third USS Petrel (PG-2) was a 4th rate gunboat in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was named for a sea bird. Petrel was laid...
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USS Petrel (1862), a steamship, purchased in 1862; captured in 1864 USS Petrel (PG-2), a gunboat, commissioned in 1889 and decommissioned in 1919 USS Petrel (ASR-14)...
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from New York. By March 31, 1901, he was serving as a seaman on the USS Petrel (PG-2). On that day, he helped rescue several crewmates during a fire on...
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aboard USS Petrel (PG-2). Pfeifer joined the Marine Corps from Philadelphia under the name Louis Fred Theis and served aboard the USS Petrel (PG-2) during...
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commander in 1899, he assumed command of USS Petrel (PG-2) shortly thereafter. On 31 March 1901, while Petrel was moored at Cavite, Philippine Islands...
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fired, Iloilo was bombarded by American naval forces from the USS Petrel (PG-2) and the USS Baltimore (C-3). Filipino forces lit the town on fire before...
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War in 1898. On March 31, 1901, he was working as a Seaman on the USS Petrel (PG-2) when a fire broke out on the ship. For his actions on that occasion...
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class USS PF-107 to Thailand as Tapi (PF 5) USS PF-108 to Thailand as Khirirat (PF 6) USS Yorktown (PG-1) USS Petrel (PG-2) USS Concord (PG-3) USS Bennington (PG-4)...
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"Visiting the USS Maine around Washington, DC". Retrieved 19 October 2016. "United States of America 6"/30, 6"/35 and 6"/40 (15.2 cm) Marks 1, 2, 3, 4 and...
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formation of the Commonwealth Era (1935–46). On February 21, 1899, the USS Petrel (PG-2) deployed a landing party of 40 marines on the shores of Cebu. Cebu's...
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use. USS Maine (ACR-1) USS Chicago (CA-14) USS Newark (C-1) USS San Francisco (C-5) USS Petrel (PG-2) USS Concord (PG-3) USS Bennington (PG-4) USS Boston...
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V1, Oct. 12, 2011 (Nov. 23, 2010). p. 31–32, 8. Medal of Honor (1) (a) 1., 2., 3. (k), p. 10, Title 10 US Code sections 3741, 6241, and 8741 (Titles 14...
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for the Medal: USS Baltimore USS Boston USS Concord USRC McCulloch USS Olympia USS Petrel USS Raleigh The colliers USS Nanshan and USS Zafiro were part...
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USS Wheeling (PG-14) was a Wheeling-class gunboat acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1897. She served as a gunboat during the Spanish–American War as well as...
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entry can be found here. Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Princeton (PG-13). Photo gallery of USS Princeton (PG-13) at NavSource Naval History...
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the salvage and rescue ships USS Petrel (ASR-14) and USS Escape (ARS-6) and the ocean tugs USS Shakori (ATF-162) and USS Allegheny (ATA-179). Guavina...
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(ID-2987) USS Peterhoff (1863) SS Petersburg (T-AOT-9101) USS Peterson (DE-152, DD-969) USS Peto (SS-265) USS Petoskey (PC-569) USS Petrel (1846, 1862, PG-2, ASR-14)...
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including: USRC Tench Coxe USRC Seminole USS Detroit USS Petrel USS Montgomery USS Foote USS Rodgers USS Winslow USS McKee USS Tingey It also built the Argonaut...
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USS APc-1 USS APc-2 USS APc-3 USS APc-4 USS APc-5 USS APc-6 USS APc-7 USS APc-8 USS APc-9 USS APc-10 USS APc-11 USS APc-12 USS APc-13 USS APc-14 USS APc-15...
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battleship USS Kentucky (BB-6). Fried served with the Navy between 1916 and 1921 and reached the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) aboard the USS Petrel, a 188-foot...
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Movement". Combined Fleet.com. "RV Petrel". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-12-15. Whitley, M.J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8...
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the Navy List on 20 December 1944. The wreck of Mogami was located by RV Petrel on 8 May 2019 at a depth of 1,450 m (4,760 ft). Watts, Japanese Warships...
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– December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in...
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Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser (Truro, England), 8 March 1861; pg. 4; Issue 3011. "The West India and Pacific Mails". The Times. No. 24024....
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turtles nest (December to May) on this island. The patapegada or Galápagos petrel, a sea bird which spends most of its life away from land, is found here...
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only known breeding ground of Christmas shearwater and possibly Bulwer's petrel. Terrestrial species includes the Polynesian rat on Sibylla. The more aggressive...
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bird species that breed on or close to Antarctica, including species of petrels, penguins, cormorants, and gulls. Various other bird species visit the...
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configuration of a similar weapon installed on the San Antonio-class ship USS Portland. The Type 071 may operate as the flagship of a task force. The Type...
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joined a squadron of two other cruisers, USS Baltimore (C-3), USS Charleston (C-2) and a gunboat, USS Bennington (PG-4) bound for a large naval review at...
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Otago Witness, Issue 726, Page 15. 28 October 1865. Retrieved 28 March 2010. Pg 153, Wake of the Invercauld Hince, Bernadette (2008). "The Auckland Islands...
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