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  USS Essex (1799) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first USS Essex of the United States Navy was a sailing frigate that participated in the Quasi-War with France and in the War of 1812, wherein she was captured by the British (1814).
On 17 December 1799 she was presented to the United States and accepted by Captain Edward Preble.
Essex was repaired and taken into the Royal Navy as HMS Essex, and in 1833 served as a prison ship at Kingston, Ireland.
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 USS Essex: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about USS Essex
The first Essex[?] was a 32-gun sailing frigate launched in 1799, one of the heroes of the War of 1812.
The second Essex[?] was an ironclad[?] steamer[?] in the American Civil War.
The fourth Essex (CV-9) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1942 and active in both World War II, the Korean War, and the Apollo program, finally decommissioning in 1969.
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 USS Essex - LHD 2 history
The mission of the Essex is to conduct prompt, sustained combat operations at sea, as the centerpiece of the Navy's amphibious strategy...From the Sea.
USS Essex, USS Cleveland and USS Harpers Ferry participated in the Seventh Fleet exercise Tandem Thrust 97, a combined and joint exercise between the U.S. and Australian armed forces at the Shoal Water Bay training area in Queensland, Australia.
USS Essex will be backloading 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines and their gear at the end of the month as the Marines finish a tour of duty in Iraq.
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 Encyclopedia: USS Essex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
USS Essex was an ironclad river gunboat of the United States Army and later United States Navy during the American Civil War.
As Essex approached the steering mechanism of the Arkansas jammed and her crew was forced to scuttle her due to the presence of the Essex.
The seventh USS Essex (CV-9) (also CVA-9 and CVS-9) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier, the lead ship of her class.
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 The USS Essex: and the Birth of the American Navy
The USS Essex, a thirty-two gun frigate built in 1799 by the merchants of Salem, was known around the world for her speed and graceful lines, achieving a brilliant series of dramatic firsts for the young American Navy.
The USS Essex was the pride and joy of Salem, Massachusetts.
Built in 1799 on the finances of hundreds of `subscriptions' (similar to war bonds) by the local citizenry, the Essex came into existence during a time when the nation as a whole was wary of establishing a government run Naval force.
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 Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Essex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Built by the citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts, who presented her to the U.S. government, USS Essex was commissioned under command of Captain Edward Preble.
On October 28, 1812, Essex left the Delaware River to rendezvous with USS Constitution and Hornet for a cruise into the South Pacific.
Essex lost 58 killed, 31 drowned, and 70 wounded; British losses were 5 dead and 10 wounded.
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 HMS Essex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The second Essex was a 70-gun 3rd rate launched in 1679, rebuilt 1700 and 1740, and wrecked at the battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, an 80-year-old ship by then.
The third Essex was a 64-gun 3rd rate launched 1760 and sold in 1799.
The fourth Essex was the American sailing frigate USS Essex captured in 1814, used as a prison in 1823, and sold 1837.
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 USS Essex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The first Essex was launched 30 September 1799 by Enos Briggs, Salem, Mass., at cost of $139,362 subscribed by the people of Salem and Essex County, Mass.
Congress was dismissed only a few days out, and Essex was obliged to continue her voyage alone, making her mark as the first U.S. man-of-war to double the Cape of Good Hope, both in March and in August 1800 prior to successfully completing her convoy mission in November.
Essex was repaired by the British, sent to England, and in 1833 served as a prison ship at Kingston, Jamaica.
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 USS Congress (1799)
The third USS Congress of the United States Navy was a 36-gun sailing frigate[?].
Her construction, interrupted upon conclusion of peace terms with Algiers, was resumed with the imminence of naval war with France, and she was launched 15 August 1799 under the command of Captain J.
She started her maiden voyage, on 6 January 1800, in company with frigate Essex, escorting merchant ships to the East Indies, however, she lost her mast when only six days out and returned to the States.
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 USS Essex (LHD 2)
ESSEX is the second ship in the all new WASP (LHD 1) class of multipurpose amphibious assault ships and she is the fifth ship of the Navy to bear the name.
After commissioning the ESSEX departed San Diego on her maiden deployment on October 25, 1994 during which, was a major participant in the withdrawal of the Multinational force from Somalia in Operation United Shield.
In July 2000, ESSEX took part in the Navy's largest crew swap to date when she arrived in Sasebo, Japan to relieve the USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA 3) which was forward deployed to Sasebo since the fall of 1992.
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 LHD-2 Essex
ESSEX is second only to the Navy's hospital ships in medical support capability, providing effective care to returning troops under battle conditions, or disaster relief in support of humanitarian missions during peacetime.
USS ESSEX (LHD-2) is the 5th ship to bear the name dating back to the frigate which was launched in Salem, Mass.
ESSEX spent the next 14 years at Annapolis and then was lent to the Naval Militia of Ohio and eventually was assigned to the Naval Reserve of the State of Minnesota before being stricken from the record in 1930.
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 USS Essex
On closing the Essex, at thirty-five minutes past five, the Phoebe recommenced a fire from her bow guns; which was returned by the former, the weather at this time nearly calm.
The Essex Junior to be deprived of all her armament and perfectly neutralized; to be equipped for the voyage solely, and wholly at the expense of the American government; and to proceed witha proper American officers and crew (of which I wish to be furnished with a list.
Essex was taken into the Royal Navy and remained out of commission at Plymouth until she became a convict hulk at Kingstown in January 1823.
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 Husserl, Phenomenology, Wesenschau | Current Shop - The USS Essex: and the Birth of the American Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
She puts the Essex in the context of the times as a subscription vessel built partly with the monies gathered by the people of Salem and a cash poor United States government.
The Essex was present for portions of the conflict with the Barbary States and had an occasional run-in with a British warship.
"USS Essex" is a tremendous read due to the fact that, not only does it expertly tell the history of this great ship, it also creates vivid imagery of what Naval battles were like back in that time period.
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 Fighting Squadron Four: The Red Rippers - The Essex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Her keel was laid at Salem, Massachusetts on April 13, 1799, and she was launched on September 30th of the same year, being completed at a cost of $139,362.
The USS Essex, third of that name, was a wooden screw steamer built in 1876 and, after service in both Atlantic and Pacific oceans, was finally stricken from the Navy list and sold in October, 1930.
The present Essex was launched July 31, 1942, first of the new big aircraft carriers commissioned after the declaration of war, pioneer of the famous “Essex class,” whose planes have caused such destruction to every Japanese stronghold from their furthest island outpost to the very heart of the Empire.
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 The USS Essex
The USS Essex, a thirty-two-gun frigate built in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1799, was not the most glorious vessel in the history of the American navy, yet she was unique.
When she was at sea, Essex spent much of her time performing the mundane but necessary task of protecting American merchant vessels from the Barbary States of North Africa and other enemies.
Essex was an integral part of the young U.S. Navy, and her singular and ordinary qualities make her a worthy subject of study.
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 Encyclopedia: USS Essex (1799)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Seal of Salem, MA Salem is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts.
Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the state of Massachusetts.
For the fishes called midshipman, see Midshipman fish In the navies of English-speaking countries, a midshipman is a subordinate officer, or a commissioned officer of the lowest rank.
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 Seaward Ho!
Between 1799, when the town of Salem, Mass., jubilantly launched the frigate Essex, and 1833, when Charles Tyng's memoir draws to a close in a Havana boardinghouse, hundreds of thousands of Americans followed the sea.
Built in 1799, during the undeclared quasi war with France, the 32-gun frigate was the first American warship to round both Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope.
Tyng and the naval tars aboard the Essex were young when the nation was young, and intimate with the indifferent sea.
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 combatindex.com - US Sea Systems: LHD 2 (USS ESSEX)
In 1960, ESSEX was converted to an ASW support carrier, reclassified (CVS-9) and participated in various NATO exercises.
On 22 October 1968 ESSEX recovered the Apollo 7 astronauts in the Atlantic and was decommissioned 30 July 1969.
Over her 27 year career, ESSEX was credited with sinking 92 and damaging 217 ships and destroying 1,564 aircraft.
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 USS Anubis Star Trek Chronology
In 2368, USS Enterprise-D discovers disembodied lifeforms on Mab-Bu IV were responsible for the ship's loss.
USS Enterprise assigned to training duty at the Academy.
Riker, aboard the USS Potempkin participates in a rescue mission at planet Nervala IV.
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 War: USS Essex
* The first Essex was a 32-gun sailing frigate launched in 1799, one of the heroes of the War of 1812.
* The third Essex was a wooden screw steamer launched in 1876, one of the last ships of the "Old Navy".
* The fourth Essex (CV-9) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1942 and active in both World War II, the Korean War, and the Apollo program, finally decommissioning in 1969.
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 History US NAVY Key Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
USS Essex becomes first U.S. Navy vessel to cross the equator.
USS Nautilus (SSN-571) is first ship to reach the geographic North Pole submerged.
USS Stark (FFG-31) struck by Iraqi Exocet missile in Persian Gulf, killing 37 sailors.
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 USS Essex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The fourth Essex (CV-9) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1942 (as the first of the Essex class) and active in World War II, the Korean War, and Project Apollo, finally decommissioning in 1969.
The fifth Essex (LHD-2) is an amphibious assault ship commissioned 1992 and on active service in 2005.
For the civilian whaling ship destroyed by a Sperm Whale, see Whaleship Essex.
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 GruntsMilitary.com - Online Military Forum and Discussion Board :: View topic - USS Essex carrying on the good name....
Essex' assets moved 5,971,000 million pounds of relief supplies to devastated areas of Indonesia from Jan. 18 until Feb. 8.
Essex will be backloading 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Marines and their gear at the end of the month as the Marines finish a tour of duty in Iraq.
Essex is the flagship for Essex Expeditionary Strike Group, and both Essex and Fort McHenry (LSD 43) are forward deployed from Sasebo, Japan.
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 Amazon.ca: The U. S. S. Essex: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Launched in 1799, she saw action in the quasi-war with France and operated against Algerian pirates.
The frigate Essex was built in 1801 by subscription among the merchants of Salem, Massachusetts, and had a distinguished career that, before this book, has been only selectively recorded.
I enjoyed the movie immensely, and The USS Essex and the Birth of the American Navy was a great complement to the film.
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 USS Essex - TheBestLinks.com - American Civil War, Apollo program, Aircraft carrier, Amphibious assault ship, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
USS Essex - TheBestLinks.com - American Civil War, Apollo program, Aircraft carrier, Amphibious assault ship,...
USS Essex, American Civil War, Apollo program, Aircraft carrier, Amphibious...
The fourth Essex (CV-9) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1942 (as the first of the Essex class) and active in World War II, the Korean War, and the Apollo program, finally decommissioning in 1969.
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 Encyclopedia: USS Enterprise (CV 6)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Which is just as well, because you wouldn't want to park your car.
Enterprise entered Noumea[?], New Caledonia, on 30 October, for repairs, but a new Japanese thrust at the Solomons demanded her presence and she sailed on 11 November, repair crews from Vestal (AR-4)[?] still on board, working vigorously.
November lief die USS Enterprise aus, um Flugzeuge und Piloten nach Wake Island zu bringen.
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 1862 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
March 8 - American Civil War: The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
March 13 American Civil War: The US federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
August 6 - American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with the USS Essex near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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 Taj Mahal And The Uss Essex and the Birth of the American Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Taj Mahal And The Uss Essex and the Birth of the American Navy
Built in Salem, Massachusetts in 1799, the Essex was a 32-gun frigate known throughout the world for its speed and beauty -- it was one of the U.S. Navy`s first and foremost vessels.
The book includes maps of the Essex`s voyages, blueprints of the vessel, contemporary illustrations of the Essex in battle, along with a detailed portrait of this fascinating era in American history.
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 USS Essex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Five ships of the United States Navy have been namedUSS Essex, after the town of Essex,Massachusetts.
The third Essex was a wooden screw steamerlaunched in 1876, one of the last ships of the " Old Navy ".
The fourth Essex (CV-9) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1942 (as the first of the Essex class) andactive in World War II, the Korean War, and the Apollo program, finallydecommissioning in 1969.
www.therfcc.org /uss-essex-66067.html   (177 words)

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