USS Mercedita was a wooden steamer that served as a gunboat in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Mercedita was built at Brooklyn, New York...
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Ponce, Puerto Rico Hacienda Mercedita, a now defunct sugar mill and refinery plantation in Ponce, Puerto Rico USS Mercedita, a wooden steamer that served...
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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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Apalachicola, Florida. On 3 April 1862, armed boat crews from Sagamore and USS Mercedita captured the city without resistance. On 30 June 1862, Sagamore attacked...
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darkness, the ironclad steamed in under the guns of the Union gunboat USS Mercedita, ramming as well as firing heavy shot point-blank into her hull. Completely...
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Charleston Harbor. With ram and gun, Palmetto State forced USS Mercedita to surrender, then disabled USS Keystone State, who had to be towed to safety. Chicora...
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blockading fleet in the early morning fog two days later. They rammed Mercedita, forcing her to strike her colors "in a sinking and perfectly defenseless...
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of the early morning fog to challenge the Union ships. They attacked USS Mercedita and succeeded in ramming her, disabling her machinery, and killing several...
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off Apalachicola, Florida, in the West Pass when she was relieved by Mercedita. In May 1862, Marion was ordered to Boston for repairs. Back in service...
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USS Mercedes (YT-108) USS Mercedita (1861) USS Mercer (ID-3837, APB-39/IX-502) USS Merchant (SP-2313) USS Mercurius (ID-2516) USS Mercury (1776, 1781, 1807...
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the supply ship USS Massachusetts in operations along the United States East Coast. He later took command of the steamer USS Mercedita as part of the Union...
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January 22, 1863, as a landsman in the Union Navy. He served on USS Wamsutta and USS Mercedita as part of the Blockading Squadrons, responsible for maintaining...
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to the Confederacy, commanded by Charles W. Westendorff. Captured by USS Mercedita, commanded by Henry S. Stellwagen. CSS Victoria | Confederate States...
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Stephen King Mercedes-Euklid, an early 20th-century computing device Mercedita (disambiguation) Merced (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
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The Schooner was a few miles above Carrabelle, Florida by boats from USS Mercedita. Unable to float over the Bar at the Mouth of the river they grounded...
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hands repeatedly throughout the war, usually without serious conflict. USS Mercedita history Apalachicola/Port St. Joe Area Forgotten Florida chapter 8 29°39′32″N...
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Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi River by the screw steamer USS Mercedita and other pursuing ships of the Gulf Blockading Squadron (all United...
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Before they were repulsed, the two ironclads largely destroyed both Mercedita and Keystone State, killing one quarter of the crew of theKeystone State...
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a dense fog, she was detected and chased by Union ships Brooklyn and Mercedita. After a daylong pursuit, Magnolia was intercepted and captured by South...
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however, as Bermuda approached Great Abaco Island, the Union screw steamer Mercedita, cruising off the Providence Channel as part of the East Division, Gulf...
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Charleston Harbor into the midst of the blockading ships. Screw steamer Mercedita was rammed and disabled by Palmetto State while sidewheel steamer Keystone...
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The second USS Augusta was a side-wheel steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the city of Augusta, Georgia...
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international airports, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, Mercedita International Airport in Ponce, and the Rafael Hernández International...
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that was taken in 1862 by the Union ship Mercedita from the Confederate blockade runner Bermuda (later, USS Bermuda). The paper was subsequently taken...
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discuss Hurricane Fiona and the Federal Governments response. He landed at Mercedita International Airport. He announced in a press conference with Governor...
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visited Dates Details Image Puerto Rico Ponce October 3 Arriving via Mercedita International Airport, President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden received...
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in Fajardo, killing 19. Prinair Flight 191 – Crashed while landing at Mercedita Airport. Ponce, killing 5. Air Caribbean Flight 309 - Crashed into a bar...
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a de Havilland DH.114 Heron 2B, crashes while attempting to land at Mercedita Airport in Ponce, Puerto Rico, killing five of the 20 people on board...
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