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In 1866, a US merchant ship, the USS General Sherman, landed in Korea ... be appropriate to send a delegation to Washington to report. It is not known ...

was given command of a prize ship taken by USS Essex and brought her safely ... Blockading Squadron, with his flag on the USS Hartford, in April 1862 he ...

In 1900, Sperry established an electrochemical laboratory in Washington ... first model was installed on the battleship USS Delaware in 1911. ...

The Burning of Washington is the name given to the burning of Washington ... been recovered--a painting of George Washington, rescued by then-first ...

and Korea proved peaceful. In 1853 the USS South America, an American ... United States Naval operations: Korea. Washington: [U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1962. ...

flag. The first ship he encountered was USS Onward, which prepared to ... commander at Port Royal, Smalls went to Washington, D.C. to persuade President ...

at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. for a Bicentennial ... The United States Navy ship, USS Arthur Middleton (AP-55/APA-25), ...

aboard two destroyer minesweepers (DMS), the USS Zane and USS Southard, becoming ... The name for the USS Caine came from the story in Genesis of Cain ...

The United States Navy submarine USS Nautilus (SSN-571) crossed the ... In 2005, the United States Navy submarine USS Charlotte (SSN-766) ...

23, his force was spotted by the submarines USS Dace and USS Darter. Although ... entering the narrow Sibuyan Sea by planes from USS Intrepid. ...

6,000 acres (24 km²). She went home to Washington Place, where she lived ... Annexation Treaty. Liliuokalani visited Washington D.C. to protest, even though ...

Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Ertegun and his family moved to Washington ... President Truman ordered the battleship USS Missouri to return his body ...

to the magisterial dignity of George Washington, the refined rationalism ... reputation and support of President Washington and the Federalists in ...

Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, and ... The National Air and Space Museum is widely considered one of Washington ...

Jones’ first assignment was aboard the frigate USS Alfred (30 guns ... ===Command of USS Ranger=== Despite his successes at sea, upon arrival ...

He was the father of Georges Washington Motier de La Fayette (1779–1849 ... The next day, La Fayette met George Washington, who became his lifelong ...

home. Amphibious assault carriers (such as USS Tarawa or HMS Ocean), operate ... four times that of the World War II-era USS Enterprise, yet its complement ...

oil to Japan, as it was understood in Washington that cutting off exports ... Nagumo began launching, the minesweeper USS Condor spotted a midget submarine ...

from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and ... Continental Congress on June 22, 1775. Washington assigned Greene the command ...

Bay, which included an attack on Washington, D.C. that resulted in ... but the embarrassing Burning of Washington led to Armstrong's ...

directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. It was established ... along the prominent ridges overlooking Washington, is operated by the National ...

===Sinking of the USS Maine=== [[Image:USSMaine.jpg|right|thumb|250px ... On February 15, 1898, an explosion sank the American battleship USS ...

Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865 ... Because Maryland shared a border with Washington, D.C., Lincoln declared ...

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 ...

George Washington Carver (c. early 1864 – January 5, 1943) was an ... classes, he began to use the name George Washington Carver. ...

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 ...

1 (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps)] (Washington, DC: Department of the ... course conducted at Fort Lewis, Washington, during the summer. Typically ...

would not accept a black ambassador in Washington, D.C. ... " One example was the visit of the USS John Adams in 1852, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... two battleships, have been named USS Washington in honor of the state ...

General J. Lawton Collins returned to Washington, D.C., and had the invasion ... Destroyer Squadron Nine, headed by the USS Mansfield, sailed up Eastern ...

The United States Navy destroyer tender USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37 ... in America: The Gompers Era. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, ...

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 ...

who was given unprecedented authority by Washington to use his best judgment ... Prefecture. They were followed by the USS Missouri, whose accompanying ...

signed the armistice with Japan onboard the USS Missouri on behalf of CEFEO ... meeting of September 23 1950, in Washington, the United States started ...

In Washington, D.C., she briefly attended the Holton-Arms School. ... year, and instead transferred to George Washington University in Washington ...

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 ...

no combat action. However his ship, the USS Uruguay was rammed by another ... *Jackie Sherrill – Washington State University (1976), University ...

George W. DeLong, commanding USS Jeanette, led an expedition in 1879 ... Islands.] U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. Retrieved December ...

Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C. ... The United States Navy has commissioned several ships of the name ...

The first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571), put to ... the National Digital Science Library at Washington & Lee University. Alsos ...

M. Bucher and his eighty one crewmen from USS Pueblo crossed the Bridge ... Relationship 1943-1953. University of Washington Press. ASIN: B000ORWQM4 ...

of Air Group 51, his squadron was based on USS San Jacinto in the spring ... In 1976 Ford brought Bush back to Washington to become director of ...

During the Vietnam War, he was almost killed in the 1967 USS Forrestal ... of McCain was rung by the bellringers of Washington National Cathedral the ...

a year later was temporarily assigned to the USS George Washington, then to ... as its head mechanical engineer in Washington, DC. And in 1944 he became ...

#039;s casket at Union Station in Washington, DC, and escorted it to ... later, the MacArthur family moved to Washington, DC when Douglas's ...

of the colonies, he nominated George Washington as commander-in-chief of ... While Washington was the unanimous choice for president, Adams came ...

soldiers was established by George Washington on August 7, 1782, when ... of Honor recipients was held onboard the USS Constitution on September 30, 2006. ...

*The United States Navy named the USS Edison (DD-439), a Gleaves class destroyer, in his honor in 1940. The ship was decommissioned a few months ...

had commissioned its own first submarine, USS Holland. The ships were John ... to the U.S. and Britain (10:10:7) at the Washington Naval Conference, which ...

Daniel Webster gave an address to the Washington Benevolent Society, an ... The Washington oration was widely circulated and read throughout New ...

1898, the U.S. sent a warship to Cuba, the USS Maine, to protect American ... that it is necessary in the land of Washington and Lincoln to reaffirm ...

mediated in the conflict aboard USS Lackawanna at Arica Bay, attempting ... Boundary Disputes in Latin America. Washington, D.C.: Institute of Peace, 2003. ...

Junkin, whose father was president of Washington College (later Washington ... The United States Navy submarine USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN 634) ...

An Iraqi plane accidentally attacked the USS Stark, an Oliver Hazard ... On April 14, 1988, the frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts was badly damaged ...

a few miles northwest from downtown Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River. ... or when he met with a key figure in the USS Cole bombing. And the CIA ...

1989. Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal. (Washington, DC: USG Printing Office ... converted to minesweepers, Zane and USS Trevor, which were delivering ...

York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. fueled its rapid ... On Christmas Day, 1776, the Continental Army under George Washington ...

naval battle groups, the aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS ... Iraqi Nuclear Reactors Hit Hard. The Washington Post, 1991. ...

also did a photo mural of the George Washington Bridge that was chosen ... [[Image:USS Lexington (CV-16), November 1943, Gilbert Islands.jpg ...

drama about Biko starring Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline. ... * In Star Trek: The Next Generation, there is a starship named USS ...

example, during World War II, the battleship USS Washington had not one casualty due to enemy action. However, some sailors were killed by electrocution ...

aboard; HMS Challenger during the 1870s; the USS Tuscarora (1873-76); and the ... *Seattle, Washington, United States *Shanghai, People's Republic ...

and held a series of staff positions in Washington, D.C., California, and ... was assigned to the General Staff in Washington, where he served until ...

of Titans: A History of Project Gemini (Washington, DC: NASA History Division ... of the Apollo 1 fire—Armstrong was in Washington, D.C. with Cooper, Gordon ...

traveling 1,700 miles across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. ... He was selected to represent the Crow in Washington, D.C., where he ...

*USS Wyoming was named in honor of this state. {{MetaSidebar|250px|#ffffaa|right|Wyoming State Symbols| * Nickname: ::Big Wonderful Wyoming ...

2004. Republican strength is greatest in Washington and Piscataquis counties ... * Four U.S. Navy ships have been named USS Maine in honor of the state. ...

Reference NASA History Series SP-4029 (Washington, DC: NASA History Division ... Moon] Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, (Washington, DC: NASA SP:350), 1975 ...

pre-war Peace Conference of 1861 met at Washington, D.C. The remaining Southern ... The South did send delegations to Washington and offered to pay for ...

Illinois; died February 20, 1862, in Washington, D.C. *Thomas "Tad ... were twofold: first, to ensure that Washington, D.C., was well-defended; ...

with four others, was picked by submarine USS Finback, and avoided the fate ... over the Loved Ones Left Behind." Washington Post October 4, 2003, sec. A. ...

[[Image:Ngo Dinh Diem at Washington - ARC 542189.gif|thumb|left|250px ... Some policy-makers in Washington began to believe that Diem was incapable ...

of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington, D.C. and attended the ... While Glenn was on duty at Patuxent and in Washington, he began reading ...

included much of present-day Oregon and Washington states in the U.S. and ... by Henry Knox, Secretary of War in the Washington Administration, the U.S ...

during two postings as naval attaché in Washington D.C., had an understanding ... and two postings as naval attaché in Washington D.C had given him an understanding ...

career in the Dead Letter Office in Washington, D.C. drove him to his ... The story may have been based on events onboard USS Somers. ...

In 2000, the USS Cole bombing encouraged several members to depart ... 01/http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-06-16-gates-al-qaeda_n ...

of Operations: Cross Channel Attack (Washington, DC: Dept. of the Army ... of Operations: Cross Channel Attack. Washington, DC: Dept. of the Army ...

shrapnel during a shelling of his ship, the USS Leviathan, although some claim ... Bogart organized a delegation to Washington, D.C., during the height ...

as alleged confessions from the crew of the USS Pueblo. ... Field Manual No. 33-1, Aug. 31, 1979. Washington, DC: Headquarters, Department ...

*State ship: USS New Mexico (BB-40) :USS New Mexico (SSN-779) *State question: "Red or Green?"(*) ...

Services, he crossed the English Channel on the USS Plunket, anchored off Omaha Beach at 0600. He observed the first wave land on the beach from the ship ...

pilot Chuck Yeager dies at 97] The Washington Times (December 7, 2020). Retrieved October 16, 2023. They moved to Grass Valley, California, after ...

HMS Shannon which captured the American frigate USS Chesapeake and brought her to Halifax as prize. As well, an invasion force which attacked Washington ...

After Kennedy's leadership as commander of the USS PT-109 during ... took his convertible, sailed on the SS Washington to France, and spent ten ...

Though not directly descended from George Washington, Patton traced ... dead-end his career, Patton traveled to Washington, D.C. during 11 days of ...

Jacobson, were accepted together at Washington College in 1923. They would ... * September 2—Japan formally surrenders aboard the USS Missouri ...

Press, [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2002/06/08/reagan.htm Reagan ... Policies Gave Green Light to Red Ink,] Washington Post, June 9, 2004. Retrieved ...

to all nations but China. In 1853 the USS South America, an American ... 2013. [http://www.comfort-women.org/ Washington Coalition for Comfort Women ...

General Otis sent the Brenner case to Washington writing: “After ... females) arrived from the U.S. aboard the USS Thomas. The name Thomasite ...

agreed to send his vice-president to Washington to explore a diplomatic ... On June 8, USS Liberty, a United States Navy electronic intelligence ...

States military helicopter crew from the USS Abraham Lincoln, conducting ... html Divining a Reason for Devastation]. Washington Post, January 8, 2005. ...

position as an outsider, distant from Washington, D.C., became an asset ... done so), a submarine was named for him. The USS Jimmy Carter was christened ...

at this stage.[https://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/general/physics/physics.html The Physics of Tsunamis] University of Washington. Retrieved ...