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William Upshur was born October 28, 1881, in Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1902. [2]After graduating from VMI he was appointed a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps on February 1, 1904, and subsequently served aboard several vessels of the United States Navy, at foreign stations throughout the world, and at various posts and ...
USNS Upshur (T-AP-198), was a Barrett Class [1] transport named in honor of Major General William P. Upshur, USMC. [2] [3]The hull of the USNS Upshur was laid down on September 1, 1949 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey as the SS President Hayes.
William P. Upshur: Marine Corps: Captain: near Fort-Liberté, Haiti: October 24, 1915: 15th Company, 2nd Marines In command of the three squads which advanced in three different directions, led his men forward, surprising and scattering the Cacos, and aiding the capture of Fort Dipitie.
John D Sloat to SecNav 2 Nov 1842 re wages at Portsmouth NH shipyard, p 2. On November 2, 1842, Commodore John Drake Sloat responded to a request by Navy Secretary Abel P. Upshur for information about wages and working hours at the shipyard. Sloat said the "time of work is from sunrise until sunset, except when the sun rises before 7 o'clock or ...
Europe Today is a daily radio news show on the BBC World Service about public affairs throughout Europe, which was broadcast at 17:00 GMT every weekday. The first presenters, in 1991, were Andreas Gebauer and Ruth Hogarth.
USS General W. H. Gordon (AP-117) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy in World War II.After the war, she was transferred to the US Army and served as USAT General W. H. Gordon.
George M. Upshur (1847–1924), American politician and lawyer; George P. Upshur (1799–1852), officer in the United States Navy, brother of Abel P. Upshur; John Henry Upshur (1823–1917), admiral in the United States Navy in the Mexican-American War and American Civil War; Ross Upshur, FRCPC, Canadian physician and researcher
USS Princeton was a screw steam warship of the United States Navy.Commanded by Captain Robert F. Stockton, Princeton was launched on September 5, 1843.. On February 28, 1844, during a Potomac River pleasure cruise for dignitaries, one gun exploded, killing six people, including Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur and Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer, and injuring others, including a ...