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The Neversink Chronicles
It was the fall of 1932 . . . Franklin Roosevelt was running for president. It was the year John Dillinger was killed in July and a pair of romanticized young outlaws named Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were robbing banks and leaving a trail of dead lawmen down in Texas and Oklahoma. And it was back in the 30s, before television and World War II refocused our attention, that every Saturday was poker night over in Eureka, in the back room of Rocky O'Mara's SOCONY station . . .
The Neversink Chronicles is seventeen linked fictional stories that outline, define and cover the conflict between water needs, property rights and human rights in an enjoyable, entertaining and highly readable manner by illustrating the lives of ordinary citizens caught in the conflict as New York City takes their property in its relentless quest for water. It's powerful, provocative, and impossible to put down.
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John Dwaine McKenna is the acclaimed author of The Neversink Chronicles an anthology of stories which detail The Taking: a mass confiscation of private properties containing unlimited quantities of potable water by the City of New York during the 1930s.
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John Dwaine McKenna is the multiple award-winning author of The Neversink Chronicles, The Whim-Wham Man, Colorado Noir, and Unforsaken. He's a member of the Colorado Author's League, and his newspaper column, Mysterious Book Report appears weekly in the Tri-Valley Townsman and online. He and his wife June are long-time residents of southern Colorado.
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Hanukkah Coloring Pages
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I'm not a Jew so I do not celebrate Hanukkah. Still, like my parents and all my teachers taught me years ago, I've got to respect all religions with all their religious practices and holidays. In fact, I managed to learn about it a bit just now, thanks to Wikipedia. Apparently, Hanukkah is celebrated to commemorate one of the big events in Jewish people history. It's the rededication of the ir Holy Temple in Jerusalem after it was taken over by the Seleucid Empire, a kingdom that emerged after Alexander the Great passed away. The struggle was widely known as Maccabean Revolt.
The celebration is held for eight days and nights and it's done by kindling candles placed on a unique candelabrum. This candelabrum has nine branches and it's called chanukiah. I think this is where the festival has got its name from. Now this is all I know about Hanukkah. If you're a Jew and want to tech the young generation about your culture, the following Hanukkah coloring pages might help you a bit. As you probably know, it's not always easy to teach kids about certain tradition, especially one that's really really old like this one. These printable images are entirely free but keep in mind to use them only for personal and educational only.
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The word Hanukkah means dedication. That's what it takes to launch a war against superpower like the Seleucid Empire. With enough dedication and commitment, God creates miracles. That's a good lesson for kids, isn't it?
Many families celebrate the holidays by enjoying a meal together. Latkes, or potato pancakes, are a popular Hanukkah dish. They are often served with applesauce and sour cream. Jelly doughnuts, known as sufganiyot, are also popular.
Each night of Hanukkah, an additional candle is placed in the Menorah from right to left, and then lit from left to right. On the last night, all the candles are lit.
The Maccabean Revolt was the world's first ideological war, fought by a small band of pious Talmudic scholars who engaged in cunning stealth warfare. If you visit Israel, you can see the caves where these brave people of Maccabee hid in.
Jewish holidays are based on a lunisolar calendar, which is based on the movement of the sun and moon. A year on the Hebrew calendar ranges from 353 to 385 days. So, unlike Christmas, Hanukkah does not fall on the same date each year. In 2016, the first day of Hanukkah falls on December 24.
In Germany, the eighth and last night of Hanukkah used to be very special. All the leftover wicks and oil were lit in giant bonfires. People sang songs and danced around the fire, often until the small hours of the night.
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UCR students rally in support of UC Santa Cruz cost of living adjustment strikes
Preeti Juturu
On Friday, Feb. 21 at approximately 11:30 a.m., students rallied around the UCR Bell Tower to stand in solidarity with the UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) wildcat strike and in support of "COLA," or cost of living adjustment.
Teaching assistant (TA) salaries, determined by UC-wide UAW 2865 contract negotiations, provide TAs with equal pay in every UC. In 2018, a contract was ratified with the United Automobile Workers (UAW), a union that has represented graduate students in the UC system, after graduate students in UCSC outlined the cost of living in Santa Cruz and presented that the cost of living in the Santa Cruz area exceeds what UCSC graduate students are paid. However, more than 80% of UCSC graduate students opposed the ratification of the contract. In December of 2019, many TAs withheld fall 2019 grades from undergraduates and began to strike, and UC President Janet Napolitano issued an ultimatum on Feb. 14 in response, threatening consequences for striking. UCSC Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Kletzer issued an ultimatum on Feb. 14 as well, threatening job loss. Since Feb. 10, UCSC graduate students have been on an unsanctioned, full-fledged strike. Other UC graduate students have also striked in support of UCSC students; UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) began to strike as early as January.
According to Margarita Vizcarra, a second-year GSOE graduate student, the rally was held "in collaboration between independent graduate students and members from UAW 2065," the union that represents graduate students. With the rally attracting between 80-100 undergraduate and graduate students alike, many came prepared with signs adorning phrases such as "housing is a human right," and throughout the rally, protesters chanted "who runs the UC? We run the UC."
A petition to "communicate opposition to the threats to graduate student strikers" addressed to Chancellor Kim Wilcox was being signed at a table set up by rally organizers. In response to the ultimatum issued by President Napolitano, Vizcarra stated that "the message also sets a precedent for graduate students on (our) campus," and it implies that "we are disposable to the institution." The ralliers, the majority of which were undergraduate students, stood in support of the demands of graduate students. ASUCR President Pro Tempore Miguel Ramirez, an attendee of the rally, stated that it "doesn't make sense why a public institution is acting like a corrupt, private institution." CHASS Senator Yosaline Gutierrez, another attendee of rally, stated that "my TAs have been vital to my success here at UCR. In fact, they teach my peers and I far more than my professors do, so it's important to stand in support of them."
The rally, according to Jonathan Coch, a UAW organizer, was intentionally held on the same day that UC Santa Cruz administrations stated they would hand down discipline to strikers, as well as the same day that UCLA and UC Berkeley also hosted rallies. "We want to tell the university that we don't want our coworkers to have action against them," he stated. Speakers were also invited to the rally to provide their insight. Amanda Riggle, a second-year English doctoral candidate, addressed the crowd stating that "UCR knows we're underpaid. They look the other way if we go against our contracts and get a second job, rather than paying us more." Jared Anderson-Huxley, a third-year biology doctoral candidate, stated that some graduate students "sell their blood plasma because they can't afford to live in Riverside." The last speaker, Somchate Wasantwisut, a second-year chemical and environmental engineering doctoral candidate, expressed that "as an international student, my colleagues are at risk of deportation if they strike. We can't file employment outside of our university due to our visa status."
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After various chants from attendees, at approximately 12:10 p.m., protesters began to march toward Hinderaker Hall to hand Chancellor Wilcox the petition they had signed.
Upon reaching Hinderaker Hall, Chancellor Kim Wilcox and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Brian Haynes stood at the steps anticipating rally participants. When handed the petition, protesters asked him what he would do to "stop disciplinary action against UCSC graduate students striking." Wilcox responded, stating that he will "bring up these concerns to UCSC Chancellor Cynthia Larive again" and thanked the protesters for the petition. Cynthia Larive, the newest Chancellor of UCSC, was approved of her position on May 16, 2019 after being the provost and executive vice chancellor at UCR since 2017. When asked "do you support your students?" by one of the protesters, Chancellor Wilcox and Haynes turned away and walked back into Hinderaker Hall.
In an interview with The Highlander, Chancellor Wilcox stated that "I applaud the passion that our students have for their colleagues at other campuses. This is a situation where the graduate students have organized with union leadership and bargained a contract and both sides agreed to the terms, which is being implemented. The desire now is to break that contract." Wilcox stated that a technical discussion is underway but it's not a simple conversation to have. He also stated that Riverside is fortunate because it doesn't have the same housing issue. Haynes stated that "as the Chancellor mentioned, it's a complex set of issues. We support and appreciate the passion of students here today."
In response to Chancellor Wilcox's statements, Daniel Collister, a fifth-year mathematics doctoral and unit chair of the UAW, stated that "he gave a very tactful response (but) he didn't answer the basic question of if he's going to support stopping retaliation against the students at UC Santa Cruz." The rally officially ended at approximately 1:00 p.m., after protesters wrote slogans in chalk, supporting COLA and UCSC graduate students on the ground in front of Hinderaker Hall.
"We only had two days to plan the rally, starting Wednesday morning," stated Yajaira Calderon, a first-year doctoral candidate in the Education, Society & Culture program under the Graduate School of Education. She stated, "UC Riverside is the last UC to join the COLA movement, but it's clear that the institution paid attention to us and this is just the beginning of many more rallies to come."
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Q: Bad diff between mysql datetime and now datetime object I want to get time between dates in secounds and here is my code:
$rezultat = $polaczenie->query(sprintf("SELECT terminstart FROM uzytkownicy WHERE id=%d", $_SESSION['id']));
$wiersz = $rezultat->fetch_assoc();

$start = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $wiersz['terminstart'])->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
echo'<script>alert("'.$start.'");</script>';

$teraz = (new \DateTime())->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
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I see from alerts, that $start is working good, $teraz (means now) is working good but I even don't get 3th error with diff. What is the problem?

A: $start and $teraz are strings, not DateTime objects because you call DateTime::format() on them. You can only do a diff on DateTime objects.
$start = new DateTime($wiersz['terminstart']);
$teraz = new \DateTime();
$interval = $start->diff($teraz);

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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think."
Someone of virtue is a force, and a force always leaves a result. When a hurricane comes through a town, you can see the results of its force. When the wind moves across the water, or through the trees, you can see the results of its force.
Likewise, when you move through life, through your company or organization, through your career, and through your relationships, your character is going to be a "force." The question is, "What kind of force is it going to be?" When you bring energy and force of character to a goal or a project, will the force bring about Godly results?
In many ways, that is up to you. The goal here is to develop character that leads you to the right decisions. In order to make an impact, to be a force, you have to make decisions. More than that, in order to have a solid character that will strengthen your relationships, your team, and help you accomplish your goals -- the right way -- you have to make good decisions.
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« A Blade of Grass Has A Purpose. So Do You.
Today we ask that you know that life is worthwhile.
For many, human existence seems like a difficult, challenging, unrewarding experience.
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And yet here you are. Why are you here?
You are here because you chose to be here.
You chose this particular space and time in which to experience human existence, with all its challenges and suffering.
No one forced you to come here.
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This is not hell, or purgatory.
You chose to be here, now. You chose it.
And all the basic parameters of your existence, you consented to in advance.
Not believing this is a part of the journey you chose.
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If you came here of your own free will, why.
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Redoing my shop and needed a new set of bench chisels, at least I talked myself into a new set. Paul Sellers had given the Narex Bench chisels a good word, so I ordered the Imperial set from Lee Valley. They arrived almost perfectly flat, and sharp enough that only a quick hone got them ready to work. Please realize that I am not doing this for a living, so my tools do not get the hard use of a 10 hour a day cabinet maker. But, i spend at least two full days a week in the shop.
These things fit my large hands. If you do not have big hands, they may need some reducing in the handle. They take. Very good edge and retain it for a reasonable length of time. I routinely strop when I detect any sluggishness, and usually will strop twice before I rehone.
I am very happy with these chisels. I do not use them for fine paring, though I believe they would do just fine. II have a set of Chas. Buck paring chisels, which I am extremely fond of. Back to the Narex bench chisels. I am sure you can find a finer tool, but it would be very difficult to do at this price.
I have these as well. My 3/4" chisel couldn't stand up to light/moderate mortise chopping, it was folding an edge after just a couple of blows. I contacted Lee Valley and they sent me a new set, which is working just fine now. I think they are very good user chisels. Good review.
Lee Valley is not a good company. They are a GREAT company. Their customer service is wonderful. I have been dealing with them for a long time. Not one bad experience.
Ron thank you for sharing this. I've wanted this very set for a couple months now, but have slowly but surely getting ready to pull the trigger.
What a wonderful set of chisels these are for the price. I been using mine for a couple of years and have no complaints. The Narex mortise chisels work very well too.
I have the mortise chisels and fully intend to get this set as soon as I can swing it.
And +1 on Lee Valley. I, too, think they are a great company.
Narex chisels are a best buy. Edge problems are, I suspect, more a matter of the sharpening angle than the steel or the heat treatment. Mine arrived with a fairly low angle. Really heavy chopping calls for a higher angle. IMHO there's too much hype around the steels used in woodworking tools. Increased mystery = increased price.
Thanks for the review. I have their mortising chisels and was considering these.


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Six lands make up Disney's Animal Kingdom, with the largest being the land of Africa. The other 4 lands are Asia, Discovery Island, Rafiki's Planet Watch and DinoLand. The park was a departure in theme park design for the company, involving the usage of stay animals as one of the major draws. It also featured a theme of conservatism throughout its preliminary offerings. A calf can get up soon after birth and will eat solid food (hippos are herbivores) after simply 10 days, although it'll proceed to nurse for a minimum of a year.
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To be taught more in regards to the unbelievable animals at Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney's efforts to protect them, please go to Disneyanimals.com. The child was born to Scarlett, one of many resident mandrills at Animal Kingdom, and her mate Linus. The DisneyParks Blog acknowledged that Scarlett and her child have proven an in depth bond and have already been slowly reintroduced to the rest of the mandrill troop. The animal kingdom is split into Parazoa (sponges) and Eumetazoa (all other animals). As very simple animals, the organisms in group Parazoa ("beside animal") don't comprise true specialized tissues.
While male lions are generally larger and stronger than female lions, it's the close-knit female delight alliance that typically hunts and offers for the pride. By contrast, tigers are sometimes solitary, though they do socialize. During a mating tryst, a tiger and tigress are hostile to different creatures, with the same applying to lions. Historically, a comparison of the tiger (Panthera tigris) versus the lion (Panthera leo) has been a well-liked matter of debate by hunters, naturalists, artists, and poets, and continues to inspire the popular imagination. In the past, lions and tigers reportedly competed within the wilderness, the place their ranges overlapped in Eurasia.
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We let the kids watch television shows (probably more than we should) and one of the shows Alyce and Luke like to watch is Dora the Explorer. We knew Luke had a crush a few weeks ago when we were at Toys R Us and every time he'd see her he would point and say "Dora Dora"! Since then whenever he sees her he gets all excited. Last night while Mom was getting a show started via Netflix on the TV Luke did sign language motion for "more". Mom then asked Luke what he wanted more of? His response, "Dora"!


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In 2012, she took part in the women's triathlon at the Olympic games, finishing in 13th place.
In 2009 the French triathlon club TOC Cesson Sevigne mentioned her among its international elite stars but Abysova did not take part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux. In 2011, Abysova opened the new season in Cyprus, where the Russian triathletes had their training camp. At the Volkswagen Aldiana Triathlon (27 March 2011) she placed first on the Olympic Distance.
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In 2005, one year after having become a mother, she won the Russian Winter Triathlon Championships and was also active in the elite section of the German club TUS Griesheim. At the Olympics in Beijing in 2008 Abysova had a bad bicycle accident during the event and was seriously injured and unable to finish.
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Nevada-class battleships
Ships built in Massachusetts
World War I battleships of the United States
World War II battleships of the United States
Ships present during the attack on Pearl Harbor
Ships sunk as targets
United States Navy Nevada-related ships
Ships involved in Operation Crossroads
USS Nevada (BB-36)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Nevada.
Nevada underway off the Atlantic coast of the United States on 17 September 1944
Career (US)
Name: USS Nevada (BB-36)[1]
Namesake: Nevada[1]
Ordered: 4 March 1911[2]
Awarded: 22 January 1912[2]
Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Company[2]
Cost: $5,895,000[2]
Laid down: 4 November 1912[1]
Launched: 11 July 1914[3]
Commissioned: 11 March 1916[1]
Decommissioned: 29 August 1946[1]
Refit:
February–October 1942
July–November 1943
Struck: 12 August 1948[4]
Nickname: "Cheer Up Ship"[5]
Honors and
awards: 7 battle stars, World War II[1]
Fate: Sunk as a target 31 July 1948[4]
Class & type: Nevada-class battleship
(in 1916) 27,500 t[6][7]
(after WWII overhaul) 30,500 t[8]
Length: 583 ft (178 m)[6]
Beam: 95 ft 2.5[7]–3 in[6] (26 m)
Draft: 28 ft 6 in[1][7] (8.7 m)
As built: 12 Yarrow oil-fired boilers, replaced with 6 Bureau Express oil-fired boilers in 1927-30 refit
Geared[6] Curtis turbines[2][7] generating 24,800 shp (18,500 kW)[9]
2 × shafts
Speed: designed:
20.5 kn (24 mph; 38 km/h)[6]
Endurance: designed:
8,000 nmi (9,206 mi; 14,816 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)[8]
in service:
5,120 nmi (5,892 mi; 9,482 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
1,931 nmi (2,222 mi; 3,576 km) at 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)[8]
Capacity: 2,000 short tons (1,800 t) of fuel oil[9]
Complement: as built:
864 officers and men[10]
1,398[11]
Armament: As built:
10 × 14 in (356 mm)/45 cal guns (2 × 3, 2 × 2 superfiring)[8][10][11]
21 × 5 in (127 mm)/51 cal guns in single casemate mountings (21 × 1; 10 each beam, one in the stern) (reduced to 12 guns in 1918) [lower-alpha 1][8][10][11]
2 x 3 inch/50 caliber AA guns (76 mm) (2x1) (increased to 8 guns in 1925)
2 or 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (beam, submerged) (true number is unknown; see [lower-alpha 2])
After 1927-30 refit:
10 × 14 inch/45 caliber guns (356 mm) (2×3, 2×2)
12 × 5 inch/51 caliber guns (127 mm) (12x1)
8 × 5 inch/25 caliber guns (127 mm) (8x1)
all 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes removed [12]
8 x 1.1 inch (28 mm) AA guns (2x4) added 1935
After 1942 refit:
all 5 inch/25 caliber and 5 inch/51 caliber guns removed and replaced by 16 × 5 inch/38 caliber guns (127 mm) (8×2)
32 × 40 mm Bofors AA gun (8×4)
40 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons (40×1)[11]
Belt: 13.5-to-8 in (343-to-203 mm)[8][11]
Bulkheads: 13-to-8 in (330-to-203 mm)[8][11]
Barbettes: 13 in (330 mm)[8][11]
Turrets: 18 in (457 mm)[8][11]
Decks: 5 in (127 mm)[8][11]
Aircraft carried: as built:
3 × floatplanes,
2 × catapults[11]
1 × catapult[11]
USS Nevada (BB-36), the second United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships; her sister ship was Oklahoma. Launched in 1914, the Nevada was a leap forward in dreadnought technology; three of her new features would be included on almost every subsequent US battleship: triple gun turrets,[lower-alpha 3] oil in place of coal for fuel, geared steam turbines for greater range, and the "all or nothing" armor principle. These features made Nevada the first US Navy "super-dreadnought".
Nevada served in both World Wars: during the last few months of World War I, Nevada was based in Bantry Bay, Ireland, to protect the supply convoys that were sailing to and from Great Britain. In World War II, she was one of the battleships trapped when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. She was the only battleship to get underway during the attack, making the ship "the only bright spot in an otherwise dismal and depressing morning" for the United States.[13] Still, she was hit by one torpedo and at least six bombs while steaming away from Battleship Row, forcing her to be beached. Subsequently salvaged and modernized at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Nevada served as a convoy escort in the Atlantic and as a fire-support ship in four amphibious assaults: the Normandy Landings and the invasions of Southern France, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.
At the end of World War II, the Navy decided that Nevada was too old to be retained, so they assigned her to be a target ship in the atomic experiments that were going to be conducted at Bikini Atoll in July 1946 (Operation Crossroads). After being hit by the blast from the first atomic bomb, Able, she was still afloat but heavily damaged and radioactive. She was decommissioned on 29 August 1946 and sunk during naval gunfire practice on 31 July 1948.
2 Construction and trials
3 World War I
4 Interwar period
5.1 Attack on Pearl Harbor
5.2 Attu and D-Day
5.3 Southern France and Iwo Jima
5.4 Okinawa and Japan
6 Post-war
7 Wreck
12 Bibliography
Profile of Nevada before her 1927 refit
Division of Naval Intelligence identification sheet depicting Nevada after her 1942 repair and modernization
Being both the first second-generation battleship[14] and the first "super-dreadnought" in the US Navy, Nevada has been described as "revolutionary"[14][15] and "as radical as Dreadnought was in her day"[16] by present-day historians. At the time of her completion in 1916,[lower-alpha 4] the New York Times remarked that the new warship was "the greatest [battleship] afloat"[17] because she was so much larger than other contemporary American battleships: her tonnage was nearly three times that of the obsolete 1890 pre-dreadnought Oregon, almost twice that of the 1904 battleship Connecticut, and almost 8,000 long tons (8,100 t) greater than that of one of the first American dreadnoughts, Delaware, which had been built just seven years prior to Nevada.[17]
Nevada was the first battleship in the US Navy to have triple gun turrets,[lower-alpha 5][14][18] a single funnel,[19] and an oil-fired steam power plant.[17][20] In particular, using oil gave the ship an engineering advantage over the earlier coal-fired plants,[13] as oil is much more efficient than coal because it yields "a far greater steaming radius for a given amount of fuel". Nevada was also the first US battleship with geared turbines, also increasing fuel economy and thus range compared to earlier direct drive turbines. The ability to steam great distances without refueling was a major concern of the General Board at that time. In 1903, the Board felt all American battleships should have a minimum steaming radius of 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) so that the US could enforce the Monroe Doctrine. One of the main purposes of the Great White Fleet, which sailed around the world in 1907–1908, was to prove to Japan that the US Navy could "carry any naval conflict into Japanese home waters". Possibly as a result of this, battleships after 1908 were mainly designed to "steam 8,000 miles at cruising speeds"; given the distance between San Pedro, where the fleet would be based, and Manila, where the Fleet was expected to have to fight under War Plan Orange, was 6,550 nmi (7,540 mi; 12,130 km),[21] endurance was obviously a major concern for the U.S. Navy.[22][23] Also, oil allowed for the boiler-room crew to be reduced[24] — the engineer on Delaware estimated that 100 firemen (stokers) and 112 coal passers could be adequately replaced by just 24 men, which would allow some crew's quarters to be eliminated; this would save weight and also reduce the amount of fresh water and provisions that the ship would have to carry.[25]
In addition to all of this, Nevada had maximum armor over critical areas, such as the magazines and engines, and none over less-important places, even though previous battleships had armor of varying thickness depending on the importance of the area it was protecting. This radical change became known as the "all or nothing" principle, which most major navies later adopted for their own battleships.[18][20][26] With this new armor scheme, the armor on the battleship was increased to 41.1% of the displacement.[27]
As a result of all of these design modifications from previous battleships, Nevada was the first of the US Navy's "Standard" type battleships.[28] "Standards" were characterized by the use of oil fuel, the "all or nothing" armor scheme, and the arrangement of the main armament in four triple or twin turrets without any turrets located in the middle of the ship.[29] The Navy was to create a fleet of modern battleships similar in long-range gunnery, speed, turning radius, and protection. "Nevada" was followed by 11 other battleships of this type, although significant improvements were made in subsequent designs as naval technology rapidly progressed. An additional seven standard type battleships, the USS Washington (BB-47) and the South Dakota class were never completed due to the Washington Naval Treaty.
The two battleships of the Nevada-class were virtually identical except in their propulsion. Nevada and her sister were fitted with different engines to compare the two, putting them 'head-to-head': Oklahoma received older vertical triple expansion engines, which had proven more fuel-efficient and reliable than the direct drive turbines of some earlier battleships, while Nevada received geared Curtis steam turbines.[lower-alpha 6][2][7]
Construction and trials
Nevada during her running trials in early 1916
Nevada's construction was authorized by an Act of Congress on 4 March 1911. The contract went to Fore River Shipbuilding Company on 22 January 1912 for a total of $5,895,000[lower-alpha 7] (not including the armor and armament), and the time of construction was originally to be 36 months. A secondary contract was signed on 31 July 1912 for $50,000[lower-alpha 8] to cover the additional cost of a geared cruising unit on each propeller shaft; this also extended the planned construction time by five months.[2] Her keel was laid down on 4 November 1912, and by 12 August 1914, the ship was 72.4% complete.[30] Nevada was launched on 11 July 1914; she was sponsored by Miss Eleanor Anne Seibert, niece of Governor Tasker Oddie of Nevada and a descendant of the first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert.[1][3] The launch was attended by several prominent members of the government, including Governor Oddie, Governor David I. Walsh of Massachusetts, Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt,[3] who would later become the 32nd President of the United States.
Nevada then had to undergo many different tests and trials prior to her commissioning to ensure that she met the terms of the original contract. These began on 4 November 1915, when the ship conducted a twelve-hour endurance run "up and down the New England coast", reaching a top speed of 21.4 kn (24.6 mph; 39.6 km/h).[31] Though her "acceptance trials" were interrupted on 5 November because of a gale and rough seas, they were continued on the 6th with a test of her fuel economy; this consisted of a 24-hour run where Nevada steamed at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h).[32] The test results were positive: the oil consumption of the battlewagon was 6 lb per knot lower than the contract had demanded. Another test was conducted for 12 hours at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h), with an even better result of 10 lb per knot lower than the contract specifications.[33] After completing all of these tests and running trials off Rockland, Maine,[19] Nevada sailed to the Boston and New York Navy Yards for equipment, torpedo tubes, and ammunition hoists.[34] When all of the preliminaries were completed, Nevada was commissioned on 11 March 1916 at the Charlestown Navy Yard, and William S. Sims was the first captain of the new ship.[35]
The stern of Nevada during WWI.
After fitting out in the Boston and New York Navy Yards, Nevada joined the Atlantic Fleet in Newport, Rhode Island on 26 May 1916. Prior to the United States' entry into World War I, she conducted many training cruises and underwent many exercises out of her base in Norfolk, Virginia, sailing as far south as the Caribbean on these cruises.[26] The US entered the war in April 1917, but Nevada was not sent to the other side of the Atlantic because of a shortage of fuel oil in Britain.[36] Instead, four coal-fired battleships of Battleship Division 9 (BatDiv 9) (Delaware, Florida, Wyoming, and New York) departed the US to join the British Grand Fleet on 25 November 1917. They arrived on 7 December and were designated as the 6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet.[37][38][39][40] Texas joined them after damage from a grounding on Block Island was repaired; she departed on 30 January and arrived in Scotland on 11 February.[41] It was not until 13 August 1918 that Nevada left the US for Britain,[1] becoming the last American ship to join the Fleet overseas.[42]
After a 10-day voyage, she arrived in Berehaven, Ireland, on 23 August.[1] Along with Utah and her sister Oklahoma, the three were nicknamed the "Bantry Bay Squadron";[43] officially, they were BatDiv 6 under the command of Rear Admiral Thomas S. Rodgers, who chose Utah as his flagship.[44][45] For the rest of the war, the three ships operated from the bay, escorting the large and valuable convoys bound for the British Isles to ensure no German heavy surface ships could slip past the British Grand Fleet and annihilate the merchant ships and their weak escorts of older cruisers.[44][45][46] This never came to pass, and the war ended on 11 November with Nevada not getting a chance to engage an enemy during the war.[lower-alpha 9][26]
USS Nevada in 1925, probably during visit to Australia, prior to the removal of her cage masts
On 13 December 10 battleships, including Nevada,[lower-alpha 10] and 28 destroyers escorted the ocean liner George Washington, with president Woodrow Wilson embarked, into Brest, France, during the last day of Wilson's journey to the country so he could attend the Paris Peace Conference. The flotilla met George Washington and her escorts (Pennsylvania and four destroyers) just off Brest and escorted them into the port.[47] The 10 battleships sailed for home at 14:00 on the next day, 14 December.[48] They took less than two weeks to cross the Atlantic, and arrived in New York on 26 December to parades and celebrations.[42]
Interwar period
Nevada in drydock at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, c. 1935
Between the two World Wars, Nevada served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets.[1] Though she had originally been equipped with 21 five-inch (127 mm)/51 cal guns to defend against enemy destroyers,[20] this number was reduced to 12 in 1918,[12] due to the overly wet bow and stern positions of the other nine.[20]
Along with Arizona, Nevada represented the United States at the Peruvian Centennial Exposition in July 1921.[49] A year later, in company with Maryland this time, she returned to South America as an escort to the steamer Pan America with Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes embarked; they all attended the Centennial of Brazilian Independence in Rio de Janeiro, celebrated from 5 to 11 September 1922.[1][50][51] The New York Times later credited the crew of Nevada for bringing baseball and that sport's unique terminology to Brazil, allowing the country to "make the Yankee game an institution of their own".[52] Three years later, from July–September 1925, Nevada took part in the US Fleet's "goodwill cruise" to Australia and New Zealand. During this cruise, the ships had only limited replenishment opportunities, but they still made it to Australia and back without undue difficulty.[53] This demonstrated to those allies and Japan that the US Navy had the ability to conduct transpacific operations[1] and meet the Imperial Japanese Navy in their home waters,[53] where both Japanese and American war plans expected the "decisive battle" to be fought, if it should come.[54][page needed]
After the cruise, Nevada was modernized at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard between August 1927 and January 1930, with the exchange of her "basket" masts for tripod masts[55] and her steam turbines for those from the recently-stricken battleship North Dakota. These were geared turbines that had been retrofitted to North Dakota in 1917, replacing her original direct drive turbines to increase her range.[56][18] Additionally, many different adaptations and additions were made: her main guns' elevation was increased to 30° (which upped the range of the guns from 23,000 yd (21,000 m) to 34,000 yd (31,100 m)), anti-torpedo bulges were added, her 12 original Yarrow boilers were replaced with 6 more efficient Bureau Express boilers in a new arrangement to accommodate those bulges, two catapults were added for three Vought O2U-3 Corsair biplane spotter aircraft,[57] eight 5 in (127 mm)/25 cal AA guns were added,[12] a new superstructure was installed, and her 5 inch (127 mm) 51 cal secondary battery was relocated above the hull[55] in an arrangement similar to that of the New Mexico class.[57] Nevada then served in the Pacific Fleet for the next eleven years.[55]
Map of ships and port facilities in Pearl Harbor during the attack; click on the image for a key.
When the weekend of 6–7 December arrived, all of the Pacific Fleet's battleships were in port for the weekend for the first time since 4 July. Normally they "took turns" spending time in port— six would be out with Vice Admiral William S. Pye's battleship Task Force One one weekend, while the next weekend would find three ranging with Vice Admiral William Halsey, Jr.'s aircraft carrier task force. However, because Halsey could not afford to take the slow battleships with his fast carriers on his dash to reinforce Wake Island's Marine detachment with additional fighters and because it was Pye's turn to rest in port and the harbor was where "it was safe", none of the battleships were sailing on that morning.[58] When the sun rose over Nevada on the 7th, the ship's band was playing "Morning Colors"; but planes then appeared on the horizon and the attack on Pearl Harbor began.[59]
Aft of Arizona during the attack, Nevada was not moored alongside another battleship off Ford Island, and therefore was able to maneuver, unlike the other seven battleships present.[lower-alpha 11][1] The Officer of the Deck, Ensign Joe Taussig (son of the admiral of the same name), had earlier that morning ordered a second boiler lit off, planning to switch the power load from one boiler to the other around 0800. His efficiency paid off, but he lost a leg in the attack. As her gunners opened fire and her engineers started to raise steam, a single 18 in (460 mm) Type 91 Mod 2[11] torpedo exploded against Frame 41 about 14 ft (4.3 m) above the keel at 0810.[60] Seconds later, the same Kate torpedo bomber that dropped the torpedo was shot down by the Nevada's gunners. The torpedo bulkhead held, but leaking through joints caused flooding and a list of 4–5°.[60] Nevada corrected the list through counter-flooding and got underway at 0840,[60] her gunners already having shot down four planes.[61]
Nevada, port side damage.
Nevada became a prime target for Japanese Val dive bombers during the second wave. If the Japanese could sink her in the channel, she'd block the harbor for months, bottling up the fleet. As she steamed past Ten-Ten Dock[lower-alpha 12] at about 09:50, Nevada was struck by five bombs. One exploded over the crew's galley at Frame 80. Another struck the port director platform and exploded at the base of the stack on the upper deck. Yet another hit near No. 1 turret inboard from the port waterway and blew large holes in the upper and main decks. Two struck the forecastle near Frame 15; one passed out through the side of the second deck before exploding, but the other exploded within the ship near the gasoline tank; leakage and vapors from this tank caused intense fires around the ship.[60]
The gasoline fires that flared up around Turret 1 might have caused more critical damage if the main magazines had not been empty. For several days prior to the attack, all of the 14 inch (356 mm) gun battleships had been replacing their standard-weight main battery projectiles with a new heavier projectile that offered greater penetration and a larger explosive charge in exchange for a slight decrease in range. All of the older projectiles and powder charges had been removed from the magazines of Nevada, and the crew had taken a break after loading the new projectiles in anticipation of loading the new powder charges on Sunday.[62]
Nevada beached and burning at Hospital Point
As bomb damage became evident, Nevada was ordered to proceed to the west side of Ford Island to prevent her from being sunk in the channel which would "effectively cork the rest of the fleet in a bottle."[63] Instead, she was grounded off Hospital Point at 10:30,[64] with the help of Hoga and Avocet,[65] though she managed to force down three planes before she struck the shore.[61]
Over the course of the morning, Nevada suffered a total of 60 killed and 109 wounded.[1] Two more men died aboard during salvage operations on 7 February 1942 when they were overcome by hydrogen sulfide gas from decomposing paper and meat.[66] The ship suffered a minimum of six bomb hits and one torpedo hit, but "it is possible that as many as ten bomb hits may have been received, [...] as certain damaged areas [were] of sufficient size to indicate that they were struck by more than one bomb."[61]
Attu and D-Day
Damage from one of the bombs that hit Nevada during the attack on Pearl Harbor
Nevada supporting the landings on Utah Beach, 6 June 1944
Nevada was refloated on 12 February 1942 and underwent temporary repairs at Pearl Harbor so she could get to Puget Sound Navy Yard for a major overhaul and modernization.[67] This was completed in October 1942, and it changed the old battleship's appearance so that she slightly resembled the South Dakota-class battleships when seen from a distance.[68][69] Her 5"/51s and 5"/25s were replaced with sixteen 5"/38 caliber guns in new twin mounts.[12] Nevada then sailed for Alaska, where she provided fire support from 11–18 May 1943 for the capture of Attu.[1]
Nevada then departed for the Norfolk Navy Yard in June for further modernization.[1] After this was completed, Nevada went on Atlantic convoy duty.[70] Old battleships such as Nevada were attached to many convoys that were heading across the Atlantic to guard against the chance that a German capital ship might head out to sea on a convoy raiding mission. One of the convoys that Nevada protected was troop convoy UT-2. UT-2 consisted of 20 transports and troopships and was escorted by nine destroyers, four fast minesweepers, a destroyer escort and Nevada, all under the command of Rear Admiral Carleton F. Bryant, who also picked Nevada to be his flagship. After departing New York on 5 September, they set course for the North Channel; no contacts were made with any enemy, and the ships made it to their destination in ten days. The same ships then journeyed back to the United States in late September as Convoy TU-2.[71]
After completing more convoy runs, Nevada set sail for the United Kingdom to prepare for the Normandy Invasion, arriving in April 1944. She was chosen as Rear Admiral Morton Deyo's flagship for the operation.[72] During the invasion, Nevada supported forces ashore from 6–17 June, and again on 25 June; during this time, she employed her guns to hit permanent shore defenses on the Cherbourg Peninsula,[1] "[seeming] to lean back as [she] hurled salvo after salvo at the shore batteries."[73] Shells from her guns ranged as far as 17 nautical miles (31 km) inland in attempts to break up German concentrations and counterattacks, even though she was straddled by counterbattery fire 27 times (though never hit).[1] Nevada was later praised for her "incredibly accurate" fire in support of beleaguered troops, as some of the targets she hit were just 600 yd (550 m) from the front lines of the Allies.[74] Nevada was the only battleship present at both Pearl Harbor and the Normandy landings.[75]
Southern France and Iwo Jima
After D-Day, the Allies headed to Toulon for another amphibious assault, codenamed Operation Dragoon. To support this, many ships were sent from the beaches of Normandy to the Mediterranean, including five battleships (the United States' Nevada, Texas, Arkansas, the British Ramillies, and the Free French Lorraine), three US heavy cruisers (Augusta, Tuscaloosa and Quincy), and many destroyers and landing craft were transferred south.[76]
Nevada supported this operation from 15 August to 25 September 1944, "dueling"[1] with "Big Willie": a heavily reinforced fortress with four 340 mm (13.4 in) guns in two twin turrets. These guns had been salvaged from the French battleship Provence after the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon; the guns had a range of nearly 19 nautical miles (35 km) and they commanded every approach to the port of Toulon. In addition, they were fortified with heavy armor plate bedded into the rocky sides of the island of Saint Mandrier. Due to these dangers, the fire-support ships assigned to the operation were ordered to level the fortress. Beginning on 19 August, and continuing on subsequent days, one or more heavy warships bombarded it in conjunction with low-level bomber strikes. On the 23rd, a bombardment force headed by Nevada struck the "most damaging" blow to the fort during a 6½ hour battle, which saw 354 salvos fired by Nevada. Toulon fell on the 25th, but the fort, though it was "coming apart at the seams", held out for three more days.[77][78]
Nevada bombarding Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945
Nevada then headed to New York to have her gun barrels relined.[1] In addition, her 14"/45 caliber guns (356 mm) from Turret 1 were replaced with the Mark 8 guns from turret 2 of Arizona; these new guns were relined to Mark 12 specifications.[79][80] After that was completed, she sailed for the Pacific, arriving off Iwo Jima on 16 February 1945[1] to "[prepare] the island for invasion with heavy bombardment";[81] which she did through 7 March.[1] During the invasion, she moved to be within 600 yd (550 m) from shore to provide maximum firepower for the troops that were advancing.[74]
Okinawa and Japan
On 24 March 1945, Nevada joined Task Force 54 (TF 54), the "Fire Support Force", off Okinawa as pre-invasion bombardment began. The ships of TF 54 then moved into position on the night of the 23rd, beginning their bombardment missions at dawn on the 24th.[82] Along with the rest of the force, Nevada shelled Japanese airfields, shore defenses, supply dumps, and troop concentrations.[1] However, after the fire support ships retired for the night, dawn "came up like thunder" when seven kamikazes attacked the force while it was without air cover. One plane, though hit repeatedly by antiaircraft fire from the force, crashed onto the main deck of Nevada, next to turret No. 3. It killed 11 and wounded 49; it also knocked out both 14 in (360 mm) guns in that turret and three 20 mm anti-aircraft weapons.[83] Another two men were lost to fire from a shore battery on 5 April. Until 30 June, she was stationed off Okinawa; she then departed to join the 3rd Fleet from 10 July to 7 August, which allowed Nevada to come within range of the Japanese home islands during the closing days of the war, though she did not bombard them.[lower-alpha 13][1]
Nevada painted in red-orange for the atomic tests
Nevada then returned to Pearl Harbor after a brief stint of occupation duty in Tokyo Bay. Nevada was surveyed and, at 32⅓ years old, she was deemed too old to be kept in the post-war fleet.[4][55] As a result, she was assigned to be a target ship for the first Bikini atomic experiments (Operation Crossroads) of July 1946.[1] The experiment consisted of detonating two atomic bombs to test their effectiveness against ships.[84] Nevada was designated "ground zero"[85] for the first test, codenamed 'Able', which used an air-dropped weapon; as such, she was painted an "ugly"[86] reddish-orange to help the bombardier's aim. However, even with the high visibility color scheme, the bomb fell about 1,700 yd (1,600 m) off-target, exploding above the light carrier Independence instead.[86] Nevada also survived the second test—'Baker', a detonation some 90 ft (27 m) below the surface of the water — but she was damaged and extremely radioactive.[55] Nevada was then towed to Pearl Harbor and decommissioned on 29 August 1946.[1]
After she was thoroughly examined at Pearl Harbor, her final sortie came on 31 July 1948 when Iowa and two other vessels[lower-alpha 14] used Nevada as a gunnery target for practice.[4][68] The three ships did not sink Nevada, so she was given a coup de grâce with an aerial torpedo hit amidships.[86][4]
On May 11 2020 it was announced that a joint expedition by Ocean Infinty with its ship the Pacific Constructor and the operations center of SEARCH Inc. had discovered Nevada's wreck. It is loacated at a depth of 15,400 feet (4,700 m) off the coast of Hawaii. Aside from the obvious battle damage, she is in excellent conditon, and, in an rarity for battleships, is sitting straight side up.
World War I Victory Medal with "ATLANTIC FLEET" and "GRAND FLEET" clasps
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Battleship row
List of Commanding Officers of the USS Nevada (BB-36)
↑ The 5-inch (127 mm)/51 cal guns were soon reduced to only 12 because of their overly wet positions. In the late 1920s, 8 × 5 in (127 mm)/25 cal anti-aircraft guns (8 x 1) were added. In 1942, all were removed and replaced by 16 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal DP mounts (8×2), and 32 × 40 mm AA (8×4) and 40 × 20 mm AA (40×1) were added. See Fitzsimons 1978, p. 1982.
↑ All of the sources agree that the torpedo tubes were 21 in. tubes, but they conflict as to whether Nevada had 2 or 4 torpedo tubes. For more information, see a list of the conflicting sources.
↑ The only US battleship class after Nevada that did not feature these "triple turrets" was the Colorado class, which carried eight 16 in (410 mm) guns in dual turrets to combat the new Japanese Nagato class.
↑ Although Nevada was launched in 1914, construction was not completed until 1916. For larger ships, drydocks are typically only used for work that must be done in the drydock; once the hull is complete, the ship is normally launched into the water, where the rest of the work is completed. This is normally done to free up the drydock for other work.
↑ The idea for turrets with more than two guns each came from the French, as they were planning to use quadruple turrets in their planned Normandie-class battleships. Only one of these ships was completed, Béarn, but she was converted to an aircraft carrier. See New York Times 16 October 1915, p. 12.
↑ See this book for more information on Curtis turbines (Scroll down to the bottom of the page): Ewing, James Alfred (1910). The Steam-engine and Other Heat-engines. University Press (University of California). p. 232. http://books.google.com/?id=8FdDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA236&lpg=PA236&dq=#PPA234,M1.
↑ $5,895,000.00 would be about $130,029,903.19 today. See Measuring Worth.
↑ $50,000 would be about $1,102,882.98 today. See Measuring Worth.
↑ Also, at some point during her time on the eastern side of the Atlantic, Nevada apparently made a patrol through the North Sea, but sources do not give any date. See DANFS Nevada (BB-36) and Bonner 1996, p. 102.
↑ The other nine battleships were Florida, Utah, Wyoming, Arkansas, New York, Texas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Arizona.
↑ Pennsylvania was in drydock at the time of the attack. Of the anchored ships on Battleship Row (in order, north to south), Nevada was moored singly; Arizona had Vestal moored outboard of her; Tennessee and West Virginia were moored together; and Maryland and Oklahoma were moored together. California was moored singly at the bottom of the "row", similar to Nevada, and should have had the ability to maneuver like Nevada did. However, California, as "she was about to undergo a material inspection [and] watertight integrity was not at its maximum" (see DANFS California (BB-44)), started settling as soon as she was hit by Japanese bombs and torpedoes. As a result, she sank soon after the attack began after being hit with just two bombs and two torpedoes. By comparison, Nevada took at least six bombs and one torpedo, and was still afloat when she was ordered to be beached by Hospital Point.
↑ Named for its length, 1010 feet.
↑ Samuel Eliot Morison's Victory in the Pacific describes the three following BB bombardments of Japan: South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts, two heavy cruisers and nine destroyers bombarded Kamaishi on 15 July 1945 (pp. 312–313), Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, two CLs and eight DDs bombarded Muroran on 16 July (pp. 313–314) and on the night of 18 July Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Alabama and HMS King George V bombarded Hitachi (pp. 315–316). Richard B. Frank in Downfall. The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire lists all these bombardments on p. 157 and adds a bombardment of Hamamatsu on the night of 29–30 July by South Dakota, Indiana and Massachusetts. Nevada is not mentioned anywhere as having bombarded any of the Home Islands.
Citations: Morison 2002 and Frank 1999
↑ NVR Nevada (BB 36), the Naval Vessel Register entry for Nevada, only states that Iowa, a heavy cruiser and a destroyer used her as a gunnery target. No further details are known.
↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 DANFS Nevada (BB-36).
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Cox 1916.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 New York Times 12 July 1914.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 NVR Nevada (BB 36).
↑ Bonner 1996, p. 100.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 US Naval History Division 1970, p. 47.
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 New York Times 23 October 1915.
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 Friedman 1985, p. 438.
↑ 9.0 9.1 Chisholm 1922, p. 436.
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 US Naval History Division 1970, p. 46.
↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 Fitzsimons 1978, p. 1982.
↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Breyer 1973, p. 210.
↑ 13.0 13.1 Bonner 1996, p. 101.
↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Morison & Polmar 2003, p. 63.
↑ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 115.
↑ Worth 2002, p. 290.
↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 New York Times 16 October 1915.
↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 GlobalSecurity BB-36 Nevada Class.
↑ 19.0 19.1 New York Times 19 September 1915, p. 9.
↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 NHC Nevada Class (BB-36 and BB-37), 1912 Building Program.
↑ Prange, Goldstein & Dillon 1991, p. 217.
↑ Hone & Friedman 1981, p. 59.
↑ Friedman 1985, p. 104.
↑ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 1156.
↑ Friedman 1985, pp. 104–105.
↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Bonner 1996, p. 102.
↑ Worth 2002, pp. 289–290.
↑ New York Times 5 November 1915, p. 8.
↑ New York Times 5 November 1915, p. 14.
↑ New York Times 7 November 1915.
↑ New York Times 10 November 1915.
↑ New York Times 19 September 1915, p. 12.
↑ Miller 1997, p. 185.
↑ DANFS Delaware (BB-28).
↑ DANFS Florida (BB-30).
↑ DANFS Wyoming (BB-32).
↑ DANFS New York (BB-34).
↑ DANFS Texas (BB-35).
↑ 42.0 42.1 New York Times 27 December 1918.
↑ Venzon & Miles 1999, p. 755.
↑ 44.0 44.1 Halpern 1995, p. 436.
↑ 45.0 45.1 Russell & Moore 1921, p. 97.
↑ DANFS Utah (BB-31).
↑ New York Times 11 December 1918.
↑ Bonner 1996, pp. 102–103.
↑ New York Times 23 August 1922.
↑ New York Times 6 September 1922.
↑ Miller 1991.
↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 55.4 NHC USS Nevada (Battleship # 36, later BB-36), 1916–1948.
↑ Conway's 1922-1946 p. 92
↑ 57.0 57.1 Morison & Polmar 2003, p. 65.
↑ Lord 2001, pp. 1–2.
↑ "History of the Pacific Fleet Band". U.S. Navy (Pacific Fleet). 2002. Archived from the original on 2 February 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020202153340/http://www.cpf.navy.mil/pages/band/history.htm. Retrieved 13 October 2008.
↑ 60.0 60.1 60.2 60.3 Wallin 1968, p. 212.
↑ 61.0 61.1 61.2 Scanland 1941.
↑ Sabin, L. A., Vice Admiral, USN. "Comment and Discussion", United States Naval Institute Proceedings, September 1973, 97.
↑ Wallin 1968, pp. 212–213.
↑ NHHC USS Nevada during the Pearl Harbor Attack (Part II).
↑ Wallin 1968, p. 218.
↑ 68.0 68.1 Friedman 1985, p. 420.
↑ "BB-36—Nevada (Nevada–class)". Naval Recognition Manual. Division of Naval Intelligence; Identification and Characteristics Section. 1943. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Nevada_%28BB-36%29_specs.jpg. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
↑ US Naval History Division 1970, p. 51.
↑ Morison 1956, p. 134.
↑ Ryan 1959, p. 198.
↑ 74.0 74.1 GlobalSecurity SSBN 733 Nevada.
↑ Ryan 1959, p. 90.
↑ Karig, Burton & Freeland 1946, p. 386–387.
↑ Burton & Pincus 2004.
↑ NavWeaps 14"/45 (35.6 cm) Marks 8, 9, 10 and 12.
↑ Campbell 1985, p. 123.
↑ CINCPOA Communique No. 264, 19 February 1945.
↑ NHC Operation Crossroads: Bikini Atoll.
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Everybody would like to be rich.
In fact, I think we all have searched once in our life for the perfect plan to become rich really fast. Unfortunately, most of us have not found the one thing that could make us insanely rich in a matter of days….
And, except if you're lucky enough to win lottery and unless you are willing to do immoral or illegal activities which is certainly not my case, I think that this ultimate plan does not really exist.
Becoming rich fast is a myth that medias like to talk about once and then to make you dream and sell more newspapers or get a better audience!
But, there is a simple recipe that can make you retire millionaire. Yet, you'll seldom hear about it. School won't teach it to you. TV won't show you and your parents probably don't know about it.
My goal is to retire at or before 45 years old from the rat race. Here's how!
Many people earning an average Joe income have been able to retire millionaire.
Well, time plays a big role in that strategy since it's based on the compounding interest effect.
Did you know that Einstein has said that compounding interest is the strongest force in the universe?
Let's do some basic maths to show you the pure magic of compounded interests.
Take 10,000$ now and invest it at 8% (which is reasonably attainable in the stock market) per year compounded interest. This means that after one year you'll reinvest your initial 10,000$ plus the 800$ received in interests.
After 5 years, you'd have 14,693$. Okay, you won't retire over that amount of money. But hey, it's like a snowball rolling down the hill. At first, it won't look impressive but let it roll.
After 10 years, you'd have 21,589$.
After 20 years, you'd have 46,609$. Not bad but still not that impressive huh? But look at what is going to happen after 20 years. Now you have reached the threshold at which compounded interest starts delivering crazy magic.
After 30 years, you'd have 100,626$.
Okay, I'll stop there because unless you are a vampire chances are you won't care up to this point.
Not bad huh?! Remember that the only thing we did here is invest an initial 10,000$ at 8% and reinvest the interests. Now, imagine that you would have added 5000$ per year to you freedom fund. Would you like to see the results? After 30 years you'd have 667,042$! Now we're talking!
Now that you understood the concept, in order to reach your goal you'll have to change your life a little.
Like you probably understood, the more time you have, the better it is. Time is really the most important ingredient in the equation. But, the second most important ingredient is how much you save!
Some folks on the web like Jacob Lund Fisker saved up to 85% of their net income for years in order to harness the true power of compounded interest and enjoy early retirement. Jason Fieber from www.dividendmantra.com has managed to save +/-50% of his net income over the last 4 years to reach his goal of retiring at or before 40 years old.
I try to save at least 10-20% of my income. The rest is mostly dedicated to paying my mortgage and personal debts.
The best thing to do is to pay you first. As soon as you receive your paycheck, make sure the first thing you do is save part of it. Then pay your bills, then spend the rest.
Most people pay bills, spend the rest (if there is something left) and then complain it is impossible to save.
Trust me. If you consider yourself as your most important creditor and pay you first, you'll realize that you will find ways to pay your other bills and spend the rest.
If your income is not high enough then you'll have to cut spending and/or increase your salary!
For most people, over spending is a problem in our current society.
If you earn 2000$ per month and spend 3000$ per month, it won't be long before you go bankrupt.
Now if you earn 2000$ per month and spend 1500$ then you still have 500$ to invest in buying back your freedom.
Spending habits is really an acquired behavior. There is a social pressure in our society to constantly pay for things. It seems that if it's free then it probably doesn't worth it.
Medias and publicity have done a great job at washing our brains to make us believe fallacies. Nowadays, saving means spending less than the price asked by the seller. It is not putting cash aside in a jar or a bank account anymore!
Words have been perverted to give them new meanings.
There are movements or anti-consumerism starting everywhere. People start to understand that consuming too much is not the solution. It doesn't make people happier, it pollutes our planet and destroys ecosystems.
I try to recycle the most I can. I try to think twice before buying anything.
Why? Mostly because I prefer buying myself a piece of freedom than a new expensive "toy" that I will probably won't use more than a couple of times… And, because I think that we should all reduce our consumption a little.
If you want to harness the best return possible on your hard-earned money, you'll have to invest wisely.
Someone said that there are two things that no human can avoid, taxes and death… Nice saying huh?
But he forgot another thing… Inflation!
Inflation is slowly but surely, eating your power of purchase. It's been approximately at 4% over the last century. It is currently under 2%.
Does this mean that if you let sit 1$ in a jar, at the end of the year, it will only be worth 0,96$?
No! But the coffee you could have bought for 1$ at the beginning of the year will now cost you 1,04$. So your 1$ doesn't buy you a coffee anymore… Unless you're very nice with the clerk!
Compounding interest also applies to inflation unfortunately. So after 30 years, you'd need 3,24$ to buy the same coffee! Okay this is just a coffee, it's not that bad. But now think about cars and houses. Your 20,000$ car will cost you 64,868$ 30 years down the road.
With that knowledge in hand, I had to find a way to earn more than 4% compounded interest return to make sure my money would at least keep up with inflation. A better return would make me richer.
The book "The rich barber" written by David Chilton gave me part of the solution.
Don't be a lender! Be an owner!
This means that one shouldn't "invest" his money in GIC, bonds and other guaranteed investment vehicles. Why? Because one would hardly keep up with inflation and lose money in the end.
To earn an above average return, one must take the risk of being an owner.
I decided to invest in dividend growth stocks of great companies out there who have a wide economic moat and large market shares. My money is at risk. But it is a calculated risk.
Real estate is also a common way of obtaining a good return. But it is not truly passive since you need to take care of the buildings, manage the tenants and stuff like that. Plus it is not enough diversified for my own tastes. I don't like tying too much money in one single investment. But I know folks who made a lot of money with real estate.
Let compound & Retire rich!
The last tip, but not the least, and it is a hard one, do not withdraw money from your freedom fund!
Let it sit! Let it compound and work for you!
I like investing in dividend growth stocks because I don't see my investments as money anymore. I see them as workers. My shares of Exxon literally work for me and every three months, I receive a paycheck. Every year, I expect that paycheck to increase at a rate higher than inflation.
Do you have a plan to become rich, financially free or even millionaire?