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'''Dennis J. Hutchinson''' (born 1946) is a professor of law at the [[University of Chicago]] and editor of the Law School's Supreme Court Review. |
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|Ship caption=HMS Terror in 1933 |
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He graduated ''[[summa cum laude]]'' from [[Bowdoin College]] (1969), and holds law degrees from the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] (1974) and a master's degrees from [[Oxford University]] (1977), where he was a [[Rhodes Scholar]]. Hutchinson was a law clerk to Justice [[William O. Douglas]] and Justice [[Byron White]] of the US Supreme Court. His biography of Justice [[Byron White]] was a ''[[New York Times]]'' Notable Book for 1998. He was once married to [[Diane Pamela Wood]], a [[judge]] on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]]. |
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'''HMS ''Terror''''' was an [[Erebus class monitor|''Erebus''-class]] [[monitor (warship)|monitor]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1915-16 at the [[Harland and Wolff]] [[shipyard]] in [[Govan]], [[Scotland]]. |
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The ''Erebus'' class monitors were of 7,200 [[BRT]] [[Tonnage#Volume-based systems|displacement]], 405 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]] long, with a maximum speed of 12 [[knot (speed)|knots]] produced by [[reciprocating engines]] with two shafts, and a crew of 315. The ship's armament consisted of two 15-inch main guns in a single forward [[Gun turret|turret]], eight secondary 4-inch guns in eight single turrets, two 3-inch [[anti-aircraft gun]]s in single turrets, as well as eight .50 inch anti-aircraft [[Vickers machine gun]]s in two [[quadruple]] mounts. The class mostly served in the [[Naval Gunfire Support]] (NGS) role. |
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[[Category:1946 births|Hutchinson, Dennis J]] |
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[[Category:Living people|Hutchinson, Dennis J]] |
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==World War I service== |
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[[Category:Bowdoin College alumni]] |
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''Terror'' joined the [[Dover Patrol]] in August 1916 and operated against German forces on the coast of occupied Belgium. On 19 October 1917 she was torpedoed by German motor torpedo boats off Dunkirk. There were no casulties and the ship was beached before being towed back to Portsmouth. The damage took three months to repair. In April 1918 HMS ''Terror'' was in the Long Range Bombardment force for Zeebrugge raid with monitor her sister ship HMS ''Erebus'' and destroyers Termanent, Truculent, and Manly. On Friday 27 September 1918 HMS ''Terror'' along with her sister ship HMS ''Erebus'' provided gunnery support for the Fourth Battle of Ypres. In the early 1920s she was used for gunnery trials against several old warships including [[SMS Baden|SMS ''Baden'']] and [[HMS Superb (1907)|HMS ''Superb'']]{{Fact|date=October 2007}} |
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[[Category:American legal academics|Hutchinson, Dennis J]] |
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==World War II service== |
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At the outbreak of war in 1939 ''Terror'' was based at [[Singapore]], supporting the defences of the major naval base there, and had to be recalled to serve in theatres closer to home.<ref>Roberts 2000: 138</ref> She mainly served in the [[Mediterranean Theatre of World War II|Mediterranean Theatre]] during [[World War II]]. After first using her anti-aircraft armament to help [[Siege of Malta (1940)|defend Malta]] against the first [[Italy|Italian]] [[Regia Aeronautica]] [[airstrike|air attacks]] on 11 June 1940, HMS ''Terror'' played an important part in [[Operation Compass]], the British assault against the [[Tenth Army (Italy)|Italian Tenth Army ]] in [[Libya]]. |
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During the successful advance by the [[Western Desert Force]] (later to become the 8th Army "[[Desert Rats]]") ''Terror'' bombarded Italian land forces and [[fortification]]s, amongst others the fortified port of [[Bardia]] in eastern Libya, firing 660 rounds from her main guns. The ship also served as a [[Water transportation|water carrier]] for the advancing [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] army. |
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HMS ''Terror'' was subjected to diving attacks by German [[Junkers Ju 88]] [[dive bomber|bomber]]s on 22 February 1941 after leaving [[Benghazi]]. She was badly damaged by near misses and abandoned by her crew. Although taken under tow, she sank off [[Darnah, Libya]] before reaching the Royal Navy's [[Mediterranean Fleet (Royal Navy)|Mediterranean Fleet]] base at [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]]. |
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==References== |
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* Roberts, John: "British Warships of the Second World War", Chatham Publishing, London 2000 ISBN 1-86176-131-7 |
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==External links== |
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* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5460.html. Uboat.net - HMS ''Terror''] |
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* [http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/157598/8330/a0.htm navalhistory.flixco.info - HMS ''Terror''] |
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* Bob's Ship Collection: [http://rasputin.physics.uiuc.edu/%7Ewiringa/Ships/Period2/GreatBritain/Terror.html HMS ''Terror''] |
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|align=center| '''[[Erebus class monitor|''Erebus''-class monitor]]''' |
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|align=center| [[HMS Erebus (I02)|HMS ''Erebus'']] | [[HMS Terror (I03)|HMS ''Terror'']] | |
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|align=center| <br> '''[[List of monitors of the Royal Navy]]''' |
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[[Category:Royal Navy monitors]] |
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[[Category:World War I monitors of the United Kingdom]] |
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[[Category:World War II Mediterranean shipwrecks]] |
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Revision as of 00:29, 13 October 2008
Dennis J. Hutchinson (born 1946) is a professor of law at the University of Chicago and editor of the Law School's Supreme Court Review.
He graduated summa cum laude from Bowdoin College (1969), and holds law degrees from the University of Texas (1974) and a master's degrees from Oxford University (1977), where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Hutchinson was a law clerk to Justice William O. Douglas and Justice Byron White of the US Supreme Court. His biography of Justice Byron White was a New York Times Notable Book for 1998. He was once married to Diane Pamela Wood, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.