Warship

soldiers died of malnutrition and illness. The significance is despite the Patriots facing hard conditions they remained at Valley Forge because of respect for Washington, honor and duty. In the fall of 1775 the Continental Army planned to build 4 warships, which were increased to eight by February…

an alliance between them. Later the Romans built the first massive fleet of warships. At Mylaee, Gaius crushed Carthaginian’s squadron with their new maneuverable ships. I observed them using the grappling strategy where ships throw ropes onto enemy ships and board them to take over. Unfortunately Gaius was not able to loosen Carthaginian’s grip on Sicily. Eventually Rome sent a fleet of 200 warships to reinforce the Lilybaeum blockade. Carthaginian’s attempt to resist was at a…

last decades of the 16th century. As warships, galleys carried various types of weapons throughout their long existence, including rams, catapults and cannons, but also relied on their massive crews to overpower enemy vessels in boarding actions. They were the first ships to effectively use heavy cannons as anti-ship weapons. As highly efficient gun platforms they forced changes in the design of medieval seaside fortresses as well as refinement of sailing warships. Galleys are a type of ship…

200 wounded. Several thousands of troops from both dead from Malaria and other tropical diseases. Japan destroyed 8 cruisers, 2 heavy carriers, and 14 destroyers. Japan and United States lost a total of 24 warships. United States and Japan both suffered from severe loss of warships but on February 9, 1943, there was a significant strategic combined arms Allied victory in the Pacific theatre. Japan after Guadalcanal no longer had any hope of withstanding the offensive of the…

Introduction During the American Revolution and in the years leading up to the war, thousands of colonists in the royal colonies fought back against the injustice of Great Britain, this eventually led to the fight for independence. From the beginning of the war the colonists looked at the French for assistance and the French did secretly help the colonists by sending hundreds of thousands of guns, ammos, and clothing for the soldiers. Initially, the French didn’t want to intervene in the war…

what else to do but to amputate the body part in which the soldier was injured. During the war, both sides used whatever they could to dispose of one another. This led to the experimental weapons. Weapons like the gatling gun, landmines, ironclad warships, rocket launchers, and calcium floodlights were some experimental weapons used throughout the war. Most of these were dismissed…

of the caravan were as cargo ships, warships, patrol ships, and fishing boats. One main reason explorers commonly used these ships were there speed. Caravans were fast and able to control which helped explorers navigate with ease. The Galleon is another ship created during the Age of Exploration. This 16th century ship had much of its inspiration come from the Caravel and Carrack. The Galleon had two main uses, one was for fishing and the other was as a warship. The ships…

continued, the small vessel pulled alongside and detonated. The explosion ripped a 40-foot wide hole in the side of the ship, leaving 17 sailors dead and many others injured. The follow-on investigation aimed at determining why such a vital U.S. warship could be left so vulnerable and attacked so deliberately, all while its attackers and their plans went virtually undetected…

The Boss Awakening Boss stood on the beach looking out at the ocean as the sun sank into the red clouds, its’ job done for the day. A cloud drifted in the distance spreading its rain. The beach sand was soft under his feet and the warm water was clear and filled with fish that seemed to enjoy swimming with him. A pair of flutter-bys flapped their colorful wings of blue, red, green and gold as they passed him in a harmonic dance. The cool breeze coming off the ocean felt good as he listened to…

policy of careful restraint. In addition, he urged a policy of utmost moderation should any of the Southern states attempt to leave the Union. He stated that the government should assert its continued authority by the symbolic device of stationing warships off Southern ports to continue the collection of import duties. Scott’s entire proposal aimed at avoiding in the hope that an eventual compromise might be reached. (Pg. 26)…