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	USS Wampanoag (1864) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first USS Wampanoag was a screw frigate in the United States Navy.
		Wampanoag was laid down on 3 August 1863 by the New York Navy Yard, New York; launched on 15 December 1864; sponsored by Miss Case, daughter of Capt. Augustus Ludlow Case, second-in-command of the navy yard; and commissioned on 17 September 1867, Capt. J.
		From 22 February 1868 to 8 April, Wampanoag was deployed as flagship of the North Atlantic Fleet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Wampanoag_(1864) (579 words)

	Steamship Types
		USS Missouri, a 3220-ton steam frigate of the Mississippi class, was built at the New York Navy Yard.
		USS Trenton, a 3900 ton steam frigate, was built at the New York Navy Yard and commissioned in February 1877.
		USS Naugatuck, a 192-ton twin screw steamer built at New York City in 1844, was converted to a gunboat early in the Civil War by Edwin A. Stevens to demonstrate the merits of his ongoing "Stevens Battery" project.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/steam1.htm (3936 words)

	Wampanoag
		USS Neshaminy, a 3850-ton steam frigate of the first rate, was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, as part of a Civil War program of large, very fast, steam cruisers.
		USS Pompanoosuc, a 4446-ton steam frigate, was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, in 1864 as part of a Civil War program of large, very fast, steam cruisers.
		USS Chattanooga, a 3043-ton steam sloop, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the smallest of a group of large, very fast, steam cruisers begun during the Civil War.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/wampanoag.htm (3731 words)

	Uss Florida - herballifeproducts.info - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Gregory ott to bring the boat to life, the crew of uss florida ssgn 728 hustled to their stations and a new full text of the article, uss florida an end and a beginning around the fleet that will be good for the remainder of the ships operational life.
		On 10 august 1914 she was ordered to cooperate with the uss florida in the with the life saving service in january, 1915 to create the coast guard.
		Sinnett demonstrated extraordinary heroism aboard the uss florida during the battle of vera the uss cole is heading to the middle east for the first time since terrorists cruiser uss philippine sea, based at mayport naval station in florida.
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	USN Ships--USS WAMPANOAG (1867-1885)
		USS Wampanoag, a 4215-ton steam frigate, was laid down at the New York Navy Yard in 1863 as part of a Civil War program of large, very fast, steam cruisers.
		Wampanoag ran trials in February 1868, reaching speeds in excess of 17 knots, a very high figure for that time.
		In 1874, the ship was refitted for use as storeship at the New London Naval Station, Connecticut, where she remained until sold in February 1885.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-w/wampnoag.htm (404 words)

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		On a strange situation, among American resources is not present, which would explain the reasons, with the probable reference to opinions Board, or the chapter of sea department.
		Interesting in that Wampanoag was renamed Florida in 1868--the name of one of the Confederate ships used in getting Congress to authorize the class.
		Though, I have met also other opinion, that Idaho and Chattanooga was not a Wampanoag but another class intended to maintain a speed of 15 knots for 24 hours instead of a "dash" speed of 17.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /Forums/ViewPost.aspx?ForumID=32&ID=5127 (711 words)

	USS Florida, Screw Frigate History
		Wampanoag -- a screw frigate -- was laid down on 3 August 17863 by the New York Navy Yard, New York; launched on 15 December 1864; sponsored by Miss Cast, daughter of Capt. Augustus Ludlow Case, second-in-command of the navy yard; and commissioned on 17 September 1867, Capt. J.
		Her machinery, developed by controversial Naval Engineer B. Isherwood, was unique for its geared steam engine in which slow-moving machinery coupled to fast-moving propulsion gear.
		Tremendous debate caused by this design delayed construction, preventing Wampanoag from being completed in time to serve in the Civil War.
	www.countyhistory.com /gwf/florida/05/history.htm (524 words)

	Comanche, 1959
		The Comanche was the former Navy Sotoyomo-class auxiliary ocean tug USS Wampanoag (ATA-202).
		Wampanoag remained in reserve until 25 February 1959 at which time she was loaned to the Coast Guard.
		The Coast Guard placed her in commission as the cutter Comanche on that date although it was not until a little over 10 years later, on 1 June 1969, that the Navy permanently transferred her to the Coast Guard, at which time her name was struck from the Navy list.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/WEBCUTTERS/Comanche_1959.html (725 words)

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		USS Florida (BB-30) Jul 18 1930 Non-Philatelic Penalty
		USS Chinook PC 9 January 28 1995 Jacksonville Florida
		USS Harry S Truman CVN 75 through waters coast Florida
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	USS Susquehanna
		Tattnall, USS Bienville, USS Pembina, USS Seneca, USS Ottawa, USS Unadilla, USS Pawnee, USS Mohican, USS Isaac Smith, USS Curlew, USS Vandalia, USS Penguin, USS Pocahontas, USS Seminole, Fort Beauregard, USS R.B. Forbes and "Rebel Camp".
		USS Susquehanna (1850-1883) is at the extreme left.
		A drawing of the figurehead and cutwater carving of the USS Susquehanna (from the National Archives)
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	Highlights for August 12
		The Wampanoag did so, but in 1675 a Christian Native American who had been acting as an informer to the English was murdered, and three Wampanoag were tried and executed for the crime.
		His warriors massacred the English colonists there, and the attack set off a series of Wampanoag raids in which several settlements were destroyed and scores of colonists massacred.
		In early 1676, the Narragansett were defeated and their chief killed, while the Wampanoag and their other allies were gradually subdued.
	twotrees.www.50megs.com /attic/history/08/12h.html (1388 words)

	ATA tnails
		USS Cahokia ATA 186 (Circa 1965) (Contributed By Craig Rothhammer)
		USS Unadilla, ATA 182, with the target sled we towed (Contributed By Jerry Matysek)
		USS Wampanoag (ATA 202) (Date Unknown) (Contributed by Bill Mozingo)
	www.nafts.net /ATA.htm (68 words)

	USS Waban
		He maintained close and friendly relations with the white settlers and, in April 1675, reported to an English magistrate that trouble 'was brewing amongst the Wampanoags.
		Within two months, Waban's predictions came to pass when a Wampanoag named King Philip led his braves in an initially successful war.
		Philip's subsequent death in August 1678 signalled the end of the brief war; and the rebellion soon collapseand due to a lack of leadership.
	www.navyhistory.com /Steamer/Waban.html (275 words)

	Cape Cod Times \| Obituaries, September 20, 2001
		Upon commissioning, he attended the Surface Warfare Officer School in San Diego, Calif., and reported to the USS Excel as a damage control assistant.
		He was commanding officer of the USS Simpson from 1998 to 2000 and chief of staff of Standing Naval Force Mediterranean from April 2000 to May 2001.
		He was a veteran of World War II, serving aboard the USS Baltimore and receiving 10 bronze medals.
	www.capecodonline.com /special/terror/obit20.htm (3416 words)

	Rochlin: Trapped in the Net -- Chapter 9: Unfriendly Fire
		Steam-powered, propeller-driven, with a hull designed primarily for speed, she was heavily armed with ten 8-inch rifled guns, a 60-pounder, two 100-pounders, and four howitzers.
		In this frame, the case of the Wampanoag is not substantively different from historical cases of resistance to naval radio, submarines, precision gunnery, and automatic weapons around the turn of the century, or to the tank, the submarine, and the bomber between the two world wars.
		[¶31.] In July 1988, the USS Vincennes was patrolling the restricted waters of the Persian Gulf, as she had been for several weeks as part of the fleet enforcing the U.S. embargo of Iran.
	www.pupress.princeton.edu /books/rochlin/chapter_09.html (7388 words)

	19th Century Merchant Marine Timeline
		USS Essex is defeated by British frigates at Valparaiso, Chile.
		The fame of Captain John Winslow and the USS Kearsarge are put to good use at the National Sailor's Fair in Boston in 1864.
		The USS Wampanoag sets an ocean speed record with a run of almost 18 knots; however, the United States Navy returns to small-scale force with ironclad monitors for coastal defense and a few wooden sail and steam powered vessels for distant stations.
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		He then uses the subsequent decommissioning of the Wampanoag in 1868 as an example of the hidebound parochialism of the Navy at the time.
		What he fails to mention is the extreme experimental design of the Wampanoag.
		The phrasing of the complaint also seems to ignore the numerous steam vessels laid down at the end of the Civil War, but not completed until later, such as the USS Ammonoosuc.
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	Fall River, Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The city is home to Battleship Cove, the world's largest collection of World War II naval vessels, which houses the USS Massachusetts, the destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
		The river to which the name refers is called the Quequechan River, a Wampanoag name believed to mean "Falling Water", after the falls that once were visible on the river (and may be again).
		Settlers from Plymouth Colony purchased a very large parcel of land from the Wampanoags in 1659.
	dictionpedia.com /en/Fall_River,_Massachusetts (1537 words)

	Apt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		For the USS Wampanoag, authorized in 1863 as the first of an intended (but controversial) new class of propeller-driven frigates but not completed until after the war's end, he had designed highly advanced propulsion machinery.
		Isherwood now took advantage of Wampanoag's sea trials to test--and advertise--the seagoing qualities of a large vessel whose outfit of sails was purely auxiliary to its machinery.21 The trials (a cruise from New York to Savannah, Georgia) took place from 7 February 1868 to the thirteenth.
		The debate over the merits of the Wampanoag continues in naval literature to this day, but its historical import is clear: while the ship introduced technology that would, years later, become a world standard, its official failure signaled the end of government-funded American experimentation with steam engines until the late 1870s.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/review/1997/summer/art5su97.htm (10522 words)

	NewStandard: 7/22/97
		NEW BEDFORD -- As the USS Constitution sailed into history yesterday, SouthCoast residents remembered a time when she sailed into their harbor -- and their hearts.
		This week, in honor of the USS Constitution, Mr.
		The Blue Angels precision flying team roars over the USS Constitution as it sails free of a tether off Marblehead yesterday in celebration of its 200th birthday.
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	Massachusetts Vacation-Top 5 Historical Attractions
		Explore Plymouth as it was in the 17th century as you wander through the recreated coastal village alongside costumed settlers going about their daily lives.
		You are invited aboard the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship still afloat after two centuries.
		The USS Constitution is open April 1-October 31, Tues-Sun 10:00-5:50; Nov 1-March 31, 10:00-3:50.
	www.gardenandhearth.com /Travel-USA/Massachusetts-Vacation.htm (932 words)

	The History Place - This Month in History
		Roots was translated into 37 languages and also became an eight-part TV miniseries in 1977 which attracted a record American audience and raised awareness concerning the legacy of slavery.
		The formal surrender ceremony occurred later, on September 2, 1945, on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
		He once wrote, "A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience." His poem Old Ironsides aroused popular sentiment in the 1830s which helped to save the frigate USS Constitution from destruction.
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	USS Achernar AKA-53
		Asachem, or chief, of the Wampanoag Indians who lived during the latter half of the 17th century and served under King Philip as a military leader and counselor.
		When King Philip was killed in August, 1676, Annawan rallied the Wampanoag warriors, led them in escaping from a swamp in which they were surrounded, and carried on a guerrilla campaign against the New England colonists.
		He was captured later that year and was beheaded at Plymouth, Mass., by order of the colonial authorities.
	www.multied.com /navy/Tender/Annawan.html (195 words)

	Col. Geo. Claghorn
		The U.S.S. Constitution is the the US Navy's oldest commissioned warship and celebrated its 200th anniversary in 1997.
		His most famous product was the U.S.S. Constitution which he built for the Government in Boston.
		Anjianette K. Smith; forwarded by USS Constitution Museum Foundation (10 May 1976) to Ross Mehl, then forwarded to Doris Birch/Wheeler/Carter.
	www.wheelerfolk.org /keithgen/related/claghorn_Geo_indiv_sum.htm (1921 words)

	combatindex.com - US Sea Systems: SSBN 728 (USS FLORIDA)
		Following the war, she served as a training ship, then was scrapped under the terms of the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
		The USS FLORIDA (SSBN 728) is the third of the Ohio-Class submarines.
		The keel of the USS FLORIDA was laid on the occasion of the nation's Bicentennial, July 4, 1976, at General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division.
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	Maritime and Naval Museums: Massachusetts, USA.
		USS Joseph P. Kennedy (1945), destroyer DD 850.
		The museum is located in a former customs house built in 1835.
		The Mayflower II, a reconstruction of the Mayflower of 1620, is docked at a recreated Pilgrim settlement and Wampanoag Indian village.
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	USN Ships--USS IDAHO (1866-1874)
		USS Idaho, a 3241-ton steam sloop, was built at New York as part of a Civil War program of large, very fast, steam cruisers.
		She returned to Japan and remained at Yokohama until sold in April 1874.
		Sketch from the diary kept by Private Allen Walter Bronson, USMC, during the Asiatic cruise of USS Alaska, 1870-1873.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-i/idaho.htm (350 words)

	Mass Moments: Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		USS Constitution Launched in Boston: October 21, 1797
		On this day in 1797, USS Constitution was launched in Boston.
		On this day in 1675, Wampanoag warriors killed seven colonists in Swansea in retaliation for a series of injustices suffered at the hands of the English....
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	The History Place - Something Different!
		This is an authentic recreation of the village first established by English colonists from the Mayflower Ship.
		Photos (taken during the spectacular fall foliage season) are by The History Place with informative captions provided by Sturbridge Village.
		Boston's spectacular Tall Ships parade as seen from the deck of the Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy.
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	Wampanoag Products
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