• Wassaw Sound is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of Georgia, United States near Savannah at the mouth of the Wilmington River. It was the location...
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    The Battle of Wassaw Sound (or the Capture of CSS Atlanta) was an American Civil War naval battle between the Confederate ram CSS Atlanta and the Passaic-class...
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    After several unsuccessful searches, the weapon was declared lost in Wassaw Sound off the shores of Tybee Island. Crash site  Atlanta The B-47 bomber was...
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    Wassaw Island is one of the Sea Islands. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia and is within the borders of Chatham...
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  • (arguably a fjard) Tangier Sound in Maryland & Virginia on Chesapeake Bay Vineyard Sound off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Wassaw Sound near Savannah, Georgia...
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    Deserters revealed Tatnall's plan while he was waiting at the head of Wassaw Sound and he was forced to retreat when three monitors augmented the defenses...
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    radiation and unusual magnetometer readings" at a specific point in Wassaw Sound, just off the Tybee coast. He concluded from these readings that the...
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    hosted by Atlanta, Savannah held sailing competitions in the nearby Wassaw Sound. On February 12, 1733, General James Oglethorpe and settlers from the...
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    thought by the Department of Energy to lie buried in silt at the bottom of Wassaw Sound. By the 1960s, the proportion of African Americans in Georgia had declined...
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    pilots arrived just two weeks before the ship engaged in the Battle of Wassaw Sound. Although beset by problems, Webb was still excited about his prospects...
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    scheduled from 22 July to 2 August 1996 off the coast of Savannah at the Wassaw Sound (an area of the Atlantic Ocean). For the Soling ten fleetraces were scheduled...
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    then travels southwest past Savannah, then turns southeast and ends in Wassaw Sound, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. South of Savannah, it passes between several...
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  • events of the 1996 Summer Olympics were held off the island's coast in Wassaw Sound. "Sherpa Guides | Georgia | Coast | Savannah | Little Tybee, Williamson...
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    of Energy to lie buried under several feet of silt at the bottom of Wassaw Sound. On 17 January 1966, a fatal collision occurred between a B-52G and a...
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  • December 17, 1863 "The Rebellion" John Rodgers December 23, 1863 Battle of Wassaw Sound Nathaniel P. Banks and officers and men under his command January 28...
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  • thought by the Department of Energy to lie buried in silt at the bottom of Wassaw Sound. In December 1986, an oil tanker docked at the port of Savannah caused...
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    Anchoring off Port Royal, South Carolina, on 21 January, she proceeded to Wassaw Sound. On 23 February with USS Marblehead, Passaic captured schooner Glide...
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  • after he first jettisoned the bomb. A 3-square-mile (7.8 km2) area near Wassaw Sound was searched for nine weeks before the search was called off. February...
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    of Charleston Harbor April 29 Battle of Grand Gulf June 17 Battle of Wassaw Sound June 27 Battle of Portland Harbor July 10–11 First Battle of Fort Wagner...
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  • Sound Grouper Creek Tarpon Basin Dusenberg Creek Blackwater Sound Jewfish Creek Jewfish Creek Bridge (U.S. 1 (SR 5)) Barnes Sound Little Card Sound Card...
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  • the University of Georgia – Gymnastics (rhythmic), Volleyball (indoor) Wassaw Sound (Savannah, Georgia) – Sailing Wolf Creek Shooting Complex – Shooting...
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    as commander of the squadron. After repairs, Weehawken proceeded to Wassaw Sound, Georgia, on 10 June to block the expected sortie of ironclad CSS Atlanta...
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    April 1862, at which time she was ordered to proceed to the blockade at Wassaw Sound, Georgia. The sloop returned to Port Royal, South Carolina, in late June...
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    River. During 26–29 January 1862 she reconnoitered Wilmington River and Wassaw Sound, Georgia, and engaged five ships under Commodore Josiah Tattnall III...
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    Cimarron, Du Pont ordered Weehawken, Captain John Rodgers, and Nahant to Wassaw Sound, Georgia to await the powerful ironclad ram. Shortly before dawn, a week...
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    7, 1863 Battle of Grand Gulf April 29, 1863 April 29, 1863 Battle of Wassaw Sound June 17, 1863 June 17, 1863 Battle of Portland Harbor June 27, 1863 June...
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    stationed gunboats at two southerly estuaries, Wassaw Sound, south of Wilmington Island, and Ossabaw Sound at Skidaway Island. On November 26 Tattnall's...
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    second-to-the-last shot of the war when she fired a shot at Gunboat No. 168 in Wassaw Sound, off Georgia, even though Bartholomew knew the war was over and the gunboat's...
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  • saltmarshes connected to Wilmington Island in Chatham County, ending at Wassaw Sound, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. List of rivers of Georgia U.S. Geological...
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  • Associated Press reported that cleanup efforts had shifted towards the Wassaw Sound near the mouth of the Savannah River at the northern coast of Tybee Island...
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