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  Japanese gunboat Akagi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Akagi (赤城) was a Japanese gunboat that saw service as a dispatch vessel in Admiral Isokuru Ito's fleet at the Battle of Yalu River in 1894.
Akagi was laid down by builder Onohama of Kobe in June 1886, launched in August 1888, and completed in July 1890.
Akagi was one of four vessels of the Maya class of gunboats.
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 List of ships of the Japanese Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tsukuba class (note: the IJN classified these as battlecruisers but they lacked the big guns of battlecruisers proper)
Ibuki class (note: the IJN classified these as battlecruisers but they lacked the big guns of battlecruisers proper)
Kongo class (battlecruisers which were all converted to "fast battleships" in the 1920s)
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 Overview of Belizean History
This was a long and costly battle, in the early to mid 19th century, between the Maya of the Yucatan (Chan Santa Cruz, presently the town of Fellipe Carillo Puerte) and the Spanish and the mestizo populations..
Although the Maya nation entered a period of decadence, they were still strong enough to resist the incursion of the Spanish Conquistadors.
In 1526 Francesos Montejo (the Elder) was granted the commission from Spain to occupy "the islands of Yucatan and Cozumel".
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 Dreadnought   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Other ships of the class played their part in surface actions against the Germans, but some of the classic surface actions of the War were still carried out by the old Queen Elizabeths from World War I, especially the Warspite.
Of the earlier class of ships, the France had been lost in 1922, the Courbet and Paris escaped to Britain in 1940, and the Jean Bart, renamed Océan, was scuttled in Toulon in 1942 when the Germans moved to occupy all of France.
A small class of "light cruisers" like the British ones was also designed, but these ships were finished, during the war, too late to participate in the early battles.
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 Epiphany
At 150% the mass of a Unity class ship and 300% of the power output, what was envisioned as a heavy transport/tug was refitted into a highly useful exploration cruiser.
Sklagg is a marginal class M world, and Fresia is soliciting Federation aid to improve the conditions.
Looking like she would be more at home in front of a class of first graders, or working the horses in some Irish paddock, than on the bridge of a warship.
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 Keen Readings
The structure of class and caste are considered next, including the formal and informal criteria of social rank, the supposed place of each ethnic group in the hierarchy, and the cleavage within the colonial upper class between creoles and peninsulars.
Describe recent changes in class structure and the relative weight of the various classes as a result of industrialization, urbanization, and the commercialization of agriculture.
After a discussion of recent changes in class structure and the relative weight of the various classes, the chapter surveys recent shifts in attitudes with respect to such issues as discrimination on the basis of race and sex.
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 The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II--1942
River gunboat Tutuila (PR-4), stranded at Chungking by Sino-Japanese hostilities since 1937, is decommissioned and her crew flown out of China.
Gunboat Asheville (PG-21) is sunk by gunfire of Japanese destroyers Arashi and Nowaki south of Java, 12°33'S, 111°35'E. Asheville's sole survivor will perish in POW camp in 1945.
River gunboat Tutuila (PR-4), decommissioned at Chungking, China, on 18 January, is leased to the Chinese government for the duration of the war.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1942.html   (16071 words)

  
 Mail & Guardian Online:
Suspected Tamil rebels blew up a naval gunboat on Saturday, killing 15 Sri Lankan sailors in a suicide attack that caused the biggest military loss of life since a truce began four years ago, the military said.
An explosives-packed fishing boat was believed to have rammed the Israeli-built Dvora-class gunboat, which was on a routine patrol outside Trincomalee harbour, 260km north-east of Colombo, he said.
Saturday's attack was the first sinking of a high-powered naval gunboat since the truce and came 16 days after three sailors aboard a smaller naval patrol craft died in a sea battle with rebels off the north-western coast.
www.mg.co.za /articledirect.aspx?articleid=260744&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news   (696 words)

  
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Those people serving honorably in active-duty status are eligible for naturalization in accordance with the statutory exception to the naturalization requirements." Many non-citizen Sailors aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) are hoping this will give them the chance to gain their citizenship.
She has been meeting with Miller since before Maya was born, repeatedly driving the 45 minutes from Ingleside to Miller's home in Corpus Christi, Texas, to help her with every aspect of childbirth and child-rearing.
Classes and playgroups cover a wide range of topics including: prenatal care, healthy pregnancy/healthy baby classes, infant and toddler stimulus groups and painless discipline.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/navnews/nns02/nns020829.txt   (5567 words)

  
 History and Social Studies Education Department - Buffalo State College - Course Descriptions - Undergraduate History
This course is a survey of the history of the Aztec and Maya empires in Mexico and Central America before and during the Spanish conquest.
Topics include the construction of rulership, Aztec and Maya historiography, systems of trade and tribute, imperial expansion, war and sacrifice, and encounter with the Spanish.
Examination of themes and unique developments in history that stand apart from the normal pattern; analytical and historiographical approach to such topics and phenomena as reform and reaction in American life; impact of ideology in European relations; clash of tradition and modernization in Asia; rise of nationalism in Latin America; emergence of a Third World.
www.buffalostate.edu /history/x725.xml   (3523 words)

  
 The Battleship Kongo
This, without regard to the tonnage, was then called a "light cruiser." The Japanese therefore immediately planned a class of ships, just as large as the "heavy" cruisers, but with fifteen 6 inch guns, in triple turrets, instead of ten 8 inch guns, in double turrets.
The class of 1910, when the Kongô and Hiei were planned, survives today in the battleship Texas, as strange to modern eyes as a dinosaur, on public view at the San Jacinto Battlefield, outside Houston, Texas.
The AJ "Savage" (later designated the A-2), a twin propeller bomber, could operate off of the Midway class carriers, but an even larger plane was required and envisioned at the time.
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 GLOBAL CLASH OF RELIGIONS MEANS END OF TIME FOR PATRIARCHAL RELIGIONS- BY BHGAWAN KALKI | The News is NowPublic.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The rising fertility rates of Inca Maya and Aztec Indians and mixed Mestizos and the declining fertility rates of Spaniards, Italians and Portuguese has sealed the fate of white race in the Hispanic Latino and Andean world.
Barbarian Spaniards invaded the great civilizations of Incas, Aztecs and Mayas and ruled over it for few centuries, ultimately the ancient civilizations reorganized and regrouped and blessed by goddess of fertility reclaimed the lands of ancient civilizations from the descendants of barbarians in the 21st Century.
India historically exercised gunboat diplomacy in Iran, and it is high time that United States undertook preventive measures to keep nukes out of the hands of mad Mullahs.
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 James Dixon Timeline
The Class N water world Argo is studied by the "Enterprise" when Captain Kirk and Commander Spock are transformed into water-breathers by the planet's inhabitants.
The Class Q planet Delta Canaris IV is mapped by the "Enterprise" and the entire crew of the Vulcan science ship "T'Pau" (NSP-17938?) is found dead.
These "Maya" series docks are extensive modular facilities allowing their frames to be expanded to include even space stations, with 4 shuttlecraft bays, 110 standard shuttlecraft, and a standard facility complement of 300.
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 Native Latin Americans - ANTH 150 - Prof. Kay
Class attendance is central to the successful completion of this course.
Maya of Amatenango del Valle, Zinacantecos, Chichen Itza; (Yaqui of Sonora, Mexico).
E. Gunboat diplomacy vs. other options for peace.
chss2.montclair.edu /anthropology/150kay.htm   (284 words)

  
 God - the mechanic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Right now, the real stuff is named Maya and is produced by Alias Wavefront.
My school gave a class in virtual reality (in Maya).
Most of it was based on working on your own with a project.
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 Relic Forums - The Taiidan Republic mod
The gunboat corvette is often deployed in the front of any Taiidan attack fleet and serves to cut through fighter wings and corvette wings(although it is used primarily against fighters).
The Taiidan Republican Destroyer is feared by many capital ship class crews but has been the joke of bomber and corvette pilots, for this destroyer hasn't got adaquit defence against fighter and corvette class ships.
The Bombardier is one of the most feared classes of ships produced by the Raiders, first encountered when a Hiigaran Fighter squadron engaged what seemed like a Raider cargo ship.
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 WORTHPLAYING - - All about games !
MP vehicles can get the same damage from every kind of bullet (no distinction between sniper rifle and the deagle), this value is set by ‘dmgBulletMP’ variable inside ‘DamageParams’ table of the vehicle.
Class – An icon displaying the score of that player.
The three cogs represent the support class, a scope for the sniper and the bullets for the grunt.
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First MAYA and the two destroyers peeled off, catching HMS STRONGHOLD at 1749; and putting her under sixty-nine minutes later.
Captain LtCdr G R Pretor-Pinney and seventy men went down with her; among the survivors rescued by the Japanese, five later died in captivity (complement is listed as a mere 90).
In the ASHEVILLE's fire room, Fireman Second Class Fred L. Brown reported that he felt the shock of the shell hits and the engines were knocked out.
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 AFROMESTIZO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Captured by the Mayas five were quickly “sacrificed” and the rest made slaves.
There were very few European women in the settlement and some of the settlers took Maya women as “common-law” wives.
Three thousand people were involved in the rioting and looting continued until a British gunboat was sent in.
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 Mayan Majix - Earth Changes Bulletin Update As Of March 1 2006
The Russians have always made first class chess masters and geopolitical strategists and they appear determined to block this bid by the Zionist cabal to slap-bitch the remainder of the Middle East into submission to Western powers.
Expect minimally another 15% rise in gas prices this year on average, and that is a dyed in the wool holding onto my behind ultra conservative guess.
The hard news is the 30% general price rise which is going to roll through practically everything for living during the next two years.
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These were small steam gunboats, built around 1880-1895, about 100-150 feet long and armed with a single big gun, usually 9" or 10" MLR or BLR.
I have seen a couple of pictures of a working model in an old Model Boats, it went under the name of HMS Fidget, but this may be fictitious.
Subject: Illustrious Class Hi Yohan You're forgeting the all up weight included all the stores and supplies for these aircraft which is what would have put the overall weight above the limit.
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 Naval Alamo
When the range was 8,500 meters the destroyers opened fire, smashing the gunboat with shells.
The gunboat was rapidly sinking and he abandoned ship with a few others that remained of the crew.
The gallant Dutchmen Doorman's two cruisers were avenged when NACHI was sunk with even greater losses in Manila Bay, and the HAGURO went down with similar loss in the last surface action of the war.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
CSS Palmetto State, The Ladies' Gunboat, Cottage Industry Models 1:96 Scale - Charleston, South Carolina is known for its grace, charm and of course Southern hospitality but early in 1863 the Yankee blockading squadron had overstayed its welcome.
Evolution of the Later C Class Cruisers of the Royal Navy - Built during World War One to support the battle fleet, these cruisers did not have the range for a trade route protection mission.
Maya, Takao Class Heavy Cruiser October 1944, Super-Detailed Pitroad Kit 1:700 Scale - So you think you have to keep adding detail to a model before it is finished?
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 Hoosier Hero Spotlight 2
In a tense voyage of 2000 miles in 12 days and sailing only at night, hiding in little island coves, etc. during the day, these little gunboats escaped the large Japanese Naval and Air force that by the had spread all over the far east.
The ships were supposed to rendezvous at a point approximately 500 miles SW of Tjilatjap and the
Magotaro Koga) and the cruiser Maya (Capt. Shunsku Nabeshima).
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 Whappen To Da Blak Star Line?
It is in Xala that the audience get the opportunity to witness and in a sense pass judgement upon the actions of the lead character who symbolises the African nouveaux-riche.
El Hadji does not represent a blanket stereotype of the whole class however and it is with his female characters that Sembene further divides up and enriches the personalities of his characters.
People who fundamentally disagree with the ideology or principles have no representation in the legislature other than being labelled deviant or criminal and this subjugates them to social derision or proceedings to ultimately deny them of their liberty for their refusal to adhere to someone-else's small-print.
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A free fl class did emerge because it was possible to buy your freedom – usually these men became artisans and hired slaves – then allowed them to buy their freedom.
C – the aim was to achieve modernization at the expense of the lower classes and the Indians.
The result was generally, either the exclusion of the lower classes or else people were told how to vote by political bosses who had economic power.
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 Digital History
The aims and objects of this organization shall be to put the working class in possession of economic power...without regard to the capitalist masters." Unlike the AFL, which restricted its membership to skilled craftsmen, the IWW opened membership to any wage earner regardless of occupation, race, or sex.
Sinclair had hoped to generate sympathy for the working class, but wound up making the public concerned about adulterated food.
January 30: The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launch the Tet Offensive against major cities in South Vietnam, shattering faith that the United States was on the verge of military victory.
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More enduring than any empire is the British class system, revealed in every aspect of their lives, even the way they knot their neckties.
Today, the descendants of dukes and kings have "gone commercial" to maintain their way of life, and a coal miner's son lives in the manor once owned by a marquis.
Summary: In the 30's, the Russian Revolution was replaced by a totalitarian state, the privileged class of Tsarist times replaced by a privileged class of Party loyalists, and the cult of the Tsar replaced by the cult of Stalin.
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 Jedi Council Forums - System Lords 3: Blade's Edge
Tao listined to the Moffs give their concerns, than spoke "The Eclipse class Super Star Destroyer is on-route, with the Moff of Kuat, the Rebel SSD is currently in orbit around Ord Biinir, and the Jedi Sanctuary is at the co-ordinates 3,179,532.
Sharr would also join us?" Maya said across the comm line while ordering her ships joined the Tetan Moff's.
May i suggest that the Kuat and Khomm forces engage the republics SSD, they, with maybe one or ttwo more Moffs, could easily dispose of that nuisance." Maya said from her chair as she played with her necklace that the researchers on Polis Massa had found in one of their numerous digs.
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 Fleets - ZAON | Highend Sci-Fi Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Rak Mod (‘Inspector’) class Exploration Vessel (940m) *104,000
Not sure if this is still valid, but it sound good.
Raak Mod (‘Inspector’) class Expedition Vessel (940m) *74,000
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