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	USS Kearsarge (sloop): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about USS Kearsarge (sloop) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Kearsarge departed Portsmouth, New Hampshire on 5 February 1862 for the coast of Spain.
		Kearsarge rescued the majority of Alabamas survivors; but Semmes and 41 others were picked up by British yacht Deerhound and escaped in her to England.
		Kearsarge steamed along the French coast in an unsuccessful search for CSS Florida[?], thence proceeded to the Caribbean before turning northward for Boston, Massachusetts, where she decommissioned on 26 November 1864 for repairs.
	www.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-Kearsarge-(sloop).html (925 words)

	USS Kearsarge (BB-5) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Kearsarge (BB-5), the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named, by act of Congress, in honor of the famous American Civil War sloop of war Kearsarge.
		Kearsarge became flagship of the North Atlantic Station, cruising down the Atlantic seaboard and in the Caribbean Sea.
		Kearsarge decommissioned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 4 September 1909 for modernization.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Kearsarge_(BB-5) (962 words)

	USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), the third Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named (the fourth actually commissioned) in honor of the sloop Kearsarge, of American Civil War fame.
		Additionally, Kearsarge is fully equipped with state of the art command and control (CandC) systems for flagship command duty, and her medical facilities are second in capability only to the Navy's hospital ships, USNS Comfort and Mercy.
		On 19 August 2005 the Kearsarge and the USS Ashland were targeted by rockets while in port in Jordan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Kearsarge_(LHD-3) (651 words)

	USS Kearsarge
		Kearsarge departed Portsmouth 5 February 1862 for the coast of Spain thence sailed to Gibraltar to join the blockade of Confederate raider Sumter, forcing her abandonment in December.
		Kearsarge, on the other hand, had been given added protection by chain cable triced in tiers along her sides abreast vital spaces One hour after she fired her first salvo, A1abama had been reduced to a sinking wreck.
		Kearsarge recommissioned 8 December 1873 and departed 4 March 1874 for Yokohama, Japan, arriving 11 May. She cruised on Asiatic Station for 3 years, protecting American citizens and commerce in China, Japan, and the Philippines.
	www.multied.com /Navy/CWNavy/kearsarge.html (712 words)

	USS Kearsarge (LHD-3): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named (the fourth actually commissioned) in honor of the sloop Kearsarge, of American Civil War fame.
		Kearsarge is fully capable of amphibious assault, advance force and special purpose operations, as well as non-combatant evacuation and other humanitarian missions.
		Additionally, Kearsarge is fully equipped with state of the art command and control (C4I) systems for flagship command duty, and her medical facilities are second in capability only to the Navy's hospital ships, USNS Comfort[?] and Mercy.
	www.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-Kearsarge-(LHD-3).html (532 words)

	Encyclopedia: USS Kearsarge (1861) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		USS Kearsarge, a Mohican-class sloop-of-war, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for Mount Kearsarge in New Hampshire (subsequent ships were named Kearsarge in honor of this one, not for the mountain).
		From November 1862 through March 1863 Kearsarge prepared for her fight with Alabama at Cádiz, then searched for the raider from along the coast of Northern Europe to the Canaries, Madeira, and the Western Islands.
		Kearsarge was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1894.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/USS-Kearsarge-(1861) (980 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Kearsarge (CV 33) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Kearsarge arrived at her homeport, Norfolk, 21 April 1946, and for the next year engaged in training operations along the east coast and Caribbean.
		Kearsarge returned Quonset Point, R.I., 2 October 1948, and operated along the Atlantic Coast and the Caribbean until 27 January 1950 when she sailed for the west coast.
		Kearsarge sailed again for the Far East 1 July 1953 and operated with the 7th Fleet fast carrier force during the uneasy truce in Korea.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv33-kearsarge/cv33-kearsarge.html (1172 words)

	USS Kearsarge (CV-33) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Kearsarge arrived at her homeport Norfolk, Virginia, 21 April 1946, and for the next year engaged in training operations along the East Coast and Caribbean.
		Kearsarge returned Quonset Point, Rhode Island, 2 October, and operated along the Atlantic Coast and the Caribbean until 27 January 1950 when she sailed for the West Coast.
		Made redundant by the general fleet drawdown of the late 1960s and early 1970s, USS Kearsarge was decommissioned 13 February 1970.
	www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/USS_Kearsarge_%28CV-33%29 (1417 words)

	Encyclopedia: USS Kearsarge
		The aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) was briefly named Kearsarge before she was launched.
		The aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CV-33) served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
		USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1993.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/USS-Kearsarge (200 words)

	USS Kearsarge (CV 33)
		USS KEARSARGE and USS MATTAPONI (AO 41) are slightly damaged in a collision during refueling.
		USS KEARSARGE and the SS ORIANA collide in dense fog.
		USS KEARSARGE was launched 5 May 1945 by the New York Naval Shipyard, New York; sponsored by Mrs.
	navysite.de /cv/cv33.htm (1363 words)

	The C.S.S Alabama and U.S.S. Kearsarge Duel
		Between six and seven miles from the shore the Kearsarge, thoroughly ready, at 10:50 wheeled, at a distance of one and a quarter miles from her opponent, presented the starboard battery, and steered direct for her, with the design of closing or of running her down.
		One penetrated the coal-bunker of the Alabama, and a dense cloud of coal-dust arose.
		The battery of the Kearsarge consisted of seven guns: two II -inch pivots, smooth bore, one 30-pounder rifle, and four light 32-pounders; that of the Alabama of eight guns: one 68-pounder pivot, smooth bore, one I 00-pounder pivot rifle, and six heavy 32-pounders.
	www.civilwarhome.com /duel.htm (3513 words)

	History of Ships named USS Kearsarge
		USS KEARSARGE became the flagship of the North Atlantic Fleet cruising down the Atlantic seaboard and in the Caribbean.
		USS KEARSARGE will carry a mix of 30 Marine helicopters and jet attack Harriers on her flight deck, and 800 members of a Marine expeditionary unit's air-ground team of 2,000 Marines.
		The original USS KEARSARGE was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in 1861 from red oak from this mountain.
	www.warner.nh.us /ships.htm (3515 words)

	KEARSARGE History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3) is the fourth ship in the history of the U.S. Navy named for Kearsarge Mountain in New Hampshire.
		USS KEARSARGE and her sister ships are the first ships specifically designed to accommodate Air Cushion Landing Craft (LCAC) for fast troop movement over the beach and Harrier II (AV-8B) V/STOL (Vertical/Short Take Off and Landing) jets, which provide close-in air support for the assault force.
		USS KEARSARGE joined the fleet October 16, 1993 during commissioning ceremonies in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and is home ported in Norfolk, Virginia.
	www.kearsarge.navy.mil /History.htm (1049 words)

	CV-33 USS Kearsarge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Kearsarge arrived at her homeport Norfolk 21 April 1946, and for thenext year engaged in training operations along the East Coast and Caribbean.She cleared Norfolk 7 June 1947 on a midshipmen training cruise to the UnitedKingdom.
		Kearsarge returned QuonsetPoint, R.I., 2 October and operated along the Atlantic Coast and the Caribbeanuntil 27 January 1950 when she sailed for the West Coast.
		Early in her tour Japan was hit with a violent typhoon,and Kearsarge played an important role in providing relief to the victims.Her planes landed parties of medical and supply units, while her crew andair group donated clothing and money to the distressed people.
	www.navyhistory.com /CV33Kearsarge.html (1002 words)

	USS Kearsarge (Lhd-3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		USS Kearsarge (Lhd-3), la tercera avispa- la nave del asalto anfibio de la clase, era la quinto nave de la marina de Estados Unidos que se nombrará (el cuarto comisionado realmente) en el honor del sloop Kearsarge, de la fama americana de la guerra civil.
		Kearsarge es completo capaz de asalto anfibio, de la fuerza anticipada y de operaciones especiales del propósito, así como la evacuación no combatiente y otras misiones humanitarias.
		Además, Kearsarge se equipa completo de los sistemas avanzados del comando y del control (CÎ) para el deber del comando del buque insignia, y sus instalaciones médicas están en segundo lugar en capacidad solamente a los buques hospital de la marina, a la comodidad de USNS y a la misericordia.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/us/USS%20Kearsarge%20%28Lhd3%29.htm (667 words)

	USN Ships--USS Kearsarge (Battleship # 5)
		USS Kearsarge, first of a two-ship class of 11,525-ton battleships built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned in February 1900.
		Kearsarge returned to the U.S. in February 1909, at the conclusion of a homeward-bound voyage that took her through the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean.
		Kearsarge was painted this way when she visited Europe in 1903, and this photograph may have been taken at about that time.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-k/bb5.htm (872 words)

	USN Ships--USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)
		USS Kearsarge, a 1550-ton Mohican class steam sloop of war, was built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, under the 1861 Civil War emergency shipbuilding program.
		In June 1864, while under the command of Captain John Winslow, Kearsarge found CSS Alabama at Cherbourg, France, where she had gone for repairs after a devastating cruise at the expense of the United States' merchant marine.
		Florida, Kearsarge went to the Caribbean, then to Boston, where she received repairs before returning to Europe in April 1865 to try to intercept the ironclad CSS Stonewall.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-k/kearsarg.htm (909 words)

	USS Kearsarge (BB-5) Definition / USS Kearsarge (BB-5) Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		USS Kearsarge (BB-5) Definition / USS Kearsarge (BB-5) Research
		USS Kearsarge (BB-5), the lead shipThe lead ship is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design.
		He was in command of Kearsarge during her historic action with Alabama....
	www.elresearch.com /USS_Kearsarge_%28BB-5%29 (801 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Kearsarge (BB 5) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The second Kearsarge, named by act of Congress to commemorate the famed steam sloop-of-war, was launched 24 March 1898 by the Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Mrs.
		Kearsarge became flagship of the North Atlantic Station, cruising down the Atlantic seaboard and in the Caribbean.
		The midshipmen were debarked at Annapolis 29 August and Kearsarge proceeded to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where she decommissioned 10 May 1920 for conversion to a crane ship and a new career.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/kearsarge/bb5-kear.html (882 words)

	USS Kearsarge (CV-33)
		During her tour in the Mediterranean units of the 6th Fleet were placed on alert to insure peace in the Arab-lsraeli area.
		KEARSARGE returned Quonset Point, R.I., 2 October and operated along the Atlantic Coast and the Caribbean until 27 January 1950 when she sailed for the West Coast.
		The carrier repeated her earlier recovery by plucking astronaut Gordon Cooper on 18 May 1963 after he orbited the earth 22 times in his capsule "faith 7." She returned the space hero to Pearl Harbor, then departed 4 June on her eighth cruise to the Far East.
	www.swordsmen.org /kearsarg.htm (1089 words)

	USS Kearsarge (LHD 3)
		USS KEARSARGE is the third ship in the WASP - class and the fourth ship in the Navy to bear the name.
		KEARSARGE's construction began with hundreds of smaller subassemblies in which piping sections, ventilation ducting and other shipboard hardware, as well as major machinery items, such as main propulsion equipment, generators, and electrical panels were installed.
		The ARG, which left Apr. 14, 1999, was composed of the KEARSARGE, USS PONCE (LPD 15) and USS GUNSTON HALL (LSD 44).
	united-states-navy.com /ships/lhd3.htm (622 words)

	USS Kearsarge Returns Home
		Kearsarge served as the flagship for Amphibious Task Force - East during the deployment.
		Additionally, Kearsarge was tasked with providing support to the President during his summits with Arab leaders in Eqypt and Jordan.
		During her initial trip home, Kearsarge was diverted to head down the western coast of Africa to support Operation Shining Express, an operation to aid in the potential evacuation of U.S. citizens from Liberia.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/06/mil-030620-nns02.htm (161 words)

	THE MISSION OF PHIBRON 8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Often the KEARSARGE ESG was tasked with multiple missions simultaneously while geographically dispersed.
		The KEARSARGE ESG established a broad area of operations and consistently trained with multiple countries simultaneously on several occasions.
		MEU (SOC) and the Jordanian Armed Forces, Kearsarge and Ashland got underway as a security measure when a Jordanian warehouse in the port was struck by a terrorist rocket that killed one Jordanian soldier and injured another.
	www.cnsl.spear.navy.mil /cpr8/NEWS.HTM (589 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Models showcased at USS Constitution Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The USS Constitution Museum keeps alive the romance of fighting sail, when the vessel that is now the Navy's oldest commissioned warship was battling British men-of-war and Barbary pirates.
		BOSTON -- The USS Constitution Museum keeps alive the romance of fighting sail, when the vessel that is now the Navy's oldest commissioned warship was battling British men-of-war and Barbary pirates.
		The Kearsarge is also in the exhibit, one of an impressive dozen Civil War ships modeled by Edward D. Parent of Hamilton.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/02/02/models_showcased_at_uss_constitution_museum (725 words)

	National Defense Magazine
		The USS Ashland (LSD 48) carried the Marines’ M1A1 Abrams main battle tank, and the USS Portland (LSD 37) was a ready deck for helicopters and provided logistical support for the task force.
		Throughout the fighting, the Kearsarge’s crew of 1,200 sailors kept a sharp lookout for enemy aircraft and vessels.
		The USS San Antonio (LPD 17), just christened this summer in New Orleans, is the first of a new line of 12 ships that is intended to replace four classes of rapidly aging amphibs.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2003/Oct/Just_Back.htm (1807 words)

	"USS Kearsarge in Sydney, 1869. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		This image of the Kearsarge at anchor in Sydney harbor may be the same one of which an enlarged copy was presented to the captain and officers of the vessel by the American residents of Sydney, shortly before the vessel made it's departure from Sydney.
		The deck log of the USS Kearsarge indicates that it was clear and pleasant on the morning of August 12, 1869, as she steamed into Sydney.
		[3] A notice advising of the departure of the vessel, and the presentation of the photograph, measuring 26 inches by 20 inches, of the USS Kearsarge is in the Sydney Morning Herald of Thursday, September 2, 1869.
	home.ozconnect.net /tfoen/kearsarge-sydney.htm (1233 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Kearsarge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		In June 1864, Kearsarge was at Flushing, Holland, under Captain John A. Winslow, when word arrived that the notorious Confederate raider had put into Cherbourg on June 11.
		After an unsuccessful effort to locate CSS Florida, Kearsarge proceeded to the Caribbean and from there to Boston where she was decommissioned for repairs.
		Kearsarge continued in service for another thirty years, seeing service in virtually every sphere of U.S. interest around the world: the Mediterranean, South America, the Pacific, and the China Station.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_051900_usskearsarge.htm (383 words)

	Kearsarge Garners Eighth Straight Green 'H' Award
		This marks the eighth consecutive year Kearsarge was recognized for excellence in command health promotion programs.
		Kearsarge’s programs cover a broad range, from sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and unplanned pregnancies, to alcohol abuse and stress.
		In addition to Kearsarge, four other ships in the Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group, currently deployed in suport of the global war in terrorism, earned the Green H: USS Ashland (LSD 48), USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), USS Kauffman (FFG 59) and USS Normandy (CG 60).
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=18115 (536 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Deployment of the USS Kearsarge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The USS Kearsarge will now depart from its homeport of Norfolk, Virginia on April 15th, 1997.
		These forces are being prepositioned by the Department of Defense to relieve the USS Nassau, to ensure continuous presence of forces capable of conducting noncombatant evacuation operations in Zaire, if requested by the Department of State, and to ensure the timely return of the USS Nassau to its homeport.
		Other units associated with the USS Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, as well as the remaining elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, will deploy as previously scheduled on April 29th.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Apr1997/m041197_m055-97.html (174 words)

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