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The Dickson County Herald (Dickson, Tennessee) 1907-1979 Date: 1907. Now those old newspapers are an irreplaceable source for hundreds of years of history featuring the most notable historical events, such as the Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, the Vietnam War, Pearl Harbor, the Great Depression, and they include the stories of your family's. Once upon a time, newspapers were the primary source of news and information. Now those old newspapers are an irreplaceable source for hundreds of years of history featuring the most notable historical events, such as the Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, the Vietnam War, Pearl Harbor, the Great Depression, and they include the stories of your family's lives NovemNewspaper Archives. An historic newspaper is a wonderful way to gain a deeper understanding of what life was like in the past, and how it shaped the world we live in today jackietempera Her name was struck from the Navy list on, and she was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 30 October 1946 for disposal.Read 1976 Newspapers at NewspaperArchive and search our 3.05 billion articles about 5.6 billion people with articles spanning 410 years from all 50 states and 33 countries 1976 Newspapers Discover what happened in 1976 with an authentic 1976 newspaper providing coverage of all the highs and lows of the year, from the perspective of those who were present at the time. The yacht was decommissioned at San Francisco on 15 April 1946. With the American colors hoisted over the island, the naval weather station was set up that day, supported at the outset by Argus. Departing San Francisco on 4 December 1944, with meteorological personnel embarked, the converted yacht reached the island a week later and landed her passengers. In the second, Argus participated in the establishment of a weather station on Clipperton Island, 670 miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. Ardent (AM-340) and Rockford (PF-48) then teamed up to sink I-12 ten days later. She disembarked them at San Francisco on 3 November. Johnson's remaining men soon thereafter, and Argus recovered them at 2135 on 30 October. A Pan American Airways plane spotted John A.
I-12, after ramming and sinking the lifeboats and rafts, had then machine-gunned the 70 survivors in the water, killing ten. Johnson, which had been torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-12 on 30 October 1944. The first occurred when Argus rescued the 60 survivors from the "Liberty Ship" John A. Two events highlighted this otherwise prosaic existence. The converted yacht resumed her patrols of San Francisco Bay under the auspices of the Commandant, 12th Naval District, and continued that duty for the remainder of her naval career. She was then transferred to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey which she served for eight months.Īrgus was returned to the Navy on 16 March 1942 and, after reconversion at the General Engineering & Drydock Co., she was recommissioned at San Francisco on 18 April 1942. She continued to perform this task until decommissioned on 17 September 1941. Her duty, however, remained substantially the same as before, patrolling San Francisco Bay. That assignment lasted until May 1941 when she was reassigned to what appears to have been a successor organization, Patrol Squadron 1, Local Defense Force, 12th Naval District. Connelley in command.Īrgus arrived in San Francisco on 19 February 1941 and began duty patrolling San Francisco Bay as a unit of the Patrol force, 12th Naval District. for naval service renamed Argus (PY-14) on 14 November 1940 and commissioned on 13 February 1941, Lt. converted at Long Beach, Calif., by the Craig Shipbuilding Co. The second Argus (PY-14), a yacht built in 1929 at Kiel, Germany, by Germaniawerft as Haida, was acquired by the Navy on 25 October 1940 from Mrs.
A monster with a hundred eyes supposedly slain by the Greek mythological messenger of the gods, Hermes.
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