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- California. Mare Island became the sole west coast depot during the following year, and east coast recruit training was shifted to Parris Island, South Carolina, in 1915. The training program Biddle outlined included drill, physical exercise,
- California. Mare Island became the sole west coast depot during the following year, and east coast recruit training was shifted to Parris Island, South Carolina, in 1915. The training program Biddle outlined included drill, physical exercise,
- coast depot during the following year, and east coast recruit training was shifted to Parris Island, South Carolina, in 1915. The training program Biddle outlined included drill, physical exercise, personal combat, and intensive marksmanship
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- carrier and turned her into a
guard ship with anti aircraft guns. Her name
Foyle Bank. She used to fly a yellow flag when
enemy planes were reported, a red flag when
planes were
- carrier and turned her into a
guard ship with anti aircraft guns. Her name
Foyle Bank. She used to fly a yellow flag when
enemy planes were reported, a red flag when
planes were
- day, a normal day. I noticed the guard ship was
flying the yellow flag, but did not take much
notice, for she had been flying that on a number
of days lately. When out of the sun
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- shipping was
passing along that part of the coast at that period. I can
remember the times when just three or four trawlers escorted
up to fifty or more merchant vessels, up that part of the
coast, through the Irish Sea, and the
- shipping was
passing along that part of the coast at that period. I can
remember the times when just three or four trawlers escorted
up to fifty or more merchant vessels, up that part of the
coast, through the Irish Sea, and the
- more merchant vessels, up that part of the
coast, through the Irish Sea, and the North Channel, and saw
them off into the Atlantic Ocean, where they made their own
separate ways to their destinations. The Royal Navy were
short
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- operated between Pearl
Harbor and the west coast and Pacific islands. On 7 December 1941, Antares returned
from Palmyra and Canton with a 500-ton steel barge in tow and stood toward the entrance to
Pearl Harbor at 0630 when her watch
- operated between Pearl
Harbor and the west coast and Pacific islands. On 7 December 1941, Antares returned
from Palmyra and Canton with a 500-ton steel barge in tow and stood toward the entrance to
Pearl Harbor at 0630 when her watch
- on 7Dec41.
U. S. GRANT resumed trips from west coast to Alaska, participated in the
landings at Massacre Bay and Kiska, and, later, Hawaii. In
1945 she shifted operations to the Caribbean.
USS Wharton (AP-7). Troopship commissioned
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- 5 craft approaching from the North close to the coast of Kolombangara Island. Visual contact was made shortly thereafter, by PT 159 which saw 4 shapes in column heading Southeast close into the coast at 15 knots. The PT 157 saw only two. The
- 5 craft approaching from the North close to the coast of Kolombangara Island. Visual contact was made shortly thereafter, by PT 159 which saw 4 shapes in column heading Southeast close into the coast at 15 knots. The PT 157 saw only two. The
- in column heading Southeast close into the coast at 15 knots. The PT 157 saw only two. The shapes were first believed to be large landing craft. The PTs 159 and 157, after directing the PTs 162 and 109 to lay to, began closing to make a
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- cruise about the island.
West of San Juan the coast, although bold, has outlying dangers, making
it easy at present for blockade runners having local pilots to work in
close to the port under the land during the night . . ."
--Captain C. D.
- cruise about the island.
West of San Juan the coast, although bold, has outlying dangers, making
it easy at present for blockade runners having local pilots to work in
close to the port under the land during the night . . ."
--Captain C. D.
- June 1898, SS
ANTONIO LOPEZ reached the north coast of Puerto Rico. The previous
week, on 20 June, the Spanish Governor of Puerto Rico had received a coded
cable message of the ships arrival date. While El Morro's lighthouse
and the city
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- that the Cuban headquarters be on the south coast and as near the city
of Santiago de Cuba as possible, so as to be able to carry out instructions
from the Commander-in-chief of the United States forces as soon as they
landed in Cuba. The
- that the Cuban headquarters be on the south coast and as near the city
of Santiago de Cuba as possible, so as to be able to carry out instructions
from the Commander-in-chief of the United States forces as soon as they
landed in Cuba. The
- all the Spanish positions along the coast, namely, Daiquiri,
Siboney, Aguadores, Morro and Cabanas.
During the landing five hundred more Cuban soldiers under General
Jesus Rabi, also assisted in keeping the Spaniards busy. As soon
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- Balearic Islands, and a possible bombardment of coastal Spanish
towns if the war was to drag on and he was loath to part with his big ships
(Nofi 1996:168). However, a telegram from the President released
the ships and the Miles expedition
- Balearic Islands, and a possible bombardment of coastal Spanish
towns if the war was to drag on and he was loath to part with his big ships
(Nofi 1996:168). However, a telegram from the President released
the ships and the Miles expedition
- below, on penalty of arrest . . . Only the guard relief and the
sick men were allowed to sleep on deck . . . The ship being shorthanded,
soldiers were asked to volunteer for stoker duty. The reward was
food: three portions of sailor's stew
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- 19. At anchor in Guantanamo
Bay. YANKEE guard ship.
Saturday, August 20. At anchor in Guantanamo
Bay. MAYFLOWER guard ship. The
FERN arrived.
Sunday, August 21. At anchor in Guantanamo
Bay. VIXEN guard ship. The army
- of high rank.
The Cubans had come to the coast in order to put themselves in communication
with the United States forces, to ask for arms, provisions, clothing, medicines,
etc., for the insurgents. A boatload of provisions, tobacco,
- 25. Off the Isle of Pines.
Arrived off the coast of the Isle of Pines and stood in towards Cape Francis,
where five fishing vessels were sighted, four at anchor and one under way.
A shot from a six-pounder was fired across the bows of the
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- fort and a small gunboat,
the SANDOVAL .
The guard at the fort was quickly driven off and the SANDOVAL
retreated into the inner harbor to the town of Caimanera. Sailors
cut the telegraph cable and made contact with the already-present
- fort and a small gunboat,
the SANDOVAL .
The guard at the fort was quickly driven off and the SANDOVAL
retreated into the inner harbor to the town of Caimanera. Sailors
cut the telegraph cable and made contact with the already-present
- from the press boat
KANAPAHA described the south coast of Cuba
in Santiago Province as consisting of "one succession of desolate hills,
rising smoothly from the sea in most places but dropping off now and then
in steep cliffs of limestone or
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