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  USS Captor: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about USS Captor
USS Captor (PYc-40), briefly known as USS Eagle (AM-132) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy.
During this second conversion, the minesweeper was renamed Captor and redesignated PYc-40 on 18 April.
With the decline in the U-boat threat to the east coast of the United States late in the war, Captor was decommissioned at Boston on 4 October 1944.
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 Learn more about List of ships of the United States Navy in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
USS Enterprise (1775, 1776, 1799, 1831, CV 6, CVN 65)
USS Saratoga (1777, 1814, 1842, CC 3, CV 3, CVA 60)
USS \Yorktown (CV 5, CV 10, CG 48)
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 Encyclopedia: Q-ship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
USS Asterion (AK-100, AK-63, WAK-123) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for Asterion, a star in the constellation Canum Venaticorum.
USS Atik (AK-101) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for al-Atik, a double star in the constellation Perseus.
USS Big Horn (AO-45) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for the Bighorn River of Wyoming and Montana.
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USS Arizona Memorial USS Arizona Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table).
ransom ransom, price of redemption demanded by the captor of a person, vessel, or city.
The captor still held life-and-death power, but it became more useful to make slaves of the prisoners.
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 USS Captor (PYc-40) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
USS Captor (PYc-40), briefly known as USS Eagle (AM-132) was a (additional info and facts about Q-ship) Q-ship of the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy.
May 1942, Captor had little chance to spot an enemy submarine and ended her wartime career without a single sighting.
Stricken from the (additional info and facts about Naval Vessel Register) Naval Vessel Register on 14 October, 1944, the trawler was transferred to the War Shipping Administration and sold on 21 February 1945.
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 List of ships of the United States Navy
USS Boston (1776, 1776, 1799, 1825, 1884, CA-69, SSN-703)
USS Buffalo (1813, 1892, CL-84, CL-99, CL-110, SSN-715)
USS Enterprise (1775, 1776, 1799, 1831, 1874, CV-6, CVN-65)
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 USS Eagle - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Five vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Eagle, after the eagle.
The fifth Eagle (AM-132) was a Q-ship renamed Captor (PYc-40) shortly after commissioning in 1942.
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 USS Captor (PYc-40) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Instead, she operated in the waters near Boston -- in Massachusetts Bay, north to Casco Bay, east to the Georges Bank, and south to Nantucket Sound and Rhode Island Sound.
As of 2004, no other ship in the United States Navy has been named Captor.
See USS Eagle for other ships of that name.
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 USS Captor AM-132
Eagle (AM-132) was built in 1938 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass., as Harvard (later renamed Wave); purchased by the Navy 1 January 1942; and commissioned as Eagle 5 March 1942, Lieutenant Commander L. Rogers, USMR, in command.
The minesweeper was refitted as a Q-ship and reclassified PYC-40 on 18 April 1942 when her name was also changed to Captor.
Captor cruised diligently in known submarine areas but made no contacts.
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 USS Captor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
During this second conversion, theminesweeper was renamed Captor and redesignated PYc-40 on 18 April.
As growing air and sea patrols had driven most U-boats awayfrom the New England coast in May 1942, Captor had little chance to spot an enemysubmarine and ended her wartime career without a single sighting.
With the decline in the U-boat threat to the east coast of the United States late in the war, Captor wasdecommissioned at Boston on 4 October 1944.Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 14 October, 1944, the trawler was transferred tothe War Shipping Administration and sold on 21 February 1945.
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 USS POLLACK (SSN-603)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The lead ship of the class, the ill-fated USS THRESHER (SSN 593) was lost off the coast of New England on 10 April 1963 while on post-overhaul trials.
The second USS POLLACK was originally designated SS (N) 596 on 23 July 1959.
USS POLLACK arrived in Mare Island on 21 November 1988.
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 Colonel Donald G. Cook - The Namesake of USS Donald Cook
Cook was taken to a Viet Cong POW camp in the jungles of South Vietnam near the Cambodian border where he quickly established himself as the senior American (even though he was not) and provided guidance and strength to his fellow prisoners.
Cook's actions were in direct defiance of his captors who attempted to remove all semblance of military rank and structure among the POWs.
Cook was subjected to physical abuse and isolation but he resisted his captor's efforts to break his will and was used as a "bad" example by his Communist guards.
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 USS Galaxy-A Timeline - From 2265 AD - 2300 AD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kirk and a landing party beam down to the surface of the mysterious planet and their captor is revealed to be the immature but powerful Trelane, who initially seems to be a student of ancient Earth history (as demonstrated by his 17th century mansion, clothes and furnishings).
The U.S.S. "Genser" is later assigned to active duty in the rimward frontier areas.
Admiral Kirk, aboard the U.S.S. "Enterprise" (NCC-1701), commands a large task force against the Kzinti and employs the "Zetarian Squeeze" maneuver to force the enemy fleet into a neutron star.
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Darnley, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Henry Stuart or Stewart, Lord, 1545-67, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots and father of James I of England (James VI of Scotland).
A founder and active member of Michigan state naval brigade, he served as lieutenant on the U.S.S. Yosemite in the Spanish-Am...
She was captured (1697) in a Native American raid on Haverhill, Mass., and taken up the Merrimack River to a place near modern Concord, N.H. While their captors slept, Dustin and 10-year-old Samuel Lennardson killed and scalped 10 of their guards, a...
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 USS L. Mendel Rivers SSN-686
She always retorts "how would you know, you were never home!" What little time I was at home, I disliked the humid weather, the bugs (especially the little no-see'ms that I called flying teeth), fire ants, etc., and I wanted to get back on the West Coast.
USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686) served as Special Operations platform, as part of two Aircraft Carrier Groups in the Persian Gulf.
The USS L. Mendel Rivers SSN-686 departs Norfolk, VA to begin the final voyage of her 25-year career.
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 USS Captor (PYc-40)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
During this second conversion the was renamed Captor and redesignated PYc-40 on 18 April.
With the decline in the U-boat threat the east coast of the United States in the war Captor was decommissioned at Boston on 4 October 1944.
Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 14 October 1944 the trawler was transferred to the Shipping Administration and sold on 21 February 1945.
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 Q-ships during World War II
USS Atik and USS Asterion were to navigate so that one should be approximately 480 miles to the southward of the other after five days at sea.
The fifth cruise of USS Asterion began late in August and was similar in plan to that of the fourth cruise.
USS Asterion was subsequently converted for use as a weather-vessel in the North Atlantic.
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 DDG 75 Donald Cook
USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) is the 25th ship in the ARLEIGH BURKE Class of Aegis guided missile destroyers.
USS DONALD COOK (DDG 75) successfully completed the combined Alpha/Bravo Trial the week of 29 June, 1998 off the coast of Maine.
Col. Cook was subjected to physical abuse and isolation but he resisted his captor's efforts to break his will and was used as a "bad" example by his Communist guards.
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Two submarines of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Amberjack, named for a pair of species of vigorous sport fish found in the western Atlantic from New England to Brazil.
USS Asterion (AK-100, AK-63, WAK-123) was a Q-ship of the
USS Irene Forsyte (IX-93) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy.
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 Wikipedia: January 1
1931 - USS Wyoming (BB-32) was placed in reduced commission at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
1942 - USS Captor is acquired by the Navy as part of the Auxiliary Vessels Act.
1945 - USS Colorado (BB-45) Returns to Luzon on and participates in the preinvasion bombardments in Lingayen Gulf.
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 List of ships of the United States Navy - Gurupedia
USS Princeton (1842, 1852, 1898, CVL-23, CV-37, CG-59)
USS Ranger (1777, 1814, 1814, 1876, 1917, 1918, CC-4, CV-4,
USS Somers (1813, 1842, 1898, DD-301, DD-381, DDG-34)
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 John Philip
He was then pomoted to acting-master and assigned the sloop of war USS MARION of the Gulf Blockading Squadron, the war necessitating speedy promotion for trained officers.
On July 16,1862 he was commissioned a lieutenant and from September 1862 to January 1865 was executive officer of the steam gunboat USS CHIPPEWA, screw sloop USS PAWNEE, and the Monitor MONTAUK in succession, being actively involved in operations involved with the siege of Charleston.
He was given command of the steel cruiser USS ATLANTA in 1890, but was transferred to be the Inspector of the armored cruiser NEW YORK that was then building.
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 USS Captor (PYc-40) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
USS Captor (PYc-40) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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 USS Camden - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Camden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
USS Camden - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Camden.
Here you will find more informations about USS Camden.
USS Camden has been the name of two ships in the United States Navy:
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 USS Intrepid
While on course we recived a distress call from the USS Dallas, so we set course and went to there aid.
The report given by Ensign Kring proves that thier interest was in the technology aboard the Dallas, as well as that there may be a traitor in the midst of Starfleet.
Later the USS Champion was sent in for further study.
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 Naval Technology - SSN Los Angeles Class (USS Greeneville) - Attack Submarine
The first was commissioned in 1976 and the latest of the class, the USS Cheyenne, was commissioned in 1996.
First underwater launch of the new Raytheon Tactical Tomahawk Block IV missile with a live warhead took place from USS Tucson (SSN 770) in July 2003.
USS Buffalo surfaces from the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
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 STARFLEET RECORDS - USS MIRANDA PERSONELL FILES
In August of 2376, the Starfleet battle cruiser USS Coyote (NCC 65870, Akira-class), detected and retrieved a small emergency escape pod while it was conducting a security patrol and survey across the Caitian-Federation and Kzin Hegemony space.
She also enrolled Isis--as the young woman now preferred to be called, taking upon her the Caitian form of her proper name--into Federation primary and secondary remittal schools with specially-designed classes to help re-educate the young felinoid.
In addition to these duties, she was the direct liaison between Lt. Ishumida and the non-commissioned and enlisted crewmen that were responsible for supply operations.
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 USS Ronin
I am still bound by an oath that I have taken to Starfleet and the Federation to serve and protect the worlds and civilizations contained within their space.
In fact, my recent assignment to the USS Ronin was a special request of my Commanding Officers to return to active duty.
In front of him was a chilling sight that caught his attention, and caused the adrenaline in his system to flow.
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 Despite tears, Inchon to be sunk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The USS Inchon, formerly a centerpiece of the Mine Warfare Command fleet in the U.S. Navy, is slotted for "sink-ex" - an exercise in which the Navy tests weapons by sinking decommissioned ships.
Since 2001, the 600-member USS Inchon Association, has tried to get the ship turned into a museum, said Fix, who is the association's secretary/ treasurer.
The Inchon is at the Philadelphia Naval Business Center (PNBC) I saw her in NOV and took pictures also the USS America is there being readied for sinking.
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 Q-ship -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On January 20, 1942, Commander-in-Chief, (additional info and facts about United States Fleet) United States Fleet (Cominch), sent a coded dispatch to Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier (CESF), requesting immediate consideration of the manning and fitting-out of "Queen" ships to be operated as an antisubmarine measure.
SS Evelyn and Carolyn, identical cargo vessels that became (additional info and facts about USS Asterion (AP-100)) USS Asterion (AP-100) and (additional info and facts about USS Atik (AP-101)) USS Atik (AP-101) respectively,
the schooner Irene Myrtle, which became (additional info and facts about USS Irene Forsyte (IX-93)) USS Irene Forsyte (IX-93).
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