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	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.
		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.
		The 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.
	www.csp.navy.mil /css1/715.htm (706 words)

	USS Buffalo (1892)
		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 Co., Newport News, Virginia, 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.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Buffalo_(1892).html (534 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)

	U.S.S. Wyoming--Tales and Trails
		The present USS Wyoming is the fourth ship (the present USS Wyoming is properly referred to as a boat, not a "ship", ships are on top of the water, submarines are boats) in the U.S. Navy named the Wyoming.
		Her name was changed to the USS Cheyenne on 1 January 1909, in order to permit a third vessel to be named the USS Wyoming.
		The third USS Wyoming was commissiononed on September 25 September 1912 and becme the flagship of the commander of the United States Atlantic Fleet.
	www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com /usswyoming.html (639 words)

	Buffalo Soldiers - A Chronology of African American Military Service From the Civil War to World War I Part II
		He later received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic service, the first of the "buffalo soldiers" to be so honored.
		The first shots in the Spanish-American War were actually fired in the Philippines, where Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt had dispatched the U.S. Asiatic Squadron under the command of Commodore George Dewey.
		Black gunners mate John Jordan on the flagship USS Olympia fired the first shot in the opening Battle of Manila Bay, during which the Americans completely destroyed the Spanish squadron.
	www.buffalosoldiers.com /AAChronology2.htm (3388 words)

	New York from A-Z
		Buffalo is a major port and oceangoing ships reach it through the St.
		The 5th USS New York BB-34 was a battleship commissioned in 1911 and active in both World War I and World War II.
		The Buffalo Zoo is the third oldest zoo in the country.
	www.geocities.com /statesaz/NewYork.html (3455 words)

	Learn more about List of museum ships in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		USS Albacore - Portsmouth, New Hampshire, experimental submarine
		USS Constitution - Boston, sailing frigate, oldest commissioned warship afloat
		USS Lexington (CV-16) - Corpus Christi, Texas, aircraft carrier
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_museum_ships.html (612 words)

	~~ Wright Now In Buffalo - Itineraries - Heritage Itineraries ~~
		Buffalo Niagara's location across the Niagara River from Canada made it one of a handful of final destinations on the Underground Railroad and an important center of African American culture.
		Buffalo has a wealth of authentic family style Italian restaurants, foremost among them the Italian Village at 313 Grant Street; Santaserio's at 1329 Niagara Street and Chef's at 291 Seneca Street.
		Buffalo's Polish community is synonymous with the city's East Side and the Broadway Market, located at 999 Broadway, one of the oldest continuously operated public markets in the country.
	www.gobuffaloniagara.com /itineraries/heritage.cfm (3318 words)

	New Jersey Medal of Honor Winners
		When a shell from the shore penetrated the side and passed through the magazine, exploding outside the screen on the berth deck, several powder division protecting bulkheads were torn to pieces and the forward part of the berth deck set on fire.
		When one of his comrades was struck down by enemy fire, he unhesitatingly advanced under a withering fire of musketry into an open plain close to the fort and assisted the wounded man to a place of safety.
		Securely lashed to the side of the Oneida which had suffered the loss of her steering apparatus and an explosion of her boiler from enemy fire, the Calena aided the stricken vessel past the enemy forts to safety.
	www.philkearnycwrt.org /moh.html (1665 words)

	RG45: Appendix M.
		Jacob Jones; on the USS Vincennes, May 9 1829-May 20, 1830, under the command of Capt. William B. Finch; and on the USS Falmouth, April 1, 1831-June 29, 1834, under the command of Capt. Francis H. Gregory.
		The USS Guerriere was the flagship of the Atlantic Squadron, commanded by Rear Adm. Charles Henry Davis.
		The USS Periwinkle was renamed the USS Polaris prior to the commencement of her voyage on the Hall scientific expedition to the Arctic.
	www.history.navy.mil /library/guides/rg45-m.htm (11744 words)

	USA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		USS Buffalo (1892, CL 99, CL 110, SSN 715)
		USS Enterprise (1775, 1776, 1799, 1831, CV 6, CVN 65)
		USS Yorktown (CV 5, CV 10, CG 48)
	www.websters-online-dictionary.com /definition/english/US/USA.html (6347 words)

	Osaka Shosen Kabushiki Kaisha
		WWII requisitioned and converted to Japanese naval gunboat, 1944 torpedoed and sunk by HMS STORM in Malacca Strait.
		ex- Latvia, 1923 purchased from East Asiatic Co., Copenhagen renamed Fuso Maru, 1938 renamed Huso Maru, 1944 torpedoed and sunk by USS STEELHEAD in Luzon Strait.
		Transoceanica de Nav., Barcelona renamed Midzuho Maru, 1938 renamed Mizuho Maru, 1944 torpedoed and sunk by USS REDFISH.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/osk.htm (4364 words)

	SFTO1893
		1892 Douglas Tilden made his bronze sculpture “Tired Boxer.” His other work included the Mechanics Monument and Fountain at Bush and Market streets, the California Volunteers at Market and Dolores, Admission Day at Market and Post, as well as Father Junipero Serra and the Baseball Player, which were originally in Golden Gate Park.
		1892 Alice Eastwood moved to SF and became co-curator at the Academy of Sciences.
		1892 Sarah Althea Hill, former mistress of William Sharon, was arrested in SF and charged with being irrational.
	timelines.ws /cities/SF_A_1892.HTML (14739 words)

	The Spanish American War Timeline
		USS Topeka (a cruiser) arrives in New York from Falmouth.
		USS Columbia (cruiser) after colliding with the British steamer Foscolia, which sank.
		With the cruisers U.S.S. Olympia, Raleigh, Boston, and Baltimore, the gunboats Concord and Petrel and the revenue cutter McCulloch and reinforcements from cruiser U.S.S. Charleston and the monitors U.S.S. Monadnock and Monterey the U.S. Asiatic Squadron forced the capitulation of Manila.
	www.spanishamericanwar.com /Timeline.htm (4643 words)

	Great Lakes Ship Models - Put-in-Bay, Ohio
		The SeeandBee was later converted to an aircraft carrier, renamed the USS Wolverine, and used to train pilots during WWII.
		Her schedule until 1856 was from Buffalo to Chicago.
		She was often used to pull schooner-barges with wood pulp and raw wood.
	www.putinbayphotos.com /modboats/modboats.html (1485 words)

	Village of Oriskany NY
		In 1892, a large brick structure was built, and was known as the "Union School".
		The Erie Canal was the longest canal built in the United States.
		It was 363 miles long, four feet deep, and streched from Albany to Buffalo.
	www.ussoriskany.com /id24.html (1762 words)

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		Complement: 350 Armament: 2 5”; 4 4” Class: 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.
		On her last voyage, BUFFALO conveyed the 1st Torpedo Flotilla to Manila.
		In November 1921, she was ordered to the Asiatic Station as tender to Destroyer Squadron, Asiatic Fleet, and arrived at Manila in December.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/cruisers/buffalo.txt (518 words)

	Richard Henry Pratt 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, Founder of the Carlisle School for Indian Students
		Richard Henry Pratt 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, Founder of the Carlisle School for Indian Students
		Captain Richard Henry Pratt, 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers,
		The Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Huachuca: Parts 1 and 2
	www.buffalosoldier.net /CaptainRichardH.Pratt.htm (383 words)

	John Twiggs Myers, Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps
		Graduating in 1892, he continued to hold the rank of naval cadet until he was appointed an assistant engineer in August, 1894.
		After that, the convoy moved to the Philippines, where the general (by then a captain) was transferred to the USS Baltimore in July, 1899.
		On April 18, 1900, the general was transferred from the Baltimore to the USS Oregon, and on May 24 of the same year he was detached to the USS Newark.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jtmyers.htm (1963 words)

	History Museum and Historical Society of Western Virginia
		Many of those magnificent stages and screens are gone now, but for patrons who once waited for the lights to dim and the overture to begin, the memories will last a lifetime.
		At the foot of Mill Mountain sits a modest one-story brick building which houses the magnificent steam-driven water pump that once served as the primary source of the city's water for over 50 years.
		Manufactured in 1905 by the Snow Steam Pump Company of Buffalo, N.Y., the pump was shipped to Roanoke by rail, put together on site, and the building built around it.
	www.history-museum.org /html/exhib.html (1034 words)

	African Americans - A Chronology of African American Military Service From the Civil War to World War I
		Although racist attitudes increasingly forced them into more menial support tasks by 1890, fls were still integrated into the sleeping quarters and messes because of limited shipboard space.
		Despite their outstanding performance, white complaints eventually resulted in their return to Fort Robinson, where they rejoined the rest of their unit in October 1894.
		June 1898 Because they were believed to have greater resistance to tropical diseases, the U.S. Army used African American troops extensively during the campaigns in Cuba and the Philippines.
	www.africanamericans.com /MilitaryChronology2.htm (3519 words)

	Whatever Happened?
		USS AMBERJACK (SS-219), was presumed lost on 3-22-43.
		USS BALTIMORE in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898.
		USS ARGONAUT (SM1), and his country, in action with the enemy on 1-11-43.
	members.cox.net /cpopina/whathapp.htm (5200 words)

	The FReeper Foxhole - SAM and Snippy Tour the USS Tarawa LHA-1 & meet bkwells - Sept. 5th, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On January 6th, 2003 FReeper bkwells (Brian Wells), Senior Chief aboard the USS Tarawa LHA-1, posted a thread on FR telling everyone that he was about to be shipped out and I took note of it.
		Led by the flag ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1), the ships in the second row from bottom to top are USS Saipan (LHA 2) and USS Kearsarge (LHD 3); and the third row ships are USS Boxer (LHD 4), USS Bataan (LHD 5) and USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6).
		This was a flag Snippy had sent to the crew, they had hoisted and flown the flag from the bridge of the USS Tarawa when they crossed the Equator and the International Dateline.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/976430/posts (8840 words)

	BIBLIOGRAPHY-CSS Virginia Home Page
		A bibliography of the Battle of Hampton Roads can be found at the MIL-HIST site, and in the US Army's bibliograhy..
		Watts published a bibliography on the USS Monitor.
		Official report of the battle between the C.S.S. Virginia (formerly U.S.S. Merrimack) and the U.S.S. Monitor on March 9, 1892 [i.e.
	members.aol.com /vacsn/base/biblio.htm (4942 words)

	Article '97
		The officers and crew were very pleasant, patient and helpful in explaining everything to their visitors.
		It was a shock to learn that the USS Stark was later damaged by missile fire from an Iraqi jet and some of the crew were injured.
		In 1892, Sultan Moulay el Hassen became alarmed with the increasing power of foreign interests insofar as economic loss was
	www.wfscstamps.org /ATFP/Archive/wfsc_atfp_articles_1997.shtml (7172 words)

	combatindex.com - US Sea Systems: SSN 771 (USS COLUMBIA)
		The submarine COLUMBIA (SSN 771) is the eighth commissioned U.S. Navy warship to bear the name that personifies freedom and the United States.
		She saw limited action during the war and was decommissioned in June of the same year.
		The Cruiser 12 was christened in 1892 as the fifth COLUMBIA at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
	www.combatindex.com /hardware/detail/sea/ssn771_detail.html (548 words)

	Schiller Institute- President Wm. McKinley- Assasinated 1901
		Even at the point of the sinking of the USS Maine, McKinley avoided the war cries of many from Congress for retribution, and attempted to force a political solution, but he failed to break the spiral leading to war.
		Viewers reportedly shed tears of joy when sunset came, and the lights were slowly turned on The Buffalo site was chosen for its proximity to Niagara Falls and its newly built hydro-powered electric facility.
		The shooting of McKinley on Sept. 6, 1901 in Buffalo meant that the unregenerate racist, Theodore Roosevelt, could now carry out his assigned mission to wreck the work of the American Intellectual Tradition, and to open the door for an alliance with Britain which, until then, would have been unthinkable.
	www.schillerinstitute.org /educ/hist/mckinley0901jba.html (8121 words)

	NSHS Volunteer News, January/February 2002 Issue
		During a relatively brief period, the heavily armed and armored battleship was the ultimate weapon of war until the advent of air power rendered it obsolete.
		The USS Nebraska came along just as the country's battleship-building program was gearing up after the Spanish American War to provide a navy worthy of a new world power.
		The USS Nebraska was built by the Moran Brothers shipyard in Seattle, Washington, between 1901 and 1906, at a cost of nearly $7 million, and commissioned July 1, 1907.
	www.nebraskahistory.org /admin/volunter/newsletr/jan02.htm (1827 words)

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