Some states, like Alaska, have only 1 district for the whole state. Others, like California, have several. There are also 2 special federal trial courts that hear certain kinds of cases from anywhere in the country: 1  The Court of International Trade hears cases about international trade and customs issues.
Bismarck Battleship - German Navy WW2. Battleship Bismarck, a 41,673-ton battleship, was built at Hamburg, Germany. First of a class of two heavy ships, with Tirpitz being the second, she was commissioned in August 1940 and spent the rest of that year running trials and continuing her outfitting.
A+E Networks. On May 27, 1941, the British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic near France. The German death toll was more than 2,000.