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    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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    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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