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Pearl harbor
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After the successful british naval air raid on taranto, japanese admiral isoroku yamamoto planned a similar attack on the u.s. naval base at pearl harbor. the raid, launched on 7th december 1941, from 274 miles off the coast of oahu, achieved complete surprise. the aircraft came in two waves, at 7:53 and 8:55. by 9:55 it was all over. three hours later all surviving aircraft had landed and the carriers were heading back to japan. it is instructive to compare the two actions. • italy was in a state of war and taranto received advance warning of the approaching strike, whereas pearl harbor’s defenses were unmanned, unsuspecting, and on peacetime sunday routines. • the british attack had been mounted by a mere twenty-one obsolete open-cockpit fabric biplanes, launched from a lone carrier, with only two being shot down. japan launched 354 state-of-the-art aircraft from six carriers, and lost 29. • damage inflicted was not proportional to the number of aircraft. half of italy’s six battleships were sunk at their moorings, as were three cruisers. japanese aircraft also sank three battleships (arizona was claimed by a midget submarine), crippled four more, and sank three cruisers. • at taranto, valuable oil storage tanks were set ablaze; but at pearl four-and-a-half million tons of fuel storage were not even targeted—neither were the huge supply dumps, dry-docks, and precision machine shops, which would allow the u.s. navy to make a rapid recovery. • in both operations, nearby airfields and float plane bases were attacked, but the scale of that assault was greater at pearl. taranto was a strategic success, while pearl harbor was a failure. in the mediterranean, where gunpower was still a major factor, the loss of fifty percent of its capital ships was a crippling blow to regia marina, which seldom ventured out of harbor again. in the pacific, however, naval aviation would be the supreme weapon, and not one american carrier had been in port at the time of the attack.
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Harbor, английский
- A harbor or harbour, or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. harbours can be man-made or natural.
- Гавань, порт
- Гавань; порт; портовая акватория
Harbor -, английский
Портовый бассейн
Harbor and approach chart, английский
Harbor dues, английский
Various local charges against all seagoing vessels entering a harbor, to cover maintenance of channel depths, buoys, lights, etc. all harbors do not necessarily have this charge.
Harbor duty, английский
Work ashore assigned to superannuated seamen or those unfit for sea service.
Harbor log, английский
That part of a ship’s logbook covering only events and transactions that occur while the vessel is in port.
Harbor master, английский
A person usually having the experience of a certificated master mariner and having a good knowledge of the characteristics of the port and its whole area. he administers the entire shipping movements that take place in and within reach of the port he is responsible for.
Harbor of refuge, английский
A place where ships in transit can find shelter from a storm. these are often man-made jetty enclosed areas along a featureless coastline where no nearby natural deep water harbors exist.
Harbor watch, английский
A detail tasked to look after a vessel while it is moored or docked. see anchor watch, baboon watch.
Harbor/harbour, английский
A body of water along the shore, deep enough for anchoring a ship and protected from 147 harbor winds, waves, and currents by natural or artificial features, thus forming a safe haven for seagoing vessels. a harbor equipped with cargo and passenger handling equipment, and providing ship-berthing facilities is called a port.
Harborne, английский
Depressed, in a state of mourning after having been dumped by a girlfriend for someone else. example he was harborne after being dumped by tiffany.
Pearl, английский
- Pupils equal and reactive to light
- Cue ball
- Бухта перл-харбор (тихий ок., о. оаху, гавайские о-ва)
- A beautiful concretion found in the interior of the shells of many species of mollusca, resulting from the deposit of nacreous substance round some nucleus, mostly of foreign origin. the meleagrina margaritifera, or pearl oyster of the indian seas, yields the most numerous and finest specimens.
- Purl, 2
- Бугорок на роге оленя
Pearl, английский
Pupils equal and reactive to light
Pearl, английский
Pearl, английский
Pearl ash, английский
Pearl essence, английский
A translucent, lustrous pigment obtained from fish scales or compounded synthetically; used as a pigment in lacquers to obtain a pearl-like finish.
Pearl lamp, английский
British term for a frosted lamp bulb which is etched on its inner surface.
Pearl mica, английский
Pearl molding, английский
A molding decorated with a continuous series of pearl-like shapes. random or in pattern, in a mortar coating on the exposed surface.
Successful, английский
It`s the combos of repeated consonants that can make spelling successful, well, unsuccessful. just know that it has the doubles in the middle (two "s`s" and two "c`s"), but only one consonant at the beginning and one at the end.
Instructive, английский
Полезный; наглядный
Approaching, английский
Заходящий на посадку; приближающийся
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Pease porridge, английский
[1] a mixture of resin, tallow, and sulfur used during the process of boot topping. [2] pease pudding.
Peak tank, английский
A liquid storage compartment, either low in the bow or, occasionally, the stern.
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