• Mexican–American War. USS Alabama (1850), a sidewheel steamer merchant vessel that was commissioned in 1861 during the American Civil War. USS Alabama (BB-8), a pre-dreadnought...
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    USS Alabama was a 1,261 long tons (1,281 t) wooden side-wheel steamer, built at New York City in 1850 and operated thereafter in commercial service in...
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    USS Susquehanna, a sidewheel steam frigate, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Susquehanna River, which rises in Lake Otsego...
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    The first USS Powhatan was a sidewheel steam frigate in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Powhatan, a Native American...
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    The first USS San Jacinto was an early screw frigate in the United States Navy during the mid-19th century. She was named for the San Jacinto River, site...
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    she was boarded and searched by the USS Alabama off the island of Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies. Alabama found her papers in order and released...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1850. 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on...
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    Alabama-related articles Outline of Alabama — organized list of topics about Alabama USS Alabama, 7 ships The relevant note on p. 10 erroneously switches the population...
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    USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. The ship is named after former United States...
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    Mobile Bay. It features the World War II era battleship USS Alabama, the World War II era submarine USS Drum, Korean War and Vietnam War Memorials, and a variety...
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  • Events from the year 1850 in the United States. President: Zachary Taylor (W-Kentucky) (until July 9) Millard Fillmore (W-New York) (starting July 9) Vice...
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    William P. Potter (category 1850 births)
    battleship USS Vermont and then Fourth Division, Atlantic Fleet during the voyage of Great White Fleet. William P. Potter was born on May 10, 1850, in Whitehall...
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    during the American Civil War, the gunboat USS Sagamore and the steamer USS Mercedita (relieving the USS Marion) captured Apalachicola. Union forces...
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    (/ˌtæləˈdɪɡə/, also /ˌtæləˈdeɪɡə/) is the county seat of Talladega County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1835. At the 2020 census, the population...
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    frigate USS Savannah in the Pacific Squadron, 1849-1851. Nichols was commissioned lieutenant on March 13, 1850, while serving aboard the USS Savannah...
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    County, Alabama West End Christian School hostage crisis (1988) USS Tuscaloosa, 2 ships "Municipalities of Alabama Incorporation Dates" (PDF). Alabama League...
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  • from 1850 to 1858 USS Madison, two United States Navy ships and one United States Revenue Cutter Service (later United States Coast Guard) cutter USS James...
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    has one sister city: Pietrasanta, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy Alabama portal United States portal USS Montgomery, at least 2 ships Mean monthly maxima and minima...
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    its bravest officers." Four ships have been named USS Gwin for him. American Civil War portal Notes "USS Gwin (I)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting...
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    and Creek people frequently visited and traded from present-day southern Alabama and Mississippi and southeast of Louisiana. Spanish explorer Tristán de...
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    Raphael Semmes (category Burials at the Catholic Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama))
    Indies. During this cruise, Alabama captured 65 US merchantmen and quickly destroyed the USS Hatteras, off Galveston. Alabama finally sailed back to the...
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    pirate. He is the sole survivor of four pirates who hijacked the MV Maersk Alabama in April 2009 and then held Captain Richard Phillips for ransom. On 16...
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    engines for Vulcan rocket in boost for Alabama". United Launch Alliance. September 27, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2019. "USS Decatur". US Navy. Archived from...
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    grounds. Later that year in August, the model of the USS Somers experiment was resurrected when USS Constitution, then 60 years old, was recommissioned...
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  • Fórmula (in Spanish). 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2024-06-10. "USS Alabama Memorial Park". USS Alabama Memorial Park. Retrieved 14 September 2016. "Snagboat Montgomery"...
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    built as an 80-gun ship-of-the-line by Andreas Schifter was launched in 1850 but was reconstructed into a steam-powered ironclad in the early 1860s. She...
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    USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned...
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  • The names of commissioned ships of the United States Navy all start with USS, for United States Ship. Non-commissioned, primarily civilian-crewed vessels...
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    Calhoun's "Southern Address" and an adamant opponent of the Compromise of 1850. Throughout the 1850s, Yancey demonstrated an ability to hold large audiences...
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  • Lord Henry Jackson (British Army officer) (1879–1972), British Army General USS Henry M. Jackson, missile submarine Henry Jackson (Minnesota pioneer) (1811–1857)...
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