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    The Stone Fleet consisted of a fleet of aging ships (mostly whaleships) purchased in New Bedford and other New England ports, loaded with stone, and sailed...
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    sometimes are called the "First Stone Fleet," while those sunk in January 1862 sometimes are termed the "Second Stone Fleet." During the War of the Pacific...
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    Fleet Foxes are an American indie folk band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 2006. The band currently consists of Robin Pecknold (vocals, guitar), Skyler...
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    The Stone Fleet was the colloquial name for the small coastal ships that carried crushed-stone construction aggregate ('blue metal') to Sydney from the...
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    Greta Van Fleet is an American rock band formed in Frankenmuth, Michigan, in 2012. It consists of the Kiszka brothers: twins Josh (vocals) and Jake (guitar)...
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    29 June 2017. "The Stone Fleet and the Blue Diamond Trade". www.uniteddivers.com.au. Retrieved 19 December 2019. "The Stone Fleet and the Blue Diamond...
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  • USS Somerfield (category Ships of the Stone Fleet)
    of these vessels – not identified – were being used as ships for the "Stone Fleet" of sunken obstructions in harbors and other waterways of the Confederate...
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  • Fleet Foxes is the debut studio album by American band Fleet Foxes, released on June 3, 2008, by Sub Pop and Bella Union. The album garnered wide praise...
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  • Maglathhia (I) – 117 (0.5%) In November 1861, French was the leader of the "Stone Fleet", a volunteer squadron of twelve ships that sailed from New Bedford to...
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  • USS Amazon (category Ships of the Stone Fleet)
    the Stone Fleet. Amazon was to be laden with stone and sunk as an obstruction blocking the channel of Savannah, Georgia. She took on 325 tons of stone which...
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  • USS Potomac (1861) (category Ships of the Stone Fleet)
    United States Navy purchased on 1 November 1861. She was a part of the "Stone Fleet," a group of ships used to block the entrances to Confederate harbors...
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    The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 British ships that took the first British colonists and convicts to Australia. It comprised two Royal Navy vessels,...
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  • and commissioned in 2014 USS American (1861), part of the Civil War "Stone Fleet" deliberately sunk to block the harbor in Charleston, South Carolina;...
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    Gordon Fleet (born 16 August 1945), known professionally as Snowy Fleet, is an English-born Australian drummer. Born Gordon Fleet, he formed The Easybeats...
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  • USS W. W. Burns (category Ships of the Stone Fleet)
    Pamlico Sound, and Okracoke Sound. The venture was the first of the "stone fleet" projects undertaken by the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, but, due...
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  • USS Orion (1861) (category Ships of the Stone Fleet)
    Baltimore, Maryland, on 13 August 1861. She was purchased to be used in the "Stone Fleet" to be sunk as an obstruction blocking channels leading to Southern ports...
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    another blockship, the former Black Sea Fleet rescue/diving support vessel BM-416 was scuttled near Ochakov. Stone fleet Mulberry harbour Hulk (ship type) Guard...
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  • USS Potomac (1861), a whaler purchased in 1861 and sunk as part of the "Stone Fleet" in 1862 USS Potomac (AT-50), a tug in commission from 1898 to 1922 USS Potomac (AG-25)...
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  • full‑rigged sailing ship, built in 1819, and sunk in 1862 as part of the Stone Fleet USS Meteor (1863) was a "Tinclad" gunboat, built as Scioto in 1863, commissioned...
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  • USS Richard Vaux (category Ships of the Stone Fleet)
    "stone fleet" of obstructions in the waterways of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Richard Vaux was laden with stone,...
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  • USS Southerner (category Ships of the Stone Fleet)
    Confederate States of America. She was part of what was called the "stone fleet". Southerner – a Chesapeake Bay schooner – was purchased by the Union...
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    that carried the blue metal to Sydney were known colloquially as the "Stone Fleet". The Kiama Pilot's Cottage was finished in 1881 and the Kiama Lighthouse...
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  • Fleet around 2014. The first twenty-one Fleet Problems — labeled with roman numerals as Fleet Problem I through Fleet Problem XXI — were conducted between...
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    Fleet Street is a street in Central London, England. It runs west to east from Temple Bar at the boundary of the Cities of London and Westminster to Ludgate...
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  • USS W. L. Bartlett (category Ships of the Stone Fleet)
    leading to the North Carolina sounds. The project — the U.S. Navy's first "stone fleet" venture -— ultimately failed. No record of W. L. Bartlett's ultimate...
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  • American Civil War. She was initially intended to be used as part of the stone fleet of sunken obstructions; however, she was retained and used as a picket...
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  • USS Hero (1861) (category Ships of the Stone Fleet)
    sunk in Ocracoke Inlet 14 November 1861 with two other schooners of the stone fleet.  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of...
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  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 musical slasher film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by John Logan, based on the stage...
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  • the American Civil War. The Navy planned on using her as part of the stone fleet; however, because of the Union Army's need for a supply ship, she was...
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  • States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Cossack (1861), part of the Stone Fleet during the American Civil War USS Cossack (SP-695), a patrol boat in...
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