USS Cactus was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War for service with the Union blockade of the ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America.
She was used by the Union Navy primarily as a supply ship and as a ship's tender, but she was also equipped with heavy guns to be used as a gunboat if the need occurred.
USSCactus was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War for service with the Union blockade of the ports and waterways of the...
Cactus Air Force refers to the ensemble of Allied air power assigned to the island of Guadalcanal from August 1942 until December 1942 during the most...
set out from the New York Navy Yard with three vessels, USS Thomas Freeborn, USS Reliance, and USS Resolute. He arrived at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington...
Tupelo (WLB-303), a Cactus (A) Class 180 foot buoy tender USS Tupelo (YN-75), an Ailanthus-class net laying ship later renamed the USS Winterberry (AN-56)...
USS Clover may refer to more than one ship in the U.S. Navy: USS Clover (1863), a tugboat commissioned 28 November 1863. USS Clover (1899), a lighthouse...
attacked by the “Cactus Air Force” (later Air Sols) from Henderson Field 14 October 1942 Sasako Maru – military transport; attacked by the “Cactus Air Force”...
almost overnight to carry the tides of workers to and from the gate. The "Cactus Curtain" is a term describing the line separating the naval base from Cuban-controlled...
and about 5 mi (8 km) northwest of Shuri, from what came to be known as Cactus Ridge.: 104–105 The 7th Infantry Division encountered similarly fierce...
California on the USS Ranger, Pond collected numerous plants, which he sent to his friend, botanist Edward Lee Greene. Greene named the cactus Mammillaria pondii...
"State Bird". Colorado State Archives. Retrieved September 17, 2015. "State Cactus". Colorado State Archives. Retrieved September 17, 2015. "State Fish". Colorado...
Hermes and USS Princeton, the cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire, the destroyers USS Sims, USS Meredith, and HMS Tenedos, the submarine USS Grayback...
General Henry Knox (MP-1) (USS Picket (ACM-8) then USCGC Willow (WAGL / WLB-332)) USAMP Colonel Henry J. Hunt (MP-2) (USS Bastion (ACM 6) then USCGC Jonquil...
hodgepodge of Marine, Army, Navy, and Allied aircraft that became known as the Cactus Air Force. They defended the airfield and threatened any Japanese ships...
During the Guadalcanal Campaign, Munro was assigned to Naval Operating Base Cactus at Lunga Point, where small boat operations were coordinated. At the Second...
(codename Watchtower), and "adjacent positions". Guadalcanal (codename Cactus), which eventually became the focus of the operation, was not even mentioned...
task forces (TFs): TF 11 centered around USS Saratoga; TF 16 based on USS Enterprise; and TF 18 formed around USS Wasp; their respective air groups; and...
as the Townsend barrel cactus, is a species of cactus endemic to southern Baja California Sur in Mexico. It is a barrel cactus that grows solitary stems...
USS Tracy (DD-214/DM-19) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Secretary of the...
States Navy have borne the name Texas: CSS Texas USS Texas (1892) USS Texas (BB-35) USS Texas (DLGN/CGN-39) USS Texas (SSN-775) Outline of Texas List of U.S...
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