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Soviet Navy (5,828 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Soviet Navy was the naval warfare uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy made up a
Frank W. Hackett (224 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Frank Warren Hackett (April 11, 1841 – August 10, 1926) was a civilian administrator and lawyer who served as an Assistant Secretary of the Navy under
Gustavus Fox (539 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and Heritage Command. Hoogenboom, Ari (2008). Gustavus Vasa Fox of the Union Navy: A Biography. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801889868. Retrieved
Cadwalader Ringgold (1,597 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Cadwalader Ringgold (August 20, 1802 – April 29, 1867) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in the United States Exploring Expedition, later
Melbourne H. Ford (279 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Melbourne Haddock Ford (June 30, 1849 – April 20, 1891) was an American politician from Michigan. Ford was born in Salem, Michigan, and moved to Lansing
Andrew A. Harwood (472 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Andrew Allen Harwood (October 9, 1802 – August 28, 1884) was an admiral in the United States Navy. Harwood was born on October 9, 1802, in Settle Farm
George Miller Beard (1,290 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
George Miller Beard (May 8, 1839 – January 23, 1883) was an American neurologist who popularized the term neurasthenia, starting around 1869. Beard is
USS Puritan (1864) (761 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Puritan was one of two ocean-going ironclad monitors designed by John Ericsson during the American Civil War of 1861–1865. Launched in mid-1864, construction
USS Patapsco (1862) (327 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Patapsco was a Passaic-class ironclad monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the Patapsco River in Maryland
George W. Blunt (1856) (915 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the United States Navy as a gunboat and dispatch boat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. The schooner was renamed G. W. Blunt
William T. Sampson (1,602 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
William Thomas Sampson (February 9, 1840 – May 6, 1902) was a United States Navy rear admiral known for his victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during
George W. Melville (2,057 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
George Wallace Melville (January 10, 1841 – March 17, 1912) was a United States Navy officer, engineer and Arctic explorer. He joined the U.S. Navy in
James Gordon Bennett Jr. (2,067 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
polytechnique. In 1861, he moved to the United States, and enlisted in the Union Navy. In 1867, under his father's tutelage, he founded The Evening Telegram
USS Congress (1841) (1,252 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Congress was a United States Navy frigate in operation between 1842 and 1862. The fourth Navy ship to carry that name Congress, she served in the Mediterranean
Charles Wilkes (3,258 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer. He led the United States Exploring Expedition
USS Vermont (1848) (668 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Vermont was originally intended to be a ship of the line for the U.S. Navy when laid down in 1818, but was not commissioned until 1862, when she was
USS Mississippi (1841) (1,039 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Mississippi, a paddle frigate, was the first ship of the United States Navy to bear that name. She was named for the Mississippi River. Her sister
USS Dictator (753 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Dictator was a single-turreted ironclad monitor, designed for speed, and to sail on the open sea. Originally to be named Protector, the Navy Department
USS Kearsarge (1861) (1,954 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Kearsarge, a Mohican-class sloop-of-war, is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama off Cherbourg, France during the
USS Essex (1856) (608 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Essex was a 1000-ton ironclad river gunboat of the United States Army and later United States Navy during the American Civil War. It was named by her
Marietta-class monitor (774 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Marietta-class monitors were a pair of ironclad river monitors laid down in the summer of 1862 for the United States Navy during the American Civil
Confederate privateer (4,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cargoes, the government was most interested in diverting the efforts of the Union Navy away from the blockade of Southern ports, and perhaps to encourage European
USS Bainbridge (1842) (385 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Bainbridge was a brig in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Commodore William Bainbridge, U.S. Naval
Louis M. Goldsborough (1,012 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (February 18, 1805 – February 20, 1877) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He held
USRC Harriet Lane (2,891 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Harriet Lane was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service and, on the outbreak of the American Civil War, a ship of the United States
USS Louisiana (1861) (821 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The second USS Louisiana was a propeller-driven iron-hull steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Louisiana was built at Wilmington
USS Fulton (1837) (711 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Fulton was a steamer that served the U.S. Navy prior to the American Civil War, and was recommissioned in time to see service in that war. However
Common Security and Defence Policy (6,581 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) is the European Union's (EU) course of action in the fields of defence and crisis management, and a main
USS Housatonic (1861) (1,208 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, taking its name from the Housatonic River of New England. Housatonic was launched on
USS Potomac (1861) (163 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The second USS Potomac was an old whaler the United States Navy purchased on 1 November 1861. She was a part of the "Stone Fleet," a group of ships used
John Rodgers (admiral) (1,043 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
John Rodgers (August 8, 1812 – May 5, 1882) was an admiral in the United States Navy. He began his naval career as a commander in the American Civil War
USS Weehawken (1862) (866 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Weehawken was a Passaic-class ironclad monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named after Weehawken, New
USS Meteor (1819) (146 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Meteor retained her commercial name when the United States Navy purchased her for the "Stone Fleet." She was sunk as an obstruction in Charleston
Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers (1,255 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers (4 November 1819 – 8 January 1892) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Mexican–American
USS New Ironsides (3,043 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS New Ironsides was a wooden-hulled broadside ironclad built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship spent most of her career
USS Columbine (1862) (661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
was built in New York City in 1850 as A. H. Schultz, purchased by the Union Navy on 12 December 1862, outfitted by Howe & Cope-\land, New York City, and
Cornelius Stribling (675 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling (22 September 1796 – 17 January 1880) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy who served during the War of 1812, the
USS Galena (1862) (3,249 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
architect Samuel H. Pook in June for $1,500 anticipating an order from the Union Navy to counter the Confederate ironclad already known to be under construction
USS Benton (1,299 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Benton was an ironclad river gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for American senator Thomas Hart Benton
USS Maria J. Carlton (960 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Maria J. Carlton was a schooner acquired by the United States Navy on October 15, 1861, during the American Civil War. Built before the war, the vessel
USS Keokuk (1862) (1,437 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Keokuk was an experimental ironclad screw steamer of the United States Navy named for the city of Keokuk, Iowa. She was laid down in New York City
USS Jamestown (1844) (981 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Jamestown was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Jamestown was launched
Francis Munroe Ramsay (487 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Admiral Francis Munroe Ramsay (April 5, 1835 – July 19, 1914) was an officer in the United States Navy who distinguished himself in the American Civil
USS John Adams (1799) (3,090 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first John Adams was originally built in 1799 as a frigate for the United States Navy, converted to a corvette in 1809, and later converted back to
USS New Hampshire (1864) (1,103 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS New Hampshire was a 2,633-ton ship originally designed to be the 74-gun ship of the line Alabama, but after being laid down in June 1819, she remained
USS Macedonian (1836) (706 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The second USS Macedonian, was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sailing frigate of the US Navy, carrying 36 guns. Rebuilt from the keel of the first Macedonian
USS Preble (1839) (433 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Preble was a United States Navy sloop-of-war with 16 guns, built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, launched June 13, 1839 and commissioned
USS Tecumseh (1863) (2,079 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Tecumseh was a Canonicus-class monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Although intended for forthcoming operations
USS Tuscumbia (1862) (456 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Tuscumbia was a gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the town of Tuscumbia, Alabama, which
James H. Sands (605 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Rear Admiral James Hoban Sands (July 12, 1845 – October 26, 1911) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and eventually
USS Chillicothe (298 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Chillicothe was an ironclad river gunboat of the United States Navy. She was named for the capital of Ohio from 1803 to 1810. Chillicothe was laid
James H. Sands (605 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Rear Admiral James Hoban Sands (July 12, 1845 – October 26, 1911) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and eventually
USS Tecumseh (1863) (2,079 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Tecumseh was a Canonicus-class monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Although intended for forthcoming operations
USS Chillicothe (298 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Chillicothe was an ironclad river gunboat of the United States Navy. She was named for the capital of Ohio from 1803 to 1810. Chillicothe was laid
USS Germantown (1846) (1,404 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Germantown was a United States Navy sloop-of-war in commission for various periods between 1847 and 1860. She saw service in the Mexican–American War
Neosho-class monitor (1,335 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Neosho-class monitors were a pair of ironclad river monitors laid down in mid-1862 for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. After
George Westinghouse (6,129 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
being honorably discharged in November 1863. A month later he joined the Union Navy. He served as an Acting Third Assistant Engineer on the gunboat USS Muscoota
USS Merrimac (1864) (349 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Merrimac was a sidewheel steamer first used in the Confederate States Navy that was captured and used in the United States Navy during the American
USS Brandywine (2,551 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Brandywine (formerly named Susquehanna) was a wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate of the United States Navy bearing 44 guns which had the initial task
USS Passaic (1862) (595 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first Passaic was a single turreted, coastal monitor purchased by the United States Navy for service during the American Civil War. Passaic, first
USS Metacomet (1863) (523 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The second USS Metacomet was a wooden sidewheel steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship was named for Metacomet, a war
USS Michigan (1843) (1,477 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Michigan was the United States Navy's first iron-hulled warship and served during the American Civil War. She was renamed USS Wolverine in 1905. The
USS Lancaster (1858) (1,541 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Lancaster was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War through the Spanish–American War. The first Lancaster
Charles Harding Loring (1,989 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Charles Harding Loring (December 26, 1828 – February 5, 1907) was a U.S. Navy admiral and chief engineer. Loring was born on December 26, 1828, and is
Foxhall A. Parker Jr. (641 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Foxhall Alexander Parker Jr. (August 5, 1821 – June 10, 1879) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and became one of
USS Arizona (1858) (1,734 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Arizona was an iron-hulled, side-wheel merchant steamship. Seized by the Confederate States of America in 1862 during the American Civil
USS Delaware (1820) (738 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The third USS Delaware of the United States Navy was a 74-gun ship of the line, named for the state of Delaware. She was laid down at Norfolk Navy Yard
Battle of Baton Rouge (1862) (1,205 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Battle of Baton Rouge was a ground and naval battle in the American Civil War fought in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, on August 5, 1862. The
USS Saranac (1848) (615 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Saranac was a sloop-of-war of the United States Navy. The ship laid down in 1847 during the Mexican–American War; however, by the time she completed
USS Robin Hood (83 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Robin Hood was a 400-foot-long (120 m) ship of 395 tons, purchased by the United States Navy in Mystic, Connecticut, during the American Civil War
USS Lafayette (1848) (1,301 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Lafayette was a side wheel steamer, converted to an ironclad ram, in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Lafayette was
USS Baltimore (1861) (240 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The third USS Baltimore was a side-wheel steamer in the United States Navy. Baltimore was built in 1848 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, captured on the
USS Richmond (1860) (2,677 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Richmond was a wooden steam-powered sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Richmond was launched on 26 January
Samuel Phillips Lee (1,069 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Samuel Phillips Lee (February 13, 1812 – June 5, 1897) was an officer of the United States Navy. In the American Civil War, he took part in the New Orleans
Robert Smalls (7,209 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
than turn east towards Morris Island, Smalls had headed straight for the Union Navy fleet, replacing the rebel flags with a white bed sheet that had been
USS Catskill (1862) (510 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Catskill was a monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She continued to serve the Navy after the war's end until decommissioned
John Buchanan Robinson (728 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
John Buchanan Robinson (May 23, 1846 – January 28, 1933) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania
USS Cayuga (1861) (440 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Cayuga was a Unadilla-class gunboat in the United States Navy. Cayuga was launched 21 October 1861 by S. Gildersleeve and Sons, Portland
USRC Naugatuck (1,848 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
only a few lightly armed gunboats to counter the superior forces of the Union Navy. In an effort to renew his Peninsular Campaign, General George McClellan
USS Abeona (261 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Abeona was a mercantile stern wheel steamer that traded on the Mississippi between 1831 and her destruction by fire in 1872, except for two years,
Thomas Oliver Selfridge Jr. (831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
base in the USS Cumberland, helping to save the sloop of war for the Union Navy. He participated in the capture of the Hatteras forts and was on board
USS Columbus (1819) (1,191 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Columbus was a 92-gun ship of the line in the United States Navy. Although construction of the warship was authorized by Congress on 2 January 1813
Thomas Oliver Selfridge Jr. (831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
base in the USS Cumberland, helping to save the sloop of war for the Union Navy. He participated in the capture of the Hatteras forts and was on board
George Balch (1,294 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
George Beall Balch (3 January 1821 – 18 April 1908) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy who served during the Mexican–American War and the American
Stephen Luce (1,358 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Stephen Bleecker Luce (March 25, 1827 – July 28, 1917) was an admiral in the United States Navy. Regarded as one of the Navy's outstanding officers in
USS Alabama (1850) (428 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Alabama was a 1,261 long tons (1,281 t) wooden side-wheel steamer, built at New York City in 1850 and operated thereafter in commercial service in
Donald McNeill Fairfax (476 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Donald MacNeil Fairfax (March 10, 1818 – January 10, 1894) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The son of George William
USS American (1861) (268 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS American was a bark of 329 tons, a former whaler, purchased 1 November 1861 at Edgartown, Massachusetts for the Stone Fleet at a cost of $3,370. She
USS Nantucket (1862) (371 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Nantucket was a Passaic-class coastal monitor in the United States Navy. Nantucket was launched 6 December 1862 by Atlantic Iron Works, Boston
Philip H. Cooper (1,568 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Rear Admiral Philip Henry Cooper (5 August 1844 – 29 December 1912) was an officer in the United States Navy. He fought in the American Civil War and served
USS Mackinaw (229 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Mackinaw was a 974-ton sidewheel gunboat of the United States Navy which saw service during the American Civil War. Mackinaw, built at the New York
USS Cumberland (1842) (3,406 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Cumberland was a 50-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy. She was the first ship sunk by the ironclad CSS Virginia. Cumberland began
Charles Henry Davis (2,124 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Charles Henry Davis ((1807-01-16)January 16, 1807 – (1877-02-18)February 18, 1877) was a self-educated American astronomer and rear admiral of the United
USS Chippewa (1861) (378 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The third USS Chippewa was a Unadilla-class gunboat which saw service with the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. One of the "Ninety-day gunboats
Stephen Clegg Rowan (752 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Stephen Clegg Rowan (December 25. 1808 – March 31, 1890) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy, who served during the Mexican–American War and the
USS Iroquois (1859) (1,354 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Iroquois was a Mohican-class sloop of war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Iroquois was launched by the New York
USS Mattabesett (1863) (284 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Mattabesett, sometimes spelled Mattabeset, a schooner-rigged, wooden hulled, double-ended sidewheel gunboat, was built by A. & G. T. Sampson, Boston
Thomas Oliver Selfridge (383 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Rear Admiral Thomas Oliver Selfridge (24 April 1804 – 15 October 1902) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the
USS Columbia (1836) (739 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Columbia of the United States Navy to be commissioned was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sailing frigate, built at the Washington Navy Yard
USS Dolphin (1836) (747 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The third USS Dolphin was the brig in the United States Navy. Her plans were the basis of other brigs of that time. She was named for the aquatic mammal
Charles Henry Davis (2,124 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Charles Henry Davis ((1807-01-16)January 16, 1807 – (1877-02-18)February 18, 1877) was a self-educated American astronomer and rear admiral of the United
USS Mattabesett (1863) (284 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Mattabesett, sometimes spelled Mattabeset, a schooner-rigged, wooden hulled, double-ended sidewheel gunboat, was built by A. & G. T. Sampson, Boston
USRC Jackson (607 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The United States Revenue Cutter Jackson was one of 13 cutters of the Morris-Taney Class to be launched. Named after Secretaries of the Treasury and Presidents
Charles Dwight Sigsbee (852 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Charles Dwight Sigsbee (January 16, 1845 – July 13, 1923) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. In his earlier career, he was a pioneering oceanographer
USS Iosco (336 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The USS Iosco was a 1173-ton Sassacus class "double-ender" steam gunboat built at Bath, Maine. The ship fought during the Civil War, and was an important
USS Fredonia (705 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Fredonia was an 800-ton bark that served the U.S. Navy as a transport and as a storeship. After several voyages to California by way of Cape Horn,
USS Philadelphia (1861) (401 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The third USS Philadelphia was the flagship of Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee when he commanded the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the American
USS Eutaw (190 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Eutaw was a 1,173 long tons (1,192 t) Sassacus-class "double-ender" steam gunboat built at Baltimore, Maryland by J. J. Abrahams. It was commissioned
USS Perry (1843) (1,071 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Perry was a brig commissioned by the United States Navy prior to the American Civil War. She was tasked by the Navy for various missions, including
USS Ohio (1820) (908 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The second USS Ohio was a ship of the line of the United States Navy, rated at 74 guns, although her total number of guns was 104. She was designed by
USS Constellation (1854) (4,803 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Constellation is a sloop-of-war, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy. She was built at the Gosport Shipyard between
Military marine mammal (1,877 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A military marine mammal is a cetacean or pinniped that has been trained for military uses. Examples include bottlenose dolphins, seals, sea lions, and
USS Miantonomoh (1863) (1,575 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Miantonomoh was the lead ship of her class of four ironclad monitors built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Completed
USS Monadnock (1863) (2,048 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Monadnock was one of four Miantonomoh-class monitors built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Commissioned in late 1864, she
USS Chimo (1864) (476 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Chimo, a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor, was built by the Aquila Adams company in South Boston, Massachusetts, and launched 5 May 1864, and commissioned
Henry H. Bell (540 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Henry Haywood Bell (13 April 1808 – 11 January 1868) was an American admiral in the United States Navy. In the American Civil War, he took part in the
George Belknap (512 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
George Eugene Belknap (22 January 1832 – 7 April 1903) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. USS Belknap (DD-251) was named for him. Born in Newport
USS Canonicus (1863) (1,949 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Canonicus was a single-turret monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War, the lead ship of her class. The ship spent most
USS Agamenticus (976 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Agamenticus was one of four Miantonomoh-class monitors built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Commissioned as the war was
Joseph Pitty Couthouy (378 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Joseph Pitty Couthouy (6 January 1808 – 4 April 1864) was an American naval officer, conchologist, and invertebrate palaeontologist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts
USS Mohawk (1858) (565 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The second USS Mohawk was a screw steamship in the United States Navy. She was the SS Caledonia, which the US Navy acquired in 1858 and sold in 1864. After
USS Brooklyn (1858) (4,126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
on the 15th. Since this victory completed the last major task of the Union Navy during the Civil War, Brooklyn sailed north and was decommissioned at
USS Juniata (1862) (993 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Juniata was a sloop of war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Juniata was named for the Juniata River. She was launched
USS Wachusett (1861) (1,213 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Wachusett – the first U.S. Navy ship to be so named – was a large (1,032-ton), Mohican-class steam sloop-of-war that served the United States Navy
USS Naubuc (1864) (358 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The first USS Naubuc, laid down as a 1,175-ton light-draft monitor at Perine's Union Iron Works, Williamsburgh, NY, was launched 19 October 1864. However
USS United States (1797) (5,514 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS United States was a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy and the first of the six original frigates authorized for construction
USS Hunchback (656 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Hunchback was a side-wheel, steam-powered gunboat used by the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The original wooden boat that was later
USS Decatur (1839) (892 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Decatur was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the mid-19th century. She was commissioned to protect American interests in the South Atlantic
USS Chickasaw (1864) (1,850 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Chickasaw was an ironclad Milwaukee-class river monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship participated in the
Bowman H. McCalla (520 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Rear Admiral Bowman Hendry McCalla (June 19, 1844 – May 6, 1910) was an officer in the United States Navy, who was noted for his roles in the Spanish–American
USS Tuscarora (1,462 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The first USS Tuscarora was a Mohican-class sloop of war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Tuscarora was laid down on 27 June 1861
USS Lexington (1861) (2,175 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The third USS Lexington was a timberclad gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Lexington was built as a sidewheel steamer at
George C. Remey (676 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
George Collier Remey (August 10, 1841 – February 10, 1928) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy, serving in the Civil War and the Spanish–American
Silas H. Stringham (1,023 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Rear Admiral Silas Horton Stringham (November 7, 1798 – February 7, 1876) was an officer of the United States Navy who saw active service during the War
City-class ironclad (4,199 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Pook Turtles, or City-class gunboats to use their semi-official name, were war vessels intended for service on the Mississippi River during the American
Theodore Cooper (814 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Theodore Cooper (January 13, 1839 – August 24, 1919) was an American civil engineer. He may be best known as consulting engineer on the Quebec Bridge that
Winfield Scott Schley (3,592 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Winfield Scott Schley (9 October 1839 – 2 October 1911) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy and the hero of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during
Battle of Albemarle Sound (826 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Battle of Albemarle Sound was an inconclusive naval battle fought in May 1864 along the coast of North Carolina during the American Civil War. Three
CSS Louisiana (1,590 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to aid in defending the lower Mississippi River from invasion by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She took part in one major action of the
USS De Soto (1859) (3,363 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS De Soto was a fast wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship that saw service as a U.S. Navy gunboat during the American Civil War. De Soto was originally
Rufus Osgood Mason (574 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Rufus Osgood Mason (January 22, 1830, in Sullivan, New Hampshire – May 11, 1903, in New York City) was a physician, surgeon, and teacher and an early researcher
Alban C. Stimers (485 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Alban Crocker Stimers (June 5, 1827 – June 3, 1876) was a chief engineer with the United States Navy. He assisted with the design of the Navy's first ironclad
Charles Vernon Gridley (965 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Charles Vernon Gridley (24 November 1844 – 5 June 1898) was a captain in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish–American
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (naval officer) (829 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II (July 27, 1821 – January 1, 1863) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War, who was killed
King Cotton (2,094 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gaining Southern territory and taking the cotton. By summer 1861, the Union Navy blockaded every major Confederate port and shut down over 95% of exports
USS Port Royal (1862) (324 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Port Royal was a double-ended gunboat built for the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. The vessel was assigned to patrol the rivers and other
USS Crusader (1858) (699 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Crusader was a screw steamer of the United States Navy that served prior to, and during, the American Civil War. Crusader was heavily armed and was
Alban C. Stimers (485 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Alban Crocker Stimers (June 5, 1827 – June 3, 1876) was a chief engineer with the United States Navy. He assisted with the design of the Navy's first ironclad
Arent S. Crowninshield (422 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Arent Schuyler Crowninshield (March 14, 1843 – May 27, 1908) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy. He saw combat during the Civil War, and after
USS Dacotah (570 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
USS Dacotah – the only United States Navy ship to be so named – was a large (996 long tons (1,012 t)) steam sloop that served the United States Navy in
Daniel Ammen (1,784 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Daniel Ammen (May 15, 1820 – July 11, 1898) was a U.S. naval officer during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era, as well as a prolific author
John Ancrum Winslow (1,709 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
John Ancrum Winslow (19 November 1811 – 29 September 1873) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil
Thornton A. Jenkins (543 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Thornton A. Jenkins (11 December 1811 – 9 August 1893) was an officer in the United States Navy, who served during the Mexican–American War and the American
Horace Parnell Tuttle (1,215 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Horace Parnell Tuttle (March 17, 1837 – August 16, 1923) was an American astronomer, an American Civil War veteran and brother of astronomer Charles Wesley
USS Conestoga (1861) (238 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Conestoga was originally a civilian side-wheel towboat built at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in 1859. She was acquired by the U.S. Army in June 1861
James Wilson King (620 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
James Wilson King (1818  – June 6, 1905) was an American Navy Officer. He served as Chief Engineer of the United States Navy. During his career, he held
USS Hornet (1865) (301 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
USS Hornet was the fifth United States Navy ship to bear the name Hornet. She was originally CSS Lady Stirling, a blockade runner built by James Ash at