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	USS Wyoming (1859) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first USS Wyoming of the United States Navy was a wooden-hulled screw sloop that fought on the Union side during the American Civil War.
		Wyoming answered the Japanese cannon "as fast as the guns could be brought to bear" while shells from the shore guns passed through her rigging.
		Wyoming then passed between the brig and the bark on the starboard hand and the steamer on the port, steaming within a pistol shot's range.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/U/USS-Wyoming-(1859).htm (2362 words)

	U.S.S. Wyoming--Tales and Trails
		The Appearance of the Wyoming resulted in the release of the remaining 51 sailors and the return of the Virginius to its owners.
		The second USS Wyoming was the United States Monitor Wyoming, pictured to the left, was authorized in 1898, launched in 1900, at the Union Iron Works in San Francisco.
		The present USS Wyoming, pictured at the top of the page, may not, however, be the last.
	www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com /usswyoming.html (661 words)

	Idaho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Teton River (Idaho) The Teton River is a tributary of the Wyoming border at the eastern end of the Snake River Plain.
		USS Idaho Four ships of the the 43rd state.
		The first USS Idaho, 8 was a wooden steam sloop later converted to a full-ri...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/idaho.html (4849 words)

	California's Ships: California's Battleship: The Story of USS Oregon
		The first California militia ship was the USS MARION, a wooden sloop of the third class built in 1839 and assigned to the naval militia on January 20, 1898.
		Southern California was served by stationing at San Diego the USS PINTA, a Civil War steamer being a sloop of the fourth class.
		According to one of her officers she was also a important factor in increasing and sustaining the war enthusiasm of the people who had a particular affection for OREGON which had for long been a fixture in the Bay.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Oregon2.html (4340 words)

	NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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)

	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.
		July 16, 1863 - The Marine detachment of the sloop USS Wyoming took part in the action when the Wyoming was fired upon by shore batteries and was attacked by ships of the Prince of Magato in the Straits of Shimonoseki, Japan.
		The U.S. Marines on the USS Lackawanna were able to furnish substantial protection to their ship during its fight with the Tennessee by effective delivery of small-arms fire through the gun ports of the enemy vessel.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Plains/4198/history.htm (5791 words)

	Enlisted Ratings and Jobs in the U.S. Navy
		During the war with Tripoli, for example, the ketch Intrepid transferred a cargo of fresh provisions to USS Constitution which was engaged in enforcing a continental blockade of the port of Tripoli.
		USS Palos, a tug in Boston Navy Yard, was apparently the first U.S. Navy ship to test this type of fuel.
		Two years later, USS New York (BB-34), while she was in a fleet problem in the Carribean at night, tested a greatly improved 200-mc radar set.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq78-1.htm (7195 words)

	Encyclopedia: Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The USS Florida was named in honor of this state.
		At least seven United States Navy ships have borne the name Florida, in honor of the 27th state: The first Florida was a sloop that served on survey duty between 1824 and 1831.
		The basic structure, duties, function, and operations of the Government of the State of Florida are defined and established by the Florida Constitution, which also establishes the basic law of the state and guarantees various rights and freedoms of the people.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Florida (8532 words)

	California Naval History: The Pacific Squadron of 1861-1866
		The USS SHUBRICK was then on duty on the northern coast and came to the attention of the public on account of the difficulty over the customhouse at Port Townsend, Washington territory.
		Three years previous the USS CAMANCHE had made the same journey but she was dismantled and carried aboard the SS The USS VANDERBILT, which was presented to the United States by Cornelius VANDERBILT, accompanied the USS MONADNOCK on her long journey to the Pacifiic and was present at the bombardment of Valparaiso.
		The USS CYANE was the oldest of the squadron of the 1860's and although she was put out of commission after thirty-four years service, she was not sold until she had reached the half century mark.
	www.militarymuseum.org /PacSqdn.html (5746 words)

	POST OFFICE IN PARADISE - First Period of Soldier Mail
		In addition to expedition mail, a United States patrol gunboat, the USS Bennington, was on station at Honolulu until June 16 when she was relieved by USS Mohican, a wooden hull screw sloop, in turn relieved by USS Philadelphia, a cruiser class ship, on August 3.
		USS Monterey and the collier Brutus were escorts.
		Troops in the third expedition were Volunteer Infantrymen from Wyoming, Minnesota, North Dakota, Idaho and Nebraska, the Astor Battery of New York Volunteers, the 3rd U.S. Artillery, H & K Batteries and regular Army Infantry.
	www.hawaiianstamps.com /soldiers1st.html (713 words)

	History of the U.S. Navy:Part One
		The First Barbary War included the USS George Washington and USS Philadelphia affairs and the Eaton expedition, during which a few marines landed with United States Agent William Eaton to raise a force against Tripoli in an effort to free the crew of the Philadelphia.
		Forces from the U.S. sloop of war Dale exacted redress for the unlawful imprisonment of the captain of an American whaling brig.
		The USS Wyoming retaliated against a firing on the American vessel Pembroke at Shimonoseki.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/benwhite/924/ke00001.htm (3026 words)

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		- At 0905 hours, the destroyer USS Stormes is struck by a kamikaze which crashes into the aft torpedo mount and its bomb explodes in the magazine under her number three 5-inch mount.
		A skeleton crew, together with parties from two other ships, reboarded Barry and the last fires were extinguished at 0630 hours the next day and she is towed to the anchorage at Kerama Retto.
		- The minesweeper USS Spectacle is struck by a diving kamikaze at 0805 hours; the aircraft strikes the ship under her port 40-millimeter gun tub, causing extensive damage and blowing many of her crew overboard.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/may/25May.txt (1473 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-A Short Philatelic History of The Yangtze Patrol by George Saqqal-
		Officially she was the USS MONOCACY, the first of two gunboats to bear that name proudly on the Yangtze, and typical of the type of boat sent to the Yangtze to look after American interests.
		She even served as an escort in WWII as the USS DOVER (IX-30) and at war's end she was struck from the Register of Naval Vessels in 1946 and sold for scrap that same year at age 50.
		When USS ELCANO, USS VILLALOBOS and USS POMPEY arrived in Shanghai they were immediately placed under the operational control of the skipper of the monitor USS MONADNOCK, a venerable 4,000 ton Civil War relic that had been retrofitted and modernized so many times little remained of her original self.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/PhilatelicHistoryofTheYan.html (14008 words)

	Whatever Happened?
		USS AMBERJACK (SS-219), was presumed lost on 3-22-43.
		USS SEYMOUR D. Sold to Taiwan on 4-13-71 and was renamed FU YANG (D-962).
		USS BALTIMORE in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898.
	members.cox.net /cpopina/whathapp.htm (5213 words)

	Saratoga Spas -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The British were advancing on Saratoga and on September 19, they ran into American forces in a clearing in the woods at Freeman's Farm.
		The first ''Saratoga'' was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1780 and lost at sea the following year.
		In the canceled Science Fiction series Space: Above and Beyond there is a SCVN (Space Carrier Vehicle Nuclear) named the USS Saratoga which serves as the home base for the 58th Marine Fighter Squadron (the main fighter group of the show) known as the Wildcards.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/129/saratoga-spas.html (2514 words)

	Hawaii Navy News Online :: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		July 13, 1863: The screw sloop Wyoming attacks Japanese warlord Price Nagata's forces in the Shimonoseki strait between the islands of Kyushu and Honshu.
		The strike was in retribution for an attack a month earlier against the steamer Pembroke, which was fired on as it passed through the strait.
		Wyoming was outgunned but still managed to sink all three of the warlord's warships and even shelled the forts ashore.
	www.hnn.navy.mil /Archives/010706/nav_history_070601.htm (285 words)

	East Carolina University
		Among the topics discussed are the torpedoing of USS Saratoga, duty in the South Pacific, flight training, combat experiences, and the aviation deaths of two brothers.
		He describes service on board USS Arizona before and during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, assignment to USS Maryland, appointment to intelligence duty on the island of Midway in preparation for a Japanese attack, the Battle of Midway, and duty on board USS Gillespie.
		He was appointed to USS Tennessee, attended submarine school, and served in the submarines Blackfish, Gato, Cero, Peto, Threadfish, Sea Dog, and Queenfish into the post-war period.
	www.history.navy.mil /sources/nc/ere.htm (16751 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Wyoming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Named for a Pennsylvania valley, the first USS Wyoming began service with the Pacific Squadron at San Francisco in 1860.
		Although Wyoming crossed the track of CSS Alabama, the two ships failed to meet.
		Following an attack on the American merchantman Pembroke the next day, Wyoming sailed from Yokohama to Shimonoseki, and in an hour-long engagement on July 16, she bombarded Japanese shore positions and sank a Japanese steamer.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_101100_usswyoming.htm (254 words)

	Ex Astris Scientia - Federation Ship Names L-Z
		Note that USS Merrimack and USS Monitor have adjacent registries as a reconciling gesture (although in such a case they should have properly named the other ship "USS Virginia" instead of USS Merrimack).
		The name for the USS Princeton of 1843 comes from Princeton, West Virginia, the hometown of Captain Robert F. Stockton, who first suggested her construction.
		But it seems the intended namesake was the USS Pueblo, a US Navy intelligence vessel that was hijacked by North Korean forces in 1968.
	www.ex-astris-scientia.org /articles/name_origins2.htm (2161 words)

	USS Wachusett ScSIp
		Soon thereafter, the screw sloop moved to the James and, on the 15th, participated in the attack on Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, Va. She remained in the York and James rivers through August and later served with the Potomac Flotilla as Commodore Charles Wilkes' flagship from 29 August to 7 September.
		she joined Wyoming and Iroquois in an effort to track down the Confederate commerce raider CSS Shenandoah.
		Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 4 February 1868 and was placed in ordinary at the New York Navy Yard.
	www.multied.com /Navy/CWNavy/Wachusett.html (758 words)

	Dates - Sea Lords
		1856 - USS Supply, commanded by LT David Dixon Porter, sails from Smyrna, Syria, bound for Indianola, Texas, with a load of 21 camels intended for experimental use in the American desert west of the Rockies.
		1848 - USS Supply reaches the Bay of Acre, anchoring under Mount Carmel near the village of Haifa, during expedition to explore the Dead Sea and the River Jordan.
		While anchored in Danang for reprovisioning, CAPT John Percival commanding USS Constitution, conducts a show of force against Vietnamese authorities in an effort to obtain the release of a French priest held prisoner by Emperor of Annam at Hue.
	forum.sealordsvf.org /index.php?showtopic=1756 (5955 words)

	INDEX of the Annals of Wyoming - U
		University of Wyoming 3:3:176; 10:1:41, 45; 13:3:231; 14:1:84; 16:1:53; 18:2:143, 148-153, 155-156; 19:1:44; 22:1:67, 80; 22:2:80; 25:1:23; 26:1:35-36; 26:2:109, 112, 114, 222; 27:1:96; 30:2:214; 31:2:243-244; 34:1:92; 43:1:8, 18-19, 28-29, 31-32, 38-41, 44, 59; 64:3/4:50, 56, 59, 62; 65:1:53; 65:4:19, 38, 42-43, 61, 75; 66:3:9-10, 12, 16, 25-26, 29, 31, 37, 49, 65, 73; 66:4:26-40, 77
		University of Wyoming Agricultural Experiement Station: 100 Years of Service to the State by Johanna Nel and Johannes E. Nel 64:1:11-21
		Upper Clark’s Fork of the Yellowstone and Its Tributaries Within the State of Wyoming, Historical Sketch by John K. Rollinson 12:3:221-228
	wyshs.org /index_u.htm (1291 words)

	Instances of Use of United States Forces Abroad, 1798 - 1993- Empire? - Global Policy Forum
		Under orders of President Monroe, United States forces landed and expelled a group of smugglers, adventurers, and freebooters.
		The USS Ontario dispatched from Washington, landed at the Columbia River and in August took possession of Oregon territory.
		A landing force was sent ashore to maintain order in a neutral zone during an attempted revolution.
	www.globalpolicy.org /empire/intervention/2003/1093usforces.htm (8115 words)

	USS Wyoming (sloop) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		The USS Wyoming was a Union battleship that fought during the American Civil War.
		Sent to the Pacific Ocean to search for the CSS Alabama, it eventually came upon the shores of Japan and engaged Japanese land and sea forces.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/uss_wyoming__sloop_ (145 words)

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		Had to fix position of anchor from C3 berth.
		6 gunroom officers invited over to Wyoming tomorrow night.
		6 GR and 9 WR and some WOs were invited to the Wyoming.
	www.pbenyon.plus.com /Scapa_Diary/Mar_18.html (3208 words)

	Dreadnought
		Athough Montana continues to be snubbed, even for submarines, its name was given to the nuclear ballistic missile submarine in James Cameron's 1993 movie, The Abyss.
		The crew on the film, including Cameron himself, frequently wore USS Montana caps on the shoot -- when they weren't actually under water.
		The Civil War navy continued the tradition of all these kinds of names, including some that may not have been seen since, either was warships or auxiliaries, like the Monongahela (a steam sloop commissioned in 1863).
	www.friesian.com /dreadnot.htm (8601 words)

	Dispatch Depot Message Board - Trivia Game # 29 - Week 5
		C.S.S Alabama captured a Union Merchant in the south China Sea, a battle occured between the C.S.S Alabama and the U.S.S Kearsarge which the Alabama lost INCORRECT
		Barbette - Usually found only in permanent or semi-permanent fortifications, a barbette was a raised wooden bed or platform that allowed an artillery piece to be fired over protective wall or parapet without exposing its gun crew to the enemy.
		25- Easternmost engagement- occured 19 June, '64, naval battle off the coast of Cherbourg, France between USS Kearsarge and the Confederate armed sloop and commerce raider CSS Alabama.
	civilwartalk.com /forums/printthread.php?t=21955 (1102 words)

	Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798 - 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The second Barbary War was declared against the United States by the Dey of Algiers of the Barbary states, an act not reciprocated by the United States.
		After a massacre of foreigners (including Americans) at Jaffa in January, a demonstration by the Mediterranean Squadron was ordered along the Turkish (Levant) coast.
		After a guerilla offensive against the government of El Salvador, additional US military advisers were sent to El Salvador, bringing the total to approximately 55, to assist in training government forces in counterinsurgency.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl30172.htm (12650 words)

	July Military History
		USS Vincennes shoots down an Iranian airliner, 290 die
		Kula Gulf: USS Helena lost to "Tokyo Express," which loses a destroyer
		Landing party from the USS Portsmouth occupies San Francisco.
	www.strategypage.com /military_history_jul.asp (5210 words)

	Use of U.S. Forces Abroad
		Tripoli declared war but not the United States.
		The second Barbary War was declared by the opponents but not by the United States.
		The U.S. pilots said the Libyan planes had demonstrated hostile intentions.
	srufaculty.sru.edu /m.matambanadzo/readings/instances.htm (8289 words)

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