USS Saranac was a sloop-of-war of the United States Navy. The ship laid down in 1847 during the Mexican–American War; however, by the time she completed...
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1814 and decommissioned in 1818. USS Saranac (1848), a sloop of war, launched in 1848 and wrecked in 1875. USS Saranac (1899), a minelayer, built in 1899...
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frigate, and so were USS Susquehanna (1850) and USS Powhatan (1850), each with 9 heavy guns, and USS San Jacinto (1850) and USS Saranac (1848) each with 6 heavy...
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2 November 1842, 3 killed USS Constellation (1854) USS Cyane (1837) USS Dale (1839) USS Decatur (1839) USS Eagle (1812) USS Epervier (1814), lost in July...
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Abner Read (section Sea and shore duty, 1848–1860)
at Philadelphia, ensued before Read reported to the side-wheel steamer Saranac in the autumn of 1853. She took him to the Mediterranean, but he left that...
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fortifications. Macomb's main position was a ridge on the south bank of the Saranac River. Its fortifications had been laid out by Major Joseph Gilbert Totten...
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1856 and assigned to the Home Squadron flagship USS Wabash (1855), then was transferred to USS Saranac (1848) of the Pacific Squadron in 1858. In September...
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aboard the steam frigate USS Saranac, 1853 to 1856. Nichols served at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in 1857-1858, then served aboard the USS Jamestown, from 1858...
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hazard to shipping, sinking 119 vessels and taking 114 lives. The gunboat USS Saranac was one of the rock's first recorded victims. On April 5, 1958, after...
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Josiah Tattnall III (section Interwar years, 1848–1860)
was commissioned captain and, the following month, was given command of Saranac. Next, he commanded the Pensacola Navy Yard from July 1851 to June 1854...
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List of United States Navy ships: S (redirect from USS Somerset (1917))
(ID-3148/AO-8) USS Sarah and Caroline (1861) USS Sarah Bruen (1862) USS Sarah M. Kemp (1861) USS Sarah S. B. Carey (1863) USS Saranac (1814, 1848, 1899, ID-1702...
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(51 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren gun, 2 × 30-pounder Parrott rifles, 367 men Saranac, side wheel steam sloop-of-war, 9 × 8-inch guns, complement unknown Wyoming...
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Uriel Sebree (category 1848 births)
Uriel Sebree (February 20, 1848 – August 6, 1922) was a career officer in the United States Navy. He entered the Naval Academy during the Civil War and...
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After another tour of duty in Plymouth followed by one in the frigate Saranac, Benham attended the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated in 1853.[citation...
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moved on to USS St. Louis and USS Saranac. In 1854 he was appointed Commodore Breeze’s aide-de-flag. From 1855 to 1858 he was assigned to USS Constellation...
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Saratoga - (24-gun sloop-of-war) 1843 — Portsmouth - (24-gun sloop-of-war) 1848 — Saranac - (steam sloop) 1855 — Santee - (44-gun frigate) 1855 — LV-1 - Lightship...
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Scott's first postwar tour was as commanding officer of the sloop of war USS Saranac in the Pacific Squadron. He was a member of the examining board for the...
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Ontario. McCluney was assigned to the frigate USS Superior on Lake Ontario. He later served aboard the USS Saranac, both under the command of Lieutenant John...
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in the Mexican regulars led to a mass emigration of this group. The USS Saranac was in port as well as the steamship Golden Age to monitor events. The...
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USS Maine, then berthed in a Cuban harbor, which exploded while its crew lay asleep. Saranac | ( United States) | 26 February 1898 The bark Saranac—under...
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report to the sloop-of-war USS Saranac for another three-year cruise of the Mediterranean before it was up. Before the Saranac sailed, however, Franklin's...
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scientist (born in Sault Ste. Marie) J Harlen Bretz, geologist (born in Saranac) Lyman James Briggs, engineer, physicist, headed the Briggs Advisory Committee...
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following year [1849], Pinkney was ordered to the new sidewheel sloop of war Saranac on 4 February 1850, to report for duty on the 24th of that month. Detached...
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(tugboat), Priscilla (sloop), USS The Sullivans (DD-537), and five in NYC (Ambrose (lightship), Firefighter (fireboat), USS Intrepid, and Lettie G. Howard...
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ISBN 0-7735-2028-7. Ogden, Adele (1975). The California Sea Otter Trade, 1784-1848. University of California Press. pp. 166–176. ISBN 978-0-520-02806-7. At...
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