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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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • In 1900, Sperry established an electrochemical laboratory in Washington ... first model was installed on the battleship USS Delaware in 1911. ...
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  • The Burning of Washington is the name given to the burning of Washington ... been recovered--a painting of George Washington, rescued by then-first ...
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  • and Korea proved peaceful. In 1853 the USS South America, an American ... United States Naval operations: Korea. Washington: [U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1962. ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. for a Bicentennial ... The United States Navy ship, USS Arthur Middleton (AP-55/APA-25), ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • The United States Navy submarine USS Nautilus (SSN-571) crossed the ... In 2005, the United States Navy submarine USS Charlotte (SSN-766) ...
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  • 23, his force was spotted by the submarines USS Dace and USS Darter. Although ... entering the narrow Sibuyan Sea by planes from USS Intrepid. ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Ertegun and his family moved to Washington ... President Truman ordered the battleship USS Missouri to return his body ...
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  • to the magisterial dignity of George Washington, the refined rationalism ... reputation and support of President Washington and the Federalists in ...
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  • Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, and ... The National Air and Space Museum is widely considered one of Washington ...
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  • Jones’ first assignment was aboard the frigate USS Alfred (30 guns ... ===Command of USS Ranger=== Despite his successes at sea, upon arrival ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • oil to Japan, as it was understood in Washington that cutting off exports ... Nagumo began launching, the minesweeper USS Condor spotted a midget submarine ...
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  • from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and ... Continental Congress on June 22, 1775. Washington assigned Greene the command ...
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  • Bay, which included an attack on Washington, D.C. that resulted in ... but the embarrassing Burning of Washington led to Armstrong's ...
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