 Avis as a private motorboat, underway on the Great Lakes sometime between 1908 and 1917. |
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| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Avis |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | Berger, Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
| Completed: | 1908 |
| Acquired: | 28 July 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 28 July 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 November 1918 |
| Struck: | 15 November 1918 |
| Fate: | Returned to owners 15 November 1918 |
| Notes: | Operated as private motorboat Avis 1908-1917 and from 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 17 gross register tons |
| Length: | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Beam: | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Draft: | 4 ft (1.2 m) aft |
| Speed: | 10 knots |
| Complement: | 8 |
| Armament: | 1 x 1-pounder gun 1 x machine gun 5 rifles |
USS Avis (SP-382) was a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918.
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Construction and acquisition [link]
Avis was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1908 by Berger at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. On 28 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owners, Richard W. Phillips and H. R. Phillips, for use as a patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Avis (SP-382) the same day with one of her pre-war owners, Chief Boatswain's Mate Richard W. Phillips, USNRF, in command.
Operational history [link]
Assigned to the 9th, 10th, and 11th Naval Districts - a single adminsitrative entity created by the almagation of the 9th Naval District, 10th Naval District, and 11th Naval District -- Avis departed Waukegan, Illinois, in September 1917 to take up section patrol duties at the section headquarters at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, from which she patrolled the canal system connecting Lake Superior and Lake Huron. She moved to Detroit, Michigan, on 10 November 1917 to prepare to be laid up over the winter of 1917-1918 while the Great Lakes were frozen over. On 15 November 1917 she turned over her logbooks to the section commander at Detroit and became inactive for the winter.
On 9 May 1918, the training ship USS Isla de Luzon departed Detroit with Avis under tow, bound for Sault Ste. Marie, where they arrived on 12 May 1918. Avis then began reactivation there, and resumed her patrols of the Sault Ste. Marie canal system on 1 June 1918. She continued them until the end of World War I on 11 November 1918.
Disposal [link]
Avis was decommissioned, stricken from the Navy List, and returned to her owners on 15 November 1918.
References [link]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Avis (American Motor Boat, 1908). Served as USS Avis (SP-382) in 1917-1918
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Avis (SP 382)
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Château d'Ussé
The Château d'Ussé is located in the commune of Rigny-Ussé in the Indre-et-Loire département, in France. The stronghold at the edge of the Chinon forest overlooking the Indre Valley was first fortified in the eleventh century by the Norman seigneur of Ussé, Gueldin de Saumur, who surrounded the fort with a palisade on a high terrace. The site passed to the Comte de Blois, who rebuilt in stone.
In the fifteenth century, the ruined castle of Ussé was purchased by Jean V de Bueil, a captain-general of Charles VII who became seigneur of Ussé in 1431 and began rebuilding it in the 1440s; his son Antoine de Bueil married in 1462 Jeanne de Valois, the biological daughter of Charles VII and Agnès Sorel, who brought as dowry 40000 golden écus. Antoine was heavily in debt and in 1455, sold the château to Jacques d’Espinay, son of a chamberlain to the Duke of Brittany and himself chamberlain to the king; Espinay built the chapel, completed by his son Charles in 1612, in which the Flamboyant Gothic style is mixed with new Renaissance motifs, and began the process of rebuilding the fifteenth-century château that resulted in the sixteenth-seventeenth century aspect of the structure to be seen today.
USS
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Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker
USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) is a Canadian alternative dance musical duo that began working out of Parkdale, a neighbourhood situated in the west end of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band is composed of vocalist, guitarist, and erhu player Ashley Buchholz (aka Ash Boo-Schultz) and turntablist/hype man Jason "Human Kebab" Parsons.
The USS sound is a mixture of drum and bass beats, grunge-like guitar riffs, and 2-step rhythms. "We like to call what we do the campfire after-party," Ash said, "It's like you're at Nirvana Unplugged but there's a drum and bass party and glow sticks all around you."
History
USS hails from the Greater Toronto Area, Ash being from the city of Markham and Kebab from the adjacent town of Stouffville. They met in 2004, while stocking the beer fridge and discussing music when they worked at a golf course; the pair hit it off instantaneously. A couple of months later, Ash's sister was looking for someone to DJ at her upcoming wedding and Human Kebab was suggested for the job. "It was love at first scratch" Ash said, who later moved into Kebab's parents' basement to begin experimenting musically.
Avis
Avis may refer to:
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- Avis Rent a Car System, a car rental company
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Avis, Portugal
Avis (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈviʃ]) is a municipality in the District of Portalegre in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,571, in an area of 605.97 km².
The present Mayor is Manuel Maria Libério Coelho, elected by the Unitarian Democratic Coalition. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 6 civil parishes (freguesias):
Bridge into the town.
Bridge into the town.
The local church.
The local church.
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Avis (name)
Avis is both a female given name and a surname.
Female given name
The earliest form of this female given name was the Old German Haduwig comprising the elements hadu "battle" and wig "fight": the original form of the modern German female name Hedwig, Haduwig was modified to Havoise by the Normans and subsequent to the Norman Invasion the name occurred frequently in England throughout the Middle Ages, the standard Middle English form of the name being Hawise. As a female given name in modern times Avis is associated with the Latin avis "bird" although the spelling Avice is sometimes found.
