defensive positions against possible foreign naval or land attacks. Although the Indian Wars in Washington were recent,there were no Indian hostilities within the area of modern Washington,unlike the rest of the western states and territories,during the Civil War. At the start of the American Civil War,modern-day Washington was part of the Washington Territory. On March 3,1863,the Idaho Territory was formed from that territory,consisting of the entirety of modern-day Idaho,Montana,and all but southwest Wyoming,leaving the modern-day Washington as Washington Territory.
Michelle L. Downey Caldier is an American dentist,professor,and politician serving as a member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 26th district since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,Caldier was elected to the Washington House of Representatives in 2014,defeating incumbent Democrat Larry Seaquist. Her district includes the cities of Bremerton,Gig Harbor and Port Orchard.
The National Weather Service Boise,Idaho is a weather forecast office responsible for weather forecasts,warnings and local statements as well as aviation weather forecasts and fire weather forecasts for 3 counties in Southeast Oregon and 14 counties in Southwest and South central Idaho. The U.S. Weather Bureau established an office in the Sonna Building on December 1,1898. Since then,the U.S Weather Bureau office,now known as the National Weather Service forecast office gained forecast responsibility of Southern Idaho on June 22,1970 which was expanded to the entire state of Idaho in 1973. After modernization in 1993,the forecast responsibility was changed to Southeast Oregon and Southwest Idaho. The current office in Boise maintains a WSR-88D (NEXRAD) radar system,8 Automated airport weather station (ASOS) systems and Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) that greatly improve forecasting in the region. Continuous weather observations have been maintained for the city of Boise since February 1,1864 about 5 months after the U.S. Army established Fort Boise. The post surgeon for the U.S. Army took observations until July 1,1877 when the U.S. Signal Service,established an office downtown. The Signal Office was discontinued on July 1,1890.
Lynne Cline Quiggle was a rear admiral of the United States Navy. He saw service in World War II and in the Cold War before he was lost at sea in 1958.
Brett Elliott Crozier is a retired captain in the United States Navy. A United States Naval Academy graduate,he became a naval aviator,first flying helicopters and then switching to fighters. After completing naval nuclear training,he served as an officer on several aircraft carriers. In spring 2020,he was commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt when COVID-19 broke out among the crew. He was relieved of command by then-acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly after sending a letter to Navy leaders asking that most of the crew be taken ashore which was subsequently leaked to the press. Crozier himself was also later diagnosed with the virus. He was reassigned to a shore position and retired in March 2022.
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