criminal law: Mitigating circumstances and other defenses: …in which the use of force, even deadly force, is excused or justified. The most important body of law in this area is that which relates to self-defense. In general, in Anglo-American law, one may kill an assailant when the killer reasonably believes that he is in imminent peril of…

Friedrich Bergius: He described his research in The Use of High Pressure in Chemical Actions (1913). These studies led to his work on converting coal into liquid hydrocarbons.

church year: Advent: …medieval service books, notably the Use of Sarum (Salisbury), extensively followed in England, with its Sunday before Advent. The coming of Christ in his Nativity was overlaid with a second theme, also stemming from Gallican churches, namely, his Second Coming at the end of time. This interweaving of the themes…

use tax, levy on the use or possession of a commodity. Under the principle that the taxpayer should pay according to the benefits received from public services, a use tax is often levied on the user of a service, so that costs of the service are not borne by the general taxpayer. Common examples

Guns N’ Roses: …The band’s two 1991 albums, Use Your Illusion I and II, sold well but were generally regarded as less compelling than their previous work. The 1993 album The Spaghetti Incident? generated further controversy by including a song written by mass murderer Charles Manson.

Guns N’ Roses: …Use Your Illusion I and II, sold well but were generally regarded as less compelling than their previous work. The 1993 album The Spaghetti Incident? generated further controversy by including a song written by mass murderer Charles Manson.

Robert Zemeckis: …directed, including his next effort, Used Cars (1980).

Lewis Carroll: Early life: …those that survive, beginning with Useful and Instructive Poetry (1845; published 1954) and following with The Rectory Magazine (c. 1850, mostly unpublished), The Rectory Umbrella (1850–53), and Mischmasch (1853–62; published with The Rectory Umbrella in 1932).

jewelry: Egyptian: …the whole period, was the usekh, which, like the vulture-shaped necklace from the tomb of Tutankhamun, also has many rows and a semicircular form.

classical scholarship: Developments in the study of ancient history and philosophy: …to Epicureanism were edited by Hermann Usener (1834–1905), who employed the new methodology of comparative religion to throw much light on the religion of Greece, not disdaining the study of popular culture and of folklore as well; his work was continued by a line of pupils, and he had an…

USENET, an Internet-based network of discussion groups. USENET began in 1979 when two graduate students at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, came up with a way to exchange messages and files between computers using UNIX-to-UNIX copy protocol (UUCP). Steve

marketing: Business marketing: …be divided into three groups: user customers, original-equipment manufacturers, and resellers. User customers make use of the goods they purchase in their own businesses. An automobile manufacturer, for example, might purchase a metal-stamping press to produce parts for its vehicles. Original-equipment manufacturers incorporate the purchased goods into their final products,…

human-machine interface, means by which humans and computers communicate with each other. The human-machine interface includes the hardware and software that is used to translate user (i.e., human) input into commands and to present results to the user. Usability of the human-machine interface is

systems engineering: User orientation: The stress on systems objectives has one further consequence worth mentioning; i.e., that systems engineering is likely to be strongly user-oriented. This results naturally enough from the fact that systems objectives usually relate to overall performance, which is what the final user is…

USENET, an Internet-based network of discussion groups. USENET began in 1979 when two graduate students at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, came up with a way to exchange messages and files between computers using UNIX-to-UNIX copy protocol (UUCP). Steve

media convergence: Social media: …media is the rise of user-created content, with users changing from audiences to participants. Australian media scholar Axel Bruns referred to the rise of the “produser,” or the Internet user who is both a user and a creator of online content, while British author Charles Leadbeater discussed the “pro-am revolution”…

media convergence: Social media: …media is the rise of user-created content, with users changing from audiences to participants. Australian media scholar Axel Bruns referred to the rise of the “produser,” or the Internet user who is both a user and a creator of online content, while British author Charles Leadbeater discussed the “pro-am revolution”…

Userkaf was the first king of the 5th dynasty of ancient Egypt (c. 2435–c. 2306 bce), under whose reign the cult of Re, god of the sun, began to gain unprecedented importance. Probably descended from Redjedef (third king of the 4th dynasty [c. 2543–c. 2436 bce]), Userkaf strengthened his legitimacy

fairy tale: In his Uses of Enchantment (1976), Bettelheim asserted that the apparently cruel and arbitrary nature of many folk fairy stories is actually an instructive reflection of the child’s natural and necessary “killing off” of successive phases of development and initiation.

inheritance: Historical development: …was abolished by Henry VIII’s Statute of Uses in 1535. The King wished to restore to the crown its prospects of escheat and of certain feudal duties, which could be evaded by the alienation to uses. Public indignation was so strong, however, that five years later the King found it…

American football: Showmanship on the field: …Football League (1974–75) and the United States Football League (1983–85)—and invested in the Arena Football League (an indoor version of the sport that was played on a shortened field during the NFL’s off-season from 1987 to 2008 and again from 2010 in a new incarnation) and expanded into Europe in…

U.S. Forest Service (USFS), federal agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) charged with oversight, conservation, and stewardship of the nation’s grasslands and national forests. The agency operates with the mission of sustaining the health, diversity, and productivity of the

figure skating: Regional and national: …competitions are sanctioned by the USFSA, and the participants and their coaches must be members of that organization. The Ice Skating Institute (ISI) also holds amateur competitions, but, unlike the USFSA, which is the organization for those with interest in Olympic-level or world-level competition, the ISI focuses on the recreational…

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with headquarters in Fairbanks. One of the great pristine and largely undisturbed wilderness areas of North America, the refuge has been the subject of much controversy because of the potential hydrocarbon reserves within it.

golf: The United States and Canada: …by these promotions that the United States Golf Association (USGA) was instituted in 1894. Its aims were to organize the U.S. Amateur and Open championships and to formulate a set of rules for the game. The founding fathers, two from each club, were from St. Andrew’s, Shinnecock Hills, Chicago, the…

LEED® standards: …devised in 1994 by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC; founded 1993) to encourage sustainable practices design and development by means of tools and criteria for performance measurement. It is “a voluntary, consensus-based, market-driven building rating system based on existing proven technology.” The USGBC has established standards for new construction…

history of publishing: University and government presses: In the United States, the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., was established by Congress in 1860 for similar purposes, and it steadily widened its field of operations. China developed a similar organization to issue its publications.

Rocky Mountains: Study and exploration: …surveys were organized by the U.S. government following the American Civil War: the survey of the 40th parallel led by Clarence King (1867–78), the geologic survey of Nebraska and Wyoming led by Ferdinand Hayden (1867–78), the 100th-meridian survey led by George Wheeler (1872–79), and the expeditions to the Green and…

Jordan Kush Ngubane: …published his only English-language novel, Ushaba: The Hurtle to Blood River; he referred to the book as a “Zulu Umlando,” which he defined as “a story of ideas in action.” “The narrator or umlandi is a witness of history,” he wrote, and “as a rule, his authority rests on the…

ushabti figure, any of the small statuettes made of wood, stone, or faience that are often found in large numbers in ancient Egyptian tombs. The figures range in height from approximately 4 to 20 inches (10 to 50 cm) and often hold hoes in their arms. Their purpose was to act as a magical

Uşak, city in the interior of western Turkey. It lies at an elevation of 2,976 feet (907 metres) above sea level. Situated in a region that was once part of the Hittite empire, Uşak lies near the ruins of ancient Flaviopolis. In more recent times it was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting of

Ushak carpet, floor covering handwoven in the city of Uşak (Ushak), Turkey. By the 16th century the principal manufacture of large commercial carpets in Ottoman Turkey had been established at Uşak, which produced rugs for palace and mosque use and for export. In the 18th and early 19th centuries,

iceberg: Iceberg distribution and drift trajectories: 3 percent comes from Ushakov Island. Many icebergs from these sources move directly into the shallow Barents or Kara seas, where they run aground. Looping trails of broken pack ice are left as the bergs move past the obstacles. Other bergs pass through Fram Strait and into the East…

Simon Ushakov was an iconographer, portrait painter, builder of monuments, designer, cartographer, book illustrator, theoretician, and teacher who was the most distinguished Russian artist of the 17th century. He was for many years the head of the Imperial Icon Painting Workshop in the Kremlin

Conrad Aiken: …of this in his autobiography Ushant (1952).

Ouessant Island, a rocky island, Finistère département, off the western tip of Bretagne, western France. The island, about 5 miles (8 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide, has an area of 6 square miles (15 square km). Its lighthouse, the Phare de Créac’h, marks the southern entrance to the English

Battle of the First of June, the first great naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought on June 1, 1794, between the French and the British in the Atlantic Ocean about 430 miles (690 km) west of the Breton island of Ouessant (Ushant). The battle arose out of an attempt by the British

Prajapati: …female partner is given as Ushas, the dawn, who is also regarded as his daughter.

Georgia: Relief, drainage, and soils: and Mounts Rustaveli, Tetnuld, and Ushba, all of which are above 15,000 feet. The cone of the extinct Mkinvari (Kazbek) volcano dominates the northernmost Bokovoy range from a height of 16,512 feet. A number of important spurs extend in a southward direction from the central range, including those of the…

chess: Women in chess: …2012 tournament was won by Anna Ushenina of Ukraine. Hou regained the title in 2013 but was defeated by Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine in 2015. Hou regained the title again in 2016 but lost the title to Tan Zhongyi of China in 2017. Tan lost the title to Ju Wenjun…

Usher is an American musician whose smooth vocals and sensual ballads helped establish him as a rhythm-and-blues superstar in the late 1990s and early 2000s. His hit singles include “You Make Me Wanna,” “Nice & Slow,” “U Remind Me,” and the rap collaboration “Yeah!” He is also known for his acting

deaf-blindness: Causes of deaf-blindness: A genetic syndrome known as Usher syndrome is the most frequent genetic cause of deaf-blindness. However, other genetic syndromes, such as CHARGE syndrome and Goldenhar syndrome, can also cause the condition. Other causes include illnesses or diseases of the pregnant mother or her child (e.g., rubella, meningitis, cytomegalovirus, and tumours)…

Battle of Okinawa: Planning and preliminary operations: Ushijima Mitsuru. Acknowledging that the battle for Okinawa would very likely replicate the brutal losses of Iwo Jima on a much greater scale, American planners hoped to overwhelm the Japanese with a massive preliminary bombardment and the largest amphibious landing conducted by the U.S. during…

renga: …came to be drawn between ushin renga (serious renga), which followed the conventions of court poetry, and mushin renga, or haikai (comic renga), which deliberately broke the conventions in vocabulary and diction. Gradually, the composition of renga spread to the court poets, who saw the artistic possibilities of this diversion…

ushpizin, (Aramaic: “visitors”), according to the Jewish Kabbalistic book the Sefer ha-zohar (“Book of Splendour”), seven ancient worthies who take turns visiting the homes of all pious Jews to share their dinner on the festival of Sukkoth. A custom developed of reciting a fixed formula of

iqṭāʿ: …expected to pay the smaller ʿushr, or tithe, on income, but was allowed to keep the balance as his salary. However, it proved difficult for the government to extract any payments from the officers, and the Būyids, an Iranian dynasty (reigned 932–1062), made the iqṭāʿ a grant of usufruct by…

Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), ethnic Albanian Kosovar militant group active during the 1990s that sought Kosovo’s independence from Serbia, a republic in the federation of Yugoslavia. Kosovo, which borders Albania, was a province of Serbia, which itself was a part of Yugoslavia (1929–2003). Kosovo

Ushuaia, city, capital and port of Tierra del Fuego provincia (province), Argentina, on the Beagle Channel. It lies on the main island of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the southern tip of South America. The site was first settled by Wasti H. Stirling, an English missionary, in 1870. In 1884

Edward R. Murrow: …was appointed director of the U.S. Information Agency in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy.

India: Location: The Kekayas, Madras, and Ushinaras, who had settled in the region between Gandhara and the Beas River, were described as descendants of the Anu tribe. The Matsyas occupied an area to the southwest of present-day Delhi. The Kuru-Pancala, still dominant in the Ganges–Yamuna Doab area, were extending their control…

“Expect the unexpected,” so the old saying goes. But when it comes to financial emergencies, that’s easier said than done. When trouble strikes, it’s usually twofold. There’s the actual emergency—a car repair, medical issue, job loss—that needs immediate attention. The other component, the

How might you gauge the direction of an asset’s price trend? If you want to determine whether price is rising, falling, or moving sideways, you’ll find that it never moves in a straight line. Prices rise and fall, taking small steps or making big jumps. Perhaps the best way to measure a market

When we think of stock analysis, we typically think of common measures like the price-to-earnings ratio, return on equity, earnings-to-growth ratio, and others. In most cases, they’re all you need to determine a company’s growth potential. But what if you need to look outside a company’s

The 50-30-20 rule is a common way to allocate the spending categories in your personal or household budget. The rule targets 50% of your after-tax income toward necessities, 30% toward things you don’t need—but make life a little nicer—and the final 20% toward paying down debt and/or adding to your

If only there were a market indicator that told us when to buy or sell a stock with precise timing and price accuracy. No such indicator exists, of course. There are too many unique variables in the market for any system to calculate the smallest nuances that can deliver the biggest payoffs or

Osiris, one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt. The origin of Osiris is obscure; he was a local god of Busiris, in Lower Egypt, and may have been a personification of chthonic (underworld) fertility. By about 2400 bce, however, Osiris clearly played a double role: he was both a god of

Oleksandriya, city, south-central Ukraine, on the Inhulets River. Founded as Usivka in the early 18th century, it was renamed Becheyu (also Becha, or Bechka) in the 1750s, Oleksandriysk in 1784, and Oleksandriya shortly thereafter. The nearby lignite (brown coal) field was used beginning in the

Usk, town, present and historic county of Monmouthshire, southeastern Wales. It lies along the River Usk, 20 miles (32 km) from its Bristol Channel mouth. The town was settled first by Celts and then by Romans, who called it Burrium. A Norman castle was built in the 12th century but was partially

Monmouthshire: …town of Usk, on the River Usk, is noted for its fishing. The Severn rail tunnel, the cable-stayed Second Severn Crossing (completed 1996; renamed the Prince of Wales Bridge in 2018), and the Severn suspension bridge connect Monmouthshire and the rest of Wales to southern England. Including viaducts, the cable-stayed…

Spain: Spain and Europe: …shore of the Adriatic), the Uskoks, to prey on the trade of Venice, and they even seem to have plotted the complete overthrow of that republic.

Skopje, principal city and capital of North Macedonia. Standing on the banks of the Vardar River amid mountainous country, Skopje began as ancient Scupi, an Illyrian tribal centre. It became the capital of the district of Dardania (part of the Roman province of Moesia Superior) under the emperor

Edirne, city, extreme western Turkey. It lies at the junction of the Tunca and Maritsa (Turkish: Meriç) rivers, near the borders of Greece and Bulgaria. The largest and oldest part of the town occupies a meander of the Tunca around the ruins of an ancient citadel. Edirne’s site and turbulent

Üsküdar, former city, northwestern Turkey, now a district of Istanbul. It lies at the foot of the Bulgurlu Hills on the Asiatic side of the Bosporus Strait opposite central Istanbul. Known as Chrysopolis in ancient times, it was a dependency of the older and better-sited colony of Chalcedon (modern

Italy: Health and welfare: …in 1978 and based on Local Medical Units (Unità Sanitarie Locali, USL; later renamed Aziende Sanitarie Locali, ASL). In 1992–99 a radical reorganization of the national health system was carried out. Key features of the new system were the rationalization of public expenditures and the improvement of patient care services.

plastic: Machining: Rigid thermoplastics and thermosets can be machined by conventional processes such as drilling, sawing, turning on a lathe, sanding, and other operations. Glass-reinforced thermosets are machined into gears, pulleys, and other shapes, especially when the number of parts does not justify construction of a…

Usman dan Fodio was a Fulani mystic, philosopher, and revolutionary reformer who, in a jihad (holy war) between 1804 and 1808, created a new Muslim state, the Fulani empire, in what is now northern Nigeria. Usman was born in the Hausa state of Gobir, in what is now northwestern Nigeria. His father,

Doku Umarov was a Chechen separatist and guerrilla leader who declared himself emir of the so-called Islamic Caucasus Emirate, which comprised areas within the southwestern Russian republics of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetiya, North Ossetia–Alaniya, Kabardino-Balkariya, and Karachayevo-Cherkesiya.

Jemaa: …town originated about 1810, when Malam Usman, a Muslim preacher, assumed the leadership of Fulani herdsmen who had fled from Kajuru (75 miles [121 km] northwest) and founded the settlement of Jema’an-Darroro (“Followers of a Learned Man from Darroro”). He made Jemaa an emirate and a vassal state of the…

Sokoto: …is the site of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, which was founded in 1975. It also has an airport. Pop. (2016 est.) urban agglom., 815,000.

United States Marine Corps (USMC), separate military service within the U.S. Department of the Navy, charged with the provision of marine troops for seizure and defense of advanced bases and with conducting operations on land and in the air incident to naval campaigns. It is also responsible for

Canada: Response to the U.S. presidency of Donald Trump: …agreement, which was dubbed the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Canada made concessions that opened access to its market for dairy products, but it won the preservation of a special dispute process that U.S. negotiators had sought to remove. Trudeau, Trump, and outgoing Mexican president Enrique…

United States Navy (USN), major branch of the United States armed forces charged with the defense of the country at sea, the seaborne support of the other U.S. military services, and the maintenance of security on the seas wherever the interests of the United States extend. The earliest sea battles

beard lichen, (genus Usnea), genus of yellow or greenish fruticose (bushy, branched) lichens with long stems and disk-shaped holdfasts, which resemble tangled masses of threads. They are widely distributed and occur in both the Arctic and the tropics, where they are eaten by wild animals or

beard lichen: Major species: Old-man’s-beard (Usnea barbata) was first described in 300 bce as a hair-growth stimulant, and extracts of various species are still sold as herbal medicines to facilitate hair growth. Hanging moss (U. longissima) looks like gray threads about 1.5 metres (5 feet) long hanging from tree…

beard lichen: Major species: The taxonomy of the Florida beard lichen (U. florida) and the Lapland beard lichen (U. lapponica), as well as that of several other species, is contentious, and the lichens may have a broad or more-limited geographic range depending on the source.

beard lichen: Major species: florida) and the Lapland beard lichen (U. lapponica), as well as that of several other species, is contentious, and the lichens may have a broad or more-limited geographic range depending on the source.

beard lichen: Major species: Hanging moss (U. longissima) looks like gray threads about 1.5 metres (5 feet) long hanging from tree branches in humid mountainous regions. The taxonomy of the Florida beard lichen (U. florida) and the Lapland beard lichen (U. lapponica), as well as that of several other…

Uṣṇīṣavijayā: …means “victorious goddess of the uṣṇīṣa,” the last-named object being the protuberance on the top of the Buddha’s skull. She wears an image of the Buddha Vairocana in her headdress and is described as residing in the cellar of the caitya (“shrine”). She may be identified by the small figure…

Uṣṇīṣavijayā, popular Buddhist goddess in Nepal, Tibet, and Mongolia. Her name in Sanskrit means “victorious goddess of the uṣṇīṣa,” the last-named object being the protuberance on the top of the Buddha’s skull. She wears an image of the Buddha Vairocana in her headdress and is described as

United States Naval Observatory (USNO), in Washington, D.C., an official source, with the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST; formerly the National Bureau of Standards), for standard time in the United States. The positional measurement of celestial objects for purposes of

United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO), private, nonprofit social-service agency first chartered on February 4, 1941, to provide social, welfare, and recreational services for members of the U.S. armed forces and their families. First proposed by Gen. George C. Marshall in 1940 to enhance the

Spain: Labour and taxation: …the Workers’ Syndical Union (Unión Sindical Obrera; USO), which has a strong Roman Catholic orientation; the Independent Syndicate of Civil Servants (Confederación Sindical Independiente de Funcionarios); the Basque Workers’ Solidarity (Euzko Langilleen Alkartasuna–Solidaridad de Trabajadores Vascos; ELA-STV), which is independent but has ties to the Basque Nationalist Party; and…

Usolye-Sibirskoye, city, Irkutsk oblast (region), east-central Russia. It lies along the Angara River and the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The city is an old centre of salt production that continues as a major producer of caustic soda. Other plants produce machinery and synthetic rubber. A health

Usolye-Sibirskoye, city, Irkutsk oblast (region), east-central Russia. It lies along the Angara River and the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The city is an old centre of salt production that continues as a major producer of caustic soda. Other plants produce machinery and synthetic rubber. A health

Usolye-Sibirskoye, city, Irkutsk oblast (region), east-central Russia. It lies along the Angara River and the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The city is an old centre of salt production that continues as a major producer of caustic soda. Other plants produce machinery and synthetic rubber. A health

Spanish literature: The novel: …de la postguerra española (1987; Courtship Customs in Postwar Spain), which describes the ideological indoctrination to which the Falange subjected girls and young women. Although he published his first novel in 1943, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester came to prominence only in the 1970s. He moved from Joycean models to realism to…

Brazil: Higher education: The University of São Paulo is the largest and most important state university. The largest private university is Paulista University, also located in São Paulo.

Social Democratic Party of Germany: History: …of the vote (while the Independent Social Democrats received another 7.6 percent), but the party’s failure to win favorable terms from the Allies at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 (terms embodied in the Treaty of Versailles) and the country’s severe economic problems led to a drop in support. Nevertheless,…

Moscow: The Kremlin of Moscow: The Cathedral of the Assumption is the oldest, built of white stone in 1475–79 in the Italianate-Byzantine style. Its pure, simple, and beautifully proportioned lines and elegant arches are crowned by five golden domes. The Orthodox metropolitans and patriarchs of the 14th to 18th centuries are…

Gleb Ivanovich Uspensky was a Russian intellectual and writer whose realistic portrayals of peasant life did much to correct the prevalent romantic view of the Russian agricultural worker. Uspensky studied law at the Universities of Moscow and St. Petersburg and for a time worked as a teacher. His

United States Postal Service (USPS), independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government charged with processing and delivering mail and with protecting the mail from loss, theft, or abuse in accordance with U.S. postal laws. Besides providing mail processing and

Portuguese literature: The novel and other prose: …are several masterly prose stylists: Samuel Usque with his Consolaçam às tribulaçõens de Israel (1553; “Consolation for the Tribulations of Israel”), a pastoral dialogue on the sufferings of the Jewish people; Heitor Pinto with his Imagem da vida Cristã (part I 1563, part II 1572; “Image of the Christian Life”);…

United States Steel Corporation, leading U.S. producer of steel and related products, founded in 1901. At the beginning of the 20th century, a number of businessmen were involved in the formation of United States Steel Corporation, including Andrew Carnegie, Elbert H. Gary, Charles M. Schwab, and

USS Arizona, U.S. battleship that sank during the Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Oahu island, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. More than 1,170 crewmen were killed. The Arizona is commemorated by a concrete memorial that spans the wreckage. The Arizona was built at the naval yard in

USS Arizona: Wreckage and memorial: On May 30, 1962, the USS Arizona Memorial was officially dedicated. The white concrete and steel structure is 184 feet (56 metres) long and spans the wreckage. It was designed by Alfred Preis, an Austrian-born architect who was sent to a U.S. internment camp after the Pearl Harbor attack. His…

USS Cole attack: naval destroyer, the USS Cole, on October 12, 2000. Suicide bombers in a small boat steered their craft into the side of the USS Cole, which was preparing to refuel in the harbour in the Yemeni port of Aden; the blast ripped a 1,600-square-foot (150-square-metre) hole in its hull…

USS Cole attack, attack by Muslim militants associated with the organization al-Qaeda against a U.S. naval destroyer, the USS Cole, on October 12, 2000. Suicide bombers in a small boat steered their craft into the side of the USS Cole, which was preparing to refuel in the harbour in the Yemeni port

Seawolf-class submarine: Concept and history: …submarines: Seawolf (commissioned in 1997), Connecticut (commissioned in 1998), and Jimmy Carter (commissioned in 2005). Seawolf and Connecticut cost $3 billion to build, and Jimmy Carter cost $3.5 billion. By the time Jimmy Carter was commissioned, the navy had already transitioned to the smaller and cheaper Virginia-class (SSN 774) nuclear-powered…

USS Indianapolis, U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that was sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, shortly after delivering the internal components of the atomic bombs that were later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Up to 900 men initially survived the sinking, but many succumbed to shark

USS Liberty incident, attack on the USS Liberty, a United States Navy signals intelligence ship, by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on June 8, 1967, in the middle of the Six-Day War. In all, 34 people on the ship were killed, and roughly another 170 were wounded. Decades after the event, The