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	USS Alert (1861) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The second USS Alert was a (additional info and facts about screw tug) screw tug purchased by the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy under the name USS A.
		In April of 1863, Alert moved onto the Nansemond River, a tributary of the James, to provide support to the (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) United States Army in fighting off (A supporter of the Confederate States of America) Confederate troops foraging in the area.
		Alert was damaged by shore batteries on 13 April and the ship was forced to return to the (additional info and facts about Norfolk Naval Shipyard) Norfolk Naval Shipyard for repairs, returning to action on 16 April.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_Alert_(1861)2.htm (386 words)

	USS Alert (1861) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because Alert was under repair at Newport News, Virginia in September of 1862, the ship was not able to return to the Potomac River in time to support Union troops in the Battle of Antietam and Alert remained on the James for most of the war.
		Alert also ran messenges to North Carolina and often served as a tender to USS Philadelphia, the flagship of Acting Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee.
		Alert was damaged by shore batteries on 13 April and the ship was forced to return to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for repairs, returning to action on 16 April.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Alert_(1861) (390 words)

	USS Alert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Alert was a sloop-of-war captured from the United Kingdom in the War of 1812.
		The third Alert (AS-4) was a screw steamer in use during the late 19th century and World War I.
		The fourth Alert was a steam launch acquired from the United States Coast Guard during World War I.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Alert (169 words)

	USS Alert
		The second Alert a screw tug built in 1861 at Syracuse, N.Y. under the name A. Powell-was purchased at New York City by the Navy on 3 October 1861.
		Alert ascended the Nansemond with Cushing on 12 April and for the next three weeks, participated in almost daily duels with Confederate shore batteries.
		The keel of a projected Resaca-class screw sloop of war named Alert was laid down by the Washington Navy Yard early in 1865, and her machinery was to be~built by the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/CWNavy/Alert.html (1009 words)

	USS Philadelphia (1861) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Seized 21 April 1861, in accordance with a Presidential order, she was ordered to the (additional info and facts about Washington Navy Yard) Washington Navy Yard, where she fitted out for naval service.
		Philadelphia, Lt. William N. Jeffers in command, operated on the (A river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay) Potomac River as a patrol vessel.
		She continued to operate on the Potomac River until October, 1861, primarily transporting troops downriver to (additional info and facts about Fort Washington) Fort Washington.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_Philadelphia_(1861)2.htm (431 words)

	CSS Teaser - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Purchased at Richmond, Virginia by the State of Virginia in 1861, she was assigned to the naval forces in the James River with Lieutenant James Henry Rochelle, Virginia State Navy, in command.
		With the exception of three brief deployments elsewhere, USS Teaser plied the waters of the Potomac River from Alexandria, Virginia, south to Point Lookout, Maryland to enforce the blockade by interdicting a thriving trade in contraband between the Maryland and Virginia shores.
		On January 5, 1864, Teaser and USS Yankee landed a force of men at Nomini, Virginia to investigate a rumor that the Southerners had hidden a large lighter and a skiff capable of boating 80 men there.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/CSS_Teaser (1418 words)

	Metal Hull
		The USS MICHIGAN, renamed the USS WOLVERINE, was the first iron warship in the US Navy and probably the first iron or steel warship of her size in the world.
		USS Alert was an iron hulled screw steamer built in 1873-74 by John Roach & Sons, Chester PA. Armed with an 11-inch gun and two 9-inch guns for main battery, she saw active service in such configuration until 1903.
		The Alert was one of three vessels that were built of iron in 1874, the exceptional and spasmodic indication of an effort to change the material for construction, much induced by pressure from the iron interests of the country.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/steam5.htm (4060 words)

	USS Alert - TheBestLinks.com - American Civil War, United Kingdom, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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		The first Alert was a sloop-of-war captured from Britain in the War of 1812.
	www.thebestlinks.com /USS_Alert.html (219 words)

	Alert, 1855 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		She was purchased in 1855 and was commissioned as Alert in May of that year.
		She was seized at Mobile, Alabama by "State authorities" on 18 January 1861 and was commissioned in the Confederate Navy as CSS Alert.
		In October, 1862, she was captured by the USS Roanoake but was found to be of little use.
	www.uscg.mil /HQ/G-CP/HISTORY/WEBCUTTERS/Alert_1855.html (110 words)

	1860_1861
		1861 Feb 18, Jefferson F. Davis was inaugurated as the Confederacy's provisional president at a ceremony held in Montgomery, Ala.
		1861 Jun 29, William James Mayo, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, was born.
		1861 In Russia Dmitri Ivanovich Mendelyev, chemist, determined that the maximum solubility of alcohol in water occurs at a ratio of 40% to 60%.
	www.shelbyjackman.com /school/timeline/1860_1861.HTML (9835 words)

	ipedia.com: List of ships of the United States Navy Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		USS Enterprise (1775, 1776, 1799, 1831, 1874, CV-6, CVN-65)
		USS Shark (1821, 1861, SS-8, SP-534, SS-174, SS-314, SSN-591
		USS Somers (1813, 1842, 1898, DD-301, DD-381, DDG-34)
	www.ipedia.com /list_of_ships_of_the_united_states_navy.html (533 words)

	University of Rochester
		Several of the letters are written to Clark's father, Hiram, a Rochester skate maker, and describe activities of the Mississippi Squadron on the Yazoo River in January and February 1863.
		While serving as senior aid to the commandant of the New York Navy Yard from 1892 to 1895, he was promoted to commander.
		His next assignment was to serve as Commandant of USS Alert on the Pacific Station from 1895 to 1897.
	www.history.navy.mil /sources/ny/rrr.htm (596 words)

	Index, list of blueprints & excerpts
		By 1861, he was assigned to the steam sloop-of-war Richmond and served in her with the Western Gulf Blockading Squadron throughout the Civil War.
		He participated in the engagement with the Confederate ram CSS Manassas on October 12, 1861, the artillery duel with Fort McRae and other shore batteries on November 22, the passage of Forts Jackson and St.
		USS Terry (TBD-25)(DD-25, July 17, 1920)(CG-19, June 7, 1924-June 30, 1925), was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia and commissioned on October 18, 1910.
	www.marylandsilver.com /roe33.htm (1053 words)

	Articles - Union blockade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Union blockade refers to the naval actions between 1861 and 1865, during the American Civil War, in which the United States Navy maintained a massive effort on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the Confederate States of America designed to prevent the passage of trade goods, supplies, and arms to and from the Confederacy.
		Confederate ships designed to evade the blockade were known as blockade runners, and mostly concentrated on running contraband between Confederate-controlled ports and the ports of Havana, Cuba; Nassau, Bahamas, and Bermuda, where British suppliers were receiving and offering trade.
		Admiral David Farragut's USS Hartford was the flagship.
	www.wathcesa.com /articles/Union_blockade (1034 words)

	USS Alaric - Carolina Communicator - November 2001 Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The U.S.S. Alaric, a starship in Starfleet's Region One, is the science flagship for Region One.
		Since the USS Alaric is the science flagship of STARFLEET's Region One, we'll be having a special science presentation.
		The USS Housatonic was a Federal sloop-of-war built in 1861 by the Boston Navy Yard.
	www.ussalaric.org /cc/cc0111.htm (6147 words)

	USS Albany - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Albany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		USS Albany - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Albany.
		Here you will find more informations about USS Albany.
		The orginal USS Albany article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/USS-Albany.html (193 words)

	USS Alert - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Alert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		USS Alert - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Alert.
		Here you will find more informations about USS Alert.
		* The first Alert was a sloop-of-war captured from Britain in the War of 1812.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/USS-Alert.html (128 words)

	Henry DeHaven Manley
		Ordered to the USS Brooklyn, July 1860, Henry was Assistant Hydrographer to Lieutenant Jeffers, USN, during survey of Chiriqui Lagoon, Isthmus of Panama.
		He performed night picket duty with howitzer boats under the walls of Sumter, had temporary command of the USS Nipsic and of the Canandaigua and for several months was commanding and senior officer of the off-shore blockade with four vessels, including the Canandaigua, as flag-ship.
		Henry returned in command of the USS Alert, in 1879, via San Francisco and went on duty at the office of War Records, Navy Department, 1880-2.
	cssvirginia.org /vacsn3/crew/congress/hdmanley.htm (755 words)

	CSN Personnel Index, A-G (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ellias Burney, enlisted September 7, 1861, as private, company C, 61st Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry; roll dated April 30, 1864 shows he was transferred to the Confederate States Navy, but there is no record of his service in the Navy; he is also shown as being wounded at Monocacy, Maryland, July 9, 1864.
		Patrick H. Cain, enlisted at New Orleans, Louisiana, April 18, 1861, as private, company F, 1st (Strawbridge's) Louisiana Infantry; promoted corporal, August 1, 1862; was an orderly for General Braxton Bragg, December, 1862; reduced to private, February 1, 1864; transferred to Confederate States Navy, April 15, 1864; served as fireman on the CSS Chattahoochee, 1864.
		John Carrigan, born Ireland; quartermaster; served aboard the CSS Atlanta, 1862-1863, and was captured aboard that vessel at Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863; muster roll of the CSS Georgia, indicates that he also served aboard that vessel (surname shown as Garrigan, and rating as boatswain's mate); aged 29.
	home.ozconnect.net /tfoen/csnindex.html (11864 words)

	Adolphus Washington Greely, Major General, United States Army
		He was placed in command of a 25-man party sent to establish a meteorological station and sailed in July from Newfoundland aboard the USS Proteus and in August landed at Lady Franklin Bay on the eastern shore off Ellesmere Island.
		With dwindling provisions they wintered there, and by the time relief arrived in June 1884 (USS Thetis, USS Bear and USS Alert, all under the command of Commander Winfield Scott Schley) they were left only Greely and six others, one of whom died shortly thereafter.
		For his life of splendid public service, begun on 27 March 1844, having enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army on 26 July 1861, and by successive promotions was commissioned as major general 10 February 1906, and retired by operation of law on his 64th birthday.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /awgreely.htm (866 words)

	List of ships of the United States Navy - Gurupedia
		USS California (1867, ACR-6, SP-249, SP-647, BB-44, CGN-36)
		USS Ranger (1777, 1814, 1814, 1876, 1917, 1918, CC-4, CV-4,
		USS Washington (schooner, row galley, frigate, galley, 1814, 1833, 1837, ACR-11, BB-47,
	www.gurupedia.com /l/li/list_of_ships_of_the_united_states_navy.htm (577 words)

	Dr. Sanity: ABLE DANGER HEARINGS UPDATE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I refer back to my speculation alert in the body of the post.
		If those charts contained as much information as Weldon and the others contend, then the other names on that list must (or should) be under active investigation.
		Not sure what to make of this, but it suggests that there are national security reasons not to have all of Able Danger public.
	drsanity.blogspot.com /2005/09/able-danger-hearings-update.html (2242 words)

	Uss
		2000 USS Cole bombed in the port of Aden, Yemen, killing 17 sailors
		1861 Naval Engagement at Charleston, South Carolina USS Flag vs BR Alert
		1861 Naval Engagement at Wilmington North Carolina - USS Daylight establishes blockade
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/u/uss.html (733 words)

	Roanoke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Roanoke embarked the delegation and reached Hampton Roads on 12 May 1860 and was decommissioned.
		The screw frigate subsequently took part in the capture of the schooners Albion and Alert and helped take the ship Thomas Watson off Charleston, S.C., on 15 October 1861.
		During the C.S.S. Virginia’s (the former USS Merrimack), attack on Union warships in Hampton Roads, 8 March 1862, Roanoke’s deep draft prevented her from engaging the Confederate casement ram and kept her out of action the next day when the Virginia engaged the Union turreted ironclad, Monitor.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/monitors/roanoke.htm (588 words)

	Historical Manuscripts
		Cole, U.S.S. Senate resolution concerning the terrorist attack in Aden, Yemen, on 12 October 2000 against USS Cole.
		Diary begun on board screw sloop-of-war USS Lancaster on 6 July 1861, the date of her commissioning at Philadelphia.
		While serving on USS Vicksburg, he was an eyewitness to a naval battle between Russian and Japanese warships in Chemulpo Harbor, Korea, on 9 February 1904.
	www.history.navy.mil /library/manuscript/manuscript_list.htm (10601 words)

	CSN Personnel Index, H-M. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Edward Hale, enlisted in New Hanover County, North Carolina, August 20, 1861, as private, 1st company A, 2nd Regiment North Carolina Artillery; detailed on steamer Ben, November 8, 1861; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, July or August, 1862; served as Captain's Steward on the CSS Arctic, August, 1862.
		Thomas Horton, born 1831; enlisted July 17, 1861, at Apalachicola, Florida, in Company B, Fourth Florida Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy, December 12, 1862; served as quarter gunner on the CSS Chattahoochee, 1863.
		Tom Johnson, enlisted, February, 1861, at Talladega County, Alabama, in 5th Alabama Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy, February, 1863; served on the floating battery at Mobile Bay, under Commander Brown; transferred, December, 1863, to the 9th Alabama Infantry.
	home.ozconnect.net /tfoen/csnindex2.htm (11410 words)

	1861 in History
		September 14, 1861 Fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83
		September 25, 1861 Secretary of U.S. Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
		October 6, 1861 Naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert
	www.oldevents.com /years/1861/16.html (212 words)

	African American Freedom Fighters: Soldiers for Liberty
		Seven of the southern states decided to break away from the UNION on February 8, 1861.
		By 1943, two segregated units, the USS MASON and the Submarine Chaser, the PC 1264, were granted full sailing duties.
		The weather, terrain, and fields also demanded alert foot soldiers to keep abreast of enemy attacks.
	www.cwpost.liunet.edu /cwis/cwp/library/aaffsfl.htm (10712 words)

	The Rothschilds
		The 'official' date for the start of the Civil War is given as April 12, 1861, when Fort Sumter in South Carolina was bombarded by the Confederates, but it obviously began at a much earlier date.
		In December, 1861, large numbers of European Troops - British, French and Spanish - poured into Mexico in defiance of the Monroe Doctrine.
		This, together with widespread European aid to the Confederacy strongly indicated that the Crown was preparing to enter the war.
	www.planetquo.com /The-Rothschilds (7210 words)

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