Some states, like Alaska, have only 1 district for the whole state. Others, like California, have several. There are also 2 special federal trial courts that hear certain kinds of cases from anywhere in the country: 1  The Court of International Trade hears cases about international trade and customs issues.
Bismarck Battleship - German Navy WW2. Battleship Bismarck, a 41,673-ton battleship, was built at Hamburg, Germany. First of a class of two heavy ships, with Tirpitz being the second, she was commissioned in August 1940 and spent the rest of that year running trials and continuing her outfitting.
In the early-morning hours of New Yearâs Day, 1915, the 15,000-ton British HMS class battleship Formidable is torpedoed by the German submarine U-24 and sinks in the English Channel, killing 547 men. The Formidable was part of the 5th Battle Squadron unit serving with the Channel Fleet.