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  Chesapeake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chesapeake Bay, a large estuary or bay whose entry to the Atlantic Ocean is between Norfolk, Virginia and Cape Charles, Virginia.
Chesapeake is sometimes used to refer to the colonial settlement of Jamestown, Virginia, which was in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Chesapeake was also the name of a novel published in the 1970s by James Michener.
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 USS Chesapeake (1799) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The USS Chesapeake was a 36-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812.
Chesapeake sailed from Norfolk, Virginia 6 June 1800 to join the squadron patrolling off the southern coast of the United States and in the West Indies during the Quasi-War with France.
With the outbreak of the War of 1812, for which Chesapeake's encounter with HMS Leopard was one of a number of emotional preparations, Chesapeake was outfitted at Boston for a lengthy Atlantic cruise.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Chesapeake_(1799)   (599 words)

  
 USS Chesapeake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Following commissioning, USS Chesapeake was towed to Annapolis, Maryland...where she assumed the duties of station ship and practice ship for the Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy.
Renamed USS Severn on 15 June 1905, the bark decommissioned twice for repairs and overhauls, provided facilities for seamanship drills at the Naval Academy, and conducted summer cruises off the southern New England coast through 1909.
On 15 February 1910, USS Severn was ordered to be refitted as a submarine tender; and, on completion of that work in mid-May, she reported for duty with the 3rd Submarine Division.
ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /Chespake.html   (417 words)

  
 British Return Captured USS Chesapeake
A framed piece of wood from the historic U.S. frigate Chesapeake was presented to the Portsmouth Historical Society by militia leaders from Portsmouth, England at 7 PM June 10, 2000.
Chesapeake was a sister ship to the US Congress, built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, which celebrates its 200th anniversary the same day, June 10.
In June 1813 the Chesapeake was captured by the Royal Navy frigate Shannon outside Boston Harbor.
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 James Barron
The Chesapeake was poorly equipped and had an unexperienced crew, as well as far inferior weapons to those of the British warship.
Barron was later given command of the USS President.
This confrontation between the Chesapeake and the Leopard took place on June 22, 1807 and is considered one of the major events which led to the outbreak of the War of 1812.
www.ushistory.org /germantown/people/barron.htm   (387 words)

  
 American Warships of the Age of Sail
USS Cumberland, a 1,726-ton sailing frigate, was built between 1825 and 1843 at the Boston Navy Yard.
The CHESAPEAKE was attacked by the British LEOPARD off Cape Henry in 1807 which affair led to the duel between Commodores James Barron and Stephen Decatur, and was one of the causes leading to the War of 1812.
USS Boston, a 700-ton 28-gun frigate, was built at Boston, Massachusetts, paid for by public subscription during the undeclared war with France.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/sail4.htm   (2727 words)

  
 USS Chesapeake
Chesapeake sailed from Norfolk 6 June 1800 to join the squadron patrolling off the southern coast of the United States and in the West Indies during the QuasiWar with France.
One of the handful of ships retained in the Navy at the close of the war, Chesapeake was in ordinary at Norfolk during most of 1801, then was readied for her departure from Hampton Roads on 27 April 1802, bound for the Mediterranean as flagship for Commodore Richard V. Morris.
With the outbreak of the War of 1812, for which Chesapeake's encounter with Leopard was one of a number of emotional preparations, Chesapeake was outfitted at Boston for a lengthy Atlantic cruise.
www.multied.com /Navy/Brigatines/Chesapeake.html   (490 words)

  
 Wooden Model Ship :
USS Kidd served with distinction during WWII and saw action in some of the heaviest battles with the Japanese from 1943 to 1945.
On April 11, 1945, during the invasion of Okinawa, USS Kidd was struck by a Japanese kamikaze and sufferedt 38 death and 55 wounded.
USS Alabama began her combat service augmenting the British Fleet protecting convoys on the "Murmansk Run" from England through the North Sea to Russia against German warships and aircraft.
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 Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Chesapeake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Chesapeake sailed from Norfolk on June 6, 1800, under Captain Samuel Barron to patrol the West Indies during the Quasi-War with France.
Chesapeake was laid up at Washington from mid-1803 to 1807, when she was readied for a two-year assignment as flagship of Commodore James Barron (younger brother of Samuel) in the Mediterranean.
Chesapeake was taken to Halifax where she was repaired and brought into the Royal Navy.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_020000_usschesapeak.htm   (843 words)

  
 PictureGallery
USS Chesapeake inspired a wave of nationalism when she was forcibly boarded at sea in 1807 by British officers from the frigate HMS Leopard seeking to impress sailors into the British navy.
Although other frigates similar to USS Chesapeake won a series of spectacular victories in naval engagements against British frigates in 1812, USS Chesapeake herself was captured in an engagement with the British frigate HMS Shannon in 1813.
Battleships USS Pennsylvania and USS North Carolina, shown here with the smaller schooner USS Hornet, were the type of line-of-battle ships that nationalists like Calhoun, Clay, and Adams sought to fund as part of the expansion of the US Navy after the War of 1812.
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 National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC
The Chesapeake was attacked by the British Leopard off Cape Henry in 1807 (which led to the duel between Commodores James Barron and Stephen Decatur), one of the causes of the War of 1812.
USS Arizona (BB-39) [Pennsylvania class] A lead ship of the honor escort for President Wilson's trip to France in 1918, she was on Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor when Japanese aircraft appeared just before 8:00 am on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
USS Missouri (BB-63) [Iowa class] The fourth USS Missouri was the last battleship completed by the United States; she was laid down January 6, 1941 by New York Naval Shipyard.
www.naqt.com /YouGottaKnow/american-warships.html   (969 words)

  
 The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
USS Essex battles the HMS Phoebe and Cherub at Valparaiso, Chile.
Perhaps the greatest defeat of the American navy in the War of 1812 was the action between the Chesapeake and the Shannon, fought off Boston in the summer of 1813.
That summer, the Chesapeake was blockaded in Boston under her newly appointed commander, Captain James Lawrence.
www.mariner.org /usnavy/09/09b.htm   (2008 words)

  
 The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair - Norfolk Highlights - Chapter 30
On June 22, 1807, the United States frigate Chesapeake cleared Norfolk area waters for the Mediterranean to relieve the USS Constitution as flagship of the European station.
Catching sight of the Chesapeake, one of the British vessels, the HMS Leopard, weighed anchor and followed her.
Seeing that the Leopard's gunports were open and her guns were run out, Barron and his officers made a frantic effort to prepare the Chesapeake for resistance, but they were hindered by the unprepared condition of the vessel's armament.
www.norfolkhistorical.org /highlights/30.html   (659 words)

  
 CHESAPEAKE'S TIMBERS NOW SERVE ENGLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Chesapeake, designed and built by Josiah Fox, a naturalized English shipbuilder, was constructed of live oak and cedar timbers from forests in the State of Georgia.
Shortly thereafter, the Chesapeake, which was far from ready for sea duty, was overhauled by HMS Leopard, one of the British ships then patrolling American waters in search of deserters from the British Navy.
In closing his well-documented book ``The Chesapeake: A Biography of a Ship,'' the late Charles B. Cross, Jr., wrote: ``Most of her oaken beams, keel and planks, however, were utilized in the construction of a mill on the River Meon in the village of Wickham, near Southampton.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960602/05310624.htm   (703 words)

  
 The Cold War Museum - USS Pueblo
On January 11, 1968 the USS Pueblo left its port in Sasebo, Japan to embark on a surveillance mission in the Sea of Japan.
Fearing the possibility of another war in Asia, Johnson oversaw a diplomatic solution that allowed for the return of the 83 men aboard the USS Pueblo (including the body of the one crewmember killed during the conflict), but not the ship or any of its classified materials.
Although all but one of the men thus eventually came home safely, the incident itself symbolized a broader failure of American foreign policy in Asia-an almost casual assumption, evident also in Vietnam, that American military might was invulnerable to the challenge of Asian communists.
www.coldwar.org /articles/60s/pueblo.html   (639 words)

  
 Chesapeake Mill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
CHESAPEAKE was taken into the Royal Navy under the same name and Captain Francis Newcombe commanded her at Plymouth during 1815.
On 18 August 1819 she was sold to Mr J. Holmes for breaking up and the timber from her gun-deck was bought by John Prior in 1820 for £3,450 to build a water mill alongside the River Meon in the village of Whickham in Hampshire.
Chesapeake - Shannon Here you will find official letters on the action between the two ships.
www.cronab.demon.co.uk /cmill.htm   (472 words)

  
 USS Chesapeake
The Mars Lander USS Chesapeake is a new series that will show what I hope a manned mission to Mars my look like sometime in the near future.
Fuel cell for the main thrusters of the Mars Lander USS Chesapeake.
The picture shows the Mars Lander USS Chesapeake in the Ophir Chasma area in the late afternoon.
www.bambam131.com /chesapeake.htm   (1847 words)

  
 Royal Navy
HMS Shannon was a 38-gun frigate that won immortal fame for her capture of the USS Chesapeake off Boston in June 1813.
At a crucial moment the Chesapeake’s wheel was destroyed by a 9-pounder gun that Broke had installed on Shannon’s quarterdeck for that purpose.
H.F. Pullen, The Shannon and the Chesapeake Toronto/Montreal, 1970).
www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=5815   (847 words)

  
 NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Built here in 1794-99 was the U.S. frigate USS CHESAPEAKE, a sister ship of the USS CONSTITUTION and one of the first six ships to be built for the U.S. Navy after the Revolution.
USS TEXAS, first U.S. naval battleship to be commissioned, was built here in 1889-92 as was USS RALEIGH, the first modern cruiser completely built by the government.
The first aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy's history, the USS LANGLEY, was converted here between 1919 and 1922 from the collier USS JUPITER.
www.nnsy1.navy.mil /History/HISTORY.HTM   (627 words)

  
 USS Constitution Museum - FAQs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The USS Constitution Museum is pleased to announce the opening of the Samuel Eliot Morison Memorial Library on September 1, 2000.
Named in honor of one of the most influential Maritime Historians of the twentieth century, the library houses a strong collection of secondary materials and primary documents relating to USS Constitution, popularly known as "Old Ironsides." The Archives and Special Collections include rare books, manuscript material, photographs, and vessel plans.
Most basic reference questions regarding the history of USS Constitution can be answered through the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section of this website.
www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org /faq   (176 words)

  
 Norfolk, Virginia
The Chesapeakes apparently were not subjugated or allied with Powhatan, though the reports by the leaders in the early days of Jamestown are contradictory.
There was plenty of protein in the brackish waters to support a large village there, and Powhatan knew he had to secure the fringes of his empire while he coped with the intrusion of an alien people in the center of it.
In 1794-99 the USS Chesapeake was built in the yard.
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 Ship Modelers Association - Famous Ships
In this position, the USS HORNET poured in so heavy and well directed a fire, that, fifteen minutes later, the PEACOCK, having six feet of water in the hold and being cut to pieces in hull and masts, hoisted from her fore rigging an ensign, union down, as a signal of distress.
The USS HORNET’s superior gunnery destroyed the HMS PENGUIN, which was later scuttled, killing 10 to 25 of her crew including Commander James Dickinson.
USS HORNET arrived back in New York to great acclaim despite the fact that the war was over.
www.ship-modelers-assn.org /fam0303.htm   (890 words)

  
 USS Shenandoah
Connection bridge (Main support) between the main crew habitat (USS Shenandoah) and the reactor/engine section with access to the docking cradle for the Mars Lander USS Chesapeake.
The USS Shenandoah with the Mars Lander USS Chesapeake.
Angled view of the USS Shenandoah (Phase2) redesign showing the Lander housing and front support ring that hold the Chesapeake in place during transportation to Mars.
www.bambam131.com /ussshenandoah.htm   (2264 words)

  
 Untitled
Dr Prescott described how the British Navy dramatically captured the USS Chesapeake in 1813 during the last occasion the United Kingdom and the United States were at war with each other.
The capture of the Chesapeake by HMS Shannon in the coastal waters off Boston was a bloody affair.
Captain Broke added of his prize, “The Chesapeake is a fine frigate, and mounts 49 guns…Both ships came out of the action in the most beautiful order, their rigging appearing as perfect as if they had only been exchanging a salute”.
calvin.st-andrews.ac.uk /external_relations/news_article.cfm?reference=363   (1138 words)

  
 Sea Kayak - The Chesapeake Affair of 1807
However support for centralized government and the imperial trappings symbolized by a standing Navy was in short supply in a populace fresh from under the thumb of the British monarchy and the Royal Navy.
Starting in 1794, the federal government began constructing six frigates, the USS Constitution in Boston, the USS Constellation in Baltimore, The USS President in New York, the USS Unites States in Philadelphia, the USS Congress in Portsmouth, and the USS Chesapeake in Norfolk..
The Chesapeake, after repairs in Norfolk, enforced the blockade in the New England region under the command of Stephen Decatur.
www.seakayak.ws /kayak/kayak.nsf/NavigationList/NT0000675E   (2472 words)

  
 ASR Round Table Awards- October 2001
She has taken a substantial role in plot development and character interaction and her contributions and commitment to the USS KIROV are appreciated by all.
(CNS, USS CHESAPEAKE) was most frequently nominated by her fellow players for her consistent and high-quality contributions on an extremely talent-rich crew.
His promptness, willingness to work with a wide range of players, and his sensitivity to the established traditions of his unit have combined to both keep things on an even keel and to improve posting levels dramatically.
www.alt-starfleet-rpg.org /news/Awards/200110.html   (1004 words)

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