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
Timeline of the war in Donbass (April–June 2017) rocket launchers and 120 mm mortars to attack Ukrainian marines' redoubts near Pavlopil. Vodiane became the target of small arms, heavy machine guns and grenade launchers. Ukrainian marines at Shyrokyne were harassed by small arms fire from the rebel-held area of Sakhanka. In the surroundings of Donetsk city and Horlivka, Avdiivka came under small arms, heavy machine gun and 82 mm mortar fire. Novoselivka was shelled by 73 mm antitank recoillless guns, while the stronghold of Zaitseve was hit by rocket propelled grenades. In the northern section of the demarcation line, pro-Russian armoured fighting vehicles engaged Ukrainian strongholds around Stanytsia