A RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 anti-ballistic missile is launched from USS Shiloh ( CG-67 ) | USS Shiloh, a US Navy Ticonderoga class cruiser | Ticonderoga-class cruiser.

* 1861 – American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.

* 1915 – US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U. S. submarine sunk in accident.

* Destroyer Tender ( US Navy Hull Classification: AD ), support ships to aid the operation of a fleet of destroyers

The AIM-7 Sparrow medium range missile ( MRM ) was purchased by the US Navy from original developer Howard Hughes

Link-4 datalink capability allowed US Navy Tomcats to share information with the E-2C Hawkeye AEW aircraft, and during Desert Shield in 1990, the Link-4A was introduced and allowed the Tomcats to have a fighter-to-fighter datalink capability, further enhancing overall situational awareness.

Despite the much-vaunted capabilities, the Phoenix was rarely used in combat, with only two confirmed launches and no confirmed targets destroyed in US Navy service, though a large number of kills were claimed by Iranian F-14s during the Iran – Iraq War.

* Users: US ( U. S. Navy ), Iran ( IRIAF )

However, before RAT-C reached initial operational status in 1960 aboard the large US Navy destroyer-leader Norfolk, its name was changed to the present ASROC.

Most other US Navy and allied navy destroyers, destroyer escorts, frigates, and several different classes of cruisers only carried the one ASROC ' matchbox ' MK 112 launcher with eight ASROC missiles ( although later in service, some of those missiles could be replaced by the Harpoon anti-ship missile ).

To replace the Embraer P-95 Bandeirulha in the maritime patrol duties, 12 Lockheed P-3A Orions have been bought from US Navy surplus and eight ( with an option for a ninth ) of them are being upgraded by EADS CASA in Spain, the remainder are to be used as spare parts source.

To carry out the plans of power projection that Brazil wants to run, the expenditure will cost more than US $ 138 billion, within the Navy alone.

* Several US Navy ships have been named the or the, the latter being a French translation of his penname " Poor Richard ".

Two aircraft carriers, and were simultaneously in commission and in operation during World War II, and Franklin therefore had the distinction of having two simultaneously operational US Navy warships named in his honor.

Sir Edward Grey replied through the American ambassador that the incident could be grouped together with the Germans ' sinking of the SS Arabic, their attack on a stranded British submarine on the neutral Dutch coast, and their attack on the steamship Ruel, and suggested that they be placed before a tribunal composed of US Navy officers.

The incident resulting in the single largest loss of life in the history of the US Navy not related to combat occurred when USS Cyclops, under the command of Lt Cdr G. W.

US Navy Avengers, similar to those of Flight 19.

The US Navy warship Lexington visited the atoll in late 1915 and advised evacuation of all inhabitants, but the governor, Captain Arnaud, declared that evacuation was not necessary.

Almost immediately after Álvarez's death, four women and seven children ( the last survivors ) were picked up by the US Navy gunship on July 18, 1917.

* USS Columbus, various ships of the US Navy

The main outcome of the US Navy submarine missile project was the SSM-N-8 Regulus missile, based upon the V-1.

# Blockade: Use the US Navy to block any missiles from arriving in Cuba.

However, Army units in the United States would have had trouble fielding mechanized and logistical assets, while the US Navy could not supply sufficient amphibious shipping to transport even a modest armored contingent from the Army.

A US Navy P-2 Neptune | P-2H Neptune of VP-18 flying over a Soviet cargo ship with crated Ilyushin Il-28 | Il-28s on deck during the Cuban Crisis.

* Construction Electrician ( US Navy ), a Seabee occupational rating in the U. S. Navy

In the US and some other countries, because of legal and tax restrictions on alcohol consumption, ethanol destined for other uses often contains additives that make it unpalatable ( such as denatonium benzoate ) or poisonous ( such as methanol ).

The US Army has adopted Interceptor body armour, which uses Enhanced Small Arms Protective Inserts ( E-S. A. P. I ) in the chest, sides and back of the armour.

In the United States, these chemicals were detected in almost all human blood samples tested by the Centers for Disease Control in 2005, though their levels have sharply declined since most uses were banned in the US.

In US and British usage, the production of ornamental plantings around buildings is called landscaping, landscape maintenance or grounds keeping, while international usage uses the term gardening for these same activities.

A flu vaccine that uses interferon as adjuvant is currently under clinical trials in the US.

* 1942 – World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island ( the " Akutan Zero ") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.

The adjective to describe people or things from Kazakhstan is Kazakh ( though the US State Department uses Kazakhstani ).

Because of its depth and relative ease of access, the US Navy uses Seneca Lake to perform test and evaluation of equipment ranging from single element transducers to complex sonar arrays and systems.

Though a Segway-focused organization, Disability Rights Advocates for Technology, advocates for Segway PT sidewalk and facility access as an ADA issue, Segways cannot be marketed in the US as medical devices: they have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a medical device and Johnson & Johnson claims exclusive rights to the medical uses of the balancing technology found in the iBOT and Segway.

One of the first uses of vector graphic displays was the US SAGE air defense system.

* US Defence Intelligence Agency uses Eddie Chapman case as an example by A Denis Clift, President Joint Military Intelligence College Harvard University 20 February 2003

But the usage is not always consistent – for example, some prominent American brands, such as George Dickel, Maker's Mark, and Old Forester ( which are all made by different companies ), use the ' whisky ' spelling on their labels, and the US legal Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits document also uses the ' whisky ' spelling.

Fill the Cup campaign takes just 25 US cents to fill one of the " red cups " that the World Food Programme uses to give hungry children a regular school meal of porridge, rice or beans.

In northwestern North America, particularly in Canada and the US, there are places which feature many uses of the word nigger.

Later US nuclear weapons usually use plutonium-239 in the primary stage, but the secondary stage which is compressed by the primary nuclear explosion often uses HEU with enrichment between 40 % and 80 %

The Marine Corps and US Army also uses the M795 High Explosive round.

The US Army uses the Fire Support Combined Arms Tactical Trainer ( FSCATT ) in two versions for initial and sustainment training of the M109A6 and M109A5.

Common use of the phrase " The Great Depression " for the 1930s crisis is most frequently attributed to British economist Lionel Robbins, whose 1934 book The Great Depression is credited with ' formalizing ' the phrase, though US president Herbert Hoover is widely credited with having ' popularized ' the term / phrase, informally referring to the downturn as a " depression ", with such uses as " Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement ", ( December 1930, Message to Congress ) and " I need not recount to you that the world is passing through a great depression " ( 1931 ).

When a Swedish person uses the word jänkare, it usually refers to cars from the US, but could also be used as a slang term for any US citizen.

Dysport, a therapeutic formulation of the type A toxin developed and manufactured in Ireland, is licensed for the treatment of focal dystonias and certain cosmetic uses in the US and worldwide in 100, 300 and 500 Units.

* Shellac. net US shellac vendor-properties and uses of dewaxed and non-dewaxed shellac

The APU generator engine is a fraction of the main engine's size and uses a fraction of the fuel ; some models can run for eight hours on one US gallon (≈ 4 litres ) of diesel.

The soybean ( US ) or soya bean ( UK ) ( Glycine max ) is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean which has numerous uses.

A nonprofit organization ( US ) or not-for-profit organisation ( UK and elsewhere ) ( NPO ) is an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals rather than distributing them as profit or dividends.