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ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
BREAKING NEWS:
My wife (who spends many hours per week on geneology) just discovered she has a relative/ancestor named "Major Major Etheridge" - so close! [:D]"
His first name was Major, and he retired from the service as a Major.
She also recently discovered another ancestor/relative named "Captain Captain Wilson "(I'm not sure of the last name). She thinks that this might be a typo, though. [:(]
Unknown...ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
BREAKING NEWS:
My wife (who spends many hours per week on geneology) just discovered she has a relative/ancestor named "Major Major Etheridge" - so close! [:D]"
His first name was Major, and he retired from the service as a Major.
She also recently discovered another ancestor/relative named "Captain Captain Wilson "(I'm not sure of the last name). She thinks that this might be a typo, though. [:(]
Did he try to sneak out of the house when people visited.
; Julia Child
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
It was a 111 here at 5 PM
; Julia ChildORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
It was a 111 here at 5 PM
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
It was a 111 here at 5 PM
I have seen it at -56 F outside. I have also seen it with more than a -100 F windchill outside. I have also seen a month where it never got above Zero degrees F outside.
I have also been outside when it was over 90 F if not over 100 F and very humid. Think of crawling into a metal vehicle that has been closed up on a concrete pad all day. Or not being able to bathe for half a week in those temperatures.
How do those compare? That is a dry heat, is it not?
I'm guessing you're not in real estate sales. ORIGINAL: jdsrae
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
It was a 111 here at 5 PM
More important than ever to stay hydrated
Night Time Surface Combat, near Dobo at 83,116, Range 11,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Natori, Shell hits 1
CL Yura, Shell hits 1
DD Arashi, Shell hits 2
DD Usugumo, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Murakumo
DD Amagiri, Shell hits 1
DD Sazanami
Allied Ships
DD Barton, Shell hits 3
DD Woodworth, Shell hits 1
DD Gansevoort, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Carmick, Shell hits 2
Night Time Surface Combat, near Dobo at 83,116, Range 10,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Natori
CL Yura
DD Arashi
DD Usugumo, on fire
DD Murakumo
DD Amagiri
DD Sazanami
Allied Ships
PT-147
PT-167
PT-232, Shell hits 1
PT-233, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-262
PT-263, Shell hits 2
PT-264, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
Submarine attack near Gorong at 81,113
Japanese Ships
DD Usugumo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS KXVI
Guert Gansevoort
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Guert Gansevoort
Born June 7, 1812
Gansevoort, New York
Died July 15, 1868 (aged 56)
Schenectady, New York
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service 1823–1867
Rank USN commodore rank insignia.jpg Commodore
Commands held USS Decatur
USS Roanoke
Battles/wars
Mexican–American War
Puget Sound War
American Civil War
Commodore Guert Gansevoort (7 June 1812 – 15 July 1868) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
Biography
He was born into an aristocratic Dutch American family in Gansevoort, New York, near Albany. The area was named for his paternal grandfather, Peter Gansevoort, a prosperous businessman who had served in the Continental Army and later become a brigadier general in the United States Army. Guert was the son of Peter's son Leonard. Peter's daughter, Maria, was the mother of author Herman Melville.
Gansevoort was appointed a midshipman in the Navy on 4 March 1823. Subsequently he served in the Mediterranean Sea on board Constitution, North Carolina, and Ohio,[1] receiving promotion to passed midshipman on 28 April 1832, and to lieutenant on 8 March 1837.[2]
In 1842 Gansevoort was serving as first lieutenant aboard the brig Somers, under the command of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, when a planned mutiny was discovered, led by Midshipman Philip Spencer. On the advice of Gansevoort and the other officers Mackenzie sentenced Spencer, Boatswain's Mate Samuel Cromwell and Seaman Elisha Small to death, and on 1 December the three men were hanged from the yardarm. Mackenzie was subsequently court-martialled, but exonerated.[3][4] Gansevoort's first cousin, Herman Melville, later wrote the novella Billy Budd, inspired by the events.[5]
Gansevoort was promoted to commander on 14 September 1855,[2] and the following year took part in the First Battle of Tuxpan and First Battle of Tabasco during the Mexican–American War. In January 1856 during the Puget Sound War, Gansevoort landed seamen and marines from Decatur to defend Seattle, Washington Territory, from Native Americans.[1][6]
Between 1861 and 1863, during the Civil War, Gansevoort was in charge of ordnance at the Brooklyn Navy Yard,[1] receiving promotion to captain on 16 July 1862,[2] while helping fit out ships which had been acquired for blockade duty. He commanded the ironclad Roanoke in the last year of the war.[1]
Gansevoort retired on 28 January 1867, and was promoted to commodore on the retired list.[2] He died on 15 July 1868 at Schenectady, New York.[1]
Namesake
The destroyer USS Gansevoort (DD-608) (1942–1946) was named for him.[1]
Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 8 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9
Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 11
A6M5 Zero x 18
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 3
B-25D1 Mitchell x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 7
A6M5 Zero x 21
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
Shokaku-1 with A6M3a Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 11000.
Raid is overhead
Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
Amagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
Ryujo-1/A with A6M3a Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
