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	USS Queen of the West
		Queen of the West, a side wheel steamer built at Cineinnati in 1862, wac ptlrehased by the War Department in 1854 and fitted out as a ram for General Ellet's Ram Fleet which operated on the Mississippi in the Civil War in eonjunetion with the Western Flotilla.
		Commanded by Col. Charles Ellet, Jr., Queen of the West ram Monarch, and Gve ironclad gunboats of the Western Flotilla engaged the Confederate River Defense Fleet at Memphis 6 June 1862.
		In the action, Queen of the West was rammed and Col. Ellet mortally wounded, but the Union ships destroyed the Southern flotilla and won for the Union control of the Mississippi as far south as Vicksburg.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/Steamer/queenofthewest.html (490 words)

	USS Queen of the West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The USS Queen of the West was one of the steamships converted by Colonel Ellet into rams.
		Their hulls were strengthened by heavy beams that ran the length of the ship and the bows were filled in with solid oak.
		The CSS Queen of the West caught fire and exploded in an engagement in the Atchafalaya River, 14 April 1863.
	members.cox.net /ironmonger/queenwest.htm (172 words)

	Case Key West page2
		Key West citizens dedicated a monument in the city cemetery on March 15, 1900 to the heroes who died in the harbor of Havana on that February 15, 1898.
		Signs that Key West was really moving into the twentieth century was dozed in 1929 when Miss Lena Johnson, was the first woman to be elected to its city commission, was defeated for reelection, but it was only by 40 votes.
		Navy Captain Sigsbee was the captain of the USS Maine sank in the harbor of of Havana in 1898.
	www.keyshistory.org /keywestpage2.html (3637 words)

	Confederate Ships--C.S. Ram Queen of the West (1863-1863)
		Confederate Ships--C.S. Ram Queen of the West (1863-1863)
		On 14 February 1863, the U.S. Ram Queen of the West was sunk off Fort de Russy, on the Red River, Louisiana.
		Queen of the West was later sent to the Atchafalaya River area of Louisiana.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-mr/qn-west.htm (358 words)

	History of the USS Corry DD817 - USS Corry Association Destroyers shipmates uss corry uss-corry dd 817 dd-817 tincans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 3rd, USS Corry DD-817, was launched 7-28-1945 by Consolidated Steel Corp. of Texas, Orange, TX; sponsored by Miss Corry; commissioned 2-27-1946, CDR M.S. Shellabarger in command; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.
		USS Corry sailed out of Norfolk for local operations until 4-01-1953 when she was decommissioned for conversion to a radar picket destroyer.
		Recommissioned 1-09-1954, USS Corry performed a shakedown to Gitmo and then carried NROTC midshipmen on a cruise to New Orleans and thru the Panama Canal for operations at Balboa in the summer of 1954.
	www.uss-corry-dd817.org /History/history.htm (1223 words)

	USS Kinkaid (DD 965)
		USS KINKAID was then assigned to Destroyer Squadron 13 in San Diego and was, at the time, conducting two months of routine operations under the operational command of Joint Task Force Four, located in Key West, FL.
		During NIMITZ's deployment in the Arabian Gulf, USS KINKAID was accused by Iran of spying on its military exercises.
		USS KINKAID was part of the USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) Battle Group, as the USS CONSTELLATION officially relieved the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) in the Arabian Gulf in September 1999.
	navysite.de /dd/dd965.htm (2093 words)

	History of the West Point
		West Point soon proceeded to New York City and, while anchored off the Staten Island quarantine station on 16 July, took on board 137 Italian citizens and 327 Germans from the consulates of those nations in the United States which had been c losed.
		West Point got underway at 1455 on the 16th, bound for Portugal, and arrived at Lisbon on the 23d.
		West Point acquired an extra passenger while en route; for, at 1325 on 4 February, a baby boy was born on board.
	www.town-local.net /sibiski/west_point.htm (2643 words)

	USS Queen of the West (1854) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Queen of the West, a sidewheel steamer built at Cincinnati, Ohio in 1854, was purchased by the United States Department of War in 1862 and fitted out as a ram for Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr.
		Commanded by Colonel Charles Rivers Ellet (the Fleet commander's son), Queen of the West, ram USS Monarch, and five ironclad gunboats of the Western Flotilla engaged the Confederate States River Defense Fleet at Memphis, Tennessee on June 6, 1862.
		On July 15, Queen of the West, USS Carondelet, and USS Tyler engaged Confederate ironclad ram CSS Arkansas in the Yazoo River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Queen_of_the_West (605 words)

	SS West Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As this was not possible in the Atlantic she suddenly found herself in the midst of a long and lonely period of battling the enemy and the elements-the strength and cunning of the powerful German U-boat wolf packs and the raging might of the North Atlantic Ocean.
		The WEST POINT had been accustomed to twelve to fourteen days in an American port after each voyage for fulfillment of her supply and fueling requirements and the ace omplishment of minor but vital voyage repairs.
		On the return trip the WEST POINT was north and west of Ireland, one day out of Gourock, when she encountered one of the most severe storms in the history of the North Atlantic.
	www.trailblazersww2.org /divisionhistory/westpoint.htm (5286 words)

	CHRONOLOGY OF CIVIL WAR NAVAL EVENTS 1863 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		USS Harriet Lane was captured and USS Westfield was destroyed.
		USS Queen of the West grounded in the Black River and was abandoned under heavy fire.
		USS Montauk, Wissahickon, Seneca, and Dawn shelled and destroyed blockade runner Rattlesnake (formerly CSS Nashville) under the guns of Fort McAllister, Georgia.
	www.civilwarinteractive.com /CWPediaNavyChron1863.htm (761 words)

	USS HORNET - Press Releases 2004
		The USS Hornet Museum is a non-profit organization with the goal of inspiring people of all ages to experience naval history, science, and space technology first-hand.
		The USS Hornet Museum, a WWII-era aircraft carrier that now serves as a sea, air, and space museum in Alameda, was selected from a competitive field of applicants from all over the state.
		The mission of the USS Hornet Museum is to serve as an educational, cultural, and community resource that engages people of all backgrounds in exploring naval history and technology on the sea, in the air, and in space.
	www.uss-hornet.org /news_events/press_releases/press_releases_2004.html (6372 words)

	Battleship USS Washington BB56 - Shipmates
		He served on the USS Washington, original crew (plank owner) May 1941 to April 1943 (including Battle of Guadalcanal) as RM-2 radio operator (standing radio circuit watches).
		One of his most lasting memories of his time on the USS Washington was hearing the pilots chatter during combat of their hits/victories in the heat of WWII battles.
		He left the USS Washington in Boston in December 1945 and was discharged at Shoemaker, CA March 1946.
	www.usswashington.com /profil43.htm (1039 words)

	USS Queen of the West (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In ensuing months, Queen of the West continued to support operations against Vicksburg.
		As the year closed, she was busy clearing the Zazoo of torpedoes and engaging Confederate batteries at Drumgold's Bluff.
		Queen of the West operated thereafter under the Confederate Army.
	www.navyhistory.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Steamer/queenofthewest.html (498 words)

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		Clary, USS DACOTAH, prevented ELLA & ANNIE from taking the recaptured prize into Boston and accompanied her that day to Halifax, where she was turned over to local authorities the 19th-conceding that her recovery in neutral waters of Canada had been extra-legal-and the prisoners with her.
		She was then rammed amidships by USS QUEEN OF THE WEST, and immediately struck again by USS MONARCH, both of the Ellett fleet.
		By 0300, USS JAMES ADGER had towed CORNUBIA free on the flood tide still intact and she was duly sent to Boston as a prize, along with a bag of watersoaked mail which one of her officers had tried to dispose of in the surf and the three captives.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/csn/c.txt (5342 words)

	1968 Narrative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		NEW JERSEY replenished from USS POLLUX (AKS 4) in the morning and from USS VESUVIUS (AE 15) in the afternoon.
		In the morning it was USS MATTAPONI (AO 41) for fuel, and in the late afternoon, MOUNT KATMAI for bullets.
		USS MONTROSE (APA 212) arrived the same morning and provided outstanding boat service for NEW JERSEY liberty parties until the 20th, when the ship returned to the gunline.
	www.ussnewjersey.org /1968_narrative.htm (15426 words)

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		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.
		Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron she was captured off Sabine Pass, Tex. on 21 January 1863 by two cottonclad Confederate steamers, UNCLE BEN and JOSIAH A. MORNING LIGHT was under Confederate control for 2 days before she was burned on 23 January off Sabine Pass.
		Ellet, commanding USS QUEEN OF THE WEST, and was captured with a large cargo of food supplies intended for delivery at Port Hudson.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/csn/m.txt (4112 words)

	Queen of the West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Queen of the West, Cincinnati-built in 1854, was purchased and converted into a ram by the United States Army in 1862.
		She was one of the vessels of Ellet's Ram Fleet operating in conjunction with the U.S. Navy.
		Queen of the West, cottonclad with iron protection around her machinery, operated thereafter under the Confederate Army.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/cfa8/queen_of_the_west.htm (162 words)

	Old Ironsides History Page
		She patrols the West African coast, looking for slave traders, as well as "showing the flag" via many port calls.
		She is towed by the minesweeper USS GREBE and, occasionally, by the submarine tender USS BUSHNELL.
		July 11 - The CONSTITUTION is officially visited by her majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, as well as by her consort, Admiral of the Fleet the Prince Philip, Royal Navy.
	www.ussconstitution.navy.mil /historyupdat.htm (2943 words)

	A report on all past USS Fletcher reunions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ray V. Allen, a dentist from West Virginia, was obsessed with the idea of a Fletcher reunion and it was he who announced that the next year, 1971, the USS Fletcher DD-445 would hold it's first reunion in conjunction with the League of Naval Destroyermen event in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania.
		The new USS Fletcher DD-992 was being completed in the Ingalls Ship Building Yard in Pascagoula, Mississippi and the 165 Fletchermen, their wives, and others were honored guests for the commissioning ceremonies on 12 July 1980.
		Also visited was the battleship USS Alabama and the adjacent aircraft pavilion and WWII submarine, USS Drum.
	www.ussfletcher.org /past.html (3816 words)

	Welcome to the United States Ship Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. DD850
		Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., did not return to the West Coast immediately upon the termination of this combat duty, but instead steamed westward to complete a circuit of the globe.
		Following the ceremonies, in which both President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II took part, the destroyer entered the Seaway and steamed to Chicago 2 July.
		With her is the USS Massachusetts (BB59), USS Lionfish (SS298), and two PT boats from World War II.
	www.ussjpkennedyjr.org /jpkhist.html (1566 words)

	Building the Texas
		are USS Texas built in 1895, USS Texas CGN-39 and the current USS Texas SSN775.
		The design work was done in the old State, War, and Navy Building just west of the White House.
		Indeed, they were the most powerful battleships in the world until January 1915 when the Royal Navy commissioned HMS Queen Elizabeth, mounting 15-inch guns, at Portsmouth Dockyard.
	www.usstexasbb35.com /building_the_texas.htm (1797 words)

	Raymond Linn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ray's life was ended when a torpedo ripped into the USS LIBERTY's starboard side killing him and many of his shipmates instantaneously.
		Joy remembers December of 1967 when a purple heart, for fatal wounds received and the national defense service ribbon, with a bronze star, was presented to her.
		In February of 1978, The United States Naval Security Group Operations Building at Sugar Grove, West Virginia, was renamed the Raymond Eugene Linn Operations Center.
	www.ussliberty.com /linn.htm (419 words)

	History of the USS Perry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is an ever-expanding history of anything relating to the USS Perry.
		On 30 May 1918, she sailed for Key West for patrol duty in the Florida Keys.
		Shortly afterward, Queen Charlotte's captain and the officer in charge of the soldiers aboard were both hit by a round shot.
	www.ussperry.org /history.html (6306 words)

	history.html
		The first USS Maddox was an Old Wickles Class Destroyer laid down 20 July 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Mass.
		This USS Maddox was commissioned 10 March 1919 and ship's captain was Cmdr. Edward C. Parker.
		Assigned to Division 21, Atlantic Fleet, Maddox departed Boston 3 May 1919 for Trepassey, Newfoundland, enroute to the Azores where she became part of a "bridge of ships" assigned to guide Navy flying boats NC-1 and NC-4 across the ocean on the first transatlantic flight.
	www.ussmaddox.org /history.html (1486 words)

	Navy Civil War chronology (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		USS Kensington and Rachel Seaman and mortar schooner Henry James bombarded Sabine City, Texas, and forced Confederate troops to withdraw from the city.
		USS Cairo, Lieutenant Commander T. Selfridge, was sunk in the Yazoo River, the first ship to be destroyed by a Confederate torpedo.
		USS Sassacus, Wyalusing, and Mattabesett engaged CSS Albemarle off the mouth of the Roanoke River as the Union sought in vain to regain control near Plymouth.
	www.history.navy.mil.cob-web.org:8888 /wars/civilwar.htm (3042 words)

	A Forest of Masts and Smokestacks - The Life And Death of the Confederate Ironclad "ARKANSAS"
		The Virginia was built from the ashes of the Union frigate USS Merrimac, a wooden ship which was burned during the capture of the Norfolk navy yard and which the Confederates later raised.
		Captain Hunter of the Queen of the West ordered his ship to run for cover after a shell burst over her decks, despite the urgings of Captain Gwin of the Tyler that he should close and ram the Arkansas.
		The Queen of the West, her captain and crew blinded by the smoke, bounced off the Arkansas, swung aside and hit the shore.
	www.btinternet.com /~david.Manley/naval/ironfire/arkansas.html (5267 words)

	USS KIDD Veterans Memorial -- Military Reunion Services
		For several years now, the USS KIDD Veterans Memorial has been one of the leading sites for military reunions in the nation.
		Many veterans groups wish to hold a memorial service to honor their comrades who did not make it back home or those who have passed on since their last reunion.
		We at the USS KIDD are honored to have such opportunities to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice to guarantee the freedoms we enjoy today.
	www.usskidd.com /reunions.html (812 words)

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