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	USS Kearsarge (sloop)
		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.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Kearsarge_(sloop).html (892 words)

	USS Kearsarge (1861) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kearsarge departed Portsmouth, New Hampshire on February 5, 1862 for the coast of Spain.
		Kearsarge rescued the majority of Alabama's survivors; but Semmes and 41 others were picked up by British yacht Deerhound and escaped in her to England.
		Kearsarge sailed 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 November 26, 1864 for repairs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Kearsarge_(1861) (1034 words)

	The U.S.S. Kearsarge vs. the C.S.S. Alabama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Kearsarge - or Kearsage as she was sometimes refered to - was chosen, taking the name from a New Hampshire mountain.
		Rather than send the Kearsarge to aid with the blockade of Confederate ports, she was sent to European water to hunt for Confederate commerce raiders.
		While the Kearsarge continued to patrol European waters for Confederate commerce raiders, the Confederacy's chief naval agent in Europe, James Bulloch was purchasing a navy in England, in defiance of that country's neutrality laws.
	www.hampton.lib.nh.us /hampton/history/ships/usskearsarge.htm (2069 words)

	USS Macedonian
		The USS Macedonian was a United States Navy 38-gun sailing frigate, originally the HMS Macedonian of the Royal Navy, captured by Stephen Decatur in the War of 1812.
		On 20 May 1815 she departed for the Mediterranean to join Commodore Decatur's 10-ship squadron in the Algerian War, a renewal of naval action against the Barbary[?] powers, to stop harassment of American shipping.
		Then, from 1857 to 1861 she served with the Home Squadron[?] in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Macedonian.html (933 words)

	USS Kearsarge (sloop): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about USS Kearsarge (sloop)
		The sloop of war USS Kearsarge, a Mohican-class sloop[?], was the only ship of the United States Navy named for that mountain in New Hampshire.
		From November 1862 through March 1863 Kearsarge prepared for her fight with Alabama at Cadiz, 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 1884.
	www.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-Kearsarge-(sloop).html (925 words)

	4Reference \|\| USS Kearsarge (1861) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From November 1862 through March 1863 Kearsarge prepared for her fight with Alabama at Cadiz, then searched for the raider from along the coast of Northern Europe to the #redirect Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Western Islands.
		Kearsarge rescued the majority of Alabamas survivors; but Semmes and 41 others were picked up by British yacht Deerhound and escaped in her to CSS Florida, thence proceeded to the Caribbean before turning northward for Boston, Massachusetts, where she decommissioned on 26 November 1864 for repairs.
		Kearsarge recommissioned on 8 December 1873 and departed on 4 March 1874 for Yokohama, Japan, arriving 11 May. She cruised on Asiatic Station for three years, protecting American citizens and commerce in China, Japan, and the Philippines.
	www.4reference.net /encyclopedias/wikipedia/USS_Kearsarge_1861_.html (861 words)

	Kearsarge class battleship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its first ship, the USS Kearsarge, was commissioned in 1900.
		The lead ship of this class, USS Kearsarge, was the only United States battleship not named for a state.
		Both ships of this class were removed from the Navy as fighting vessels by the Washington Naval Treaty, after which Kentucky was scrapped, and Kearsarge was converted into a floating shipyard crane.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kearsarge_class_battleship (228 words)

	USS Kearsarge NCC-74657 \| we fear no foe
		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).
		The battle between Kearsarge and Alabama is honored by the United States Navy by a battle star on the Civil War campaign streamer.
		Kearsarge arrived at her homeport Norfolk 21 April 1946, and for the next year engaged in training operations along the East Coast and Caribbean.
	www.freewebs.com /cyklus02/biography.htm (1989 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 prepared for her flght with A1abama at Cadiz (November 1862-March 1863), then searched tor the raider from along the coast of Northern Europe to the Canaries, Madeira, and the Western Islands.
		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.
	www.multied.com /Navy/CWNavy/kearsarge.html (712 words)

	USS Kearsarge (1861) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Kearsarge rescued the majority of Alabama's survivors; but Semmes and 41 others were picked up by British yachtDeerhound and escaped in her to England.
		Kearsarge steamed along the French coast in an unsuccessful search for CSS Florida, thence proceeded tothe Caribbean before turning northward for Boston,Massachusetts, where she decommissioned on 26 November 1864 for repairs.
		Kearsarge was struck from the Naval VesselRegister in 1894.
	www.therfcc.org /uss-kearsarge-1861--110016.html (882 words)

	USS Kearsarge (1861) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Kearsarge rescued the majority of Alabama's survivors; but Semmes and 41 others were picked up by British yacht Deerhound and escaped in her to (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
		Kearsarge steamed along the French coast in an unsuccessful search for (Click link for more info and facts about CSS Florida) CSS Florida, thence proceeded to the Caribbean before turning northward for (Click link for more info and facts about Boston, Massachusetts) Boston, Massachusetts, where she decommissioned on 26 November 1864 for repairs.
		On 22 August she landed provisions for destitute earthquake victims in (A republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries) Peru.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_kearsarge_(1861)2.htm (1031 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 (LHD-3) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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 (Click link for more info and facts about Mercy) Mercy.
		Kearsarge's armament suite includes the NATO Sea Sparrow point defense system for anti-air warfare protection, the Rolling Airframe missile defense systems, 25 mm chain guns and the Phalanx close-in weapon system to counter threats from low-flying aircraft and close-in small craft.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_Kearsarge_(LHD-3)5.htm (691 words)

	USS Kearsarge (1861) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The sloop of war USS Kearsarge a Mohican -class sloop was the only ship of United States Navy named for that mountain in New Hampshire.
		Kearsarge rescued the majority of Alabama 's survivors; but Semmes and 41 others picked up by British yacht Deerhound and escaped in her to England.
		Kearsarge steamed along the French coast in unsuccessful search for CSS Florida thence proceeded to the Caribbean before northward for Boston Massachusetts where she decommissioned on 26 November 1864 for repairs.
	www.freeglossary.com /USS_Kearsarge_(sloop) (1217 words)

	Read about USS Kearsarge (1861) at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research USS Kearsarge (1861) and learn about USS ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mount Kearsarge in New Hampshire (subsequent ships were named Kearsarge in honor of this one, not for the mountain).
		Kearsarge rescued the majority of Alabama's survivors; but Semmes and 41 others were picked up by British yacht Deerhound and escaped in her to
		Kearsarge recommissioned 15 May 1879 for four years of duty in the North Atlantic ranging from Newfoundland to the Caribbean Sea and the coast of
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/USS_Kearsarge_%281861%29 (844 words)

	USS Release (1855) Information
		USS Release was a bark-rigged sailing vessel in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
		Later in 1859 she served as supply ship for the Paraguay expedition sent to Asunción to demand indemnity and apology from the Paraguayan Government for the firing on Water Witch in 1858.
		She was sent to Gibraltar 30 September 1862 to meet Kearsarge and then directed to Algeciras, Morocco to watch the Confederate raider Sumter.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/USS_Release_(1855) (323 words)

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		John Winslow, Kearsarge's captain, if not a household byword was at least a minor deity in the pantheon of Union victors for ending the career of the Confederacy's most successful commerce raider.
		During the course of these refits her forecastle deck was extended aft of the foremast, a quarterdeck was constructed, a conning platform was added forward of the funnel, her bulkheads were raised and her sheer markedly flattened.
		The Revell Kearsarge was truly one of the most carefully researched styrene models of its day and with her quarterdeck and conning platform restored could easily serve as the basis for an extremely accurate model of this famous warship at the end of her career.
	www.steelnavy.com /Alabama&Kearsarge.htm (1983 words)

	Raphael Semmes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In April of 1861 Semmes was accepted into the Confederate navy as a commander and was sent to New Orleans, Louisiana, ordered to convert a steamer into the cruiser/commerce raider CSS Sumter.
		In June 1861 Semmes ran the Federal blockade in the Sumter and commenced a career as one of the greatest commerce raiders in naval history.
		The Alabama returned to the Atlantic and made port in Cherbourg, France, where she was blockaded by the USS Kearsarge.
	www.wadehamptoncamp.org /rs.html (682 words)

	Vermont Civil War
		Kearsarge prepared for her fight with Alabama at Cadiz (November 1862-March 1863), then searched for the raider from along the coast of Northern Europe to the Canaries, Madeira, and the Western Islands Arriving at Cherbourg, France.
		Kearsarge, on the other hand, had been given added protection by chain cable triced in tiers along her sides abreast vital spaces.
		Kearsarge steamed along the French coast in an unsuccessful search for OS'S Florida, thence proceeded to the Caribbean before turning northward for Boston where she decommissioned 26 November 1864 for repairs.
	vermontcivilwar.org /units/navy/ships/kearsarge.php (754 words)

	Kearsarge: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		...the coast of Cherbourg between the USS Kearsarge and the Confederate battleship CSS Alabama...the action in the battle between the Kearsarge and the Alabama.
		It hinges on one major piece--the Battle of the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama, 1864.
		Promoted to captain in 1862, he commanded the Kearsarge (1863 64) in pursuit of Confederate cruisers in European...one of the outstanding naval engagements of the war, the Kearsarge sank the celebrated raider Alabama off Cherbourg.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/kearsarge.jsp?l=K&p=1 (1374 words)

	The Alabama and the Kearsarge
		The naval aspects of the American Civil War are oft ignored in the study of sweeping battles, decisive or bungling generals, and the everyday soldier of the crisis of 1861.
		Kearsarge from their first days in the shipyards (Liverpool and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, respectively) to their 1864 meeting in the English Channel near Cherbourg, France.
		Kearsarge incident has already been the study of numerous historical studies, Marvel contributes to an already impressive historiography of the event by examining specifically the trials and triumphs of the everyday sailors.
	personal.tcu.edu /~swoodworth/Marvel--AATK.htm (1318 words)

	Antics, Revell 1:96 USS Kearsarge American Civil War Gunboat (05603)
		The USS Kearsarge was renowned for winning one of the longest and most dramatic sea battles in the American civil war.
		She was launched in 1861 from Portsmouth, New Hampshire and had a displacement of 1,031 tonnes.
		The Kearsarge was equipped with a greater number of cannon and its steam engine gave it greater manoeuvrability compared with other sailing ships of its era.
	www.shipmodels.co.uk /561_1_1201312.html (361 words)

	NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Its first assignment commenced in November 1867 on the screw steamer USS CHIMO, whose name had been changed to USS Piscataqua by the time number 887 was off-loaded at New York Navy Yard in December 1870.
		USS WILLIAM G. Designed by, and named for, John A. Dahlgren, 423 3.4-inch rifled boat howitzers were produced from 1861 to 1865 at Washington Navy Yard.
		Number 125 was lost on USS CONGRESS when she burned and sank from damage inflicted by the ironclad CSS VIRGINIA in Hampton Roads on March 8, 1862.
	www.nnsy1.navy.mil /History/CWG.HTM (2748 words)

	USS Kearsarge (1861) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From November 1862 through March 1863 Kearsarge prepared for her fight with Alabama at Cádiz then searched for the raider from the coast of Northern Europe to the Canaries Madeira and the Western Islands.
		Kearsarge recommisioned 16 January 1868 and sailed 12 February to serve in the South Pacific out of Valparaiso Chile.
		Kearsarge recommissioned 2 November 1888 and largely spent her remaining years American interests in the West Indies off Venezuela and along the Central Americas.
	www.freeglossary.com /USS_Kearsarge_%281861%29 (1217 words)

	U.S. Civil War Navies.
		USS Agawam on the James River, Virginia, 1864.
		Naval Skirmishes 1: Capture of a Crew from the USS Cambridge, November 17, 1862.
		USS Miami Gun Crew Often Misidentified as Being Aboard the USS Mendota.
	www.tfoenander.com (1365 words)

	Civil war ship models
		USS Cairo, a 512-ton "City" class ironclad river gunboat built at Mound City, Illinois, was commissioned in January 1862 as part of the U.S. Army's Western Gunboat Flotilla.
		She entered dock on 30 May 1861 and left dock and attacked the Federal squadron in Hampton Roads on 8 March 1862, engaged the MONITOR on 9 March 1862.
		The USS Monitor was a marvel of the mid-nineteenth century.
	www.modelshipmaster.com /products/civil_war/index.htm (1615 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Kearsarge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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)

	USS KEARSARGE (LPD 3) stars in New York’s Fleet Week - VA Joe
		USS KEARSARGE, a 40,000-ton amphibious assault ship was the star of the show at New York’s annual Fleet Week during the last week of May. Along with seven other Navy ships, she visited Manhattan and Staten Island, giving Big Apple residents a glimpse of what today’s high-quality, high-technology fighting ships are capable of.
		KEARSARGE, larger than most World War II aircraft carriers, is 844 feet long and 106 feet wide—meaning that she can transit the Panama Canal.
		News of her presence soon reached the USS KEARSARGE, which promptly steamed to Cherbourg, arriving on the 14th.
	www.vajoe.com /board/viewtopic.php?pid=1749 (1164 words)

	Kearsarge Visit
		The steam and sail Sloop of War Kearsarge was built in Portsmouth, NH in 1861 from wood that came from Mt.
		There was also a great desire to continue and strengthen the ties between the USS Kearsarge and the Town of Warner, New Hampshire.
		A presentation of a piece of well deck that had been recently removed from the current USS Kearsarge during overhaul was made to the Historical Society.
	www.warner.nh.us /usskvisit01.htm (1274 words)

	Kearsarge and Alabama
		The Kearsarge was a fast steamer for those days, and had made an average of thirteen and a half knots with moderate head wind and sea from daylight until 10 o'clock at night during a chase.
		For instance while the Kearsarge was undergoing repairs at La Carracca Navy Yard, in Spain, I visited Jerez (or Sherry as we call it), where the famous Sherry wine is made, Sevilla, Madrid, Santa Maria, Cadiz, Gibraltar and other interesting places.
		When the contest was over the Kearsarge had fairly prevailed, but the captain of their foe proved unworthy and left his men behind.
	www.geocities.com /generalgreene1770/RIMOLLUS/kearsargealabama.html (7236 words)

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