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American baseball player
J. W. "Gunboat" Thompson was an American Negro league pitcher between 1913 and 1920. Thompson made his Negro leagues debut in 1913 with the Cuban Giants
Gunboat_Thompson
Retrieved 2023-12-03. "Gunboat Thompson - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com. Retrieved 2023-12-03. "Sam Thompson - Seamheads Negro Leagues
Chicago American Giants all-time roster
Chicago_American_Giants_all-time_roster
Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com. Retrieved 2023-09-05. "Gunboat Thompson - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com. Retrieved 2023-09-05
Detroit_Stars_all-time_roster
com. Retrieved August 4, 2020. "Gunboat Thompson Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved May 7, 2021. "Hank Thompson Seamheads Profile". seamheads
List of Negro league baseball players (S–Z)
List_of_Negro_league_baseball_players_(S–Z)
American baseball player
Negro league greats like Andy Cooper, Bill Gatewood, Tom Johnson and Gunboat Thompson. After three seasons with Detroit, he moved to the East Coast and spent
Bill Holland (right-handed pitcher)
Bill_Holland_(right-handed_pitcher)
Society. pp. 711–14. Lloyd's Register (1860), Seq.№343. "Launch of a Turkish Gunboat for the Montenegro River". The Morning Chronicle. No. 28578. London. 27
List_of_ship_launches_in_1858
Naval operation to protect Americans' interests in China, 1854–1949
ashore several times to protect American interests. In 1874, the U.S. gunboat, USS Ashuelot, reached as far as Yichang, at the foot of the Yangtze gorges
Yangtze_Patrol
Negro league baseball team (1914–1917)
against Western teams. The Stars' roster consisted of pitchers Sykes, Gunboat Thompson, and Ad Lankford, catcher Santop, first baseman Pettus, second baseman
New_York_Lincoln_Stars
The Dapper-class gunboat was a class of twenty gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1854–55 for use in the Crimean War. The Dapper class was designed by
Dapper-class_gunboat
Military gunboat class
patrol boat class gunboat were a class of small military ships built for the United States Navy based on the Asheville class gunboat. The class is called
Patrol_Ship_Multi-Mission
American boxer (1887–1974)
Edward "Gunboat" Smith (February 17, 1887 – August 6, 1974) was an Irish American boxer, film actor and later a boxing referee. During his career, Smith
Gunboat_Smith
US Navy gunboat (commissioned 1897–1918)
USS Nashville (PG-7), a gunboat, was the only ship of its class. It was the first of three ships of the United States Navy to hold the name Nashville
USS_Nashville_(PG-7)
Global conflict from 1939 to 1945
false flag Mukden incident in 1931, the Japanese shelling of the American gunboat USS Panay in 1937, and the 1937–1938 Nanjing massacre, Japanese-American
World_War_II
Gunboat of the United States Navy
Aroostook -- a wooden-hulled, steam-propelled, screw gunboat—was laid down by Nathaniel Lord Thompson sometime soon after 6 July 1861, at Kennebunk, Maine;
USS_Aroostook_(1861)
Steam yacht
During the Second World War, the yacht was used by the US Navy, as the gunboat USS Dauntless (PG-61). Power was originally supplied from three Babcock
SS_Delphine_(1921)
as a gunboat by the Navy, although the war ended less than a week (9 April 1865) after she was commissioned. Ibex, a tinclad, side-wheel gunboat formerly
USS_Ibex_(1863)
Class of US gunboats
class of gunboat built for the Union Navy at the outbreak of the American Civil War. Ships of the class were also known as "90-day gunboats" due to their
Unadilla-class_gunboat
Clemson-class destroyer
maintained in Chinese waters in addition to the regular gunboat patrols; and Smith Thompson was, on several occasions, assigned temporary duty with the
USS_Smith_Thompson
Battle of the American Civil War
and got under way early the next morning, accompanied by 14 Navy gunboats and one gunboat of their own. One of the Navy vessels was detached to guard the
Battle_of_New_Bern
Gunboat of the United States Navy
ship was purchased 14 March 1863 as James Thompson, a side wheel steamer; she was converted into a river gunboat by the addition of timber bulwarks and thin
USS_Fort_Hindman
American Civil War ironclad warship
ironclads built at the beginning of the American Civil War to serve as river gunboats. Cairo is named for Cairo, Illinois. In June 1862, she captured the Confederate
USS_Cairo
American career medical officer in the US Navy
Navy in 1897. On May 18, 1900, he was detached from the USS Bennington, a gunboat that saw service in Hawaii, the Philippines and along the Pacific coasts
Joseph_Cheesman_Thompson
Gunboat of the United States Navy
commissioned in January 1862, Commander Egbert Thompson in command. Joining Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote's Western Gunboat Flotilla in river patrol duty, Pittsburgh
USS_Pittsburgh_(1861)
American actor (1926–2003)
Crenna played beside Steve McQueen as an ill-fated captain of an American gunboat in 1920s China in The Sand Pebbles.He co-starred with Audrey Hepburn in
Richard_Crenna
American military officer (1835–1864)
with Brown in command according to some sources, and a Union force, the gunboat USS Yankee, had a minor engagement at the Battle of Gloucester Point, Virginia
J._Thompson_Brown
1950–1953 conflict on the Korean Peninsula
frigate HMS Black Swan fought four North Korean torpedo boats and two mortar gunboats, and sank them. USS Juneau later sank several ammunition ships that had
Korean_War
Battle of the Boxer Rebellion
refused to participate. However, Kempff agreed that an aging American gunboat, the USS Monocacy, could be stationed near the forts as a place of refuge
Battle of the Taku Forts (1900)
Battle_of_the_Taku_Forts_(1900)
Evacuation of Allied forces in mid-1940
212. Safire 2004, p. 146. Churchill 1949, p. 115. Thompson 2011, p. 9. Thompson 2011, p. 7. Thompson 2011, p. 305. Jackson 2003, p. 33. Roth 2010, p. 6
Dunkirk_evacuation
privateer Jefferson Davis A 12-star first Confederate Navy ensign of the gunboat CSS Ellis, 1861–1862 The command flag of Captain William F. Lynch, flown
Flags of the Confederate States of America
Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
weapons and popular culture. Oppenheimer rejected the idea of nuclear gunboat diplomacy. "The purposes of this country in the field of foreign policy"
J._Robert_Oppenheimer
ships take on Tripolitan gunboat force First Barbary War 31 May—1 June Action of 31 May Americans on Adams vs Tripolitan gunboats 2 June Action of 2 June
List_of_naval_battles
Easternmost of Great Lakes in North America
The first iron-hulled ship on the Great Lakes, the British paddle-wheel gunboat HMS Mohawk, was launched at Kingston in 1843. The Passport and the Magnet
Lake_Ontario
American anti-materiel sniper rifle
Hardigree, Matt (1 March 2012). "The Texas State Police now has a crazy gunboat fleet". Japolnik.com. Retrieved 26 June 2024. "EVIDENCE DEBUNKING THE GUN
Barrett_M82
a few small rowing boats and one paddle steamer converted into a river gunboat, and the air force consists of biplanes. The autocratic ruler has a grandiose
List_of_stock_characters
Period of Thai history
War began. Also in March, Pavie brought French gunboat Lutin to French embassy at Bangkok in a gunboat diplomacy to pressure Siam to relinquish all Lao
Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)
Rattanakosin_Kingdom_(1782–1932)
forces in the war. After the sinking of a Samoan food ship by a Japanese gunboat in 1940, the Samoan government was forced to dispatch a light-gunned ship
World_War_II_by_country
Major international war in South America (1864–1870)
squadron of 23 steamboats and five river-navigating ships (among them, the gunboat Tacuarí). Communication in the Río de la Plata basin was maintained solely
Paraguayan_War
Topics referred to by the same term
designation for a Swedish cavalry regiment K1-class gunboat, planned World War II German gunboat K1, a World War II Dutch sloop operated by the German
K1
Unrecognized state in North America (1861–1865)
controlling the upper Mississippi River, fell to a combined Army and Naval gunboat siege of three weeks. Federal occupation of Confederate territory expanded
Confederate_States_of_America
Channel off Torquay, England, after her propeller shaft broke and punctured her hull. Her crew was rescued by the torpedo gunboat HMS Dryad ( Royal Navy).
List_of_shipwrecks_in_1907
List of U.S.-backed regime change operations
and the banks requested U.S. government intervention. In an example of "gunboat diplomacy", the U.S. sent its navy to intimidate to get its way. Eventually
United States involvement in regime change
United_States_involvement_in_regime_change
Battle in the American civil war
guns were too small to damage the battery, commanded by Lieutenant John Thompson Brown, credited with firing the first cannon shot of the war in Virginia
Battle of Gloucester Point (1861)
Battle_of_Gloucester_Point_(1861)
1853–54 US expedition to Tokugawa Japan
isolation and to open Japanese ports to American trade, through the use of gunboat diplomacy if necessary. The Perry Expedition led directly to the establishment
Perry_Expedition
American actor (1931–1983)
George was hired by a friend who owned a 110-foot converted Canadian gunboat and transported cargo through the Caribbean for two years. Before graduating
Christopher_George
1862 battle of the American Civil War
the USS Pittsburg, under Lieutenant Egbert Thompson two nights later. With the support of these two gunboats, Pope was able to move his army across the
Battle_of_Island_Number_Ten
Iowa-class battleship
Gunboat Diplomacy (PDF) (Thesis). Naval Postgraduate School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007. Thompson,
USS_Iowa_(BB-61)
1887–1954 French territories in Southeast Asia
disputes, followed by the Paknam naval incident, to provoke a crisis. French gunboats appeared at Bangkok, and demanded the cession of Lao territories east of
French_Indochina
1870s–1914 European colonisation of Africa
Crisis (or Agadir Crisis) was sparked by the deployment of the German gunboat Panther to the port of Agadir in July 1911. Germany had started to attempt
Scramble_for_Africa
1765 first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
navy at Karlskrona. In September, Saumarez received news of two Danish gunboats to the south, between Vinga and Anholt, waiting to ambush merchant ships
HMS_Victory
1898 conflict between Spain and the United States
Emperador Carlos V (with ensign), Almirante Oquendo, and Vizcaya. The torpedo gunboat Destructor steams on the starboard side of Pelayo. Two Furor-class destroyers
Spanish–American_War
French overseas collectivity in the Pacific
arrived on Tahiti in 1834; their expulsion in 1836 caused France to send a gunboat in 1838. In 1842, Tahiti and Tahuata were declared a French protectorate
French_Polynesia
Steamboat
Mansfield Lovell, CSA, in mid-January 1862 "for the public service." As a gunboat, renamed for Louisiana's Governor Thomas Overton Moore, her stem was reinforced
Governor_Moore_(gunboat)
1916 armed insurrection in Ireland
Army brought in thousands of reinforcements as well as artillery and a gunboat. There was street fighting on the routes into the city centre, where the
Easter_Rising
Fast battleship class of the United States Navy
10. Friedman 1986, p. 324. Garzke & Dulin 1995, pp. 272–273, 278–279. Thompson II 1999, pp. 70–81. NavWeaps.com, 16"/50 Mark 7 "Full History - USS New
Iowa-class_battleship
Chinese revolutionary and statesman (1866–1925)
Sun Yat-sen expressway. Two ships are also named after him; the Chinese gunboat Chung Shan and the Chinese cruiser Yat Sen. The old Chinatown in Calcutta
Sun_Yat-sen
cruiser used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater) HNLMS Flores, Dutch gunboat HMS Hilary, H.Q. ship for Juno Beach carrying tri-service commanders and
List of Allied warships in the Normandy landings
List_of_Allied_warships_in_the_Normandy_landings
Coalition that invaded China (1900–01)
British contingent. For example, South Australia sent its entire navy: the gunboat HMCS Protector. Australia was not an official member of the Eight-Nation
Eight-Nation_Alliance
Second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war
a military background – one, the INS Eilat, was the ex-US Coast Guard gunboat USCGC Northland, and the other two, the INS Haganah and INS Wedgwood, had
1948_Arab–Israeli_War
1935 dive bomber aircraft family by Junkers
a harbour). The torpedo boat Mazur (412 tons) was sunk at Oksywie; the gunboat General Haller (441 tons) was sunk in Hel Harbour on 6 September—during
Junkers_Ju_87
1896 military conflict in East Africa
27 August, by which time the British had gathered two cruisers, three gunboats, 150 marines and sailors, and 900 Zanzibaris in the harbour space, ready
Anglo-Zanzibar_War
English-born philosopher and author (1737–1809)
the English Government, in which he promoted the idea to finance 1,000 gunboats to carry a French invading army across the English Channel. In 1804, Paine
Thomas_Paine
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809
deeming it unnecessary in peacetime, and incorporated a fleet of inexpensive gunboats intended only for local defense to avoid provocation against foreign powers
Thomas_Jefferson
Weapons used in the Vietnam war
truck ZIL-157 and ZIL-157K trucks ZiS-485 amphibious vehicle Swatow-class gunboats P4 and P6 torpedo boats Hainan class submarine chaser T43-class minesweeper
List of weapons of the Vietnam War
List_of_weapons_of_the_Vietnam_War
War involving major global states
American Revolutionary War alone as a world war. Others (like William R. Thompson or Chase-Dunn and Sokolovsky) also include the Italian Wars and Dutch wars
World_war
James Cable (1920–2001), British diplomat and naval strategic thinker; Gunboat Diplomacy. Political Applications of Limited Naval Force (London 1971)
List of military theorists and writers
List_of_military_theorists_and_writers
1927 film
Herman Schwimpf Richard Tucker as Air Commander Gary Cooper as Cadet White Gunboat Smith as Sergeant Henry B. Walthall as Mr. Armstrong Roscoe Karns as Lieutenant
Wings_(1927_film)
Japanese nation state from 1868 to 1947
interests. In January 1876, following the Meiji Restoration, Japan employed gunboat diplomacy to pressure the Joseon Dynasty into signing the Japan–Korea Treaty
Empire_of_Japan
1815 battle of the Waterloo campaign
Anglo-Spanish War Anglo-Swedish War Anglo-Turkish War Anglo-Danish War Gunboat War Dano-Swedish War Russo-Swedish War (Finnish War) Franco-Swedish War
Battle_of_Waterloo
United States automatic rifle family
well as with U.S. Navy shipboard personnel in the course of patrol and gunboat duty along the Yangtze River in China. The First Marine Brigade stationed
M1918 Browning automatic rifle
M1918_Browning_automatic_rifle
Warfare by small groups against regular forces
influential work of Sir Robert Thompson, counter-insurgency expert of the Malayan Emergency, offers several such guidelines. Thompson's underlying assumption is
Guerrilla_warfare
Russian state from 1721 to 1917
territory was claimed by the French Somaliland protectorate, French naval gunboats bombarded the settlement after Achinov refused to surrender; the survivors
Russian_Empire
Malaysian military equipment list
Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016. Thompson, Leroy (December 2008). "Malaysian Special Forces". Special Weapons. Retrieved
List of equipment of the Royal Malaysian Navy
List_of_equipment_of_the_Royal_Malaysian_Navy
Gunboat of the United States Navy
that Smalls "stole" the ship. For a short period, Planter served as a gunboat for the Union Navy. As the ship burned wood, which was scarce where the
USS_Planter_(1860)
Country in the Caribbean
of the reform movement of Anténor Firmin, and in 1897 the Germans used gunboat diplomacy to intimidate and then humiliate the Haitian government of President
Haiti
(scuttled) Gunboat Johan Maurits van Nassau (sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft) Gunboat Friso (sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft) Gunboat Brinio (scuttled) Gunboat Braga
List of Dutch military equipment of World War II
List_of_Dutch_military_equipment_of_World_War_II
Confederate gunboat of American Civil War
CSS Jackson was a gunboat of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1849 as Yankee, the fast side-wheel river
CSS_Jackson
American judge
Retrieved 2023-02-16. Law Notes. Vol. 13. E. Thompson Company. 1910. p. 35. Clark, Douglas (2015). Gunboat Justice: British and American Law Courts in
Milton_D._Purdy
Fur-trading district in present-day British Columbia, Canada (1805–1858)
over the region, felt compelled to exert British sovereignty by placing a gunboat at the mouth of the Fraser River in order to obtain licence fees from prospectors
New_Caledonia_(Canada)
King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain (1808–13)
Spanish revolt against French rule, and the beginning of the Peninsular War. Thompson says the Spanish revolt was, "a reaction against new institutions and ideas
Joseph_Bonaparte
War between Bolivia and Paraguay (1932 to 1935)
inside Bolivian territory. In 1888, the Paraguayan government sent the gunboat Pirapó, commanded by Paraguayan War veteran Domingo Antonio Ortiz, which
Chaco_War
British statesman (1830–1903)
thirty-eight new cruisers, eighteen new torpedo boats and four new fast gunboats. Traditionally (since the Battle of Trafalgar) Britain had possessed a
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury
1982 undeclared Argentina–United Kingdom war
incident later that night, British forces engaged an Argentine patrol gunboat, the ARA Alferez Sobral, that was searching for the crew of an Argentine
Falklands_War
Atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean
over the island. A few weeks later, on 13 December 1897, Mexico sent the gunboat La Demócrata and a group of marines to assert its claim on the island,
Clipperton_Island
Class of American destroyers
cancelled in 1946:[citation needed] USS Castle (DD-720) and Woodrow R. Thompson (DD-721), the last pair of the 12 vessels launched by Federal Shipbuilding
Gearing-class_destroyer
1812–1815 conflict in North America
Detroit, leaving two gunboats to blockade Mackinac. On 4 September, the British surprised, boarded, and captured both gunboats. These engagements on
War_of_1812
United States Navy sidewheel gunboat
The first USS Wateree was a sidewheel gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Wateree was built at Chester, Pennsylvania, by
USS_Wateree_(1863)
Capital of Hubei, China
near the town of Jinkou (Jiangxia District in Wuhan) in Wuchang, the KMT gunboat Zhongshan came up against six Japanese aircraft. Though two were eventually
Wuhan
American territory in Polynesia
"Trial of the Ipu", in Pago Pago, Taʻu, and aboard a Pacific Squadron gunboat. The territory became known as the U.S. Naval Station Tutuila. On July
American_Samoa
American politician (1917–1993)
Connally directed the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea on a new kind of "gunboat diplomacy." The USS Forrestal landed in Naples, Italy, and brought gifts
John_Connally
leader in the construction and maintenance of luxury yachts. HSY-55-class gunboat Polemistis, built by Hellenic Shipyards Co. for the Hellenic Navy The fuselage
Economy_of_Greece
List of recipients of the US Legion of Merit
(Ret.)". Phillip Stutts & Company. Retrieved January 22, 2013. "Patrol gunboat is latest addition to Navy's inventory". Navy Today. 003–11 (1): 4. January
List of recipients of the Legion of Merit
List_of_recipients_of_the_Legion_of_Merit
with major battles such as Perryville and Shiloh, along with Union Navy gunboat dominance of navigable rivers producing strategic Union victories and destroying
History_of_the_United_States
the interior of Morocco in April 1911. Germany reacted by sending the gunboat SMS Panther to the Moroccan port of Agadir on 1 July 1911. The main result
Causes_of_World_War_I
thirty-eight new cruisers, eighteen new torpedo boats and four new fast gunboats. 1890–96: Britain suffers a series of diplomatic reverses, including the
Timeline of British diplomatic history
Timeline_of_British_diplomatic_history
Polish nobleman and American Revolutionary War general (1745–1779)
States Revenue Cutter Service cutter, USRC Pulaski and a side-wheel steam gunboat, USS Pulaski. A Polish frigate, ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski, is also
Casimir_Pulaski
Dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy
tension created when a detail of Mexican federal troops detained an American gunboat crew at Tampico. The problem was quickly resolved locally, but Rear Admiral
USS_Texas_(BB-35)
Argentine general and leader (1778–1850)
from Chile on 20 August 1820. It was composed of eight warships, eleven gunboats, 247 cannons and a crew of 1,600, most of them Chileans. There were 12
José_de_San_Martín
1797 heavy frigate of the U.S. Navy
Syren, the six gunboats, and two bomb ketches arrived the morning of 3 August and immediately began operations. Twenty-two Tripoline gunboats met them in
USS_Constitution
require direct British political control, it often involved the use of gunboat diplomacy and military intervention to protect British investments and
British colonization of the Americas
British_colonization_of_the_Americas
In parallel, Vietnam developed its own designs, such as the TT-400TP gunboat and large offshore patrol vessels built at shipyards like Z189 and Hong
Defence_industry_of_Vietnam
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