Search results for "USS Washington" - New World Encyclopedia
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- directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. It was established ... along the prominent ridges overlooking Washington, is operated by the National ...24 KB (3,687 words) - 03:05, 15 August 2023
- ===Sinking of the USS Maine=== [[Image:USSMaine.jpg|right|thumb|250px ... On February 15, 1898, an explosion sank the American battleship USS ...25 KB (4,004 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865 ... Because Maryland shared a border with Washington, D.C., Lincoln declared ...20 KB (3,092 words) - 08:05, 3 August 2022
- American Civil War. On November 8, 1861, the USS San Jacinto, commanded by ... On the Union side, the USS San Jacinto, commanded by Captain Charles ...21 KB (3,294 words) - 16:44, 2 May 2023
- George Washington Carver (c. early 1864 – January 5, 1943) was an ... classes, he began to use the name George Washington Carver. ...18 KB (2,882 words) - 01:30, 23 November 2022
- at Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington, D.C.. He also served with ... 25 medium bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, with targets in Tokyo ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- 1 (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps)] (Washington, DC: Department of the ... course conducted at Fort Lewis, Washington, during the summer. Typically ...25 KB (3,768 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
- would not accept a black ambassador in Washington, D.C. ... " One example was the visit of the USS John Adams in 1852, which ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- first battle between ironclad warships (the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia at ... arms race would not end until the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. This ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- central portion of the state, with Mount Washington being the highest peak ... John Paul Jones' ship the Sloop-of-war USS Ranger and the frigate USS ...33 KB (4,724 words) - 09:19, 11 March 2023
- was hired and soon was asked to move to Washington DC as a reporter. ... as the captain of a U.S. Navy destroyer, the USS Jack Miller, in the Pacific ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 18:02, 3 May 2023
- Japan, and rescued by the American whaler USS John Howland, commanded by ... States. He was formally received at Washington D.C., and he traveled overland ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... two battleships, have been named USS Washington in honor of the state ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- General J. Lawton Collins returned to Washington, D.C., and had the invasion ... Destroyer Squadron Nine, headed by the USS Mansfield, sailed up Eastern ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- The United States Navy destroyer tender USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37 ... in America: The Gompers Era. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 01:17, 21 April 2023
- 47, last serving as gunnery officer of the USS Quirinus. He received a M ... (who at 29 years of age, hitchhiked to Washington, D.C. and got a job working ...25 KB (3,714 words) - 22:06, 25 January 2024
- who was given unprecedented authority by Washington to use his best judgment ... Prefecture. They were followed by the USS Missouri, whose accompanying ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- signed the armistice with Japan onboard the USS Missouri on behalf of CEFEO ... meeting of September 23 1950, in Washington, the United States started ...58 KB (9,174 words) - 19:56, 4 March 2024
- In Washington, D.C., she briefly attended the Holton-Arms School. ... year, and instead transferred to George Washington University in Washington ...21 KB (3,354 words) - 08:15, 18 March 2024
- conference at Dolley Madison House in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 1959: ... honored with ticker-tape parades in Washington, New York and Los Angeles ...57 KB (8,455 words) - 04:33, 17 June 2023
