WW2DB RSS Service - Recently UpdatedWW2DB RSS Service - Recently UpdatedInterrogation Nav 96, Rear Admiral Shunsaku Nabeshima- June 22, 2008 Biography NABESHIMA, Shunsaku, Rear Admiral, I.J.N. NABESHIMA's most important assignments during World War II were command of the heavy cruiser Maya during the first year and Chief of Staff, Fourth Fleet between December 1942 and December 1943. In the latter position he was engaged in ...http://ww2db.com/doc.php?q=93 Maxim M1910- June 21, 2008 The Maxim Model 1910 heavy machine guns were WW1-vintage machine guns that remained in production and in service through WW2. They were heavy and unwieldy, but given the need for machine guns, these reliable weapons continued to serve in the Russian and other Soviet forces until replaced by the SG-...http://ww2db.com/weapon.php?q=64 Montpelier- June 19, 2008 Light cruiser Montpelier was commissioned during WW2 to Captain Leighton Wood. On 18 Jan 1943, she arrived at Nouma, New Caledonia, becoming the flagship of Cruiser Division 12's Rear Admiral Aaron Stanton Merrill. On 25 Jan, she arrived at Efate, New Hebrides, where she would based out of for...http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=447 Stanhope Ring- June 18, 2008 Stanhope Cotton Ring was born to United States Navy Commodore James Andrew Ring. He followed his father's footsteps by joining the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, graduating in 1923. He served aboard the battleship Colorado, then became an aviator. After serving aboard carr...http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=456 |