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  USS Buffalo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first Buffalo was a 3-gun sloop purchased April 1813 at Philadelphia and attached to the Delaware Flotilla.
The second Buffalo was an auxiliary cruiser purchased for use in the Spanish-American War.
The third Buffalo (SSN-715) is the 25th Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine.
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 USS Buffalo (1892) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The second USS Buffalo (later AD-8) was an auxiliary cruiser of the United States Navy, and later a destroyer tender.
Buffalo was built in 1892 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, in Newport News, Virginia, as El Cid.
Purchased by the Navy from the Brazilian Government on 11 July 1898, she was renamed Buffalo, commissioned in ordinary a week later, fitted out as an auxiliary cruiser at New York Navy Yard; and placed in full commission on 22 September 1898, with Commander J.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Buffalo_(1892)   (605 words)

  
 Buffalo I
The first two ships named Buffalo appear to have been named for the animal, while the later ships (including those not built) were named for the city in New York.
The first Buffalo (sometimes spelled Buffaloe in contemporary correspondence)--a block sloop--was built in Philadelphia, Penn., under the supervision of naval constructor Charles Penrose, conducted her sea trials on 29 May 1813 and was apparently commissioned soon thereafter, Lt. Samuel Angus in command.
Buffalo presumably spent the remainder of her career based at Philadelphia serving as a transport with the Delaware Flotilla.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/b10/buffalo-i.htm   (475 words)

  
 USS Buffalo (SSN 715)
In 1917, the USS BUFFALO transported a special United States diplomatic mission to Russia and upon her return was converted to serve as a destroyer tender.
Buffalo Creek, Lake Erie, Buffalo Harbor, the Niagara River, and the Erie Canal all influenced the city’s development as an international trade center.
Among the first in Buffalo’s heritage are the windshield wiper, the grain elevator, parachutes, the cardiac pacemaker, soft contact lenses, the motorcycle, and, of course, "Buffalo wings." The City of Buffalo has grown from a frontier town to a mature metropolis rich with history and culture.
www.csp.navy.mil /css1/715.htm   (706 words)

  
 Naval History/USS Buffalo
The second Buffalo, an auxiliary cruiser, was built in 1892 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., as El Cid.
Purchased by the Navy from the Brazilian Government 11 July 1898, she was renamed Buffalo; commissioned In ordinary a week later; fitted out as an auxiliary cruiser at New York Navy Yard; and placed in full commission 22 September 1898, Commander J. Hamphill in command.
Buffalo (CL-110) was laid down 3 April 1944 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N. J., but canceled 12 August 1945 prior to launching.
www.multied.com /Navy/cruiser/Buffalo.html   (523 words)

  
 SSN 715 Buffalo
USS BUFFALO is a streamlined, highly advanced and complex fighting platform designed to defeat enemy naval forces alone or in consort with the modern Naval Battle Group.
USS BUFFALO is an integral part of the Navy's ability to provide forward presence and project power around the world.
During her last drydocking USS BUFFALO was outfitted with the Dry-Deck Shelter system, further extending her capabilities to meet the ever-increasing demands being placed on the submarine force today.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/ssn-715.htm   (349 words)

  
 USS Buffalo
The buffalo is both the North American bison and a city In New York.
Buffalo, a three-gun sloop, was purchased in April 1813; armed at Philadelphia and attached to the Delaware Flotilla.
Under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Angus, and while serving as his flagship, Buffalo took part in the attack of the Delaware Flotilla on the British frigate Junon and sloop of-war Martin 29 July 1813.
www.multied.com /navy/Brigatines/buffalo.html   (92 words)

  
 Buffalo News - Naval-park ships near move to new home
Operations Supervisor Brian Calliari, of Buffalo Industrial Diving Co., oversees the relocation of two mammoth propellers from the USS The Sullivans on Friday.
The current timetable for overhaul of the waterfront attraction calls for the submarine USS Croaker, which was towed off site last year to make way for relocation in the Inner Harbor, to be brought to its new moorings in July.
The USS Boston group has also scheduled its 2003 reunion in Buffalo to take advantage of the presence of the sub sections.
www.ussboston.org /Special/boston_announced.htm   (715 words)

  
 guampdn - www.guampdn.com - Hagatna, GU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The USS Buffalo replaces the USS San Francisco, which left Guam this past summer.
"The assignment of the USS Buffalo to Guam reflects the Navy's continued recognition of Guam's strategic location and importance in the Pacific," said Guam Delegate Madeleine Bordallo.
The USS Buffalo has been home-ported in Pearl Harbor since 1984.
guampdn.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051102/NEWS01/511020327/1002   (434 words)

  
 USS Buffalo Gets Underway for Western Pacific
Brian Humm, Buffalo’s commanding officer, said the crew and the submarine are prepared.
Buffalo is the Navy’s 25th Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine.
The submarine was commissioned Nov. 5, 1983, in Norfolk, Va., and one year later conducted an inter-fleet transfer to the Pacific Fleet Submarine Force via the Panama Canal.
www.military.com /features/0,15240,101362,00.html   (422 words)

  
 USS Buffalo gets underway for Western Pacific   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
PEARL Harbor, HI--Friends and loved ones said aloha to the submariners of USS Buffalo (SSN 715) as the Pearl Harbor-based nuclear-powered attack submarine departed for the Western Pacific Monday, June 12.
Brian Humm, USS Buffalo’s commanding officer, said the crew and the submarine are prepared.
USS Buffalo is the Navy’s 25th Los Angeles Class fast attack submarine.
csp.ahf.nmci.navy.mil /news/rel06025.html   (484 words)

  
 Naval Forces Marianas :: Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Like other submarines in her class, Buffalo is capable of carrying the most advanced weapons available to the submarine force.
Included in her arsenal are the MK-48 advanced capability torpedo and the Tomahawk land attack cruise missile.
The relocation of USS Buffalo maintains the U.S. Navy’s commitment to preserve a forward-deployed presence of three submarines in Guam.
www.guam.navy.mil /pressreleases/2005/pr05_92.htm   (141 words)

  
 Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park
Built as part of the effort to assemble a major submarine force just prior to and after the U.S. entry into World War II, USS Croaker was sent to the Pacific to wage a war of attrition against Japan's merchant marine and Navy.
USS Croaker had 6 WWII pacific war patrols, was awarded 3 battle stars, and claimed 11 Japanese vessels including a cruiser, four tankers, two freighters, an ammunition ship, two escort craft, and a minesweeper.
After WWII, USS Croaker was converted and recommissioned as SSK-246 under the Hunter-Killer conversion program with a streamlined sail, snorkel, long range sonar, and machinery noise reduction.
www.buffalonavalpark.org /USSCroaker.html   (206 words)

  
 AAGSNC Genealogical Resource Directory: Military_Resources/Buffalo_Soldiers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The mission of the Baltimore Metropolitan Area Chapter of The Buffalo Soldiers is to strengthen the awareness and enlighten the public on the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in American History.
To commemorate the proud service of the Buffalo Soldiers, the 9th, 10th, 24th, and the 25th United States Regiments, the USS Buffalo Soldier-AK 9301 naval vessel was commissioned.
Two photographs of the USS Buffalo Soldier-AK 9301 naval vessel and its history are provided with information on its class, homeport, current status, berth, and description.
www.aagsnc.org /genlinks/Military_Resources/Buffalo_Soldiers/more2.html   (261 words)

  
 Congresswoman: USS Buffalo to move to Guam - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
The Navy plans to move the USS Buffalo to Guam from Pearl Harbor to replace another nuclear-powered submarine that struck an undersea mountain earlier this year.
In August, the Navy shifted the USS San Francisco's home port to Bremerton, Wash., while the vessel is repaired at a shipyard there.
The USS Corpus Christie and the USS Houston submarines are also based in Guam, a U.S. territory about 3,700 miles southwest of Hawai'i.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Nov/02/br/br15p.html   (352 words)

  
 USS Buffalo Soldier-AK 9301 Naval Vessel
MV Buffalo Soldier is a Military Sealift Command Prepositioning ship, carrying U.S. Air Force cargo stationed out of Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory as of 04/01/1998.
Buffalo Soldier is self-sustaining, meaning it can unload itself which is an asset in harbors with little or no infrastructure.
Buffalo Soldier is a reflagged French Government Line ship owned by RR and
www.buffalosoldier.net /USSBUFFALOSOLDIERAK9301.htm   (185 words)

  
 Bulletin Board for USS Buffalo - SSN 715
Hi, I have long known of the USS Buffalo for obvious reasons, but this is the first time I have written.
He was the COB on the Buffalo from98-2000.
My father was member aboard the USS Buffalo.
www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageBulletinBoard/1,13492,202230,00.html   (233 words)

  
 Recipes from the USS Buffalo
When needed, heat up quickly in the Microwave and place the stuffed potato on the plate with the Buffalo steak.
5.) Grill the Buffalo steaks and stuff them with the mushroom, onion and shrimp mixture and plate.
Place the stuffed potato next to it and garnish further with the small cubed peppers.
www.seabeecook.com /cookery/recipes/buffalo_recipes.htm   (318 words)

  
 The Official Website of Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo
The assignment of the USS BUFFALO to Guam will return the number of submarines homeported on the island to three.
In August of 2005, the USS SAN FRANCISCO was reassigned to Bremerton, Washington to undergo long term repairs.
The USS BUFFALO, like other Los Angeles class submarines, is powered by a safe, reliable and powerful nuclear reactor.
www.house.gov /bordallo/Press_Releases/2005/pr103105-1.html   (378 words)

  
 Navy Times - News - More News.
Buffalo replaces the San Francisco, which left Guam this past summer.
The Buffalo will join two submarines already home-ported here: the Corpus Christi and the Houston.
The Buffalo has been home-ported in Pearl Harbor since 1984.
www.navytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1215113.php   (226 words)

  
 USS Buffalo (SSN 715) Returns   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
USS Buffalo, a Los Angeles Class nuclear submarine with a crew of 130 men, conducted many missions vital to national security including becoming the first submarine to load a dry deck shelter in forward deployed locations.
During the deployment, notification of the tragic events of Sept. 11 was delivered to the crew over the ships intercom by Buffalo Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Ralph C. Ward.
While on deployment, Buffalo was selected as the 2001 Battle Efficiency "E" award winner for Commander Submarine Squadron One.
www.csp.navy.mil /news/715hom.htm   (318 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
USS GREENEVILLE is the 61st LOS ANGELES class submarine and the 22nd...
In the collision between the USS Greeneville and the motor vessel the Ehime-Maru,
Shipyard workers examine the USS Greeneville (SSN 772) in Dry Dock...
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 USS La Jolla Deploys to Western Pacific
USS La Jolla is one of three specially configured attack submarines, equipped with the Special Operations capable Dry Deck Shelter (DDS), which can allow special operation forces including Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) to deploy undetected from deployed submarines.
The other DDS capable submarines are USS Buffalo (SSN 715) and USS Los Angeles (SSN 688).
The other DDS-capable submarines are USS Buffalo (SSN 715) and USS Los Angeles (SSN 688), also homeported in Pearl Harbor.
www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=23688   (640 words)

  
 USS Buffalo
She served as a patrol vessel and transport in the Delaware River during the War.
The sloop of war stood so near the Overfalls that she grounded slightly on the outer ridge of Crow`s Shoals.
I thought proper to endeavour to bring him to action, I succeeded and got within three quarters of a mile, and anchored the boats (consisting of eight gun boats and two block sloops [Buffalo and Camel]) in line ahead.
members.cox.net /tdshiflett/ships/data/sow/buffalo_sow.html   (674 words)

  
 USS Buffalo's Cooks Get Schooled at Bottom of Sea
I was elated, and proposed a two-day journey into the Pacific Ocean with the cooks and chefs of the Buffalo.
Later that night, he would venture into the dark, coldness of the sonar room where stacks of hot action computer equipment are kept chilly 24 hours a day.
When Buffalo returns to its forward deployed port in Japan, I, as an American Culinary Federation/World Association of Cooks Chef, will be waiting on them.
www.seabeecook.com /today/news/cook0073.htm   (664 words)

  
 Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park
It is necessary, for safety reasons, that chaperones remain with the group and maintain discipline while in the Naval and Military Park.
The Naval and Military Park is located very close to downtown Buffalo, on Buffalo Place at the foot of Pearl and Main streets, across from HSBC Arena.
Board the Main St. MetroRail to downtown Buffalo and get off at the end of the line; or if driving on Main St., bear right onto Pearl St. and continue to the Park.
www.buffalonavalpark.org   (236 words)

  
 GuamPDN.com | Navigator Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Chief of Naval Operations recently announced the reassignment of USS Buffalo (SSN-715) from Hawaii to Guam.
Family members will be able to begin the relocation process in the fall of 2006.
Buffalo, the Navy’s 25th Los Angeles-class submarine, has a crew of approximately 130 Sailors.
www.guampdn.com /guampublishing/navigator/data/EEFEyZklZkkjmyuXuh.htm   (171 words)

  
 Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are special to the people of Western New York.
That was just the case when Rochester native and USS Buffalo's Chief of the Boat, Master Chief Gerard B. Nicholson reenlisted in the US Navy on the 50-yard line in the Bills FieldHouse.
"The hard work, the dedication and the teamwork of you, the Buffalo Bills, is very similar to that of my team on the USS Buffalo," declared Commander Gero.
www.buffalobills.com /display_cont.jsp?cont_id=180121&print=yes   (437 words)

  
 DOWNLINK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Charles Bowers "Swede" Momsen, who is best known for his leadership in the successful rescue of 33 crew members and the subsequent salvage of submarine USS Squalus after she sank in 240 feet of water in May 1939.
CDR Robert "Buffalo Bob" Hennegan was selected as the Navy's Pacific 2000 VADM James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award for inspirational leadership during his tenure as commanding officer of USS Buffalo (SSN-715).
The USS Holland had a speed of seven knots when surfaced and had an endurance of several hours submerged when running on re-chargeable storage batteries.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_9/downlink.html   (813 words)

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