Search results for "USS Washington" - New World Encyclopedia
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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 ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 11:56, 3 May 2023
- 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 ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- In 1900, Sperry established an electrochemical laboratory in Washington ... first model was installed on the battleship USS Delaware in 1911. ...9 KB (1,284 words) - 17:16, 13 February 2024
- The Burning of Washington is the name given to the burning of Washington ... been recovered--a painting of George Washington, rescued by then-first ...10 KB (1,535 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- and Korea proved peaceful. In 1853 the USS South America, an American ... United States Naval operations: Korea. Washington: [U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1962. ...14 KB (2,195 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- 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 ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 02:16, 16 December 2022
- at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. for a Bicentennial ... The United States Navy ship, USS Arthur Middleton (AP-55/APA-25), ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 11:12, 16 August 2023
- 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 ...38 KB (5,130 words) - 23:59, 27 November 2023
- The United States Navy submarine USS Nautilus (SSN-571) crossed the ... In 2005, the United States Navy submarine USS Charlotte (SSN-766) ...22 KB (3,376 words) - 10:05, 11 March 2023
- 23, his force was spotted by the submarines USS Dace and USS Darter. Although ... entering the narrow Sibuyan Sea by planes from USS Intrepid. ...48 KB (7,546 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- 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 ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 15:42, 7 December 2022
- Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Ertegun and his family moved to Washington ... President Truman ordered the battleship USS Missouri to return his body ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- to the magisterial dignity of George Washington, the refined rationalism ... reputation and support of President Washington and the Federalists in ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 16:44, 21 November 2022
- Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, and ... The National Air and Space Museum is widely considered one of Washington ...18 KB (2,632 words) - 01:35, 11 November 2022
- Jones’ first assignment was aboard the frigate USS Alfred (30 guns ... ===Command of USS Ranger=== Despite his successes at sea, upon arrival ...18 KB (2,783 words) - 03:55, 2 May 2024
- 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 ...23 KB (3,607 words) - 06:57, 15 December 2022
- 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 ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- oil to Japan, as it was understood in Washington that cutting off exports ... Nagumo began launching, the minesweeper USS Condor spotted a midget submarine ...60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
- from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and ... Continental Congress on June 22, 1775. Washington assigned Greene the command ...24 KB (3,805 words) - 01:32, 11 November 2022
- Bay, which included an attack on Washington, D.C. that resulted in ... but the embarrassing Burning of Washington led to Armstrong's ...42 KB (6,479 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
- 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
- no combat action. However his ship, the USS Uruguay was rammed by another ... *Jackie Sherrill – Washington State University (1976), University ...18 KB (2,706 words) - 03:11, 26 September 2023
- George W. DeLong, commanding USS Jeanette, led an expedition in 1879 ... Islands.] U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. Retrieved December ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 14:01, 20 May 2023
- Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C. ... The United States Navy has commissioned several ships of the name ...41 KB (6,399 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- The first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571), put to ... the National Digital Science Library at Washington & Lee University. Alsos ...49 KB (7,262 words) - 10:10, 11 March 2023
- M. Bucher and his eighty one crewmen from USS Pueblo crossed the Bridge ... Relationship 1943-1953. University of Washington Press. ASIN: B000ORWQM4 ...29 KB (4,546 words) - 06:45, 27 February 2023
- 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 ...41 KB (6,218 words) - 08:07, 23 January 2023
- 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 ...89 KB (12,407 words) - 02:53, 2 May 2024
- 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 ...36 KB (5,646 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- #039;s casket at Union Station in Washington, DC, and escorted it to ... later, the MacArthur family moved to Washington, DC when Douglas's ...47 KB (7,075 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- of the colonies, he nominated George Washington as commander-in-chief of ... While Washington was the unanimous choice for president, Adams came ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 07:33, 5 April 2024
