1800 - The frigate USS Essex, commanded by Capt. Edward Preble, becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to cross the Equator.
1832 - The frigate USS Potomac, commanded by Capt. John Downes, shells a pirate stronghold at Qualla Battoo, Sumatra
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1960 — USS Sargo (SSN 583) becomes the third submarine to surface through the ice at the North Pole.
1960 — USS Sargo (SSN 583) becomes the third submarine to surface through the ice at the North Pole.
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1862 — A flotilla under Cmdr. Stephen C. Rowan aboard USS Delaware engages the gunboats and batteries at Elizabeth City, N.C, capturing CSS Ellis and sinking CSS Seabird.
1862 — A flotilla under Cmdr. Stephen C. Rowan aboard USS Delaware engages the gunboats and batteries at Elizabeth City, N.C, capturing CSS Ellis and sinking CSS Seabird.
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1862 — Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles directs the formation of an organization to evaluate new inventions and technical development that eventually leads to National Academy of Science.
1862 — Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles directs the formation of an organization to evaluate new inventions and technical development that eventually leads to National Academy of Science.
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1856 - The stores-ship USS Supply, commanded by Lt. David Dixon Porter, sails from Smyrna, Syria, bound for
Indianola, Texas, with 21 camels intended for experimental use in the American desert west of the Rockies.
1898 – The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba.
Of the 374 aboard, 274 died. The sinking precipitated the Spanish–American War.
Indianola, Texas, with 21 camels intended for experimental use in the American desert west of the Rockies.
1898 – The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba.
Of the 374 aboard, 274 died. The sinking precipitated the Spanish–American War.
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1920 – Death of Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
"He was one of the first Arctic explorers to study Inuit survival techniques."
"He was one of the first Arctic explorers to study Inuit survival techniques."
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1862 – Launch of The first USS Adirondack was a large and powerful screw-assisted sloop of war
The first USS Adirondack was a large and powerful screw-assisted sloop of war with heavy guns, contracted by the Union Navy early in the American Civil War. She was intended for use by the Union Navy as a warship in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Her career with the Navy proved to be short, yet active and historically important. USS Adirondack was one of four sister ships which included the Housatonic, Ossipee and Juniata.
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USS Juniata is mentioned in Lakawanna's 1866 log when we are off Rio de Jameiro.
The first USS Adirondack was a large and powerful screw-assisted sloop of war with heavy guns, contracted by the Union Navy early in the American Civil War. She was intended for use by the Union Navy as a warship in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Her career with the Navy proved to be short, yet active and historically important. USS Adirondack was one of four sister ships which included the Housatonic, Ossipee and Juniata.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Adirondack_(1862)
USS Juniata is mentioned in Lakawanna's 1866 log when we are off Rio de Jameiro.
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USS Ossipee was mentioned several time in Omaha's 1886 logs, and Shenandoah was near the wreck of the USS Housatonic in January 1865.