The destroyer escort proved to be a vessel that filled the gap between patrol craft and the larger destroyer. Unquestionably, the crews of the âsmall boys of the fleet, and the navy yard workers, have left behind a proud legacy of service to their country.
A kilobecquerel (kBq) is a decimal multiple of the SI derived unit of radiation activity. The Bq is defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second.
Posted. The GULO gene is responsible for processing ascorbic acid (vitamin C), but is broken in humans, many old world monkeys (Africa), hamsters, and fruitbats. This doesn't cause a problem since we, monkeys, hamsters and fruitbats can get vitamin C from our diets.