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	USS Cairo Gunboat and Museum
		The U.S.S. Cairo was one of seven ironclad gunboats named in honor of towns along the upper Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
		Cairo was constructed at Mound City, Illinois, and commissioned in January 1862.
		Cairo was rocked by two explosions in quick succession which tore gaping holes in the ship's hull.
	www.nps.gov /vick/cairo/cairo.htm (720 words)

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		U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701-B In the Star Trek fictional universe, the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) was a modified Excelsior class starship, commissioned in 2293 and initially captained by John Harriman.
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		The Lakota fired on the USS Defiant (NX-74205) during an attempted coup of the United Federation of Planets during the Changeling crisis on Earth; two crewmembers on the Defiant and two dozen crewmembers on the Lakota were killed.
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	Science Fair Projects - USS Cairo (1861)
		USS Cairo was an ironclad river gunboat in the United States Navy.
		Cairo was the first ship sunk by a naval mine, on December 12, 1862 in the Yazoo River.
		Cairo served with the Army's Western Gunboat Fleet, commanded by Flag Officer A. Foote, on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and their tributaries until transferred to the Navy 1 October 1862 with the other river gunboats.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/USS_Cairo_%281861%29 (947 words)

	USN Ships--USS Cairo (1862-1862)
		USS Cairo, a 512-ton "City" class ironclad river gunboat built at Mound City, Illinois, was commissioned in January 1862 as part of the U.S. Army's Western Gunboat Flotilla.
		Cairo continued her operations on the Mississippi River and its tributaries and was formally transferred to the Navy in October.
		Sketch of the ship's wreck, entitled "Cairo Submerged", probably depicting the scene immediately after she was sunk by a Confederate mine in the Yazoo River, Mississippi, on 12 December 1862.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/cairo.htm (707 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Cairo
		In the same year she was commissioned, USS Cairo had the dubious distinction of being the first armored vessel in the history of warfare to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo, today called a mine.
		After 102 years beneath the muddy waters of the Yazoo River, Cairo was raised in 1964, by a group of private citizens who called themselves "Operation Cairo." Currently on display within the Vicksburg National Military Park, Cairo is the only surviving vessel of her class.
		Cairo's engines and boilers were designated a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers on 15 June 1990.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/cairo.htm (289 words)

	Vicksburg National Military Park - U S S Cairo Gunboat (U.S. National Park Service)
		Vicksburg National Military Park - U S S Cairo Gunboat (U.S. National Park Service)
		The Cairo's skipper, Lt. Commander Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., was rash and ambitious, a stern disciplinarian, but an aggressive and promising young officer.
		That the Union siege lines and Confederate defensive lines were marked during the first decade of the 20th century by many of the veterans who had fought at Vicksburg, thus making Vicksburg National Military Park one of the most accurately marked military parks in the world.
	www.nps.gov /vick/u-s-s-cairo-gunboat.htm (792 words)

	Civil war ship models
		USS Cairo has subsequently been partially restored and is on exhibit at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
		USS Tecumseh was instrumental during these operations, sinking four hulks and a schooner.
		Although USS Tecumseh was involved in a number of notable operations along the James River, its most famous battle would be its last--the Battle of Mobile Bay in which she led the van of monitors, which included USS Manhattan, USS Winnebago, and USS Chickasaw...
	modelshipmaster.com /products/civil_war (1554 words)

	USS Cairo
		Cairo, an ironclad river gunboat, was built in 1861 by James Eads and Co., Mound City, Ill., under an Army contract, and commissioned as an Army ship 26 January 1862, naval Lieutenant James M. Prichett in command.
		Cairo served with the Army's Western Gunboat Fleet, commanded by Flag Officer A. Foote, on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and their tributaries until transferred to the Navy 1 October 1862 with the other river gunboats.
		Two days later, 6 June 1862, Cairo joined in the triumph of seven Union ships and a tug over eight Confederate gunboats off Memphis, Tenn., an action in which five of the opposing gunboats were sunk or run ashore, two seriously damaged, and only one managed to escape.
	www.navyhistory.com /CWNavy/Cairo.html (168 words)

	Cairo
		The Cairo had the dubious distinction of being the first armored vessel in history to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo that is known today as a mine.
		Cairo was raised in 1964 after spending 102 years beneath the muddy waters of the Yazoo River.
		Since the Cairo was stored in an outdoor environment and subjected to varying year round weather conditions many conventional methods of detecting fire were not suitable.
	www.protectowire.com /applications/profiles/profile_cairo.htm (361 words)

	Thoroughbred's Articles_Cario
		The USS Cairo was one of a class of seven vessels all completed in January of 1862 for service on the Western rivers.
		The Cairo on December 12, 1862, and the Baron de Kalb on July 13, 1863.
		Adjacent to Cairo is the museum that houses the numerous artifacts recovered from her.
	www.thoroughbredmodels.com /Articles_Cario.htm (1088 words)

	USS Cairo - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
		The USS Cairo was an Excelsior-class Federation starship in service in the 24th century, named after the Egyptian capital.
		During the Dominion War, the Cairo was commanded by Captain Leslie Wong, and assigned to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone in 2374.
		The registry of the USS Cairo was given in the Star Trek Encyclopedia as NCC-42136.
	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/USS_Cairo (221 words)

	USS Cairo Museum
		USS Cairo was the first armored vessel ever sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo, which today we would call a mine.
		Cairo was lost to history for 102 years in the murky waters of the Yazoo River, about ten miles north of Vicksburg.
		Cairo's paddle wheel is a stern wheel, recessed in a raceway between casemates for protection from enemy fire.
	www.fortunecity.com /greenfield/deercreek/733/cairo/cairo.html (359 words)

	42 Pounder from USS Cairo - Neff Cannons (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Cairo was a city class Ironclad which sunk in Dec. 1862 in the Yazoo River near Vicksburg, Mississippi.
		The Cairo was in war maneuvers with other Ironclads preparing to go against Vicksburg, (Vicksburg fell to General Grant on July 4, 1863).
		The USS Cairo was the first ship in naval history to be sunk by an underwater "torpedo," or what we call a mine.
	www.neffcannons.com /wiki/index.php/42_Pounder_from_USS_Cairo (135 words)

	Cairo, Mound City Civil War Hospital ship Southern Illinois history
		The Bank and the town of Cairo were incorporated a few months before the State of Illinois in 1818, but it was the decade before the Civil War when things began to perk for Cairo.
		The Cairo Custom House was built in 1872 to house the offices which dealt with collecting duties and tariffs on international imports which had not been offloaded before they reached Cairo.
		Bird's Point, in Missouri, just west of Cairo, was a Union camp during the Civil War and a rail transfer point afterward, until the Thebes rail bridge was built.
	southernmostillinoishistory.net /civilwar.htm (1156 words)

	USS Cairo
		The Cairo was built in the shipyards of James Eads, in Mound City, Illinois, on the Ohio River.
		Cairo's pilot drove her into the bank, which allowed the crew to abandon ship without loss of life, but she slipped off and disappeared into the deep, muddy, waters of the Yazoo within 12 minutes.
		Today, the U.S.S. Cairo is on display at the Vicksburg National Military Park, one of the last remnants of the vessels that pioneered the age of iron ships.
	www.ipmslivonia.org /ipms/Gallery/Cairo/KitRCairo.htm (1520 words)

	News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, AL (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cairo was built in 1861 by James Eads and Co., Mound City, Illinois, under contract to the United States Department of War.
		Cairo served with the Army's Western Gunboat Fleet, commanded by Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote, on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and their tributaries until transferred to the Navy 1 October 1862 with the other river gunboats.
		On 12 December 1862, while clearing mines from the river preparatory to the attack on Haines Bluff, Mississippi, Cairo struck a torpedo detonated by volunteers hidden behind the river bank and sank in 12 minutes.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=USS_Cairo_(1861) (868 words)

	USS CAIRO
		This is a model of the " USS Cairo", a Union ironclad gunboat of the Civil War.
		The "Cairo" was delivered to the Union on Jan. 15, 1862 and, along with the others of its class, was assigned to the Western Flotilla, headquartered at Cairo, III.
		The "Cairo" participated in many battles against Confederate forts and gun placements along the rivers, including the capture of Ft. Henry, Arkansas; Clarksville, Nashville, and Memphis, Tennessee; and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
	www.citrus.k12.fl.us /ships/uss_cairo.htm (231 words)

	Spectrex Inc. - News - SharpEye IR3 Protects USS Cairo
		The USS Cairo is a Civil War vintage gunboat on display at the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi.
		The Cairo's mission during the American Civil War was part of the North's plan to control the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy.
		After being submerged for more than 100 years, the USS Cairo was raised from the water and put on display in a covered outdoor environment.
	www.spectrex-inc.com /news/usscairo.htm (264 words)

	RECOVERY of an Ironclad U.
		The Cairo and similar ironclad gunboats were used by the north during the Civil War to try and wrest the lower Mississippi River from the Confederacy.
		The USS Cairo lay in her grave for almost 100 years until Edwin C. Bearss, a Vicksburg National Military Park historian set in motion a chain of events that would rescue the Cairo and her contents.
		Much to everyone's surprise the Cairo, with the weight of her thick armor, water logged timbers, and mud filled hull, were to much even for the power of these enormous machines.
	www.glswrk-auction.com /104.htm (1655 words)

	Mid-Missouri Civil War Round Table: USS Cairo
		The USS CAIRO was commissioned on January 16th, 1862 and spent less than one year in active service to the Union before being sunk in the Yazoo River in Mississippi on December 12th 1862 at 11:55 AM.
		The Cairo was one of the weapons designed by the north to wrest the lower Mississippi River away from the South, a move decided on early in the war as part of a program of vigorous action needed to bring victory.
		It was the Union ironclad Cairo's fate to have as her second and last captain a man who, although a hard worker, was a repeated slave to misfortune.
	mmcwrt.missouri.org /2002/default0210.htm (4927 words)

	Cairo, IL News
		Cairo voters rejected Mayor Paul Farris' bid for a second term Tuesday while at the same time nominating three incumbent city council members for new terms.
		This is a bow view of the USS Cairo in 2000 under canopy at Vicksburg National Military Park.
		The list of candidates for city offices in Cairo, Ill., could be shortened Friday when a panel of officials hears evidence of whether some contenders don't meet the qualifications set out in state law.
	www.topix.net /city/cairo-il (583 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Neutral zone (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The following year, the USS Yamato crossed into the Neutral Zone to prevent the Romulans from finding the Iconian home world, an abandoned planet that contained highly advanced technology.
		In 2366 a Romulan defected to the Federation, breeching the Neutral Zone, warning of a secret plan to attack the Federation; the Enterprise-D, along with three Klingon warships, in turn, crossed the Neutral Zone to investigate the claim.
		The USS Cairo disappeared and was presumed destroyed by the Dominion near the Neutral Zone.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Neutral-zone (750 words)

	Cairo, Mound City Civil War Hospital ship Southern Illinois history
		The Bank and the town of Cairo were incorporated a few months before the State of Illinois in 1818, but it was the decade before the Civil War when things began to perk for Cairo.
		The Cairo Custom House was built in 1872 to house the offices which dealt with collecting duties and tariffs on international imports which had not been offloaded before they reached Cairo.
		Bird's Point, in Missouri, just west of Cairo, was a Union camp during the Civil War and a rail transfer point afterward, until the Thebes rail bridge was built.
	www.southernmostillinoishistory.net /civilwar.htm (1221 words)

	USS MADDOX ASSOCIATION
		To the men of the USS Maddox who gave their lives in defense of the United States of America.
		Norman reentered the Navy at the outbreak of the Korean conflict and served proudly on the USS Vogelgesang (DD-862) as a commissioned officer with the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade.
		USS Maddox, Naval Art - Note: As so many of you have pointed out, this is not USS Maddox, but a Fram destroyer.
	www.ussmaddox.org (1691 words)

	#143 USS Cairo Engine and Boilers (1862) - Landmarks
		The Cairo is the sole survivor of the fleet of river gunboats built by the Union during the Civil War with the object of controlling the lower Mississippi River.
		The Cairo was sunk within 12 minutes, burying much of its gear and armaments and thus preserving a unique view of the Civil War in the river silt for more than 100 years.
		The attention to detail and the level of scrutiny that have gone into the restoration of the USS Cairo, including its engine and boilers, cannot be overemphasized.
	www.asme.org /Communities/History/Landmarks/USS_Cairo_Engine_Boilers_1862.cfm (413 words)

	Edward Jellico - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
		Edward Jellico (played by Ronny Cox) was a 24th century Starfleet officer who served as the commanding officer of the Federation starships USS Cairo and USS Enterprise-D during the late 2360s.
		By 2369, he was assigned to the USS Cairo as its commanding officer.
		From his position of strength, he demanded that the Cardassian fleet eject their primary phaser coils, withdraw to the nearest Cardassian starbase, and immediately release Picard, who was being held prisoner by the Cardassians.
	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Edward_Jellico (745 words)

	DEBKAfile - Exclusive to DEBKAfile’s military sources: US aircraft carriers USS Eisenhower and USS Enterprise in the ...
		The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower, and its accompanying carrier strike group, passed through the Suez Canal on Monday, Oct. 30, and arrived in the Red Sea on Tuesday, Oct. 31.
		Accompanying the USS Eisenhower are the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio, the guided-missile destroyers USS Rampage and USS Mason and the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Newport.
		The USS Boxer is currently taking part in joint US-Indian naval maneuvers, dubbed Malabar ’06, which include the landing of marines on beaches.
	www.debka.com /headline.php?hid=3452 (287 words)

	Second Battle of Hickman's Bend
		In the center the battle develops with the Cairo moving to engage the Confederate Squadron.
		Cairo's commander realizing the inevitablity of the blow, charged right at the Webb resulting in the two ships smashing together bows on.
		Tugs towed the damaged vessels back to Cairo, Illinois to be dried out and refit for further combat duty.The steamer Memphis Star surrendered following the death of her pilot and captain and was taken into Federal service as a troop transport.
	members.aol.com /garbee/acwnaval/august1862.html (1059 words)

	MSU News: Civil War gunboat battles ravages of time
		The USS Cairo's voyage to the bottom of the Yazoo River more than 140 years ago was only the beginning of a battle for survival the resurfaced Civil War gunboat is fighting today against the ravages of time.
		With its restoration completed in 1984, the gunboat and its artifacts were placed on public display along a tour road at the USS Cairo Museum.
		Since that time, however, the Cairo has continued to be assaulted by wind-blown rains that elude the canopy's protection.
	www.msstate.edu /web/media/detail.php?id=2330 (1027 words)

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