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  USN Ships--USS Clyde (1863-1865)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In the Spring of 1863, under the name Neptune, she was employed as a blockade runner, making one successful voyage in and out of Mobile, Alabama, in May. On 14 June 1863, while attempting another trip to Mobile, she was captured by USS Lackawanna.
In September 1863, the gunboat was sent back to the Gulf of Mexico, where she spent the rest of the Civil War operating along the Florida coast.
USS Clyde was decommissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in August 1865 and sold in October.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/clyde.htm   (261 words)

  
 Clyde (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The first Clyde, a side wheel steamer, was captured as Neptune 14 June 1863 by USS Lackawanna and sent to Key West for condemnation.
Sent to New York to be surveyed and appraised, she was purchased by the Navy Department and placed in commission 29 July 1863, Acting Master A. Owens in command.
Clyde sailed from Washington 6 September 1863 and arrived at Key West 13 September for duty with the East Gulf Blockading Squadron.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/steamers/clyde.htm   (177 words)

  
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By October 1863 she had been chartered for operation with the Texas Marine Department [See Annex III] under the Superintendent of Transports, J. Sterrett, and was operating effectively, one of six such shallow draft steamers in Galveston Bay.
Following the end of hostilities, she was towed to Norfolk Navy Yard by USS CERES, arrived there on 27 April 1865, was condemned as a prize, and purchased by the Navy who sold her in October 1867.
USS FREEBORN fired three shells in an effort to scatter the boats but could not land an armed party to stop the proceedings because of a heavy sea.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/civil_war_usa/C.S.N./a.txt   (5208 words)

  
 Famous Blockade Runners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Running in there 24 September 1863 she grounded and was burned to escape capture at Lockwood's Folly, 12 miles from Fort Caswell.
Her 23rd voyage was her last; the blockader USS Niphon gave chase as she sought to run in to Wilmington, forcing Lt. Richard H. Gayle, CSN, to beach his ship 11 miles north of New Inlet; the captain, carpenter and one seaman remained on board while the officers, crew and passengers escaped to shore.
In July 1863 she was armed with a howitzer and outfitted with a spar torpedo to permit attacks against Union monitors then threatening the defense works on Morris Island, Charleston Harbor.
www.wideopenwest.com /~jenkins/ironclads/famous.htm   (3516 words)

  
 World War I Veterans' Biographies U-Z
Clyde was in the force that advanced on the front of twenty-four miles but gradually it widened to nearly ninety miles.
Clyde WEST was born 26 May 1890 in Wayne County, Tennessee, the son of William James WEST (1865-1920) and Sally ROBNETT (1870-1923) who are buried at Jackson Cemetery, Wayne Co., TN.
WHITSETT, Wheeler Clyde, was born 1 Nov 1893 at Waterloo, Alabama to Turner WHITSETT and Ida THREET WHITSETT, moving to Tennessee at an early age.
www.netease.net /wayne/ww1/UZ.htm   (3428 words)

  
 PFC Harvel C. Edwards
Clyde, Marsh and I were assigned to the same (Co. H.) company.
Clyde wanted to go to a mule powered outfit (and wanted me to go along with him).
Clyde stayed on and within a few months was promoted to Regimental Supply SGT. and the 7th Division soon left for Texas.
www.tennkin.com /bios/hcedwardssr_bio.htm   (6229 words)

  
 Guide Introduction: Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th
In an 1863 letter to one of her sisters, an overworked Mary Badger Hale complained about the inability of her sickly and/or pregnant slaves to work.
He opposed secession but accepted it after the fact, was public treasurer from 1863 to 1865 under the Confederate and then the Provisional government, and took office as governor under the Provisional government 28 December 1865.
Sarah Gwyn Brown, telling her of his safety, and 3 February 1863, from Gordon to Robert Franklin and Caroline Hackett commenting on the influence of army life on men and the miserable conditions in camp in Culpeper County, Virginia.
www.lexisnexis.com /academic/guides/womens_studies/southern_women/swmna8.asp   (17748 words)

  
 navychronology1863b
The high hopes placed on these ironclads were to no avail, however, for they were seized by the British prior to their completion and never reached Confederate waters.
After shelling the town, the Union force "captured one sloop loaded with cotton, one schooner not laden; caused them to destroy several vessels, some of which were loaded with cotton and about ready to sail.
The launch was a part of the night patrol on guard duty; Haines, hearing the report that a Confederate steamer was coming out into the harbor, went to investigate.
usnlp.org /navychronology/1863b.html   (9665 words)

  
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USS BOWERS (APD-40), Jun. 53 to discharge, 3/15/55.
Upon transferred on the Commodore in 1971, I was re-assigned to the USS Josephus Daniels (DLG-27) as the Captain's and Commodore's steward.
From there I wwent to the USS Conyngham DDG-17 Spent the rest of my time there also attended Morse Code School while on Board the Conyngham I was on board the Conyngham when she went to Bath Ma.
www.navetsusa.com /shipmates1.txt   (10792 words)

  
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LEVIATHAN was captured 22 September 1863 by Acting Master David Nicols, CSN, an engineer and 18 men in TEASER (q.v.) during a daring raid off the mouths of the Mississippi but recaptured a few hours later by USS DE SOTO.
USS IROQUOIS which came against her delivered a full broadside at a distance of a few feet, but did her little serious damage, while she herself was riddled by LOUISIANA'S fire.
LOUISVILLE was renamed OUACHITA on 29 September 1863 at Admiral Porter's request, and was commissioned in the U.S. Navy on 18 January 1864.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/csn/l.txt   (3545 words)

  
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The name Mason also honors the gallant crew of USS Mason (DE 529), the Navy's first and only all African-American crew, who distinguished themselves in the face of steep odds and a determined enemy.
Great news for hundreds of Pearl Harbor families with parents and spouses stationed aboard USS Reuben James (FFG 57) and USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60); two Pearl Harbor-based ships sailing with the Lincoln Battle Group and scheduled to return to home port in the coming weeks.
Two-minute newscast- - The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) was commissioned April 12 during a ceremony in Port Canaveral, Fla. One-minute newscast- - Adm. Gregory Johnson, Commander Naval Forces Europe, visited Naval Station Rota and Fleet Hospital 8 recently.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/navnews/nns03/nns030416.txt   (4795 words)

  
 Medal Of Honor DE Names
USS HERBERT C. - Launched 19 January 1943, by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX, sponsored by his widow Mrs.
USS J. - Launched 6 January 1943, by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX, sponsored by his sister Miss Marjorie Ward; commissioned 5 July 1943, Lt. T.
USS KENNETH D. - Cancelled 10 June 1944; name went to DD-713; commissioned 31 July 1945.
www.desausa.org /medal_of_honor_de_names.htm   (2349 words)

  
 Ramsden.info - Listing of all things Ramsden
Ramsden, a member of USS Lexington's crew throughout his career, remained at his exposed station, despite wounds, continuing to operate a range finder in the face of intense enemy strafing and dive-bombing attacks until he was killed in action.
The USS Ramsden next saw service from 1952 to 1954 during the Korean war protecting transport and convoy ships of the Pacific Fleet based out of Pearl Harbour.
The USS Ramsden saw her third and final service defending the USA from 1957 to 1960 as part of the infamous 'Early Warning System' ring of defence against the communist nuclear threat during the Cold war.
www.ramsden.info   (1441 words)

  
 Descendants of Henry Faus
Thomas Unger was born in 1863 and died in 1866 at age 3.
Mary Fornwald Faus was born on Dec 14, 1863 in Columbia Co, PA and died on Oct 28, 1898 in Bowen, CO at age 34.
Thomas Clyde Griffin was born in 1929 and died in 1986 at age 57.
gfaus.gfaus.com /Faus/d1.html   (4560 words)

  
 USS Sagamore
Next she captured the sloop Enterprise on 8 March 1863, and the sloop New York on 26 April 1863.
On 28 July 1863, boats from Sagamore and Para attacked New Smyrna, Fla. After shelling the town, Union forces captured two schooners; caused the Confederate forces to destroy several other vessels, some of which were loaded with cotton and ready to sail; and burned large quantitites of cotton on shore.
Suspecting that Confederate forces were using cotton to erect breastworks on the banks of the Suwannee River, a boat expedition composed of men from Sagamore and Clyde proceeded up the river and captured over 100 bales of cotton in the vicinity of Clay Landing.
www.multied.com /NAVY/gunboat/Sagamore.html   (364 words)

  
 19th Century Merchant Marine Timeline
USS Essex is defeated by British frigates at Valparaiso, Chile.
The fame of Captain John Winslow and the USS Kearsarge are put to good use at the National Sailor's Fair in Boston in 1864.
The USS Wampanoag sets an ocean speed record with a run of almost 18 knots; however, the United States Navy returns to small-scale force with ironclad monitors for coastal defense and a few wooden sail and steam powered vessels for distant stations.
www.mysticseaport.org /library/exhibits/me-time.cfm   (8133 words)

  
 USS Jouett History Page
He then joined the blockading forces off Galveston, Texas, distinguishing himself during the night of 7 to 8 November 1861 in the capture and destruction of Confederate schooner Royal Yacht.
Jouett later commanded Montgomery and R. Cuyler on blockading duty and in September 1863 took command of Metacomet.
In the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, his ship was lashed to Admiral David Farragut's flagship Hartford as the gallant ships entered the bay.
www.ussjouett.com /history.htm   (747 words)

  
 2004 - 2005
Charles served aboard the USS Askari (ARL-30) from March to August 1971.
Clyde Huston passed away May 20, 2004 due to heart failure.
While in Vietnam he served on the USS Askari ARL-30 from December 1965 to October 1968.
www.mrfa.org /memory5.htm   (3739 words)

  
 May 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1863 - American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering for the Battle of Chancellorsville.
1964 - Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while docked at Saigon.
Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/May_2   (1282 words)

  
 Project Web -- Schedule
The USS Enterprise played a pivotal role in the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway, which resulted in the destruction of the Japanese Navy in 1942.
He was appointed Consul by U.S. President Abrahm Lincoln to Queenstown, Ireland and served from 1863 to mid 1869.
He was involved in a diplomatic incident in November of 1863 where he was alleged by the British to have enlisted Irish men into the US Navy on board the war sloop "Kearsarge" while it was in Queenstown harbor.
home.mchsi.com /~george.eastman/eastmanfamilyhistory.htm   (7350 words)

  
 Quarterly Report of Archival Accessions, July 1 - September 30, 2003
Bell writes about skirmishing with the enemy and the tactics used by both sides, the surrender of Confederate soldiers, and he describes the scene of thousands of Union troops waiting to cross the Rappahannock River.
This collection consists of a typescript and photocopy of a daily diary, 6 November 1944-29 July 1945, kept by Ray Arnold Parker (1922-) of Accomack County, Virginia, during his service aboard the USS Bayfield, a Coast Guard vessel assigned to unload and assist invasion troops at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Transcript of a letter, 20 July 1863, from Isaac Reynolds, Page County, Virginia, to his wife, Sarah Reynolds.
www.lva.lib.va.us /whoweare/events/newaccessionsJuly-Sept2003.htm   (6480 words)

  
 The FReeper Foxhole Remembers the USS Nantahala AO-60 (1944 -1975) - Sep 21st, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The USS Nantahala was laid down under Maritime Commission contract by Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrows Point, MD, 31 October 1943: launched 29 April 1944; sponsored by Miss Mary Louise Reed; delivered to the Navy 19 June 1944; and commissioned that same day, Comdr.
On July 29, 1967 the USS Forrestal was conducting combat operations off Vietnam when a rocket accidentally fired from an F-4 Phantom on the hanger deck, striking a parked and armed A-4 Skyhawk.
The torpedoing of the USS Mississinewa at Ulithi Harbor on November 20, 1944.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/1488426/posts   (6229 words)

  
 A Proud Son Of The South provided by Bravenet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This image is of the battleflag thought to belong to the 26th NC which was captured at Gettysburg.
On July 3rd, 1863 the 26th NC, reduced to about 200 officers and men after the severe fighting of July 1st, stepped off in the advancing line consisting of the two and one half divisions of infantry commanded by generals Pickett, Pettigrew, and Trimble.
She was built for a passenger boat to ply between Glasgow and Dublin, and was remarkably swift.
www.anhonorablefamily.bravehost.com /JQAS.html   (5241 words)

  
 Town of St. George, Bermuda
Bat reached Halifax on her maiden voyage and ran down to the Cape Fear River, attempting entrance the night of October 8 1864 with a cargo of shoe machinery and 200 tons of coal; she was turned back by blockaders.
Built in Liverpool in 1863 she left for the Confederacy on January 5, 1864 on her maiden voyage, and ran between there and Bermuda mostly.
Alexander Collie and Co., Manchester, acquired her for their blockade-running fleet but were persuaded by renowned blockade-runner Lt. John Wilkinson, CSN, to sell her to the Navy Department.
bermuda-online.org /seetown.htm   (5046 words)

  
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Congress authorizes construction of 6 frigates, including Constitution 1799 - USS Constitution recaptures American sloop Neutrality from France 1811 - Gunboat Flotilla of 12 gunboats, 12 transport vessels etc., commanded by Lieutenant Jørgen C. de Falsen and a detachment of soldiers attacks the British garrison on the Danish island of Anholt.
42 dead (all hands lost) 1942 - Aboard the battleship USS Washington enroute from Portland, Maine to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, Commander Task Force Thirty Nine (TF 39), Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox, taking an unaccompanied walk on deck of his flagship is washed overboard and disappears in a heavy sea.
54 dead (all hands lost) 1943 - Destroyer escort USS Rich laid down 1943 - HMS Dasher was in the Firth of Clyde when one of her Swordfish planes in practicing takeoffs and landings crashed into a store of fuel drums and explosives.
www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/march/27Mar.txt   (1184 words)

  
 1968 Command History
Flagship for Destroyer Division THIRTY-TWO, Captain R.A. USS WADDELL (DDG 24) was home ported in Long Beach, California until 15 July when the home port shipfted to Yokosuka, Japan.
He remained in England until after amnesty was offered; became a captain for the Pacific Mail Company in 1875; and died in Annapolis, Maryland, on 15 March 1886 while employed as the Commander of the Maryland State Flotilla for the policing of oyster beds.
In late 1967 he was ordered to duty in the Electronics Warfare/Command and Control Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations prior to his assignment as Commanding Officer, USS WADDELL (DDG-24) in the summer of 1969.
www.usswaddell.com /History/Official_Documents/command_histories/1968.htm   (5631 words)

  
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One of the things that has been bothering me in the last few months is the lack of support for the on going charities the USS Jamestown is involved with: March of Dimes, Food for the Salvation Army, Cancelled Stamps for the STARFLEET Stampede, Battered Women’s Shelter and Coupons for the Over Seas Coupon Project.
If you don’t want to contribute to these charities any more or contribute to different charities, this is what the survey is for.
The USS Jamestown, USS Maat and IKV Bat'Leth sponsored the event with all proceeds (over $330.00) going to the American Red Cross.
www.angelfire.com /va/ussjamestown/sdold06.htm   (8074 words)

  
 Pioneer Obits M
Clyde Burton McDonnell, 56, widely known local businessman and a native son of Clallam County, died suddenly of a heart attack here late Wednesday afternoon.
Surviving relatives include 2 nephews, Clyde McDonnell of Port Angeles and Joseph E McDonnell of Los Angeles and a large number of other kinfolk on the Olympic Peninsula and elsewhere over the country.
McLaughlin, son of the late Oscar and Emily McLaughlin, was born Feb 1, 1863 in Bailee, New Brunswick.
www.olypen.com /rfoss/pioneerobitm.html   (18246 words)

  
 A remembrance of our soldiers who gave all
D-DOW 1863 in Kentucky; Dobson, Benjamin C--1st Fla. Cav.
D-DOW 18 Dec 1863 in hosp, in Chickamauga; Prescott, 1st Sgt. Darling C-1st Fla. Cav.
D-DOD 24 Mar 1863 in a Strawberry Plains, Tn hosp; Rowe, Azell- 1st Fla. Cav.
www.bcstandard.com /news/2001/0228/Community/36.html   (781 words)

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