The European Squadron, also known as the European Station, was a part of the United States Navy in the late 19th century and the early 1900s. The squadron...
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seventeen days of stormy passage, Radford arrived to take charge of the European Squadron and found all attached vessels, Ticonderoga, Richmond, Swatara, Frolic...
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USS Colorado (1856) (section European Squadron)
was again out of commission at New York Navy Yard. Ordered to the European Squadron as flagship, she sailed on 11 June, and cruised off England, Portugal...
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commissioned there on 10 January 1876. Vandalia was soon deployed with the European Squadron and spent most of the next three years cruising in the Mediterranean...
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to engage in gunboat diplomacy. In 1865 the force was renamed the European Squadron. The Barbary pirates' seizure of American merchant ships went back...
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From 1873 to 1875, he commanded the European Squadron, and the combined European, North and South Atlantic Squadrons assembled at Key West in 1874. Admiral...
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of the Navy George M. Robeson ordered the European and South Atlantic Squadrons to join the Home Squadron at Key West, Florida, to prepare for the outbreak...
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August 1873, and Rear Admiral from October 1881, he commanded the European Squadron from 16 September 1881 to February 1883. When the British bombarded...
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then in 1867–69 commanded the Frolic in the European Squadron, one of the vessels of Admiral Farragut's squadron. Harmony returned to the New York Navy Yard...
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Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, served as the flagship of the European Squadron from 1867 to 1868 and from 1869 to 1871. She was decommissioned in...
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on 16 June, Swatara steamed to Norfolk, Virginia. Assigned to the European Squadron, she stood out from Hampton Roads on 27 June and called at Fayal,...
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Institute. During the late 1870s, he commanded the European Squadron, visiting ports in northern Europe and patrolling the eastern Mediterranean during the...
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Baldwin was promoted to rear admiral, and assumed command of the European Squadron on 10 March. He then sailed to Kronstadt in his flagship Lancaster...
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throughout their career. Illinois served with the North Atlantic Squadron and the European Squadron early in her career, while Wisconsin served as the flagship...
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Commodore Hull was in command of USS Ohio the flagship and the European squadron. The European squadron included the frigate USS Brandywine and sloops-of-war USS Preble...
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promoted to commodore in 1886 before serving as commander of the European Squadron from 1887 to 1889. Greer served as president of the "Board of Organization...
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to hold that rank. His last active service was in command of the European Squadron, from 1867 to 1868, with the screw frigate USS Franklin as his flagship...
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his career was commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic Squadron and then of the European Squadron. Howell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November...
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Naval Academy in 1868. He commanded the steam sloop Richmond in the European Squadron from December 1868 until November 1871. He was commissioned as commodore...
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being promoted to captain in 1866, he commanded Canandaigua in the European Squadron from 1865 to 1867. He was stationed at Boston, Massachusetts in 1869...
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top speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). Illinois served with the European Squadron from 1902 to 1903, and with the North Atlantic Fleet until 1907, by...
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combat in the European Theater of Operations, where it won a Distinguished Unit Citation before inactivating in 1945. In 1985, the 361st Squadron was consolidated...
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Atlantic Squadron after entering service, while Kentucky was initially sent to East Asia. In 1904, Kearsarge was temporarily transferred to the European Squadron...
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sustainable fuel East India Squadron European Squadron North Atlantic Fleet Mediterranean Squadron Scouting Fleet South Atlantic Squadron Spanish Armada – name...
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Henry Hudson Southerland in command. The Cleveland cruised with the European Squadron, in West Indies and Cuban waters, along the east coast between Hampton...
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Bomber Squadron "Land of Masovia" (Polish: 300 Dywizjon Bombowy "Ziemi Mazowieckiej"; also "No 300 (Masovian) Squadron") was a Polish bomber squadron formed...
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September sailed from Portsmouth for Europe. Arrived at Gibraltar 9 November, she became flagship of the European Squadron and during the following years cruised...
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September and, on 26 July 1870, was ordered to command Guerriere in the European Squadron. Stevens was promoted to commodore on 19 February 1873, to date from...
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consecutively commander-in-chief of the South Atlantic Squadron, the North Atlantic Squadron, and the European Squadron. Le Roy was born in New York City on March...
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A destroyer squadron is a naval squadron or flotilla usually consisting of destroyers rather than other types of vessel. In some navies other vessels,...
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