World War II Operations
Caracara was launched on 23 August 1941 by the Bristol Yacht Building Co., South Bristol, Maine. She was placed in service on 30 December 1941, and after training with Experimental Minesweeping Group, Mine Warfare School, reported to the 10th Naval District where she engaged in minesweeping activities around the West Indies. She was stricken from the Navy Register on 21 January 1946.
Read more about this topic: USS Caracara (AMc-40)
Famous quotes containing the words world war, world, war and/or operations:
“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.
“The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. That is all true. But it is only fair, too, to let them know that the garments of the deity are filthy and that some of her influences debase and befoul a people.”
—Rebecca Harding Davis (1831–1910)
“You can’t have operations without screams. Pain and the knife—they’re inseparable.”
—Jean Scott Rogers. Robert Day. Mr. Blount (Frank Pettingell)