USS Pochard (AM-375) USS Pochard (AM-375) USS "Pochard" (AM-375) was an acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. "Pochard" was named after the pochard, a heavy-bodied diving duck. "Pochard" was laid down by Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia, 10 February 1944; launched 11 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Mary E. Kennard; and commissioned 27 November 1944, Lt. Comdr. David D. Long, USNR, in command. After fitting out and shakedown, she departed Norfolk, Virginia, for the Panama Canal Zone on 19 February 1945 escorting .
The Bird That Drinks Blood new saga has become the ambition of this typer's life. Well. If a story that I want to type comes up I will type it, if not I won't type it. I don't have any ambitious plan going 'I will type before I die!'" The Bird That Drinks Blood The Bird That Drinks Blood (Korean: 피를 마시는 새 "Pireul masineun sae", abbreviated as 피마새 "Pimasae") is a series of Korean fantasy novels by Lee Yeongdo. Set in the same world of Lee's previous work "The Bird That Drinks Tears", the stories depict clashes between absolute power and free will with