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    USS Isaac Smith was a screw steamer acquired by the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy to patrol navigable...
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  • Isaac W. Smith (surveyor) (1826–1897), American soldier and surveyor USS Isaac Smith, a merchant steamboat built in 1861 that served as a Union Navy gunboat...
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  • 1921 USS Smith (DD-378), a Mahan-class destroyer, launched 1936; decommissioned 1946; sold 1947 USS Smith Thompson USS Dan Smith USS Isaac Smith USS Robert...
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    Jan: USS Westfield 11 Jan: USS Hatteras 14 Jan: USS Columbia 15 Jan: CSS J. A. Cotton 17 Jan: USS Columbia 23 Jan: USS Morning Light 30 Jan: USS Isaac Smith...
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    USS Mississippi, a paddle frigate, was the first ship of the United States Navy to bear that name. She was named for the Mississippi River. Her sister...
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    American Civil War, a Confederate force captured the Union steamer USS Isaac Smith in which 8 men died and a further 17 were wounded in crossfire. John...
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    USS Alligator, the fourth United States Navy ship of that name, is the first known U.S. Navy submarine, and was active during the American Civil War (the...
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    USS Choctaw was a large (1,004-ton) steamer built for the merchant service, but acquired by the Union Navy during the second year of the American Civil...
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    ships. According to Coast Guard historian Captain Commandant Horatio Davis Smith, USRCS, Ret; Second Lieutenant Daniel Thompkins fired the first naval shot...
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    The first USS Weehawken was a Passaic-class ironclad monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named after Weehawken, New...
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    The USS Queen of the West was a sidewheel steamer ram ship and the flagship of the United States Ram Fleet and the Mississippi Marine Brigade. It was...
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  • USS Sumpter was a steamship in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Sumpter or Sumter, ex-Atlanta, ex-Parker Vein, was built in 1853...
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    honor of Isaac Hull, including: USS Commodore Hull, USS Hull (DD-7), USS Hull (DD-330), USS Hull (DD-350), and USS Hull (DD-945). The Commodore Isaac Hull...
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    transferred to the quartermaster's department. Smalls was pilot of the USS Isaac Smith, later recommissioned in the Confederate Navy the Stono in the expedition...
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    decoration-the Medal of Honor for his actions while serving on the USS Isaac Smith in an engagement with Confederate forces on the Stono River in South...
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    The first USS Wyoming of the United States Navy was a wooden-hulled screw sloop that fought on the Union side during the American Civil War. Sent to the...
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    USS Ironwood (YN-67) USS Iroquois (1859, AT-46) USS Irwin (DD-794) USS Isaac N. Seymour (1860) USS Isaac Smith (1851) USS Isabel (SP-521/PY-10) USS Isabela...
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    Governor sank during the storm, but in a daring rescue by the USS Isaac Smith and the USS Sabine, all but seven of the nearly 700 men were saved before...
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  • USS Westfield was a sidewheel steam ferryboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Westfield was purchased by the Navy from Cornelius...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Hatteras (1861)
    The first USS Hatteras was a 1,126-ton iron-hulled steamer purchased by the Union Navy at the beginning of the American Civil War. She was outfitted as...
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    on board the U.S.S. Isaac Smith, Stono River, 30 January 1863. While reconnoitering on the Stono River on this date the U.S.S. Isaac Smith became trapped...
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    Jan: USS Westfield 11 Jan: USS Hatteras 14 Jan: USS Columbia 15 Jan: CSS J. A. Cotton 17 Jan: USS Columbia 23 Jan: USS Morning Light 30 Jan: USS Isaac Smith...
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    other warships followed, which had also pursued Chesapeake: USS Acacia, USS Cornubia, and USS Niagara. News of the capture and the fact that Maritimers...
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    After she ran fast aground on the Ogeechee River, Georgia, the monitor USS Montauk destroyed her with shell fire from 11-inch (279-mm) and 15-inch (381-mm)...
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    The first USS Bainbridge was a brig in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Commodore William Bainbridge, U.S. Naval...
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    USS Sciota was a Unadilla-class gunboat built on behalf of the United States Navy for service during the Civil War. She was outfitted as a gunboat, with...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Keokuk (1862)
    USS Keokuk was an experimental ironclad screw steamer of the United States Navy named for the city of Keokuk, Iowa. She was laid down in New York City...
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    Smith, sensing a prestigious new customer for his own company, agreed to lend Archimedes to Brunel for extended tests. Over several months, Smith and...
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    undersea warfare. She was the first combat submarine to sink a warship (USS Housatonic), although Hunley was not completely submerged and, following...
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    continued to Yazoo City, Mississippi. When federal Lieutenant Commander Watson Smith tried to lead two ironclads and five smaller vessels through the Yazoo Pass...
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