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	USS Cumberland (1842) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Breese, and her first service was as flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron from 1843 to 1845 where she had among her officers men like Foote and Dahlgren.
		She was flagship of the Home Squadron between February and December 1846, serving in the Gulf of Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
		She served as one of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron until 8 March 1862 when she was rammed and sunk in an engagement with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) at Newport News, Virginia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Cumberland_(1842) (295 words)

	Constellation
		In 1827 Constellation acted briefly as flagship for the West India Squadron on a twofold mission involving the eradication of the last of the pirates and the interception of slavers operating in the area.
		As flagship of Captain Kearny and the East India Squadron, her mission, as assigned in March 1841, was to safeguard American lives and property against loss in the Opium War, and further, to enable negotiation of commercial treaties.
		On 10 November 1879 she was placed in commission for a special voyage to Gibraltar, carrying crew and stores for the flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron and thereafter returning to New York.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/frigates/constell.htm (1635 words)

	USS Constitution, The History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1803 she was designated flagship for the Mediterranean squadron under Captain Edward Preble and went to serve against the Barbary States of North Africa, which were demanding tribute from the United States in exchange for allowing American merchant vessels access to Mediterranean ports.
		After six years of extensive repairs, she returned to duty as flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron.
		She served as flagship in the Mediterranean and the South Pacific and made a 30-month voyage around the world beginning in March 1844.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/constitution/iron-hist.html (918 words)

	Netstuff\Tropics\shipsV
		The squadron was in the Mediterranean from 1803 to 1807, but its role was significant only during the years in which Preble was commander of the Constitution off Tripoli.
		She was virtually rebuilt at Venice in the winter of 1804-1805 and stayed on, with occasional encounters, in the Mediterranean until 1807, when she returned to the United States for the one relatively inactive period of her career.
		She was to be one of a squadron, with the Constitution and the sloop Hornet, under Commodore William Bainbridge, to raid British shipping in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Shores/1258/shipsv.html (7514 words)

	Commodore Samuel Livingston Breese and Frances Hogan Stout and Emma Lovett
		In 1845 he was attached to the Mediterranean squadron in command of the frigate Cumberland, and during the Mexican war took part in the capture of Tuspan, Tabasco, and Vera Cruz.
		He was assigned to special duty on the great lakes in 1848; had command of the Norfolk navy yard from 1853 to 1855; of the Mediterranean squadron from 1856 to 1859; and of the Brooklyn navy yard from 1859 to 1861.
		He served in the Mediterranean against the pirates of Algiers and otherwise, in 1826-7, and was in the Levant during the war between Turkey and Greece.
	www.iment.com /maida/familytree/henry/bios/admiralsamuelbreese.htm (489 words)

	Mediterranean Eskadra - Morskoyo Flota ( Naval Force)
		During that crisis the Soviet Mediterranean Squadron numbered up to some 70 units, some of which were in Port Said and Alexandria, to prevent Israeli attacks against those ports.
		For the Mediterranean it was the prelude to Albania renouncing its membership of the Warsaw Pact.
		Access to the eastern Mediterranean is through the 105 mile long Suez Canal, controlled in the north at Port Said and in the south at the Suez Canal.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/russia/mf-med.htm (1412 words)

	Sailing Ships of the Royal Navy, C1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As the squadron retired ISIS struck CAMBRIAN on the quarter and caused her to fall broadside on to rocks in the narrow channel and she was broken up by the strong swell.
		The squadron blockading Guadaloupe found it impossible to prevent the French privateers and their prizes gaining Point a Petre because they always sheltered under the batteries on the island of Marie Galante before waiting for a favourable opportunity to run over.
		After undergoing repairs at Plymouth CANOPUS and her squadron sailed for the coast of France to intercept a French squadron in which Jerome Buonaparte was a captain.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /C1.HTM (14311 words)

	VS-30 Sea Control Squadron 30 DiamondCutters
		The squadron was recalled to active duty on 1 February 1951 due to the military mobilization associated with the outbreak of the Korean War and moved its home station to NAS Norfolk, Virginia.
		During these early years, the squadron's emblem was developed from the original theme of the hunter "cat" stalking its prey.
		The squadron achieved their primary objective of developing and implementing a training syllabus on the Maverick missile, and successfully attained a 100% qualification rate among crewmembers.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/vs-30.htm (2203 words)

	Fleet Air Arm 806 squadron profile. Squadron Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		The squadron was then equipped with RAF Hurricanes and in August became part of the Royal Navy Fighter Squadron in the Western Desert.
		In February 1942 after the disbandment of the joint unit the squadron was re-equipped with 12 Fulmars for transfer to Ratmalana, Ceylon.
		The remaining squadron subsequently disembarked at Port Reitz in East Africa in October 1942, and disbanded at Tanga in January 1943.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Squadrons/806.html (460 words)

	The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
		This is a naval "squadron of observation" under the command of Commodore Richard Dale, assigned to the Mediterranean in response to Tripoli's demand for higher tribute.
		June-Commodore Edward Preble is given command of the Mediterranean Squadron.
		The American squadron attacks with such furious fire that the British are forced to surrender.
	www.mariner.org /usnavy/11_2.htm (1145 words)

	VA-12 Flying Umbangis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fighter Squadron TWELVE was assigned a new jet aircraft the McDonnell F2H-1 Banshee.
		The squadron was embarked in United States Ship Wasp CV 18 en route to the Mediterranean when the carrier collided with the United States Ship Hobson (DMS 26) which sank along with her 176 men.
		The squadron's F2H-2s remained aboard until Wasp entered dry dock at New York to repair her catapults which were damaged in the collision.
	www.skyhawk.org /3E/va12/va12.htm (2523 words)

	DESRON 14 - COMMAND HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Destroyer Squadron 14's history can be traced back to November 1920, when it began as a reserve organization in Philadelphia, PA. The squadron's last Commodore before being disestablished in 1931 was the future Fleet Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey.
		The Squadron was decommissioned at the end of World War II and was recommissioned in October 1946 and homeported in Newport, Rhode Island.
		In January 1969, Destroyer Squadron 14 deployed to the Eastern Pacific for duty with the Seventh Fleet and saw action off the coast of Vietnam.
	www.cnsl.spear.navy.mil /cds14/cmdhstry.htm (1075 words)

	Sandcastle V.I. - Voyages of the Enterprise - Challenges to a Young Nation / Part 2
		The Enterprise was assigned to the Mediterranean squadron, which left Hampton Roads, Virginia on June 1, 1801.
		She had beaten the rest of the squadron by five days after her captain was allowed to steer a course more advantageous to the Enterprise's smaller size and different sail-rigging.
		The 1799 schooner USS Enterprise and her crews served heroically against the French corsairs, the pirates of the Barbary Coast, the Royal Navy, and the pirates of the Caribbean.
	www.sandcastlevi.com /sea/enterprise/voych04b.htm (1634 words)

	The Trial and Execution of Admiral the Honourable John Byng, Part II
		The Mediterranean squadron, already on station and under the command of Captain Edgecumbe, consisted of three ships of the line and some small craft (Clowes 146).
		On one hand, the government had ignored the situation in the Mediterranean until the last moment, and on the other hand, it exerted pressure on Byng to move with all speed.
		Galissoniere did have the tripartite division of his squadron, and this made it easier for the French, who were known for their long-range cannon fire, to come into position and bear down on the British.
	lifeloom.com /II3Guest.htm (3867 words)

	Cumberland
		She was flagship of the Home Squadron between February and December 1846, serving in the Gulf of Mexico during the Mexican War.
		The first Cumberland made her second cruise to the Mediterranean from 1849 to 1851, returning as flagship of the squadron there from 1852 to 1855.
		She served as one of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron until 8 March 1862 when she was rammed and sunk in an engagement with the Confederate ironclad Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) at Newport News, Va.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/c16/cumberland-i.htm (253 words)

	DANFS Ships-of-the-Line Appendix
		She sailed in July 1815 to lead the Mediterranean Squadron in quelling the renewed piracy of the Barbary States.
		She and her sister ships alternated as flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron that lent stability in times of international turmoil and projected the seapower so vital to support of diplomacy.
		She departed Norfolk 29 April 1820 as flagship of Commodore William Bainbridge and led the Mediterranean Squadron in cultivating relations to enhance the honor and prestige of the Nation.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/line/sotl.htm (10522 words)

	Charles Goldsborough
		He was promoted lieutenant in January, 1825, and, after serving a short time in the Mediterranean squadron, went to Paris and passed two years in study.
		From 1853 till 1857 he was superintendent of the United States naval academy, and commanded the sloop "Levant" in the Mediterranean, and the frigate "Congress" in the Brazil squadron in 1858-'60.
		While midshipman on the sloop "Warren," of the Mediterranean squadron, in 1824-'30, he was engaged against the Greek pirates, and in a launch with nineteen men captured the schooner "Helene," of four guns, and manned by fifty-eight pirates.
	www.famousamericans.net /charlesgoldsborough (779 words)

	Admiral Souchon
		The successful delivery of the squadron to Constantinople, and their gift to the Turkish Government by Germany was a significant political coup, however Germany encountered significant difficulty in persuading Turkey to enter the war.
		Souchon's tactical handling of his squadron during the escape to the Dardanelles was competent, although he was not really tested due largely to the inadequacies of his opponents.
		There were also several squadrons of RN warships at sea in the Western Mediterranean that Souchon had to consider potentially hostile in the prevailing political climate.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/souchonz.htm (3295 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Constellation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During the Barbary Wars, in 1802, Constellation was assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron and took part in the evacuation of Derna and in actions against Tunis in 1805.
		Blockaded in the Chesapeake during the War of 1812, she returned to the Mediterranean as part of Stephen Decatur's Mediterranean squadron and took part in the capture of the Algerian frigate Mashuda in June 1815.
		From 1819 to 1845 Constellation served on a variety of stations, including Brazil, the Pacific, the Mediterranean, the West Indies, and last, as flagship on the East India Squadron during the Opium War.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_022400_ussconstell1.htm (361 words)

	USS Albany
		In 1827 Constellation acted briefly as flagship for the West India Squadron on a twofold mission involving the eradication of the last of the pirates end' the interception of slavers operating in the area.
		Constellation was recommissioned on 28 July 1866 and departed under the flag of Captain C. Bell for a 3-year cruise with the Mediterranean Squadron to protect American interests.
		Her mission was to obliterate the slave trade; and here she performed well, capturing the brig Delicia in 1869, the bark Cora in 1860; and the brig Triton in 1861.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/Brigatines/Constellation.html (1633 words)

	Summaries of FAA obituaries. Part of the FAA Archive 1939-1945
		With 1834 squadron, HMS Victorious took part in strikes on oil refineries in Sumatra in January 1945, then involved in operations against Japanese airfields in the Sakishima Gunto off Okinawa in April and May, and in the final operations with the US 3rd Fleet against mainland Japan in July and August, 1945.
		In March 1939, Cockburn had his first command, 718 squadron, and at the end of the year took command of 804 squadron on HMS Glorious, taking part in the Norwegian campaign in the spring of 1940.
		In December 1944, Law was appointed CO of 800 squadron on Emperor, Shah and Khedive in East Indies Fleet operations.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /RollofHonour/Obituaries/Summary_Obituaries.htm (10671 words)

	USA Tripoli War 1801-1805
		A demand from the pasha of Tripoli for greater tribute and his dramatic declaration of war on the United States (May 14, 1801) coincided with a decision by President Thomas Jefferson's administration to demonstrate American resolve.
		Despite his opposition to the expense of maintaining a navy, Jefferson dispatched an American naval squadron to Tripolitan waters.
		By means of a special "Mediterranean Fund," the navy--which had been partially dismantled and was perhaps nearing extinction--actually increased in size.
	www.onwar.com /aced/data/tango/tripoli1801.htm (217 words)

	Commanders of the USS Constitution
		Except for a tour as Mediterranean Squadron commander, he spent the remainder of his career as President of the Board of Naval Commissioners.
		Later commanded the Mediterranean Squadron and two Navy Yards, and served on the Board of Navy Commissioners Has had a brig, 2 destroyers, and a nuclear powered guided missile frigate named for him.
		Subsequently, he served as a Navy Commissioner, commanded the Mediterranean Squadron, and was commanding the Washington Navy Yard when he died.
	www.polkcounty.org /timonier/commanders/commanders.htm (3092 words)

	The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
		Jefferson sent a naval "squadron of observation" consisting of three frigates--the President, the Philadelphia, and the Essex--and the sloop of war Enterprise.
		Morris's arrival in the Mediterranean with his wife and child aboard his flagship indicated that he did not intend to actively pursue the war against Tripoli.
		Though his orders were to "proceed with the whole squadron under your command and lie off Tripoli," he chose to continue Dale's policy of acting as escort to American merchant ships sailing to various destinations around the Mediterranean.
	www.mariner.org /usnavy/06/06a.htm (2015 words)

	VMA-231 - AV-8B Harrier II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Though the squadron was separated by more than 13,000 miles, both elements of VMA-231 exceeded all expectations by flying an average of over 470 hours per month while posting the highest Full Mission Capable rates of any fleet squadron.
		Outflying all AV-8B squadrons with over 11,000 flight hours and dropping in excess of 1.6 million pounds of ordnance, the Ace of Spades earned the Chief of Naval Operations Safety Award for the fourth time and II MEF’s nomination as Marine Attack Squadron of the Year.
		The squadron deployed to NAS Fallon in February of 1999 and participated in CAX 10 in Twentynine Palms, CA, in August of that year.
	www.geocities.com /mcaschpt/VMA-231.html (1736 words)

	VA-66 WALDOS & WALDOMEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During the squadron's deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, the commanding officer, Commander McNeil, was killed in an aircraft accident during a practice Carrier Controlled Approach.
		LTJG Edward J. Broms while assigned to Attack Squadron 66 onboard the aircraft carrier USS INTREPID in the Gulf of Tonkin.
		The squadron operated in the vicinity of Lebanon until the latter part of November.
	www.skyhawk.org /3E/va66/va66.htm (2220 words)

	VP-5 "Mad Foxes" Depart Sicily for Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The squadron expeditiously relocated nearly 40 percent of its combat aircrews and P-3C Orions to NSA Souda Bay, to gain a geographic advantage for Eastern Mediterranean operations.
		Furthermore, the squadron's commitment to training resulted in the qualification of five patrol plane commanders, three patrol plane tactical coordinators and 10 mission commanders, as well as numerous enlisted aircrew and ground personnel qualifications.
		In 2001, the squadron flew more than 7,000 mishap-free flight hours adding to their impressive 23-year, 132,000 mishap-free-flight-hour record, earning them the Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 11 nomination for the CNO Safety Award.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=855 (429 words)

	JIRECEK, KONSTANTIN JOSEF - LoveToKnow Article on JIRECEK, KONSTANTIN JOSEF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Motteux, in his " Rabelais," is the first to use " by jingo," translating par dieu.
		The political use of the word as indicating an aggressive patriotism (Jingoes and Jingoism) originated in 1877 during the weeks of national excitement preluding the despatch of the British Mediterranean squadron to Gallipoli, thus frustrating Russian designs on Constantinople.
		While the public were on the tiptoe of expectation as to what policy the government would pursue, a bellicose music-hall song with the refrain " We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we do," andc., was produced in London by a singer known as " the great MacDermott," and instantly became very popular.
	27.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JI/JIRECEK_KONSTANTIN_JOSEF.htm (648 words)

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