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Произведения автора582007
Pantex Plant
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Pantex plant is America`s only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility and is charged with maintaining the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile. The facility is located on a 16,000 acre (65 km2) site 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Amarillo, in Carson County, Texas in the Panhandle of Texas. The plant is managed and operated for the United States Department of Energy by BWXT Pantex and Sandia National Laboratories. BWXT Pantex is a limited liability enterprise of Babcock Wilcox Technical Services Group, Honeywell and Bechtel.
USS Somers (TB-22)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The third USS Somers (Torpedo Boat No. 22/TB-22/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 9), a steel torpedo boat built as a private speculation by Friedrich Schichau, Elbing, Germany, was launched in 1897 as yard No. 450; purchased for the United States Navy on 25 March 1898; commissioned on 28 March 1898, Lieutenant John J. Knapp in command; and named Somers the next day.
Women`s Media Center
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Women`s Media Center (WMC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit women’s organization in the United States founded in 2005 by writers/activists Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem. Led by WMC President Julie Burton, WMC`s work includes advocacy campaigns, media and leadership training, and the creation of original content.
Homer Hickam
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Homer Hadley Hickam, Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam veteran, and a former NASA engineer. His autobiographical novel Rocket Boys: A Memoir, was a #1 New York Times Best Seller, is studied in many American and international school systems, and was the basis for the popular film October Sky. Hickam has also written a number of best-selling memoirs and novels including the "Josh Thurlow" historical fiction novels. His books have been translated into several languages. He is married to Linda Terry Hickam, an artist and his first editor and assistant.
USS Soley (DD-707)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Soley (DD-707), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for James R. Soley, who became Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1899. Soley was responsible for the collection and publication of Union and Confederate Naval records. He is considered to be a naval historian.
USS Xanthus (AR-19)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Xanthus (AR-19) was a Xanthus-class repair ship acquired by the United States Navy for the task of providing repairs to the fleet. She was named after Xanthus, a mythical beast of Greek legend.
HMS Heather (K69)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Heather was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy.
USS Solace (AH-5)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second USS Solace (AH-5) was built in 1927 as the passenger ship SS Iroquois by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia. The liner was acquired by the Navy from the Clyde Mallory Steamship Line on 22 July 1940, renamed Solace (AH-5); converted into a hospital ship at the Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, N.Y., and was commissioned on 9 August 1941, Capt. Benjamin Perlman in command.
Philibert de l`Orme
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Philibert DeLorme (pronounced: ) (c. 1514 – January 8, 1570) was a French architect, one of the great masters of the French Renaissance.
USS Sorrel (1864)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Sorrel (1864) was a small 68-ton steamer purchased by the Union Navy towards the end of the American Civil War.
Panth-Piploda Province
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Panth-Piploda was a province of British India. It is located in present-day Ratlam District of Madhya Pradesh state of central India.
Sodasa
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sodasa was an Indo-Scythian, and the son of the Great Satrap of Mathura Rajuvula. He is mentioned in the Mathura lion capital.
Women`s Institutes
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Women’s Institute is a British, community-based organisation for women. It was formed in 1915 with two clear aims: to revitalise rural communities and to encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War. Since then the organisation`s aims have broadened and it is now the largest women’s voluntary organisation in the UK. The organisation celebrated its 95th anniversary in 2010 and currently has approximately 208,000 members in 7,000 WIs.
Raj Bhavan (Nagpur)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Raj Bhavan (Hindi for Government House) of Nagpur is the Second residence of the Governor of Maharashtra, It is located in the Second Capital city of Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Precious Friend
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Precious Friend is a record by Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger with Shenandoah (produced by John Pilla) and a Warner Bros. recording.
HMS Hecla (A133)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Hecla was the lead ship of the Hecla class, an oceangoing survey ship type in the Royal Navy. She was ordered in the mid 1960s, along with her sisters ships HMS Hecate and HMS Hydra. A fourth ship, HMS Herald, was completed in the early 1970s. The ship served for thirty years in this role, and various others, before finally being replaced by HMS Scott in 1997. Hecla was sold to private interests, being renamed "Bligh" after Vice-Admiral William Bligh. After this, the vessel was used in a hydrographic survey of Irish waters, and was based in Waterford, Ireland.
Panther Racing
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Panther Racing is an American open wheel auto racing team. It is one of the oldest continually operating teams in Indy Racing League LLC`s IZOD IndyCar Series.
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