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	USN Ships--USS MONONGAHELA (1863-1908)
		USS Monongahela, a 2078-ton steam screw sloop built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in January 1863.
		Monongahela was converted to a sailing storeship in 1883-84, with her engines removed to increase storage space.
		Monongahela had received a bowsprit in her 1865 refit, but retains her original straight bow.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/monong.htm (523 words)

	USS Albatross (1861) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first USS Albatross was a screw steamer rigged as a three-masted schooner that served in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
		Farragut placed the steamer in quarantine, and she was forbidden to communicate with the rest of the squadron.
		On December 17, she, USS Richmond, USS Cayuga, USS Katahdin, and USS Winona supported the uncontested landing of Major General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks' troops at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Albatross_(1861) (2242 words)

	USS Lackawanna (1862) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first USS Lackawanna was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
		Lackawanna was launched by the New York Navy Yard 9 August 1862; sponsored by Miss Imogen Page Cooper; and commissioned 8 January 1863, Captain John B. Marchand in command.
		On 9 July, with Monongahela, Galena, and Sebago, she braved the guns of Fort Morgan to shell steamer Virgin, a large blockade runner aground at the entrance of Mobile Bay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Lackawanna_(1862) (695 words)

	USS Monongahela
		Monongahela grounded under the guns of a heavy battery, taking a murderous pounding and losing six men killed and 21 wounded, including the captain, until she worked loose with Kinco's aid While attempting to continue upriver, her overloaded engine broke down, and the sloop was forced to drift downstream with Kineo.
		Monongahela remained on duty with the West Gulf Squadron until the end of the Civil War, and then was assigned to the West Indies Squadron.
		Monongahela continued her duty on the Pacific Station as storeship at Callao, Peru, into 1890, and then sailed round Cape Horn to Portsmouth Navy Yard to be fitted out as an apprentice training ship.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/CWNavy/monongahela.html (920 words)

	James Stoddard
		Shortly after enlisting, Stoddard was assigned to USS Marmora, a stern wheel steamer operating on the Yazoo River as part of the Mississippi Squadron under the Command of Rear Admiral David Porter.
		Stoddard continued to serve as an Officer on USS Marmora until late 1864 when he was transferred to USS Choctaw, another steamer in the Mississippi Squadron.
		USS Marmora, a 207-ton stern-wheel "tinclad" river gunboat, was built in 1862 at Monongahela, Pennsylvania, as the civilian steamer Marmora Number 2.
	www.ussstoddard.org /history_jstoddard.html (564 words)

	A Chronological History
		December 26, 1861: U.S. Marines from the sloop USS Dale skirmished with Confederate troops at the mouth of the South Edisto River, SC.
		January 31, 1862 - By the time General U. Grant, in command of the Federal Army of the West, was prepared to advance up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers in 1862, seven river gunboats were available to participate in the campaign, and a number of others were in the process of construction at St. Louis.
		July 17-18, 1862 - Twenty-eight U.S. Marines and sailors from the USS Grey Cloud, under 1/Lt. George Collier captured or destroyed a steamer and 2 schooners rumored to be loaded with cotton, and destroyed telegraphic communications between Pascagoula and Mobile.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Plains/4198/history.htm (5791 words)

	Rear Admiral James Hooker Strong, USN (1814—1882)
		USS Monongahela rams CSS Tennessee at the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, by E. Sayer.
		On the night of 8 May 1862, Flag captured the schooner Amelia, which had sailed from Charleston with cargo of cotton and was attempting to run the Union blockade.
		USS Monongahela as she appeared during the Civil War.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /fletcherclass/ussstrong/namesake467.html (460 words)

	Usn Veterans Burial Sites
		Walker Armington, Steward, USS Monongahela, was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island and died on March 14, 1937, at Worcester, Massachusetts.
		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.
		Thomas Addison Knowlton, USS Wabash, was born in Rockport, Massachusetts, and died at the age of 102, at Ashland, Massachusetts, on February 14, 1940.
	www.tfoenander.com /burials.html (16953 words)

	Rear Admiral Melancton Smith, U.S.N. - A Memoir
		The USS Monongahela was commissioned in January 1863 and was built as shown above, with three pivot guns and no bowsprit.
		Given command of the Monongahela, Captain Smith participated in the unsuccessful general assault by Banks and Farragut on Port Hudson, during the closing days of May, being among the foremost in the naval attack.
		The USS Onondaga on the James River, Virginia in 1864.
	www.james.com /beaumont/smith_melancton.htm (2976 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Was transfered for a short period in an emergency deployment to the USS Bordelon to be on the blockade of Cuba as a radioman, transfered back to the Luce afterwards.
		and the squadron was assigned to the USS Forrestal.
		Subsequently, I was assigned to USS Indepen- dence CVA-62 at NOB Norfolk.
	www.navetsusa.com /mates.txt (11637 words)

	Body
		USS Monongahela, before the rebel batteries at Port Hudson.
		USS Mississippi, before the rebel batteries at Port Hudson.
		USS Keystone State; injuries received in action with rebel ram, off Charleston, January 31, 1863.
	www.tfoenander.com /usndeaths.htm (468 words)

	navychronology1863b
		The high hopes placed on these ironclads were to no avail, however, for they were seized by the British prior to their completion and never reached Confederate waters.
		After shelling the town, the Union force "captured one sloop loaded with cotton, one schooner not laden; caused them to destroy several vessels, some of which were loaded with cotton and about ready to sail.
		The launch was a part of the night patrol on guard duty; Haines, hearing the report that a Confederate steamer was coming out into the harbor, went to investigate.
	usnlp.org /navychronology/1863b.html (9665 words)

	USNB GTMO History, RADM M. E. Murphy Vol. 1, Ch. 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Records indicate that the USS Amphitrite, a monitor, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Edwin H. Tillman, USN, was first designated as station ship in Guantanamo Bay.
		The USS Monongahela was launched in Philadelphia in 1862.
		Soon after the Monongahela's burning the USS Newark, with Commander Charles H. Harlow, USN, in command, came to relieve the crew of the Monongahela, who were living ashore at Deer Point, and from reports, quite contented.
	www.nsgtmo.navy.mil /history/gtmohistorymurphyvol1ch4.htm (3927 words)

	George Dewey
		Following graduation, George was ordered to report immediately to the USS WABASH, a new steam frigate which was to be flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron.
		During the Battle of Port Hudson on the night of March 14, the MISSISSIPPI ran onto a mud bank, where she caught fire and was abandoned.
		After USS MAINE blew up in Havana Harbor on February 15, Dewey ordered the Asiatic Squadron to Hong Kong, and preparations for conflict with Spain were commenced.
	www.spanamwar.com /dewey.htm (2373 words)

	George Dewey
		Following graduation, Dewey was ordered to report to the USS Wabash, a new steam frigate that was destined to be the flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron.
		A few weeks after the Mississippi was destroyed, Dewey was made executive officer of the USS Monongahela, which was serving as Admiral Farragut's flagship.
		At the end of the war Dewey was a lieutenant commander, serving as executive officer of the sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge on the European Station.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h3709.html (1650 words)

	USS Strong Namesake USS Strong Association Destroyers shipmates ussstrong uss-strong dd 758 dd-758 tincans
		USS Strong Namesake USS Strong Association Destroyers shipmates ussstrong uss-strong dd 758 dd-758 tincans
		Strong was promoted to Commander in April 1861 and commanded Mohawk and Flag in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in 1861 and 1862, and Monongahela in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron from1863 to 1865.
		The U.S.S. Strong (DD467) was the first U.S. Naval Vessel to bear the name of Admiral Strong and was lost in the South Pacific in 1943.
	www.uss-strong.com /namesake.htm (233 words)

	RG45: Appendix M.
		Jacob Jones; on the USS Vincennes, May 9 1829-May 20, 1830, under the command of Capt. William B. Finch; and on the USS Falmouth, April 1, 1831-June 29, 1834, under the command of Capt. Francis H. Gregory.
		The USS Guerriere was the flagship of the Atlantic Squadron, commanded by Rear Adm. Charles Henry Davis.
		The USS Periwinkle was renamed the USS Polaris prior to the commencement of her voyage on the Hall scientific expedition to the Arctic.
	138.147.50.20 /library/guides/rg45-m.htm (11744 words)

	USN Ships--USS Marmora (1862-1865) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Marmora was soon sent to join the Federal forces campaigning against the Confederate fortress at Vicksburg, Mississipi.
		This page features our only views of USS Marmora.
		If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/marmora.htm (219 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.
		Lackawanna rammed into the Confederate ship at full speed but, said Farragut, "the only perceptible effect on the ram was to give her a heavy list." A shot from Manhattan's 15-inch gun, however, made a greater impression on those on board Tennessee.
	www.usnlp.org /navychronology/1864b.html (12468 words)

	Loyal Legion Vignettes
		During her career of a little less than a year, he served as her only executive officer, under five different commanders; he stood on her deck when she was launched and left it a few minutes before she sank.
		Greene was with the USS Monitor when she moved up the James River in connection with McClellan's advance upon Richmond and participated in her hard-fought action against Fort Darling.
		In 1863-1864, he was employed as executive officer of the USS Florida in chasing blockade-runners, and during the last year of the war in a similar capacity on the USS Iroquois, which was engaged in searching for Confederate commerce destroyers.
	suvcw.org /mollus/art049.htm (1153 words)

	DAVID FARRAGUT Autograph
		He was accompanied by the USS Richmond, which was commanded by James Alden (1810-1877), and the USS Monongahela.
		Although both the Richmond and the Monongahela were forced to turn back, a determined and eager Farragut was able to guide his ship past the batteries protecting Port Hudson in spite of the enemy's fire.
		During the attack, Alden was commanding the USS Brooklyn, the lead ship.
	www.historyforsale.com /html/prodetails.asp?documentid=156072 (583 words)

	The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Admiral David Farragut - Apr. 12th, 2004
		In January 1862, Farragut was named Flag Officer in command of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron with instructions to enter the Mississippi and capture New Orleans.
		USS Brooklyn is leading the outer line of Union warships, immediately followed by USS Hartford.
		The U.S.S. O'Leary is a worn out WWI four-stacker destroyer that steams in and out of trouble and participates in some of the major naval actions of the area.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/1115841/posts (7408 words)

	GAR - Photographs
		In December 1862, he was assigned as executive officer the Kearsarge at the start of her cruise in search of the Confederate raider.
		After the war, he was stationed at the Portsmouth Navy Yard from 1865 to 1873 where he was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1872.
		In 1873, Captain Thornton was given command of the USS Monongahela for a scientific expedition to Kerguelen's Land.
	suvcw.org /past/jsthornton.htm (720 words)

	Civil War Naval Forces Index
		USS Cairo [Cairo class ironclad] [Photos, brief notes] [Photos, history] [Colored illustration: Sinking of the Union Ironclad Gunboat USS Cairo by torpedoes in the Yazoo River; history]
		USS Keokuk [twin-turret monitor] [History, illustrations] [Description, illus.
		USS Monitor [coastal monitor] [Roster] [Photos, brief description] [History, illustrations] [Description, photo] [Illustrations, map, capsule history] [History, illustration, documents] [Description, illus.
	www.tarleton.edu /~kjones/USNavy.html (1174 words)

	Ocean Springs Archives by Ray L. Bellande
		At Mobile Bay in August 1864, Freeman piloted the USS Hartford, Farragut’s flagship, while Bellande was aboard the USS Monongahela, which rammed the CSA Tennessee.
		It appears that North Carolinian, Thomas Galloway, was among the earliest settlers and merchants in the Bluff Creek-Mounger’s Creek section.
		Elizabeth Martin and her babies were victims of starvation and disease as a consequence of that conflict, which was especially traumatic on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.
	www.oceanspringsarchives.com /Vancleave.htm (12949 words)

	David Farragut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This was one of the accomplishments that helped the Union during the war.
		January 1862, commanded USS Hartford and the West Gulf blockading squadron of 17 vessels.
		September 5, 1864, offered command of the North Atlantic Blocking Squadron, but declined.
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/David_Farragut (846 words)

	World History Maps, The Civil War in and around Tensas Parish, LA Historical Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Grand Gulf and vicinity MS, expedition to, Mar 12, 1865 - Mar 14, 1865
		Grand Gulf batteries MS, passage by the USS Hartford and USS Monongahela, Mar 19, 1863
		Grand Gulf MS, bombardment and passage of the batteries, Apr 29, 1863
	www.worldhistorymaps.com /CW/local/latensas.htm (458 words)

	John Stobart Galleries Contact Form
		The Monongahela Wharf seen from Smithfield St. Bridge
		The Inner Harbour of one of England's Channel Ports in 1954
		SAN DIEGO - A View of Point Loma from Santa Fe WESTPORT POINT - Whaling Brig "Kate Cory" in 1862
	www.stobart.com /stobform.html (170 words)

	US Cruisers
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		Also available for naval enthusiasts are message boards for each class of cruiser.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /us_cruisers.htm (735 words)

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