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	USS Essex (1856) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		USS Essex had the reputation as one of the most active gunboats on the Mississippi River, despite it had reletively weak armour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Essex_(1856) (468 words)

	USS Essex (1856) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		USS Essex was constructed in 1856 at (Click link for more info and facts about New Albany, Indiana) New Albany, Indiana as a (Click link for more info and facts about steam powered) steam powered ferry named New Era.
		In October of 1862 the Essex was transferred from the (A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state) Army to the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy.
		USS Essex had the reputation as one of the most active gunboats on the (A major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico) Mississippi River, despite it had reletively weak armour.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_Essex_(1856)2.htm (644 words)

	LHD-2 Essex
		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.
		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.
		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.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lhd-2.htm (1682 words)

	USS Essex (1856) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On 15 July 1862 USS Essex was engaged with CSSArkansas as that ship successfully ran past the Union fleets in front of the city.
		On 23 July Essex unsuccessfully attacked the Arkansas at her moorings but was repelled by theArkansas and the shore guns under whose protection the Arkansas lay.
		As Essex approached the steering mechanism of the Arkansas jammed and her crew was forced to scuttle her due tothe presence of the Essex.
	www.therfcc.org /uss-essex-1856--93544.html (436 words)

	USS Essex - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Essex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		USS Essex - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USS Essex.
		* The first Essex was a 32-gun sailing frigate launched in 1799, one of the heroes of the War of 1812.
		* 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.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/USS-Essex.html (202 words)

	USS Essex (1856) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Shortly thereafter she was renamed USS Essex and received an upgrade to iron and various other alterations.
		23 July Essex unsuccessfully attacked the Arkansas at her moorings but was repelled the Arkansas and the shore guns under whose the Arkansas lay.
		USS Essex took part in the Red River of March-May of 1864.
	www.freeglossary.com /USS_Essex_%281856%29 (759 words)

	Fighting Squadron Four: The Red Rippers - The Essex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first Essex, which historical research indicates was named for Essex County, Massachusetts, was built by private subscription on the credit of the United States.
		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.
	www.airgroup4.com /vf-4/essex.htm (325 words)

	USS Essex - netlexikon
		USS Essex (1799), eine Segelfregatte, Indienststellung: 1799, an Großbritannien verloren: 1814
		USS Essex (CV-9), ein Flugzeugträger, Indienststellung: 1942, Außerdienststellung: 1969
		USS Essex (LHD-2), ein amphibisches Mehrzweckeingreifschiff, Indienststellung: 1992
	www.lexikon-definition.de /USS-Essex.html (154 words)

	USS Weehawken (1862) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first USS Weehawken was a single-turreted monitor warship type in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
		Accompanied by USS Iroquois and towed by USS Boardman, she departed New York, New York on 18 January 1863, bound for Port Royal, South Carolina, and duty with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
		Weehawken, Montauk, Nahant, USS Passaic, and USS Patapsco now took aim at Fort Sumter, pounding it to rubble during two separate bombardments on 23 August and 1 and 2 September 1863.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Union-Navy-ships/USS-Weehawken-(1862).html (795 words)

	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.
	www.fact-library.com /uss_essex.html (165 words)

	combatindex.com - US Sea Systems: LHD 2 (USS ESSEX)
		On 22 October 1968 ESSEX recovered the Apollo 7 astronauts in the Atlantic and was decommissioned 30 July 1969.
		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.
		USS ESSEX is the 5th ship to bear the name dating back to the frigate which was launched in Salem, Mass.
	www.combatindex.com /hardware/detail/sea/lhd02_detail.html (1352 words)

	USN Ships--USS Essex (1861-1865)
		USS Essex, a 1000-ton ironclad river gunboat, was converted in stages from the steam ferry New Era.
		Renamed Essex soon thereafter, she received iron armor and other changes and was then actively employed in operations during early 1862, engaging Confederate gunboats near Lucas Bend, Missouri, on 11 January.
		Essex was formally transferred to the Navy in October 1862 and remained active on the rivers through the rest of the Civil War.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-e/essex2.htm (654 words)

	Commanders of the USS Constitution
		Commanded USS Experiment in the Quasi-War with France, and then Siren during the Barbary War, earning a Congressional silver medal.
		Later commanded steam sloop USS Pensacola in the Pacific.
		Commander Augustus Paul Cooke (19-26 September 1871), Naval Academy Class of 1856, was in charge of the tow of Constitution from the Academy to Philadelphia Navy Yard.
	www.polkcounty.org /timonier/commanders/commanders.htm (3092 words)

	Generations 5-6
		Isaac Row, born Jan 1762 in Gloucester, Essex County Massachusetts; died 21 Jun 1852 in Rockport, Essex County Massachusetts.
		Hepzibah Row, born 17 Mar 1769 in Gloucester, Essex County Massachusetts; died 18 Nov 1841 in Gloucester, Essex County Massachusetts.
		Bethiah Abbott, born 13 Aug 1772 in Gloucester, Essex County Massachusetts; died 01 Jun 1804 in Gloucester, Essex County Massachusetts.
	www.wainwrightfamily.org /rowe56fhr.html (3340 words)

	Essex: 3D View of the Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		See live article Earl of Essex Earl of Essex is a title that has been held by several families and individuals, of which the best-known and most closely associated with the title was Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1566 - 1601).
		See live article USS Essex (1856) USS Essex was an ironclad river gunboat of the United States Army and later United States Navy during the American Civil War.
		USS Essex USS Essex was constructed in 1856 at New Albany, Indiana as a steam powered ferry named New Era.
	www.resolve3d.com /Regional/Europe/UnitedKingdom/England/Essex (1104 words)

	USS DENVER Deck Log & War Diary, August 1944
		U.S.S. BUNKER HILL stood in and anchored in berth assigned.
		U.S.S. FRANKLIN stood in and anchored in berth assigned.
		U.S.S. MARTIN stood in and anchored in assigned berth.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/denver/logaug44.htm (10824 words)

	ESSEX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Search the ESSEX Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the ESSEX Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
		Find graves of people named ESSEX at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/E/ESSEX.htm (73 words)

	uss farragut
		Five destroyers of the United States Navy have been named USS Farragut in honor of David Farragut, an admiral of the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
		For the first half her Cold War career, she was a guided missile frigate; for the second, a guided missile destroyer.
		The fifth USS Farragut (DDG-99) was an flight IIa Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer ordered in 2001, under construction by the Bath Iron Works in Maine, and scheduled to be commissioned in 2006.
	www.fact-library.com /uss_farragut.html (172 words)

	USS Wabash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Wabash after the Wabash River of Ohio and Indiana.
		The first Wabash was a screw frigate in commission from 1856 to 1874 then in use as a receiving ship until 1912.
		The second Wabash (ID-1824) was a civilian freighter acquired Navy use during 1918 and 1919.
	www.freeglossary.com /USS_Wabash (157 words)

	1250 Scale Producers Model Gallery
		USS Essex, Union River Ironclad, 1864, (AQS-14)(Photograph by John Olsen)
		USS Sable, Great Lakes Training Carrier 1943, #2, #3, #4 - (Hai-178) The USN converted two Great Lakes, side paddle wheelers into training carriers for take off and landing training.
		USS Wolverine, Great Lakes Training Carrier 1943, #2, #3, #4 - (Hai-179) The USN converted two Great Lakes, side paddle wheelers into training carriers for take off and landing training.
	www.steelnavy.com /1250Gallery.htm (3061 words)

	Winfield Scott Schley, Rear Admiral, United States Navy
		Commanded USS Thetis and Greely Expedition, 1884, rescued Lieutenant Greely and 6 survivors at Cape Sabine, for which was awarded gold watch and vote of thanks of the Maryland legislature and a gold medal from Masssachusetts Humane Society.
		Commanded Essex in the Brazil Squadron in 1876-79 and then was a lighthouse inspector in Boston, 1879-83.
		He maintained a firm but tactful presence in harbor until relieved by USS Yorktown, commanded by Robley D. Evans, in November.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /schley.htm (1088 words)

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	USS The Sullivans DDG 68 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On 24 January, TG 58.2 arrived at the dawn launching point for air strikes against Roi.
		Thereafter, the destroyer continued her operations to the north and northwest of Roi and Namur Islands in the Kwajalein group until 4 February, when TG 58.2 retired to Majuro to refuel and replenish.
		During the next 15 minutes, the warships in the formation shot down three planes; between 1856 and 1954, the destroyer herself took five planes under fire.
	www.sullivans.navy.mil /dd537.html (4635 words)

	University of New Hampshire Library - Milne Special Collections and Archives - Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Photographs ...
		Henry Preble's 1892 History of the United States Navy-Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. and "Do Your Job!": An Illustrated Bicentennial History of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 1800-2000 by Richard E. Winslow III.
		The USS Squalus sank off the coast of Portsmouth on May 23, 1939 at the following coordinates: latitude 70
		Portsmouth?, NH." NH As It Is, 1856; "1775-1875 Centennial History of the U.S. Navy Yard at Portsmouth, NH" by Walter E. Fentress, 1876; "Portsmouth Navy Yard 1800 - and her early Commandants/Rear Admiral John H. Brown 1947." f.4.
	www.izaak.unh.edu /specoll/mancoll/pnsyfoto.htm (897 words)

	USS Essex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		USS Essex at Memphis [Naval Historical Center, NH 54286]
		ssex began life as the steam ferry New Era, originally constructed in 1856.
		Purchased by the U.S. Government in September 1861, she was first converted into a woodclad gunboat and joined an expedition up the Cumberland River.
	histpres.mtsu.edu /tncivwar/steamboats/uss_essex.html (155 words)

	Constitution Class
		The Ahwahnee here could easily be a Soyuz, or a Miranda Class for instance...
		- If you were wondering why there is a 'Constitution 2'; with there being no known ships with this name that precede 'Constitution Class', it's a conjectural thing, for I have named a ship 'USS Constitution' as being initially of the Federation Class -one of Starfleet's first Heavy Cruisers, from 2161 (see 'Conjectural Classes').
		Only numbers like this will appear if the ship is named in a listing, anywhere throughout the fleet guides.
	www.trekmania.net /the_fleet/utopia/fleet/constitution.htm (632 words)

	All Canon Ships
		An uncertain ship, but the studio model exists (more here)
		The USS Garuda was mentioned in the script for Shakaar, although the relevant scenes involving the dialogue were cut.
		The Star Trek: Nemesis ships come from a screencap of 'Starfleet Battle Group Omega'.
	www.trekmania.net /the_fleet/utopia/all_canon_ships.htm (876 words)

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