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2 unusual facts about Sentinel-class cutter


Sentinel-class cutter

Charles "Skip" W. Bowen, who was then the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, is credited with leading the initiative of naming the vessels after enlisted individuals who served heroically in the Coast Guard, or one of its precursor services.

24 to 58 vessels are to be built by the Louisiana based firm Bollinger Shipyards, using a design from the Netherlands-based Damen Group, with the Sentinel design based on the company's Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessel.


Alderney Railway

Sentinel 4wVBT "Molly", in service from 1947, withdrawn 1958.

Argus Panoptes

The fifteenth colossus from the video game Shadow of the Colossus is called Argus and nicknamed "The Sentinel" and "Vigilant Guard".

Brandon Marshall

In a South Florida Sun-Sentinel article published on July 30, 2011, it was revealed that Marshall was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder at Boston's McLean Hospital after his incident with Nogami-Campbell.

Charley Reese

Reese wrote his last column for the Orlando Sentinel on July 29, 2001, but continued to supply columns for distribution by King Features Syndicate until 2008.

CP Class 1150

Série 1150 are small Sentinel shunting locomotives (with diesel-hydraulic engines built by Rolls-Royce) built in 1966-1967 for Portuguese Railways (CP).

Denis Potvin

On May 6, 2009, the Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that the Panthers would not renew his contract in order to save money.

Dennis Herod

Herod was born in Basford and joined Stoke City in 1940 from local non-league side Trent Vale United after impressing the watching Bob McGrory in the final of the Sentinel Shield.

Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield

This compilation was released by Virgin after Oldfield had left the label, but includes "Sentinel" from Tubular Bells II courtesy of the Warner label.

Emanuel Cook

Cook graduated from Palm Beach Gardens Community High School where he rushed for 2,027 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior and was recognized as the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Player of the Year for large schools.

Finch Avenue

On August 19, 2005 a freak rainstorm in Toronto caused the Black Creek water level to rise, which caused a section of Finch Avenue West near Sentinel Road (due south of York University between Keele and Jane Streets) to collapse, leaving a deep pit that prevented any pedestrian or vehicular traffic from passing through.

Gerry Boyle

He began as a reporter at the Rumford Falls Times, a weekly in Rumford, a Maine paper-mill town, then moved to the Morning Sentinel, a daily in Waterville, Maine, his old college town, going on to become a full-time columnist on the paper.

Great Tiger

He has been described as a difficult opponent by outlets such as The Daily Sentinel, The Globe and Mail, and Operation Sports, the latter commenting that he found Great Tiger to be harder than the champion opponent, Mr. Sandman.

Hamilton-class cutter

USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) (Decommissioned March 28 2011, transferred to the Philippine Navy 13 May 2011 as the BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15))

USCGC Chase (WHEC-718) (Decommissioned 29 March 2011, transferred to Nigerian Navy 13 May 2011 as the NNS Thunder (F90))

Hank Plante

He also served as Assignment Editor at WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C., and as News Editor at WRC (NBC) Radio in Washington D.C. He began his career as a journalist in Washington, D.C. at the Sentinel Newspapers, where he was managing editor, and at The Washington Post, where he worked on the city desk.

Hout Bay

To the West it is bordered by Little Lion's Head (Klein Leeukop), Karbonkelberg, Kaptein's Peak and the Sentinel.

Los Angeles Sentinel

On March 17, 2004, the Sentinel was purchased and came under the direction of real estate developer and community activist Danny Bakewell.

Mimic 3: Sentinel

Mimic 3: Sentinel stars horror film veteran Lance Henriksen and takes a departure from the tone of the first two films, as it has a feel similar to Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window rather than the action/horror tone of its predecessors.

Mission Science Division

The Division also currently supports the development of three approved GMES Sentinel Missions as part of the Space Component of the joint EC/ESA Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative

Morris-Taney-class cutter

Samuel Humphreys designed these cutters for roles as diverse as fighting pirates, privateers, combating smugglers and operating with naval forces.

Orville L. Holley

From July 1823 to 1826, and from 1827 to 1831, he edited the Troy Sentinel where he published in December 1823 anonymously a poem now better known as The Night Before Christmas but to which he gave the title Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas.

Owasco-class cutter

As weight was cut out of the hull structure, electronics and ordnance were increased, but at much greater heights.

Paul Clark

Paul Leaman Clark, World War 2 beachmaster who had a Sentinel-class cutter named in his honor

Peter Sliker

On September 16, 1966 he appeared as the Sentinel in the world premiere of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra for the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House with Leontyne Price as Cleopatra and Justino Díaz as Anthony.

Phillip Lamarre

Lamarre grew up in Margate, Florida, and attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where he was named to South the Florida Sun-Sentinel and Miami Herald All-Area First Team his senior year, was named Miami Herald Player of the Year, was a two-time champion in both the State Cup and Sun Bowl, and was a member of Florida state team for three years.

Raytheon Sentinel

The Raytheon Sentinel is a Bombardier Global Express modified as an airborne battlefield and ground surveillance platform for the Royal Air Force.

Rich Crotty

The Orlando Sentinel named Crotty the 2nd most powerful person in Central Florida behind Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer in 2008.

Robb Montgomery

Montgomery began his career as an editorial artist at the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel in 1990 after graduating from Eastern Illinois University with a degree in journalism.

Satellite Sentinel Project

The Satellite Sentinel Project, or SSP, was conceived by George Clooney and Enough Project co-founder John Prendergast during their October 2010 visit to Southern Sudan.

Schoening Peak

The peak was named by US-ACAN in 2006 after Peter K. Schoening (1936-2004), member of the 1966–67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Vinson, the summit of Antarctica, and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range.

Seamus Mellencamp

It is revealed that he was killed during the Sentinel assault on Genosha, as he has been revived by Selene during the Necrosha event.

SENSOR-Pesticides

Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks (SENSOR)-Pesticides is a U.S. state-based surveillance program that monitors pesticide-related illness and injury.

Sentinel boiler

: Sentinel recruited the American steam car developer Abner Doble to develop an advanced monotube boiler for them.

Sentinel Butte, North Dakota

Sentinel Butte was founded in 1902 along the transcontinental rail line of the Northern Pacific Railway.

Sentinel-class cruiser

They were part of a larger order for eight scout cruisers, split between four dockyards, each of which designed their own ships to match the Admiralty’s specification, which was for a cruiser capable of reaching 25 knots, carrying ten 12 pounder guns, eight 3 pounder guns and two torpedo tubes.

Sergio Kindle

In a poll conducted by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel among 17 NFL scouts, Kindle was voted first among 3-4 outside linebackers, capturing 11 first-place votes (comparing to four firsts for the second-placed Jerry Hughes).

Shockey

Shockey Peak, 2010 m, southeast of Allen Peak near the north extremity of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica

Soochipara Falls

Soochipara Falls also known as Sentinel Rock Waterfalls is a three-tiered waterfall in Vellarimala, Wayanad, surrounded by Deciduous, Evergreen and Montane forests.

Steam motor

In 1951 Egyptian National Railways bought some of the last Sentinel steam railcars, built by Metropolitan-Cammell with Sentinel power bogies.

Sun-Sentinel

(The latter investigation was featured in the PBS documentary series Exposé: America's Investigative Reports in an episode entitled "Crisis Mismanagement.") It also produced a significant contribution to information graphics in the form of News Illustrated, a weekly full-page graphic that has received more than 30 international awards.

The Final Decision

Gambit had seen the man in charge of the Sentinels in Genosha, so they find out who he is to find out where the Sentinel base is.

Thomas Dufferin Pattullo

Born in Woodstock, Ontario, Pattullo's early career was as a journalist with two newspapers in Ontario: the Woodstock Sentinel in the 1890s, and as editor of the Galt Reformer in 1896.

United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1998

According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Neumann had a 30,000 vote margin outside Milwaukee County, but was overwhelmed by a 68,000 vote margin in Milwaukee County.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Winter Assault

Scott McNeil - Imperial Guardsman, Sentinel, Chimera, Hellhound, Basilisk, Kasrkin, Baneblade, Ogryn, Chaplain Varnus

Warren Gish

Gish also proposed multiplexing query sequences to speed up BLAST searches by an order of magnitude or more (MPBLAST); implemented segmented sequences with internal sentinel bytes, in part to aid multiplexing with MPBLAST and in part to aid analysis of segmented query sequences from shotgun sequencing assemblies;

Y10

LNER Class Y10, a class of 0-4-0 geared steam locomotive s built by Sentinel Waggon Works

Y3

LNER Class Y3, a class of 0-4-0 geared steam locomotives built by Sentinel Waggon Works


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