USS Wyandotte, originally USS Western Port, was a steamer acquired by the Navy as a gunboat for the Paraguay expedition in 1858. When the crisis of the...
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USS Wyandotte is a name used for two ships of the United States Navy: USS Wyandotte (1853), a steamer built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1853 which...
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captained by a Philadelphian and bound for Havana, was captured by the USS Wyandotte (1853) and landed at Key West. The bulk of the human cargo would probably...
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USS Wyandank (1847) USS Wyandot (AKA-92/T-AKA-92/T-AK-283) USS Wyandotte (1853, 1864) USS Wyffels (DE-6) USS Wyman (DE-38, T-AGS-34) USS Wyoming (1859, BM-10...
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The second USS Mohawk was a screw steamship in the United States Navy. She was the SS Caledonia, which the US Navy acquired in 1858 and sold in 1864....
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Abner Read (section Command of the USS New London)
United States, precipitating the secession crisis. Just over a week later, Wyandotte entered the navy yard at that port to have her hull scraped. That screw...
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Paraguay expedition (section USS Water Witch)
calamitous record: he was the only applicant. He assumed office in June 1853. He was also the general agent of the Rhode Island company in Paraguay. The...
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Cooper died in 1851. In May 1853, Cooper's Old Ironsides appeared in Putnam's Monthly. It was the history of the Navy ship USS Constitution and, after European...
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in 1853.[citation needed] On June 10, 1853, he was promoted to passed midshipman. From mid-1853 to early 1857, he served in the sloop of war USS St....
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12, 1853, measuring 196 feet (60 m). She was lost to fire in port on June 17, 1869. The third was a small side-wheel steamer built in Wyandotte, Michigan...
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to 1848. Edward F. Arn (1906–1998), 32nd governor of Kansas. Raised in Wyandotte Lodge No. 3, Kansas City, Kansas, in 1927. Member of the International...
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Theseus", making the definition of "original" unclear. An example is the USS Niagara: the original sank in 1820 and was raised and reconstructed three...
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the Africa Squadron again after serving as the commander in 1821 aboard USS Shark. His arrival marked the beginning of America's growing effectiveness...
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cause of abolitionism. October 4: Kansas voters adopt the anti-slavery Wyandotte Constitution by a 2-to-1 margin. October 16: Kansas abolitionist John...
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route of the U.P.R.R., taking photographs along the 35th parallel, from Wyandotte to Hays Kansas. After finishing his assignment on October 19, Gardner...
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Connie Kreski, model, Playboy magazine Playmate of the Year 1969 (born in Wyandotte) Lashonda Lester (died 2017), American stand-up comedian Loretta Long...
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Superior Shipwrecks. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-08-28. "U.S.S. Essex". Lake Superior Shipwrecks. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved...
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