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On 15 March 1951 a seven-ship naval bombardment of the Wonsan district resulted in reported enemy casualties of some 6 000. The following afternoon shore batteries fired at the ships in the harbor and counter battery fire from the destroyers began in a matter of seconds. Gun positions were t...
of the English words. In the Second World War, American and female names named tropical cyclones. At the end of the 1970s, at the request of the American feminist movement, the nomenclature was enlarged and named after men and women. In oral and written communication, especially in alarms,...
request of the American feminist movement. In oral and written communication, especially in the alarm, people have accepted the advantages of using the naming table. The name should be short, popular, easy to remember, easy to transfer information to millions of tropical cyclone threat zones, to...
With the beginning of 1960 Ault was again deployed to the Mediterranean. During her seven-month tour with the 6th Fleet the destroyer became one of the first American warships to enter the Black Sea since World War II. She returned to Norfolk in September and commenced overhaul in December. ...