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Edward L. Beach, Sr.
Edward Latimer Beach Sr. (June 30, 1867December 20, 1943) was a United States Navy officer and author. He served in three of the United States' wars, ranging from the Spanish–American War up through World War I. He was the father of the future Captain Edward L. Beach Jr. who commanded the nuclear-powered submarine USS ''Triton'' during her 1960 submerged circumnavigation and wrote the 1955 best-selling novel '' Run Silent, Run Deep''. Biography Edward Latimer Beach Sr. was born in Toledo, Ohio on June 30, 1867, the son of Joseph Lane Beach and Laura Colton (Osborn) Beach. His father was a lieutenant in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. Beach was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from the State of Minnesota in 1884, and graduated in June 1888 as a Passed Midshipman. Naval career Passed Midshipman Beach reported for duty on board the wooden steam sloop of war ''Richmond''. After completing sea duty and further training, he was commissioned an Ensign in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo ( ) is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the western end of Lake Erie along the Maumee River. Toledo is the List of cities in Ohio, fourth-most populous city in Ohio and List of United States cities by population, 86th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 270,871 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Toledo metropolitan area had 606,240 residents in 2020. Toledo also serves as a major trade center for the Midwestern United States, Midwest; its port is the fifth-busiest on the Great Lakes. The city was founded in 1833 on the west bank of the Maumee River and originally incorporated as part of the Michigan Territory. It was re-founded in 1837 after the conclusion of the Toledo War, when it was incorporated in Ohio. After the 1845 completion of the Miami and Erie Canal, Toledo grew quickly; it also benefited from its position on the railway line between New York City and Chicago. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a United States Service academies, federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as United States Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy is the second oldest of the five United States service academies, U.S. service academies and it educates midshipmen for service in the officer corps of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. It is part of the Naval University System. The campus is located on the former grounds of Fort Severn at the confluence of the Severn River (Maryland), Severn River and Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Anne Arundel County, east of Washington, D.C., and southeast of Baltimore. The entire campus, known colloquially as the Yard, is a National Historic Landmark and home to many historic sites, buildings, and monuments. It replaced Philadelphia Naval Asylum in Phila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Montana (ACR-13)
USS ''Montana'' (ACR-13/CA-13), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 13", later renamed ''Missoula'' and reclassified CA-13, was a armored cruiser of the United States Navy. She was built by the Newport News Drydock & Shipbuilding Co.; her keel was laid down in April 1905, she was launched in December 1906, and she was commissioned in July 1908. The final class of armored cruisers to be built for the US Navy, ''Montana'' and her sisters were armed with a main battery of four guns, and they were capable of a top speed of . ''Montana'' spent her active duty career in the Atlantic Fleet. She made two cruises to the Mediterranean Sea to protect American citizens in the Ottoman Empire, the first in 1909 in the aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution and the second during the Balkan Wars in 1913. ''Montana'' was also involved in political unrest in Central American countries, sending landing parties ashore in Haiti and in Mexico during the Occupation of Veracruz, both in 1914 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Nevada (BM-8)
The first USS ''Nevada'', a monitor, was ordered on 4 May 1898. She was awarded to the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine on 19 October 1898 and laid down as ''Connecticut'', 17 April 1899. ''Connecticut'' was launched 24 November 1900; sponsored by Miss Grace Boutelle; renamed ''Nevada'', January 1901; and commissioned on 5 March 1903, Commander Thomas B. Howard in command. The total cost for the hull, machinery, armor and armament was $1,851,313.22. ''Nevada'' was renamed ''Tonopah'' in 1909 to free up the name for a new battleship. Design The s had been designed to combine a heavy striking power with easy concealment and negligible target area. They had a displacement of , measured in overall length, with a beam of and a draft of . She was manned by a total crew of 13 officers and 209 men. ''Nevada'' was powered by two vertical triple expansion engines driving two screw propellers with steam generated by four Niclausse boilers. The engines in ''Nevada'' were designed to pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commander
Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank as well as a job title in many army, armies. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries, this naval rank is termed as a frigate captain. Commander is also a generic term for an officer commanding any armed forces unit, such as "platoon leader, platoon commander", "brigade commander" and "Squadron (army), squadron commander". In the police, terms such as "borough commander" and "incident commander" are used. Commander as a naval and air force rank Commander is a rank used primarily in Navy, navies, and is very rarely used as a rank in army, armies. In most armies, the term "commander" is used as a job title. For example, in the US Army, an officer with the rank of captain (armed forces), captain (Ranks and insignia of NATO, NATO rank code OF-2) may hold the title of "company (military unit), company commander (United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant
A lieutenant ( , ; abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a Junior officer, junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, Security agency, security services and police forces. The rank in armies and air forces is often subdivided into subcategories of seniority. In Comparative navy officer ranks of Anglophone countries, English-speaking navies, lieutenants are often equivalent to the army rank of Captain (armed forces), captain; in other navies, the lieutenants are usually equal to their army counterparts. ''Lieutenant'' may also appear as part of a title used in various other organisations with a codified command structure. It often designates someone who is "second-in-command", and as such, may precede the name of the rank directly above it. For example, a "lieutenant master" is likely to be second-in-command to the "master" in an organisation using both ranks. Political uses include lieu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (: March 22, 1869February 6, 1964) was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who became the first List of presidents of the Philippines, president of the Philippines (1899–1901), and the first president of an Asia (continent), Asian constitutional republic. He served the 2nd shortest term as president of the Philippines, lasting for only 2 years and 27 days, only behind Sergio Osmeña by 516 days, of which, he only lasted from August 1, 1944 to May 28, 1946. He led the Philippine forces first against Spain in the Philippine Revolution (1896–1898), then in the Spanish–American War (1898), and finally against the United States during the Philippine–American War (1899–1901). He is regarded in the Philippines as having been the country's first president during the period of the First Philippine Republic, though he was not recognized as such outside of the Philippine Revolution, revolutionary Philippines. Aguinaldo is known as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Baltimore (C-3)
The fourth USS ''Baltimore'' (C-3) (later CM-1) was a United States Navy cruiser, the fifth protected cruiser to be built by an American yard. Like the previous one, , the design was commissioned from the United Kingdom, British company of Armstrong Whitworth, W. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Company of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle. ''Baltimore'' was an all-around improvement on ''Charleston'', somewhat larger with more guns, thicker armor, and better machinery.Gardiner and Chesneau, p. 151Bauer and Roberts, p. 143Friedman, pp. 25, 459 Design ''Baltimore'' was built to plans purchased from Armstrong Whitworth, Armstrong, a British manufacturer, which were similar to an unsuccessful Armstrong bid for the Spanish cruiser Reina Regente (1887), Spanish cruiser ''Reina Regente''. Unlike the preceding ''Charleston'', these plans included a modern triple expansion engine designed by Humphrys, Tennant & Co. ''Baltimore''s initial cost for hull and machinery was $1,546,172.13. ''Baltimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Essex (1876)
USS ''Essex'' was an USS Enterprise (1874), ''Enterprise''-class wooden-hulled armed naval steam sloop of war. She was built between 1874 and 1876 by Donald McKay at the Boston Navy Yard, Kitter Naval Yard of Boston, East Boston, Massachusetts. She was Ship commissioning, commissioned on 3 October 1876 by the United States Navy. On 23 December 1930 ''Essex'' was sold for Ship breaking, scrap, and on 14 October 1931 she was taken to the beach just outside Duluth, Minnesota, Duluth Harbor where they set fire to her; she eventually burned to the waterline. On 14 April 1994 the remains of ''Essex'' were listed on the List of Great Lakes shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places. Her partially surviving hulk is significant because she is the only known remnant of the work of master shipbuilder McKay. History Construction Shortly before his assassination, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln authorized the construction of ''Essex'', but her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS New York (ACR-2)
USS ''New York'' (ACR-2/CA-2) was the second United States Navy armored cruiser so designated; the first was the ill-fated , which was soon redesignated a second-class battleship. Due to the unusually protracted construction of ''Maine'', ''New York'' was actually the first armored cruiser to enter U.S. Navy service. The fourth Navy ship to be named in honor of the state of New York, she was later renamed ''Saratoga'' and then ''Rochester''. With six 8-inch guns, she was the most heavily armed cruiser in the US Navy when commissioned.Gardiner and Chesneau, p. 147Bauer and Roberts, p. 133 She was laid down on 19 September 1890 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, launched on 2 December 1891, and sponsored by Miss Helen Clifford Page, the daughter of J. Seaver Page, the secretary of the Union League Club of New York. ''New York'' was commissioned 1 August 1893, Captain John Philip in command. Design and construction Acquisition In 1888, during the 50th Congress, 3.5 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Philadelphia (C-4)
The fourth USS ''Philadelphia'' (C-4) (later IX-24) was the sixth protected cruiser of the United States Navy. Although designed by the Navy Department, her hull was similar to the preceding British-designed , but ''Philadelphia'' had a uniform main armament of twelve 6-inch guns.Gardiner and Chesneau, p. 152Bauer and Roberts, p. 143Friedman, pp. 26–27, 460 She was laid down 22 March 1888 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, launched 7 September 1889, sponsored by Miss Minnie Wanamaker, daughter of merchant and philanthropist John Wanamaker; and commissioned 28 July 1890, Capt. Albert S. Barker in command. Design and construction ''Philadelphia'' was built to Navy Department plans, with twelve 6"/30 caliber gun, 6-inch (152 mm)/30 caliber (artillery), caliber guns. Two guns each were on the bow and stern, with the remainder in sponsons along the sides. Secondary armament was four QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss, 6-pounder () guns, four QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss, 3-pounder () Hotchkiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
