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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Confederate privateer (4,071 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 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 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

George Westinghouse (4,124 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who is best known

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 Alligator (1862) (1,173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

also build its own submarine, H. L. Hunley. In the autumn of 1861, the Union Navy asked the firm of Neafie & Levy to construct a small submersible ship

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

Frederick V. McNair (235 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Frederick Valette McNair (January 13, 1839 – November 28, 1900) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. The destroyer USS McNair is named after him

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

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 Pennsylvania (1837) (828 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

USS Pennsylvania was a three-decked ship of the line of the United States Navy, rated at 130 guns, and named for the state of Pennsylvania. She was the

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

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 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

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

Common Security and Defence Policy (6,270 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 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 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 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

USRC Harriet Lane (2,922 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

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

USS John Adams (1799) (2,786 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

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

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 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 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

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 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 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

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 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

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

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

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 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

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 Hartford (1858) (2,533 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

USS Hartford, a sloop-of-war steamer, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. Hartford served in several

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

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 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 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 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 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

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

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

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

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

John Buchanan Robinson (715 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

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

John Buchanan Robinson (715 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 Richmond (1860) (2,670 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

USS Richmond was a wooden steam sloop in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Richmond was launched on 26 January 1860 by the Norfolk

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 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

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

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

Thomas Oliver Selfridge Jr. (737 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 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

Stephen Luce (1,443 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Stephen Bleecker Luce (March 25, 1827 – July 28, 1917) was a U.S. Navy admiral. He was the founder and first president of the Naval War College, between

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 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

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

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 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

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 Cumberland (1842) (3,415 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

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

Charles Henry Davis (2,135 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 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 Dale (1839) (1,692 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Sons. pp. 148–152. Retrieved 29 May 2012. Wyllie, Arthur (2007). The Union Navy. Raleigh, NC: Lulu. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-4303-2117-0. Retrieved 8 June 2014

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 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

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

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

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 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

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

Henry H. Bell (545 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

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 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

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 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 Glide (1863) (145 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The second USS Glide was a sternwheel tinclad gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. It was used in the battles of Mississippi

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 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 Constellation (1854) (4,777 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

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 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

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 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 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

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 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 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

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 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

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

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

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 United States (1797) (5,369 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

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

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

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

First Battle of Fort Fisher (2,343 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Major General Benjamin Butler, it lasted from December 24–27, 1864. The Union navy first attempted to detonate a ship filled with powder in order to demolish

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

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

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

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

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

Daniel Ammen (1,772 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

Benjamin F. Isherwood (1,587 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Benjamin Franklin Isherwood (October 6, 1822 – June 19, 1915) was an engineering officer in the United States Navy during the early days of steam-powered

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

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 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

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

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

George Henry Preble (1,316 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

George Henry Preble (February 25, 1816 – March 1, 1885) was an American naval officer and writer, notable for his history of the flag of the United States

George Colvocoresses (808 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

George Musalas "Colvos" Colvocoresses (October 22, 1816 – June 3, 1872) was a Greek-American Navy officer who commanded the Saratoga during the American

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

William T. Swinburne (291 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

William T. Swinburne (August 24, 1847 – March 3, 1928) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy and one-time Commander-in-Chief of the United States

Tunis Craven (1,358 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven (11 January 1813 – 5 August 1864) was an officer in the United States Navy. His career included service in the Mexican–American

Winfield Scott Schley (3,626 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