USS Cactus was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War for service with the Union blockade of the ports and waterways of the...

Citroën C4 Cactus, a small family car Cactus (camera equipment brand) USS Cactus (1863), a Union Navy steamer in the American Civil War USCGC Cactus (WLB-270)...

The Cactus Air Force was the ensemble of Allied air power assigned to the island of Guadalcanal from August 1942 until December 1942 during the most heavily...

CV-28/CVL-28/AVT-3) USS Cabrilla (SS-288/AGSS-288) USS Cacapon (AO-52) USS Cachalot (SS-33, SS-170) USS Cache (AO-67/T-AOT-67) USS Cacique (ID-2213) USS Cactus (1863)...

USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned eight days after the end...

attacked by the “Cactus Air Force” (later Air Sols) from Henderson Field 14 October 1942 Sasako Maru – military transport; attacked by the “Cactus Air Force”...

Tupelo (WLB-303), a Cactus (A) Class 180 foot buoy tender USS Tupelo (YN-75), an Ailanthus-class net laying ship later renamed the USS Winterberry (AN-56)...

USS Clover may refer to more than one ship in the U.S. Navy: USS Clover (1863), a tugboat commissioned 28 November 1863. USS Clover (1899), a lighthouse...

set out from the New York Navy Yard with three vessels, USS Thomas Freeborn, USS Reliance, and USS Resolute. He arrived at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington...

During the Guadalcanal Campaign, Munro was assigned to Naval Operating Base Cactus at Lunga Point, where small boat operations were coordinated. At the Second...

USS Tracy (DD-214/DM-19) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Secretary of the...

Hermes and USS Princeton, the cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire, the destroyers USS Sims, USS Meredith, and HMS Tenedos, the submarine USS Grayback...

USS Nicholas (DD/DDE-449) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, serving for a total of 27 years, including through most of World War...

and about 5 mi (8 km) northwest of Shuri, from what came to be known as Cactus Ridge.: 104–105  The 7th Infantry Division encountered similarly fierce...

personnel policies, and at sea, where he commanded the cargo ship USS Sirius and ammunition ship USS Nitro. He attended the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode...

"State Bird". Colorado State Archives. Retrieved September 17, 2015. "State Cactus". Colorado State Archives. Retrieved September 17, 2015. "State Fish". Colorado...

carrier USS Hornet, joining the ship shortly after her commissioning in October 1941. After heavy losses in the Battle of Midway, VT-8 was assigned to USS Saratoga...

of the Colorado plateau to the north of the San Juan river Mesa Verde cactus USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) Mesa Verde Bank and Trust, a fictional financial institution...

General Henry Knox (MP-1) (USS Picket (ACM-8) then USCGC Willow (WAGL / WLB-332)) USAMP Colonel Henry J. Hunt (MP-2) (USS Bastion (ACM 6) then USCGC Jonquil...

almost overnight to carry the tides of workers to and from the gate. The "Cactus Curtain" is a term describing the line separating the naval base from Cuban-controlled...

botanic garden and the bar. In the desert, Lucky looks up at a saguaro cactus and lights a cigarette. He smiles before heading back into town. As Lucky...

board USS Rendova, USS Bairoko, USS Badoeng Strait, and USS Boxer. When the Korean War broke out, VMF-214 was en route to Hawaii on board USS Badoeng...

(codename Watchtower), and "adjacent positions". Guadalcanal (codename Cactus), which eventually became the focus of the operation, was not even mentioned...

Marine, Army, Navy, and other Allied aircraft that became known as the Cactus Air Force. They defended the airfield and threatened any Japanese ships...

academic M. J. Frankovich, UCLA quarterback, movie producer (The Shootist, Cactus Flower) Jess Hartley, author, blogger and game designer for White Wolf Games...

and Camagüey.[citation needed] Following the explosion of the battleship USS Maine in Havana harbor in February 1898, the U.S. declared war on Spain in...

Henderson Field). Allied aircraft operating out of Henderson were called the "Cactus Air Force" (CAF) after the Allied code name for Guadalcanal. To protect...

California on the USS Ranger, Pond collected numerous plants, which he sent to his friend, botanist Edward Lee Greene. Greene named the cactus Mammillaria pondii...

States Navy have borne the name Texas: CSS Texas USS Texas (1892) USS Texas (BB-35) USS Texas (DLGN/CGN-39) USS Texas (SSN-775) Outline of Texas List of U.S...

almost all of the available aviation fuel, destroyed 48 of the CAF's ("Cactus Air Force") 90 aircraft, and killed 41 men, including six CAF aircrew. During...