Long Island Rough Riders (UWS) Long Island Rough Riders team, which plays in the Premier Development League. Established in 1994, the Long Island Women's Rough Riders participated in the United Soccer League W-League. Under the ownership of Chuck Jacob, the team had a successful inaugural season, winning the very first W-League Championship in 1995. During this same year, the men's Rough Riders also won a championship. The Rough Riders finished the 1996 season in second place at 7-3-0 overall. Kim Wyant was named W-League Goalkeeper of the Year for the second consecutive season. Long Island went 9-1-0 in 1997, topping their division. During the championship
USS Black Hawk (AD-9) USS Black Hawk (AD-9) USS "Black Hawk" (AD-9) was a destroyer tender that was launched in 1913 as by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., Philadelphia; purchased by the U.S. Navy on 3 December 1917; and commissioned 15 May 1918, Commander R. C. Bulmer in command. Assigned as tender and flagship to the Mine Force, "Black Hawk" departed Boston in June 1918 to take station at Inverness, Scotland. She remained there until the end of World War I and then shifted her base to Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, for the North Sea mine sweep. She returned to New