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2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula Cl 2 C 6 H 3 OCH 2 CO 2 H.It is usually referred to by its ISO common name 2,4-D. [4] It is a systemic herbicide that kills most broadleaf weeds by causing uncontrolled growth, but most grasses such as cereals, lawn turf, and grassland are relatively unaffected.
Scandies Rose was a crab fishing vessel built in 1978 by Bender Shipbuilding in Mobile, Alabama.The vessel was constructed specifically for use with pots.The boat was considered a work of "extraordinary craftsmanship" in a 2019 inspection, with construction materials and design rivaling the finest fishing vessels from the west coast. [6]
USS Archerfish (SS/AGSS-311) was a Balao-class submarine.She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish. Archerfish is best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano in November 1944, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine.
Ferry Hakozaki, the sister ship of MV St. Thomas Aquinas.This vessel was also sold to the Philippines and was renamed as MV SuperFerry 5 and later MV St. Joan of Arc.. M/V St. Thomas Aquinas started life as the Ferry Sumiyoshi (Japanese: フェリーすみよし) of Meimon Car Ferry (later as Meimon Taiyo Ferry) (Japanese: 名門大洋フェリー, romanized: Meimon Taiyō Ferī) in Japan.
Deep injection well for disposal of hazardous, industrial and municipal wastewater; a "Class I" well under USEPA regulations. [1]An injection well is a device that places fluid deep underground into porous rock formations, such as sandstone or limestone, or into or below the shallow soil layer.
The state released an $8.9-billion proposal in 2007 that involved building a horseshoe-shaped outer lake, a berm crossing the center of the lake and an extensive system of dikes, channels and pumps. [ 37 ] [ 41 ] Due to their concerns about the impact on the lake, the district only approved the water transfer agreement after Governor Gray Davis ...
RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in their shipyard in Wallsend, England.. The Carpathia made her maiden voyage in 1903 from Liverpool to Boston, and continued on this route before being transferred to Mediterranean service in 1904.
On the morning of April 16, 2014, the ferry MV Sewol sank whilst en route from Incheon towards Jeju City in South Korea. [14] The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi; 1.5 nmi) north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, April 15, 2014). [15]