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	USS Metacomet (1863) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second USS Metacomet was a wooden side-wheel steamer in the United States Navy during the mid 1800s.
		Metacomet was launched 7 March 1863 by Thomas Stack, Brooklyn, New York, and commissioned at New York 4 January 1864, Commander James H. Jovett in command.
		Metacomet joined the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in the blockade of Mobile Bay and captured British blockade runner Donegal 6 June.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Metacomet_(1863) (377 words)

	USS Metacomet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One ship in the United States Navy was named USS Metacomet, named for Metacomet, second son of Massasoit, known in English as Philip of Pokanocket, or King Philip.
		A Metacomet operated out of Fall River, Massachusetts, until sold to the Navy in 1858 when she was renamed Pulaski.
		Metacomet was a wooden side-wheel steamer, launched 7 March 1863 and sold in 1865.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/U/USS-Metacomet.htm (155 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Cincinnati during the attack on the Vicksburg batteries and at the time of her sinking, 27 May 1863.
		Citation: Serving as quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Cincinnati during the attack on the Vicksburg batteries and at the time of her sinking, 27 May 1863.
		Citation: Hawkins served on board the U.S.S. Agawam, as one of a volunteer crew of a powderboat which was exploded near Fort Fisher, 23 December 1864.
	www.scots-in-the-civil-war.net /Moh.htm (1727 words)

	[No title]
		Carrying a valuable cargo of naval stores, she was attacked by USS WHITEHEAD in the Pasquotank River N.C., on 10 February 1862, and fired by the Confederates to prevent her from falling into Union hands.
		Whatever his information or motives, a deserter as late as 13 May 1863 thought it news that she was a "small boat" still "being converted into an ironclad gunboat" in the Yazoo.
		On 4 February 1863 she was intercepted near the mouth of the Red River by Col.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/csn/m.txt (4112 words)

	Usn Veterans Burial Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Buried at Proprietors' Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H. Francis Briggs, Quartermaster, USS Dale, was born in Dover, Massachusetts, and enlisted July 15, 1861, at Portsmouth, as Seaman.
		Buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H. Lewis Horn, Coal Passer, USS Metacomet, died on August 9, 1901, aged 69, and is buried at the Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
		Thomas Addison Knowlton, USS Wabash, was born in Rockport, Massachusetts, and died at the age of 102, at Ashland, Massachusetts, on February 14, 1940.
	hub.dataline.net.au /~tfoen/burials.html (16954 words)

	USS Kennebec
		On the last day of 1863, she made a prize of steamer Grey Jacket after the blockade runner had slipped out of Mobile laden with cotton, rosin, and turpentine for Havana.
		Because the steamer was protected by the fort's guns, Rear Admiral Farragut attempted at first to destroy her by long range fire from Metacomet and Monongahela.
		Under the cover of darkness and the ready guns on board Metacomet and Kennebec, Watson led four boats directly to the grounded steamer and fired her in two places shortly after midnight 6 July.
	www.navyhistory.com /gunboat/kennebec.html (881 words)

	Congressional Medal of Honor - Maine Medal of Honor Recipients
		Citation: As seaman on board the USS Hendrick Hudson, St. Marks, Fla, 5 and 6 March 1865, Mack served with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and, throughout this fierce engagement, made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun.
		Citation: Served on board the USS Metacomet during the action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the rebel ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 Aug 1864.
		Citation: On board the USS Lehigh, Charleston Harbor, 16 November 1863, during the hazardous task of freeing the Lehigh, which had grounded, and was under heavy enemy fire from Fort Moultrie.
	www.medalofhonor.com /MaineRecipients.htm (8940 words)

	Thoroughbred American Civil War 1/600 Ships
		USS Miantonomoh :(4 in class Contains parts to construct of the following ships Monadnock, Agamenticus, Tonawanda and Miantonomoh)
		U.S.S. Milwaukee Class (4 in class- Chickasaw,Winnebago, Kickapoo and Milwaukee)
		U.S.S. Hartford (5 in class - Brooklyn, Hartford, Lancaster, Pensacola and Richmond)
	www.warweb.com /thoracw600.html (523 words)

	This Day in U.S. Military History: 03.05
		Citation: On board the U.S.S. Petrel for heroism and gallantry, fearlessly exposing his own life to danger in saving others on the occasion of the flre on board that vessel, 31 March 1901.
		Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Petrel; for heroism and gallantry, fearlessly exposing his own life to danger for the saving of the others on the occasion of the fire on board that vessel, 31 March 1901.
		1863 - U.S.S. Diana, Acting Master Thomas L. Peterson, reconnoitering the Atchafalaya River, Louisiana, with troops embarked, was attacked by Confederate sharpshooters and fieldpieces.
	tdiumh.blogspot.com /2005_03_01_tdiumh_archive.html (20027 words)

	USS Metacomet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Wooden side-wheel steamer Metacomet was launched 7 March 1863 by Thomas Stack, Brooklyn, N.Y., and commissioned at New York 4 January 1864, Comdr.
		Unsuccessful in efforts to destroy her by long-range fire from Metacomet and Monongahela, Admiral Farragut ordered a boat expedition to attempt the task.
		Torpedoes remained a danger to shipping in waters near Mobile even after that southern port had fallen to the Union so Metacomet returned there to drag the Bay and Blakely Channel for the "infernal machines" 9 March through 12 April 1865.
	www.datasync.com /~bouchard/civilwar/metacomet.htm (343 words)

	[74.0] August 1864 (2): Damn The Torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The monitors were slow to arrive, with the USS MANHATTAN arriving in July, to be followed by the CHICKASAW, the WINNEBAGO, and the TECUMSEH.
		The HARTFORD was lashed with the fast gunboat METACOMET, and the gunboat's captain, Lieutenant Commander James E. Jouett, asked Farragut for permission to cut his vessel free.
		Farragut assented, and the METACOMET pursued the SELMA into shallow water, where the Yankee gunboat pounded the rebel vessel.
	www.vectorsite.net /twcw74.html (5592 words)

	Civilian Ships--Metacomet (Steamship, 1854) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Metacomet, a 395-ton (burden) side-wheel steamship, was built at New York City in 1854 for commercial owners.
		She was chartered by the Navy in 1858 for use in the Paraguay expedition and placed in commission as USS Pulaski.
		Subsequently purchased, she operated in South American waters from early 1859 until January 1863, when she was sold at Montevideo, Uruguay.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-civil/civsh-m/metacomt.htm (186 words)

	This Day in U.S. Military History: March 27
		1863 - U.S.S. Pawnee, Commander Balch, supported an Army landing on Cole's Island, South Carolina; Balch joined the Army command ashore for a reconnaissance of the island.
		1880 - USS Constellation departs New York with food for famine victims in Ireland.1884 - The first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York City.
		The Stick now holds the record for a carrierâs continuous days at sea with 159, beating the USS Eisenhowerâs previous record of 152 set in 1982.
	tdiumh.blogspot.com /2005/03/march-27.html (4101 words)

	Mayflower Quarterly Article - Who Heard That?
		Born son of a former navy and army man in Tennessee in 1801, he was adopted in 1810 by famed Capt. David Porter, whose given name he took.
		He served as a midshipman under Porter on the USS Essex in the War of 1812 battle against the British at Valparaiso, Chili, when he was only 13 years old.
		He was promoted to Captain in 1863 and Commodore in 1866.
	www.alden.org /pilgrim_lore/whoheard.htm (2591 words)

	navychronology1864b
		Monticello, Lieutenant Cushing, to "cruise together, and on finding the Florida will make a joint attack on her and capture her.'' The career of Florida, one of the most successful raiders, was nearing an end, but the honor of capturing her was to go neither to Adams nor Cushing.
		Durand concealing himself and his men by day and moving by night, made his way toward the prize steamer only to be discovered and captured by a Confederate patrol.
		Loading the lumber on board a barge in tow of Planter took almost until nightfall, and in the dusk of the return down-stream, Confederate riflemen took the ships under fire and felled trees ahead of them.
	www.usnlp.org /navychronology/1864b.html (12474 words)

	G.W. Blunt White Library: Microfilm List
		USS ELINOR, Abstract Log: Feb. 25, 1919-April 23, 1919, George Comer, master.
		USS KEARSARGE, Diary: 11/21/1861-11/5/1864, by William Wainwright; Journal: 11/27/1861-11/10/1869, of Charles Poole.
		U.S.S. MARION Journal: Jan. 1858-Sept. 1860, kept by Henry Eason, a seaman.
	www.mysticseaport.org /library/catfind/micro.cfm (5806 words)

	List and Date Spans of Civil War Naval Decklogs. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For those vessels that were in commission before the Civil War, I have only indicated when the logs commenced, and then included the date span for the period of the war.
		It is to be noted that not all logbooks, of vessels that were in operation during the Civil War, are available, as was noted by the author, when he attempted to obtain copies from the deck log of the USS Arizona.
		A large number of the vessels were decommissioned at the end of the war, or shortly after, and this is shown by the cessation of the logs.
	hub.dataline.net.au /~tfoen/decklogs.htm (426 words)

	Ship Plans from the National Archives
		Midship Section, 10"x15" (1863) (Plan Reduced 50%), 1/4" scale.
		Gun Deck of USS New Ironsides, showing 16, 11" Dahlgren guns run out and run in, 15"x65" (Sept. 1865), 1/4" scale.
		Placement of 24 pdrs on Hurricane Deck, 13"x18" (1863), 1/24Size.
	www.marylandsilver.com /Ship.htm (3340 words)

	ndex, list of Blueprints and excerpts
		He served as Chief of Staff to Farragut and was later wounded while commanding a convoy escort group.
		USS Jenkins (TBD-42)(DD-42, July 17, 1920), was built by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine and commissioned on June 15, 1912.
		In the years that preceded World War I Jenkins, based at Newport, Rhode Island trained with the Atlantic Fleet, sailing to the Caribbean for winter maneuvers, operating along the East Coast in the summer.
	www.marylandsilver.com /ndexlist.htm (661 words)

	USS Jouett (DD-396), Somers-class destroyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He then joined the blockading forces off Galveston, distinguishing himself during the night of 7—8 November 1861 in the capture and destruction of Confederate schooner Royal Yacht.
		Jouett later commanded Montgomery and R.R. Cuyler on blockading duty and in September 1863 took command of Metacomet.
		At the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, his ship was lashed to Admiral Farragut's flagship Hartford, then was sent after two Confederate gunboats.
	www.domeisland.com /goldplater/ussjouett.html (974 words)

	DANFS: USS Jouett (DD-396)
		He then joined the blockading forces off Galveston, distinguishing himself during the night of 7 to 8 November 1861 in the capture and destruction of Confederate schooner Royal Yacht.
		In the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, his ship was lashed to Admiral Farragut's flagship Hartford as the gallant ships entered the bay.
		Monitor Tecumseh was sunk by an underwater "torpedo", but the ships steamed boldly on, inspired by Farragut's famous command: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." Metacomet was sent after two Confederate gunboats, and in a short chase Jouett riddled Gaines and captured Selma.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd396.html (1049 words)

	Fort Morgan/ Fort Gains and the Battle of Mobile Bay
		USS Tecumseh, an iron-hulled, single-turret monitor, was launched 12 September 1863, at Jersey City, New Jersey.
		He was chief adviser to Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft in planning the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and was its first superintendent (1845—47).
		In Sept., 1861, he took the rank of captain in the Confederate navy, commanding the Virginia (formerly the Merrimack) against the Union blockading squadron in Hampton Roads (March 8, 1863).
	www.civilwarhistory.com /photosaugust/fort_morgan.html (1523 words)

	ME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Metacomet (died 1676) American Indian Chief, known as King Philip
		US-ME Maine is a state of the United States that is named after the French province of Maine.
		USS Maine was named in honor of this state.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/ME (3523 words)

	Navy Medals of Honor rescinded by the Department of the Navy
		Blakeslee was cited "For distinguished service in the line of his profession while serving on the staff of the commander of the United States Naval forces operating in European waters" during World War I. Beyond that reference, his name no longer appears in the Navy Roll of Honor.
		During the Civil War, Boatswains Mate Thomas Gehegan received the Medal of Honor for his "Personal Valor" as captain of a 6" gun aboard the USS Pinola (G.O. 11, 3 April 1863).
		Subsequently charged with misconduct, his Medal of Honor for action in the Battle of New Orleans on 24-25 April, 1862 was forfeited, and remains in the custody of the Navy Department.
	www.homeofheroes.com /moh/corrections/purge_navy.html (661 words)

	Congressional Medal of Honor - Navy Medal of Honor Recipients: Civil War 1861-65
		Their names are followed by their rank and rate, if known, the date of the action and the vessel or unit on which they served.
		GARVIN, WILLIAM, Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy., USS Agawam, Fort Fisher, 23 December 1864
		HARRIS, JOHN, Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy., USS Metacomet, Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864
	www.medalofhonor.com /NavyCivilWar.htm (4278 words)

	Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients
		BUCK, JAMES, Quartermaster, U.S. Navy., USS Brooklyn, Forts Jackson, St.
		FLOOD, THOMAS, Boy, U.S. Navy., USS Pensacola, Forts Jackson and St.
		YOUNG, WILLIAM, Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy., USS Cayuga, Forts St.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/moh/moh1.htm (4258 words)

	Vermont in the Civil War - United States Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dillon, John, Woodstock, VT, U. Navy -, enl 1/65, m/o 8/30/65; vessels: Metacomet
		Martin, James, Burlington, VT, U. Navy -, Jan/Feb 1863, resigned 8/10/64; vessels: Columbine
		Young, Lewis, Georgia, VT, U. Navy -, enl 9/3/64, Boston, receiving ship USS Ohio; age 22, no occupation, hazel eyes, brown hair, dark complexion; mustered 12/31/64, USS Brooklyn, m/o 6/11/65; vessels: Brooklyn, St. Louis
	vermontcivilwar.org /units/navy/699.php (8463 words)

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