History of the United States Navy the Panama Canal, which was completed in 1914. The Great White Fleet required almost 50 coaling ships, and during the cruise most of the fleet's coal was purchased from the British, who could deny access to fuel during a military crisis as they did with Russia during the Russo-Japanese War. When United States agents discovered that the German merchant ship "Ypiranga" was carrying illegal arms to Mexico, President Wilson ordered the Navy to stop the ship from docking at the port of Veracruz. On 21 April 1914, a naval brigade of marines and sailors occupied Veracruz. A total of 55
German Port Museum Representative for Cultural and Media Affairs (Bundes Kultur Media, BKM)", said the Project Leader. Project Manager "German Harbour Museum" German Port Museum The German Port Museum ("Deutsches Hafenmuseum") is a planned nationally funded museum to open in Hamburg. The German Federal Parliament’s budget committee approved initial funding of € 94 million to build. The museum intends to display the commercial and economic history of Germany's largest port, and wider issues of globalization and worldwide trade. "In fact, the Peking and a Hadag ferry are already important elements, which we think in connection with the new museum. The new building, however,