10 Years That Made the Modern World-- Part 2: 1990, 1789, 1905, 1945, 1979

5.  1990

Reunification of Germany,  eventual dissolution of Soviet Union, collapse of Communism across much of globe.  World Wide Web.  Gulf War  Growth of private military.

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4.  1789

French Revolution, political divisions such as left and right,  George Washington wins first presidential election.

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3.  1905

Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity.  It makes GPS and clocks accurate.  The first Russian Revolution took place.  Russo-Japanese War.

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2.  1945

End of World War II, atom bombs,   beginning U.S.-Soviet Union Cold War.

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1.  1979

Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan.  Contributed to downfall of Soviet Union and Communism.  The Iranian Revolution.

Things to Think About.  --DaCoot

10 Years That Made the Modern World-- Part 1: 2001, 1848, 1918, 1962, 1953

From the February 3, 2020, ListVerse by Himanshu Sharma.

I am doing the very short version.  Go to site for more info and pictures.

10.  2001

Understanding the human genome, 9/11 terrorist attacks on U.S.

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9.  1848 

Wave of revolutions that hit Europe and elsewhere.  Idea of nation-state.

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8.  1918

The end of World War I, end of Ottaman, German,  Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires.  Spanish flu pandemic.

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7.  1962

Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis,   Things heating up in Vietnam.  Vatican Council

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6.  1953

Coup in Iran,  Rise of Iran as a power  DNA a double helix, designer babies and clones.

--Cooter

The USS Simpson (FFG-56)-- Part 2

In 1988, the Simpson escorted oil tankers during the Iran-Iraq War.

On April 18, 1988 it participated in the destruction of Iranian naval and intelligence facilities on an oil platform in the Persian Gulf.  Later that day the Simpson, along with the USS Wainwright and USS Bagley encountered the Iranian missile patrol boat Joshan which fired a Harpoon missile at the American ships which returned missile fire and sank the Iranian ship.

The other two ships were decommissioned before the Simpson which makes it the last U.S. ship to sink an enemy ship in combat (other than the USS Constitution, of course).

In 1990 it rescued 22 crew members of the tanker Surf City after it exploded.

Captain Gerald F. DeConto commanded the Simpson from September 1998 to April 2000.  He was killed at the Pentagon on 9-11.

The Simpson was the last ship of its class in service.  I was unable to find out if a foreign country has bought the ship or not.

--DaCoot

The Navy Retires Its Last Modern Vessel To Sink An Enemy Vessel in 2015-- Part 1: The USS Simpson

From the October 12, 2015, Navy Times by Andrew Pantazi.

"The United States Navy decommissioned its last Perry-class frigate, reducing the Navy's number of ships that have sunk an enemy vessel to just one.  (More on the last remaining U.S. navy ship to have sunk an enemy ship in battle later.)

"The end of the Navy's frigates marks a new era of naval warfare where ships are less likely to go to battle in the open sea.

"The frigate Simpson removed its weapons, covered its windows, and, on September 29, it lowered its flags.  Now the ship will travel to Philadelphia until a foreign nation buys it.

"After 30 years of service -- including an April 1988 battle where it fired missiles at and sank an Iranian oil platform and an Iranian navy vessel -- the ship's service came to an end with a ceremony at Mayport Naval Station.

Now, the only Navy ship that has sunk an enemy is the USS Constitution, which did so during the War of 1812.

--Cooter