military+stores
121USS Providence (1775) — Originally chartered by the Rhode Island General Assembly as Katy , USS Providence was a sloop in the Continental Navy.ervice as Katy From early 1775, British men of war, especially His Majesty’s Frigate HMS|Rose|1757|2, searched Rhode Island… …
122USS Pegasus (AK-48) — was built in 1939 as SS Rita Maersk by Helsingors, Jernskibs, og Maskinbyggeri A/A, Helsingor, Denmark. Following the outbreak of war in Europe, she sailed to the United States where she operated under charter from the Maritime Commission as Rita …
123USS Fly (1776) — USS Fly was an eight gun sloop of war built into the Continental Navy. She was part of a squadron that was beaten back by the 20 gun HMS Glasgow . Fly , one of the eight former merchant ships fitted out by the Naval Committee between November… …
124Boston — /baw steuhn, bos teuhn/, n. 1. a seaport in and the capital of Massachusetts, in the E part. 562,994. 2. (l.c.) a variety of whist, popular in the early 19th century, played by four persons with two packs of cards. 3. (usually l.c.) a social… …
125Convoy HX 300 — was the 300th of the numbered series of World War II HX convoys of merchant ships from Halifax to Liverpool. These HX convoys had been established shortly after declaration of war; and the first sailed on 16 September 1939.[1] Ships in convoy… …
126Corregidor Island — Corregidor Map of Corregidor Island …
127SS Quistconck — The launch of Quistconck, 5 August 1918 Career Name: Red Jacket (1918) Quistconck (1918–41) Empire Falcon (1941–46) Ba …
128MARGOLIN, ELIEZER — (1874–1944), one of the commanders of the jewish legion during World War I. Born in Belgorod, Russia, Margolin settled in Ereẓ Israel with his family in 1892 and lived in Rehovot. He was outstanding in agricultural labor and in affairs of self… …
