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USS Plunkett (DD-431)
Career (United States)
Name: USS Plunkett (DD-431)
Namesake: Charles Peshall Plunkett
Laid down: 1 March 1939
Launched: 7 March 1940
Commissioned: 17 July 1940
Fate: To Taiwan, 16 February 1959
Struck: 1 November 1972
Career (Republic of China)
Name: ROCS Nan Yang (DD-17)
Acquired: 16 February 1959
Displacement: 1,630 tons
Beam: 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft: 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Armament: 5 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns,6 × 0.5 in. (12.7 mm) guns,
6 × 20 mmAA guns, 10 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks
USS Plunkett (DD-431), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Charles Peshall Plunkett.
Plunkett was laid down 1 March 1939 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey launched 7 March 1940, sponsored by Mrs. Charles P. Plunkett, widow of Rear Admiral Plunkett; and commissioned 17 July 1940 Lieutenant Commander P. G. Hale in command.
[hide] *1 World War II Atlantic Service
2 Convoys escorted
3 Pacific Service
4 Transfer to ROC Navy
5 Nan Yang (DD-17)
World War II Atlantic Service Edit
Prior to 7 December 1941, Plunkett operated in the Western Atlantic and in the Gulf of Mexico–Caribbean area on Neutrality Patrol. Initially in the latter area, she joined other Neutrality Patrol vessels off Tampico to prevent the departure of several German steamers, then cruised off Martinique, French Antilles to prevent the dispatching of warships, equipment, and gold to the Vichy government. Patrol and convoy missions in the North Atlantic followed, and, on 7 December 1941, she was en route from Reykjavík to Argentia.
Plunkett continued such duty until joining Task Force 39 (TF 39) on 20 March 1942. Six days later she departed the east coast for Scapa Flow and arrived in Orkney on 4 April to commence operations with the British Home Fleet. Employed on North Sea patrols and escort work over the first leg of the Murmansk run, she was relieved, by Mayrant (DD-402), in mid-May and assigned to escort New York (BB-34) back to the United States. Coastwise and Caribbean escort duty followed and in August she returned to the North Atlantic to accompany UK-bound convoys. On 2 November, she departed New York On her first escort run to North Africa. Delayed en route to allow time for the clearance of wreckage from her port of destination, her group delivered its charges with their reinforcement troops and equipment to Casablanca on the 18th. Then, after patrolling off the Moroccan coast she returned to New York and local operations off southern New England.
Another transatlantic convoy to Casablanca preceded shore bombardment exercises in Chesapeake Bay, after which she escorted coastal convoys until May, 1943. On the 10th she sailed for Oran, Algeria, with TF 60; and, between the end of May and July, she was employed on hunter-killer (HUK), antisubmarine (ASW), and convoy escort assignments in North African waters.
On 6 July, she cleared Mers-el-Kebir as a unit of the Western Task Force for the Allied invasion of Sicily. During the invasion, she screened the merchant ships and minelayers of Task Group 80.5 (TG 80.5), then patrolled off the Gela anchorage and covered minelaying operations. On the 12th, she departed the assault area, returning on the 17th, to Scoglitti, and on the 31st, to Palermo, with convoys. During August, she participated in numerous landings on the Sicilian coast and, in September, joined TG 81.6 to screen the transports and landing craft for the assault on the Axis boot at Salerno. Early on the morning of 13 September, she aided bombed and burning British hospital ship HMHS Newfoundland. The struggle to save the ship continued for over 36 hours, but, in the evening of the 14th, Plunkett, on orders, fired on and sank the hulk.
North Africa–Naples convoys, interspersed with fire support missions, continued until 21 January 1944, when she sailed to escort the follow-up assault group to Cape Anzio. After delivering the craft, she remained in the area to screen the transports. On the 24th she fell victim to one of the numerous air attacks which, previously, she had helped to drive off. At 17:38 condition red was sounded. A few minutes later the attack was launched with two glider bombs coming in on the port beam, and two Ju 88's closing in from up ahead. Speed was increased; maneuvering was radical. The glider bombs finally dropped, at 200 yards distance, but more planes had joined the foray to commence a sustained 17 minute battle. It ended at 17:57 as Plunkett took a 250 kg bomb and caught fire. The bomb killed 23, left 28 missing, with as many, and more, wounded, and caused extensive damage to her fire control apparatus, armament, and port engine. By 18:21, all fires were out and the destroyer proceeded, on one engine, to Palermo. Temporary repairs enabled her to reach Casablanca and, finally, New York, where repairs were completed.
On 5 May 1944, she again departed New York for European waters. Arriving at Belfast on the 14th, she remained until 3 June, then sailed toward the English Channel to join the armada staging for the invasion of France. On 6 June, she screened the transports off Omaha beach. Fire support and patrol duties followed until the 9th, when she sailed back to England. Returning to the French coast a few days later, she added shore bombardment to her duties at the Bombardment of Cherbourg in Task Force 129.
In July, Plunkett returned to the Mediterranean to prepare for another assault landing, and on 13 August, she sailed from Naples to support Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France. During that operation she carried officials to and from the beaches in addition to performing her screening duties. She next added fire support and shore bombardment off St. Tropez, Port de Bouc, and Marseilles to her mission, and continued those duties, particularly on the Italian-French border, until 23 November. She then sailed for Oran, whence she escorted a convoy back to the United States, arriving at New York, 16 January 1945.
Convoys escorted Edit
Escort Group
task force 19 1–7 July 1941[1] occupation of Iceland prior to US declaration of war
HX 151 24 Sept-1 Oct 1941[2] from Newfoundland to Iceland prior to US declaration of war
ON 24 13-15 Oct 1941[3] from Iceland to Newfoundland prior to US declaration of war
SC 48 16-17 Oct 1941[4] battle reinforcement prior to US declaration of war
HX 159 10-19 Nov 1941[2] from Newfoundland to Iceland prior to US declaration of war
ON 39 11 Nov-4 Dec 1941[3] from Iceland to Newfoundland prior to US declaration of war
HX 166 24-31 Dec 1941[2] from Newfoundland to Iceland
ON 53 9-19 Jan 1942[3] from Iceland to Newfoundland
HX 174 9-17 Feb 1942[2] from Newfoundland to Iceland
ON 69 25 Feb-1 March 1942[3] from Iceland to Newfoundland
ON 92 16–17 May 1942[3] from Iceland to Newfoundland
AT 18 6-17 Aug 1942[5] troopships from New York City to Firth of Clyde
Pacific Service Edit
Plunkett engaged in training exercises, ASW patrols, and experimental testing until early May, when she resumed transatlantic escort work. The war in Europe ended before she reached the UK, but hostilities in the Pacific still raged. On 27 May she returned to the east coast, underwent extensive alterations and refresher training, and got underway for the Pacific 6 August. She transited the Panama Canal on 13 August and was en route to San Diego the day the war ended. In September she escorted occupation forces from the U.S. to Japan; then, in October and November, assisted in ferrying more from the Philippines. Later in November, she sailed northeast to the Aleutians, where she operated until ordered back to the east coast for inactivation.
Plunkett earned five battle stars during the Second World War.
Transfer to ROC Navy Edit
Plunkett decommissioned 3 May 1946 and was berthed at Charleston, S.C. as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. She remained there until reactivated and transferred, under the loan provisions of the Military Assistance Program, to the Nationalist Chinese government, 16 February 1959.
Nan Yang (DD-17) Edit
Renamed ROCS Nan Yang (DD-17), she served in the Republic of China Navy until 1975, when she was stricken from the Navy list and scrapped. Her name and pennant number were reassigned to the former USS John W. Thomason (DD-760), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer acquired in May 1974.[6]
^ Morison, Samuel Eliot (1975). The Battle of the Atlantic September 1939-May 1943. Little, Brown and Company. pp. 74–79.
^ a b c d "HX convoys". Andrew Hague Convoy Database. http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hx/index.html. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
^ a b c d e "ON convoys". Andrew Hague Convoy Database. http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/on/index.html. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
^ "SC convoys". Andrew Hague Convoy Database. http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/sc/index.html. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
^ "AT convoys". Andrew Hague Convoy Database. http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/at/index.html. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
^ Bridgeman, Leonard. "439." Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946.. p. 1977 ships. ISBN 1 85170 493 0.
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Personal Injury Attorney John M. Dodig Named to South Jersey Magazine's 2011 Awesome Attorneys List
Trial lawyer John M. Dodig of the personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP, has been named to South Jersey Magazine's 2011 Awesome Attorneys list for the second consecutive year.
South Jersey Magazine develops its list of Awesome Attorneys through a reader nomination and polling process. Thousands of the magazine's readers submitted nominations and votes, resulting in a list of 150 lawyers practicing in more than 40 specialized areas ranging from medical malpractice and criminal defense to family law. South Jersey Magazine enjoys a readership of more than 400,000, making the magazine a premier regional publication. The Awesome Attorneys list is featured inSouth Jersey Magazine's December issue.
"It is extremely gratifying to be voted a top Southern New Jersey lawyer by the very people our law firm serves," said Dodig. "Being recognized in this manner and securing record-setting results for clients defines who I am as a trial attorney."
Dodig brings more than two decades of legal experience to his representation of plaintiffs who have been seriously injured as a result of others' carelessness or reckless actions. He specializes in construction, workplace and auto accidents,product liability (defective products), medical malpractice, and slip and fall matters. He has successfully obtained multiple seven- and eight-figure verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Recently, Dodig obtained a $31 million compensatory damage verdict and $6 million verdict in two New Jersey dangerous roadway cases which have been reported as the highest civil verdicts in a personal injury case in the Camden County Superior Court and the Hunterdon County Superior Court.
Dodig served as President of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association in 2006 and 2007 and on the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (now known as the Pennsylvania Association for Justice). He is a frequent lecturer in courses designed to teach practicing lawyers trial advocacy skills. Dodig received his Bachelor of Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University and his law degree from Nova University. He also received a Masters of Law in Trial Advocacy from Temple University. He has been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® by Thomson Reuters, published annually in Philadelphiamagazine, for eight consecutive years, and selected as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Among other honors, Dodig was also named to SJ Magazine's 2010 and 2011 Top Attorneys lists.
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When we are constantly bombarded with images of "perfect" properties, it can be easy to try to emulate the pristine spaces we see in glossy magazines and show homes within our own properties. But it's important to remember that the house you live in should be a home. It's the place you will live in and should be comfortable at the same time as meeting all of your personal needs and requirements. So, let's take a moment to look at a few different ways that you can add your signature touch!
The first step towards making your house a home is to personalise the space through interior design. Most people tend to stick with what the house comes with or what they know. This generally entails plain and neutral toned walls (in shades such as magnolia [which I hate], cream, or white), non-offensive flooring such as plain wood or a neutrally toned carpet, and minimalism. But who really wants their home to look like something pulled straight from a standard show home? Here are a few different ways to personalise the space and spice things up a bit!
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As pledge week grimly proceeds, issues arise in Jericho's mind ,and his trumpet-playing serves as an outlet for his confusion, but readers will see with crystal clarity that in secrecy, evil breeds. Her family lived in Israel from then on. Kofi, and also Jericho made it down, but Jericho. It shows the serious consequences of doing something just because of others. They know it happens all around them, it even happens to them, but they won't tell. Draper is the sequel to this book.
As soon as they stepped into the river, the water stopped flowing. Joshua also drew from the past, remembering the impossible deeds God had accomplished through Moses. They saw the beautiful fruits that grew there. In addition, the pledges must swear absolute obedience, loyalty, and secrecy. Joshua prostrates himself, while the man tells him to take off his sandals for he is standing on holy ground.
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The people begin to eat the produce of the new land—thus halting the daily supply of manna—and the Israelite men perform the ritual of circumcision in preparation for battle. Later on as he pledging, he faces challenges and makes decisions that are uncomfortable to him. March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the Lord. How far will he have to go to wear the cool black silk Warriors jacket? Draper's style is to take a social issue facing teenagers and weave a solid story around it. Some Biblical scholars speculate this could have been Jesus in bodily form, which we know he existed from the very beginning, so this could be possible , , and. November Blues also by Sharon M.
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Dissecting Kevin Harvick's rear window violation
Date: March 9, 2018 0
– So now let's go Next Level, gentlemen, show us exactly where on the race car this issue was.
– Yeah, when you start take– you can see pretty quickly– you can see that back glass where it's sucked in right there. Casey, show 'em where it is.
That is pretty blatantly obvious that this has got something that's not supposed to be there.
– Yeah, and then the concern is, when you see this on the track, is that any time that you can get this rear glass to deflect, it can pull the air down on the spoiler, and create more downforce.
– Put more downforce right there on that rear spoiler, and that's the thing that everybody is really concerned about is somebody getting an unfair advantage on the other guy.
– Well, some of the other competitors actually noticed this on the track. Let's hear what Chase Elliott and his crew chief, Alan Gustafson, had to say.
– You see that right of that four's glass, is it bowed down?
– Yep, kind of where the jack– between the orange jackscrew and the black lining it's bowed from the right side of the jackscrew, over.
ALAN GUSTAFSON: Yeah, right by the K. When he's up to speed that thing pushes down about, I don't know, two inches, three inches.
– Interesting conversation there between driver and crew chief. Casey, how often do you notice things like that on track, what other guys have on their cars there?
– You notice it a lot, and to be honest, I'm surprised that you don't hear this more. I mean, we're always, as drivers, looking at the other guy's car, trying to pick out what advantages they might have, things that they might be doing that we're not, and obviously this was very clear, you know, at this weekend. But it's something we look at all the time.
– Yeah, what about the crew chief, Jeff, what does he hope to learn?
– Well, when he sees something like this he wants to basically say, hey, are you seein' what I'm seein'?
But to your point, sometimes a crew chief doesn't want to say a whole lot about it. He wants his driver to come back and tell him, I think I'm seeing something maybe we need to do to try to get a little more competitive.
So this kind of conversation is not unusual between a driver and a crew chief, we just don't want everybody else to know about it.
[LAUGHING]
– And speaking of crew chief, Rodney Childers did speak on Sirius XM on Tuesday on "The Morning Drive." His thoughts about this, take a listen.
RODNEY CHILDERS: You know, basically we had a rear window brace fail, and you know, NASCAR mandates that we run a certain t-bar in the back glass, and that t-bar is actually pretty strong. The t-bar ends up being stronger than the back of the roof at that point, and it pulled the back of the roof down. But you know, it's not something that we wanted to happen, you definitely don't want the back of the roof sharp, you want the back of the roof round.
You know, I think everybody thinks that it helped, I would suggest that it probably didn't help. The car was plenty fast enough before that happened, and I think everybody in the garage knows that, and you know, it's just something we need to put behind us and move on.
– So now let's take a look a little further into what he's talking about, Jeff, show us where on the car he's talking?
– Well, here's what we're talking about, these are the braces that run up from the down bar to support the back of the roof. And the one on the right side, folks, you look at it, when you wanna draw up where it's going, it is actually– you can see where it's broke. So it's not got the support that it needs right in this area, and this is where we saw that in that picture a moment ago, Casey, where all that pressure was coming down.
– Yeah, and I mean, you can argue the fact, we listened to Rodney talk about whether or not was better for speed or downforce or not, but at the end of the day, a lot of times we've worked on trying to get that rear glass in, and it's created more downforce. So that's why it's such a big concern.
– It's a big concern, but also when you take a look at the rule and what happened, no matter whether it was an accidental situation or not, but the braces and support must at the rear glass be supported and be rigid at all times. I mean, that means you can't have a situation like this happen, so as soon as that brace broke, whether it was intentional or not, the penalty was incurred, I mean, there was no way of gettin' around it.
– Yeah, you can't– you can't ask NASCAR to try to determine whether or not it was intentional or not. I mean, at that point the rule is broken.
– Now Jeff, there's actually two parts to this infraction, rear window, which we've documented, but also the rocker panel extension did not meet NASCAR specifications as well.
– No, it didn't either. This is the area we're talking about, folks, the skirt area just down below the door, and it goes all the way down and seals the race car off to the racetrack, and Casey, the thing is here, again, this part of the race car, it is dictated by NASCAR about what you have to have.
– Yeah, and at the end of the day, it sounds like it wasn't the five-star NASCAR-mandated part that was on the car, so exactly what it was doing at the time is kind of unclear. But it was very clear that something wasn't supposed to be on that car that it was.
– Yeah, and we're hearing it was aluminum, so we don't know for sure, but the part was not right.
– So looking forward, guys, how do you think it affects this team?
– I think you have to go back and kind of like rally back, and to me, going to Phoenix could be a big plus, at least mentally, for everybody on this four car, because they're so good there, I believe they may come back. And if they can run well, especially if they go back to victory lane with no issues, it would restore their confidence.
– Yeah, and if you know a guy like Kevin Harvick, obviously he's done really well. If he had any motivation to go back and do well at a racetrack that he's done very well at, I would say it'd be now, you know. A little bit redemption, because if this was a mistake on their part, they wanna go back and prove to people they can do it the right way.
– What do you think's most concerning, though, about these penalties, because there's a car chief suspension, there's a fine, what is the most concerning?
– I think the biggest concern is messing up the mojo that they're experiencing right now, because it really looked like, to me, that it would be easy for this western swing to wind up being a Harvick western sweep.
– Yeah and I think at the end of the day, I mean, the regular season points are what they are, but if you're going to lose seven, you know, playoff points, that's–
– That's huge.
– –that's a big deal. So at the end of the day, I mean, that really could dictate, you know, a lot of things when he gets into the championship.


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UWGB men: Phoenix moves into fourth place with big win
The UWGB men improved to 7-6 in the Horizon League with a win over Oakland on Thursday.
UWGB men: Phoenix moves into fourth place with big win The UWGB men improved to 7-6 in the Horizon League with a win over Oakland on Thursday. Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/2019/02/14/uwgb-men-phoenix-move-into-fourth-place-win-over-oakland/2845616002/
Scott Venci, Green Bay Press-Gazette Published 10:27 p.m. CT Feb. 14, 2019 | Updated 10:34 p.m. CT Feb. 14, 2019
UWGB coach Linc Darner has his team in fourth place in the Horizon League with five games remaining. (Photo: USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
ASHWAUBENON – Every game doesn't have to be a masterpiece at this point of the season. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men just need to find any way to pull out wins.
Such was the case in UWGB's 66-54 win over Oakland on Thursday night in front of 2,239 at the Resch Center.
The Phoenix scored the fewest points in any of its 13 victories this season, shot 34.4 percent overall, went more than five minutes in the first half without a point and went the final 8 minutes, 50 seconds without a field goal.
Yet, in the process, it took over sole possession of fourth place in the Horizon League at 7-6 after Youngstown State beat IUPUI. If the season ended today, UWGB would host a quarterfinal tournament game.
"We don't care how we get it done," UWGB coach Linc Darner said. "I thought we really guarded well tonight. I thought our guys did a good job of executing and understanding the game plan, and I thought we did a really good job on their guys."
Indeed, for as much as the Phoenix struggled on offense, it made things even more difficult for an Oakland team that beat UWGB by 12 points at its place last month.
The Golden Grizzlies shot 34.5 percent overall, but more importantly, finished 18.5 percent (5-for-27) from 3-point range.
They entered as the best 3-point shooting squad in the 10-team Horizon at 39 percent, which also was good for 18th in the nation. Their 252 3s ranked 14th.
But Oakland was nowhere near as effective from long range as the first meeting, when it 10-for-22. The Phoenix also forced 27 turnovers, the third-most this season and the most against any Division I team.
It held junior guard Jaevin Cumberland, Oakland's second-leading scorer at 17.6 points, to just 8 on 3-for-12 shooting in a team-high 34 minutes. He was 2-for-7 from 3 and failed to score double figures for the first time since Dec. 1, a span of 18 games.
Junior center Brad Brechting (15 points) and junior forward Xavier Hill-Mais (14) were the only two to score more than 10 points for the Golden Grizzlies, who have lost three straight to drop to 7-7 in league play.
The 54 points by Oakland was its fewest this season.
"We made them take tough shots," Darner said. "Last game, they got some wide-open shots. They got a lot of easy baskets. I think for the most part, we did a pretty good job, and we outscored them in the paint 30-26."
The Phoenix jumped out to a 15-4 lead early, but Oakland scored 11 straight to tie the game thanks to that long scoreless stretch by UWGB.
Still, the Phoenix led 27-22 at halftime despite shooting 31.4 percent and missing 15 of its final 19 shots. It helped that Oakland shot 30.8 percent and missed seven of its last eight attempts.
UWGB took control at the beginning of the second half, scoring 12 of the first 13 points to go up 39-23.
It led by as much as 17 points with 7:12 left before Oakland cut its deficit to seven on a 3 from Cumberland with just over a minute remaining
The Phoenix held on despite going without a field goal for almost nine minutes to end the game, although it only had five shot attempts during that span thanks to five turnovers and 19 free throw attempts.
UWGB led for 38:03 in the contest and never trailed.
Junior forward Tank Hemphill and junior guard Kam Hankerson each led the Phoenix with 13 points, while senior guard Sandy Cohen III had 10 and tied his career-high with 5 steals.
Hemphill added 10 rebounds for his second double-double and started the game with a thunderous dunk that helped spark his team.
"I felt good going out there," Hemphill said. "Starting out the game with that dunk gave me the momentum to play even harder throughout the whole game."
The road doesn't get any easier from here. UWGB hosts Detroit (7-7) on Saturday, goes on the road to face Illinois-Chicago (8-5) and IUPUI (6-7) and finishes at home against the two best teams in the league in Wright State (9-4) and Northern Kentucky (10-3).
"Every time we come home, it's a must-win," Hemphill said. "We have to protect our home. Every time we step on the court, we have to get it done."
Lineup change
Hankerson returned to the starting lineup for the first time since Nov. 11 against Iowa. He started the first three games of the season but came off the bench for the next 22.
Hankerson replaced junior guard JayQuan McCloud, who had started the previous 14 games.
McCloud, the team's second-leading scorer, scored 2 points in 18 minutes.
Sophomore guard Hunter Crist also made his second straight start in place of Josh McNair, who was out with a lower body injury.
Any specific reason for going with Hankerson over McCloud?
"No," Darner said.