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A Taranto–Pearl Harbor Connection » On the night of 11 November Usni.org

WATCH: The unbelievable, racist Asiana crash hoax that fooled a local TV anchor » Move over, Ron Burgundy: KTVU reported on-air that the crashed Korean flight was piloted by Sum Ting Wong and Ho Lee Fuk Theweek.com

Japan's military says pilot vertigo likely cause of F-35 crash » Japan's air force said on Monday "spatial disorientation" likely caused one of its pilots to fly his F-35 stealth fighters into the Pacific Ocean in April, hitting the water at more than 1,100 kph (683 mph). Reuters.com

Spence (DD-512) » Robert Traill Spence - born in Portsmouth, N.H. about 1785, to Keith and Mary Whipple Traill Spence – followed his father into naval service. Appointed midshipman on 15 May 1800, Spence reported to the sloop-of-war Warren at Boston, Mass., that October. In July 1801, he received orders to the frigate Boston, but just a month later was assigned to Constitution. Spence joined Constellation at Philadelphia in December 1801. The frigate sailed for the Mediterranean on 14 March 1802, arriving at Gibraltar on 28 April. By this time, the Barbary State of Tripoli had declared war on the United States after President Thomas Jefferson refused to accede to the Tripolitan demand for a large tribute payment in return for protection of American merchant shipping from pirates. Constellation thus provided an American presence in the region to protect the country’s commercial interests and participated in a blockade of Tripoli. She returned to the United States in March 1803, and Spence then served under the command of Ca Public1.nhhcaws.local