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Yankee (other)
Yankee is a term for various groups of Americans. Yankee may also refer to: Sports Teams * New York Yankees, an American Major League Baseball team ** Auburn Yankees, two minor league baseball teams based in Auburn, New York, one in 1889, and another affiliated with the New York Yankees from 1958 to 1961 ** Battle Creek Yankees, an affiliate in 2004 and 2005 ** Boise Yankees, an affiliate in 1952 and 1953 ** Dominican Summer League Yankees 1 ** Dominican Summer League Yankees 2 ** Fort Lauderdale Yankees, a Class A Florida State League affiliate (1962–1992) ** Gulf Coast Yankees, a Rookie League affiliate ** Kearney Yankees, an affiliate from 1956 to 1959 ** Manchester Yankees, two affiliates: in the Class B New England League (1948–1949) and in the Double-A Eastern League (1969–1971) ** Paintsville Yankees, a former minor league affiliate ** Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, a Triple-A Minor League affiliate ** Staten Island Yankees, a Low-A Minor League affiliate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankee
The term ''Yankee'' and its contracted form ''Yank'' have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Its various senses depend on the context, and may refer to New Englanders, residents of the Northern United States, or Americans in general. According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', it is "a nickname for a native or inhabitant of New England, or, more widely, of the northern States generally". Outside the United States, ''Yank'' is used informally to refer to an Americans, American person or thing. It has been especially popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand where it may be used variously with uncomplimentary overtones or cordially. In the Southern United States, ''Yankee'' is a derisive term which refers to all Northerners, and during the American Civil War was applied by Confederate States of America, Confederates to soldiers of the Union army in general. Elsewhere in the United States, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Haven Yankees
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in a place where magnetic north is the same dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankee (ferry)
''Yankee'' (also known as ''Machigonne'') is an early-20th-century steel hulled ferry which is registered as a historic vessel with the National Register of Historic Places. As of 2006 it was berthed in Hoboken, New Jersey. In mid-2013, the ferry was moved to the Henry Street pier in the Gowanus Bay Terminal in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Operational history Described as unusually luxurious for a day-voyaging vessel,Historic ferry owner will go from ship to shore ''The Villager'', Volume 73, Number 29 (19–25 November 2003). ''Yankee'' was built in 1907 by the Philadelphian shipbuilding company Neafie & L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Aviation AA-1 Yankee
The Grumman American AA-1 series is a family of light, two-seat aircraft. The family includes the original American Aviation AA-1 Yankee and AA-1A Trainer, the Grumman American AA-1B Trainer and TR-2, plus the Gulfstream American AA-1C Lynx and T-Cat. Development history The Yankee was originally designed in 1962 by Jim Bede as the BD-1 and was intended to be sold as a kit-built aircraft. Bede decided to certify the design under the then-new FAR Part 23 rules and offer it as a completed aircraft. No BD-1 kits were ever sold. The prototype first flew on July 11, 1963, and featured folding wings for trailering and ease of storage. Bede formed a company, Bede Aviation Corporation, based in Cleveland, Ohio, to produce the aircraft, but the BD-1 never entered production as a certified aircraft. At that time the FAA was hesitant to certify a light aircraft with folding wings. The certification process was complex and expensive and disagreements arose between Bede and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeritalia G
Aeritalia was an aerospace engineering corporation based in Italy. It was formed out of the merger of two aviation companies, Fiat Aviazione and Aerfer, in 1969. Aeritalia continued several programs of its preceding companies, perhaps most prominently the Fiat G.222 transport aircraft. Furthermore, the company was involved in various multinational programs and initiatives, including the European multirole aircraft Panavia Tornado, the ATR family of regional airliners, and the fighter-bomber AMX International AMX. Aeritalia was also a partner in the Boeing 767 from its inception, and played a key role in the creation of the Italian space industry, being involved in the Alfa rocket. In 1990, Aeritalia and Selenia were merged at the behest of parent corporation Finmeccanica to create Alenia Aeronautica, an aerospace and defense specialist. History Aeritalia was created during 1969 by the merger of Aerfer and Fiat Aviazione's aviation businesses. In response to a NATO-issued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Yankee (1892)
USS ''Yankee'' was originally ''El Norte'', a steamer launched 14 June 1892 and delivered 15 August 1892 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. for the Southern Pacific Railroad's Morgan Line. The ship was acquired by the United States Navy from the Southern Pacific Company on 6 April 1898. The ship was renamed and commissioned at New York on 14 April 1898, Commander Willard H. Brownson in command. Career Spanish–American War After fitting out as an auxiliary cruiser, the ship joined in the Spanish–American War and patrolled the coastal waters between Block Island and Cape Henlopen until 27 May. That day, ''Yankee'' stopped at Tompkinsville, New York to coal ship. On 29 May, she returned to sea and shaped a southerly course to join the fleet off Cuba. ''En route'', she touched briefly at St. Nicholas Mole, Haiti, on the evening of 2 June and then continued on toward Cuba. Early the following morning, ''Yankee'' joined the blockade off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Yankee (1861)
USS ''Yankee'' was a steam-powered side-wheel tugboat acquired by the Union Navy just prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War. Service history The ''Yankee''—a side-wheel steamer built in 1860 at New York City—was one of three steam tugs chartered early in April 1861 at New York City for use on the expedition to provision Fort Sumter, South Carolina, the first U.S. state to declare its secession from the Union, which it had done on 20 December 1860. She departed New York on 8 April 1861 and arrived off Charleston Bar on the 15th, a few hours after Major Robert Anderson's command had evacuated the fort and embarked in Federal transport ''Baltic''. On the 20th, ''Yankee'' assisted in the evacuation of the Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, towing to safety. She then returned to the New York Navy Yard. ''Yankee'' left the navy yard on 26 April 1861 for duty as a dispatch and escort vessel between Annapolis, Maryland, and Havre de Grace, Maryland. On 30 April 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankee-class Submarine
The Yankee class, Soviet designations Project 667A ''Navaga'' ( navaga) and Project 667AU ''Nalim'' (burbot), was a series of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. In total, 34 units were built: 24 in Severodvinsk for the Northern Fleet and the remaining 10 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur for the Pacific Fleet. Two Northern Fleet units were later transferred to the Pacific.Korabli VMF SSSR, Vol. 1, Part 1, Yu. Apalkov, Sankt Peterburg, 2003, The lead boat K-137 ''Leninets'' received its honorific name on 11 April 1970, two and one half years after being commissioned. Design The Yankee-class nuclear submarines were the first class of Soviet ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) to have thermonuclear firepower comparable with that of their American and British Polaris submarine counterparts. The Yankee class were quieter in the ocean than were their predecessors, and had better streamlining that improved their underwater performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankee Handicap
The Yankee Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run at the 1935 opening meet of Suffolk Downs in East Boston, Massachusetts. A race for three-year-olds, it was contested on dirt at a mile and an eighth. (9 furlongs) and was usually held on the Columbus Day holiday. A February 19, 1989, issue of the ''Boston Globe'' said that the Yankee Handicap "used to be the hallmark of the fall acingseason." Last run in 1987, the race was won by stars such as Cravat (1938); Challedon (1939); Our Boots (1941); Shut Out (1942), who broke the track record; Never Bend (1963); and Timely Writer Timely Writer (April 21, 1979 – October 9, 1982) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. The ''Boston Globe'' once described him as "the horse with the greatest potential—and the worst luck—whose very story was a fairytale of racing ... (1982). References {{reflist 1935 establishments in Massachusetts 1930s in Boston 1987 disestablishments in Massachusetts 1987 in Bosto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankee Small College Conference
Yankee Small College Conference is a Division II conference in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The conference consists of two-year and four-year schools from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York State. The conference hosted its first championships in the 2008–09 season, and in 2011, the conference expanded to include Hampshire College and four new members from the disbanded Sunrise Athletic Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member schools Current members ;Notes: Affiliate members ;Notes: Former members ;Notes: Conference sports See also *Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) is a member conference of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). It consists of eight small colleges in New York state. HVIAC's first championships were held in the ... * Penn State University Athletic Conference Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankee Conference
The Yankee Conference was a collegiate sports conference in the eastern United States. From 1947 to 1976, it sponsored competition in many sports, but was a football-only league from mid-1976 until its dissolution in 1996. It is essentially the ancestor of today's Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) football conference, and the continuation of the New England Conference, though all three leagues were founded under different charters and are considered separate conferences by the NCAA. For the first half of its history, the Yankee Conference consisted of the flagship public universities of the six New England states. Conference expansion in the 1980s and 1990s added several colleges and universities from the Mid-Atlantic region. Formation In 1945, Northeastern University, the only private school in the New England Conference, announced its departure. A committee formed by the remaining four members, land-grant colleges and universities representing Connecticut, Maine, New Hamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronx Yankees
The Bronx Yankees were an American basketball team based in the Bronx in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ..., that was a member of the American Basketball League for a brief period. During the first half of the 1937–38 season, the team became the New York Yankees. They dropped out of the league on 11 January 1938 near the halfway point of their first and only season. Year-by-year References Defunct basketball teams in the United States Basketball teams in New York City Basketball teams established in 1938 Basketball teams disestablished in 1939 Sports in the Bronx 1938 establishments in New York City 1939 disestablishments in New York (state) {{NYC-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
