• USS Penguin was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy...
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  • USS Penguin has been the name of three United States Navy ships: USS Penguin (1861), a steamer purchased at New York on 23 May 1861 which served in the...
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    USS Pemiscot (AK-201) USS Penacook (1898, YT-6/YTM-6, YT–279/YTB-279) USS Pender County (LST-1080) USS Penetrate (AM-271/MSF-271) USS Penguin (1861,...
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    gunboat USS Penguin. The Penguin was initially a part of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, but joined the Potomac Flotilla on August 19, 1861. In October...
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  • Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1861. 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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    Expedition (1838–1842). During the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865, he commanded USS San Jacinto during the Trent Affair in which he stopped a Royal...
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    USS Aroostook was a Unadilla-class gunboat built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Aroostook was used by the Navy to patrol navigable...
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    Confederate States Navy (category Military units and formations established in 1861)
    established by an act of the Confederate States Congress on February 21, 1861. It was responsible for Confederate naval operations during the American...
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  • USS Henry Andrew was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the...
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  • David Smith USS Pittsburgh (1861), an ironclad gunboat USS Pittsburgh (CA-4), originally USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4), an armored cruiser USS Pittsburgh (CA-72)...
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    USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned...
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    Atlantic Blockading Squadron (category 1861 establishments in the United States)
    Union blockade of the ports of the Confederate States. It was formed in 1861 and split up the same year for the creation of the North Atlantic Blockading...
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    Potomac Flotilla (category 1861 establishments in the United States)
    three vessels, USS Thomas Freeborn, USS Reliance, and USS Resolute. He arrived at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., on 20 May 1861 on board his...
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    October 1797, the first three were brought into service: USS United States, USS Constellation, and USS Constitution. Due to his strong posture on having a...
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    and guardians. The Medal of Honor was introduced for the Naval Service in 1861, soon followed by the Army's version in 1862. The Air Force used the Army's...
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  • "Stars & Stripes Forever by Harry Harrison: 9780307416735 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2024-04-05. Stars and Stripes...
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  • Events from the year 1861 in the United Kingdom. Monarch – Victoria Prime Minister – Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (Liberal) 1 January – first...
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    and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American...
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    of the warships in the Mississippi River, including USS Louisiana, USS Carolina, the schooner USS Eagle, and the steamboat Enterprise. The naval warships...
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    In 1860, he became publisher of The Sun and of the New York Chronicle. In 1861–62 he was Washington correspondent of The New York Times. He resigned his...
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    by artist Joseph G. Reynolds and installed in 1983. The US Navy ship the USS Florence Nightingale (AP-70) was commissioned in 1942. Beginning in 1968...
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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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    between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on November 7, 1861. The sound was guarded by two forts on opposite sides of the entrance, Fort...
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    Nashville. USS Merrimack |  United States | 21 April 1861 A steam-driven screw frigate, was burned to the waterline and sunk 20 April 1861 in preparation...
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    Kansas county seat of Atchison County, Kansas Atchison County, Missouri USS Atchison County (LST-60) ship In 1991, Atchison was inducted into the Hall...
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    American frigates USS United States and USS Macedonian ended the war blockaded and hulked in New London, Connecticut. USS United States and USS Macedonian attempted...
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  • CROIL, James (1861). "Dundas: or, a Sketch of Canadian History". Google Books. pp. 100–101. Retrieved 10 February 2022. CROIL, James (1861). "Dundas: or...
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    tons, 7 guns USS Porpoise – brig, 230 tons, 10 guns USS Sea Gull – schooner, 110 tons, 2 guns USS Flying Fish – schooner, 96 tons, 2 guns USS Oregon – brig...
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    States Navy battleships present, all were damaged and four were sunk. All but USS Arizona were later raised, and six were returned to service and went on to...
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