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Henry Minett
Henry Minett (May 30, 1857 – December 20, 1952) was a career officer of the United States Navy who served during the Spanish–American War. Prior to retirement in 1905, he achieved the rank of captain. He is best remembered as one of the early acting Governors of American Samoa. Minett Islet in Alaska is named for him. Early career Henry Minett was born in Louisville, Kentucky and entered the United States Naval Academy shortly after his 16th birthday, on June 8, 1872. He graduated as a midshipman four years later, on June 20, 1876. In his early naval career, he was assigned first to , sailing as part of the North Atlantic Squadron. After being promoted to ensign, he was reassigned to from 1879 to 1881. The ''Jamestown'' served as the guard ship for the port of Sitka, Alaska. Although he was only an ensign, a small islet in Sitka harbor, Minett Islet, was named for him. On his return from Alaska, Minett was assigned to the training ship in 1882. In the next several years, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. Named after King Louis XVI of France, Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachians. With nearby Falls of the Ohio as the only major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a system across 13 states. Today, the city is known as the home of boxer Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville and its Cardinals, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, and three of Kentucky's six ''Fortune'' 500 companies: Humana, Kindred Healthcare, and Yum! Brands. Muhamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Training Ship
A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house classrooms. The hands-on aspect provided by sail training has also been used as a platform for everything from semesters at sea for undergraduate oceanography and biology students, marine science and physical science for high school students, to character building for at-risk youths. Notable training ships Royal Navy * * * * * * * ''Cornwall'' * * * * * * '' Indefatigable'' * , including adjacent * * * * ''Mount Edgcumbe'' * * * '' Warspite'' (1877) * '' Warspite'' (1922) * * '' Wellesley'' * Other navies * Algerian Navy ** '' El-Mellah'' * Argentine Navy ** ** * Bangladesh Navy ** BNS ''Shaheed Ruhul Amin'' * Brazilian Navy ** ''Cisne Branco'' * Bulgarian Navy ** * Royal Canadian Navy ** (sail training) ** HMCS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Vermont (1848)
USS ''Vermont'' was originally intended to be a ship of the line for the U.S. Navy when laid down in 1818, but was not commissioned until 1862, when she was too outdated to be used as anything but a stores and receiving ship. Service history ''Vermont'' was one of nine 74-gun warships authorized by United States Congress on 29 April 1816. She was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, in September 1818, finished about 1825, and kept on the stocks until finally launched on 15 September 1848 in the interest of both space and fire safety considerations. However, ''Vermont'' was not commissioned at this time. Instead the already aged ship-of-the-line remained in ordinary at Boston until the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861. By the time Civil War broke out, the cavernous hull of the vessel was badly needed as a store and receiving ship at Port Royal, South Carolina, and she was commissioned at Boston on 30 January 1862, Commander Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Omaha (1869)
The first USS ''Omaha'' was laid down in 1867 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard as ''Astoria''; launched 10 June 1869; she was renamed ''Omaha'' on 10 August 1869; and commissioned 12 September 1872, Captain John C. Febiger in command. Service history Atlantic Stations, 1873–1879 ''Omaha's'' first assignment was with the South Atlantic Squadron, and she served alternately on South and North Atlantic Stations from 1873 to 1879. From 1880 to 1884, ''Omaha'' was laid up in ordinary at Philadelphia, for a complete refit. By 1885 she was en route to the Asiatic Station via Cape Horn. Statue of Liberty, 1885 Captain Thomas Oliver Selfridge Jr., of the U. S. man-of-war Omaha, delegated a lieutenant to present his compliments to Captain De Saune, the French commander of the Isère, laden with the Statue of Liberty, and suggest that Gravesend Bay would be a safer anchorage than the Sandy Hook Horseshoe. Asiatic Station, 1885–1891 ''Omaha'' served on the Asiatic Station fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Pensacola (1859)
The first USS ''Pensacola'' was a screw steamer that served in the United States Navy during the U.S. Civil War. Construction and commissioning ''Pensacola'' was launched by the Pensacola Navy Yard on August 15, 1859, and commissioned there on December 5, 1859, for towing to Washington Navy Yard for installation of machinery. She was decommissioned January 31, 1860, and commissioned in full on September 16, 1861, Captain Henry W. Morris in command. Service history Civil War, 1862–1864 ''Pensacola'' departed Alexandria, Virginia on January 11, 1862, for the Gulf of Mexico to join Admiral David Farragut's newly created West Gulf Blockading Squadron. She steamed with that fleet in the historic dash past Confederate Fort St. Philip and Fort Jackson which protected New Orleans, Louisiana on April 24. The next day, ''Pensacola'' engaged batteries below that great Confederate metropolis. On April 26, a landing party of Marines raised the United States flag over the mint at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Minnesota (1855)
USS ''Minnesota'' was a wooden steam frigate in the United States Navy. Launched in 1855 and commissioned eighteen months later, the ship served in east Asia for two years before being decommissioned. She was recommissioned at the outbreak of the American Civil War and returned to service as the flagship of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. During the first day of the Battle of Hampton Roads on 8 March 1862, ''Minnesota'' ran aground, and the following battle badly damaged her and inflicted many casualties. On the second day of the battle, engaged CSS ''Virginia'', allowing tugs to free ''Minnesota'' on the morning of 10 March. ''Minnesota'' was repaired and returned to duty, and three years later she participated in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher. ''Minnesota'' served until 1898, when she was stricken, beached and burnt to recover her metal fittings and to clear her name for a newly-ordered battleship, . Construction and early duties ] ''Minnesota'' was laid dow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Lackawanna (1862)
The first USS ''Lackawanna'' was a screw-propelled sloop-of-war in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was named after the Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania. Construction and commissioning ''Lackawanna'' was launched by the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York, on 9 August 1862, sponsored by Ms. Imogen Page Cooper, and was commissioned on 8 January 1863, Captain John B. Marchand in command. Civil War The new screw sloop-of-war departed New York on 20 January 1863 to join the Union blockade of the Confederate coast. She reported to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron at Pensacola, Florida, early in February 1863 and for the remainder of the war served along the Gulf Coast of the Confederacy, principally off Mobile Bay, Alabama. ''Lackawanna'' took her first prize – ''Neptune'' – on 14 June 1863 after a long chase in which the Glasgow-registered ship had jettisoned her cargo trying to escape. ''Lacakwanna'' scored again the next day, capturing the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Hartford (1858)
USS ''Hartford'', a sloop-of-war, steamer, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. ''Hartford'' served in several prominent campaigns in the American Civil War as the flagship of David G. Farragut, most notably the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. She survived until 1956, when she sank awaiting restoration at Norfolk, Virginia. Service history East India Squadron, 1859–1861 ''Hartford'' was launched 22 November 1858 at the Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Carrie Downes, Miss Lizzie Stringham, and Lieutenant G. J. H. Preble; and commissioned 27 May 1859, Captain Charles Lowndes in command. After shakedown out of Boston, the new screw sloop of war, carrying Flag Officer Cornelius K. Stribling, the newly appointed commander of the East India Squadron, sailed for the Cape of Good Hope and the Far East. Upon reaching the Orient, ''Hartford'' relieved as flagship. In November she embarked the American Minister to China, Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS New Hampshire (1864)
USS ''New Hampshire'' was a 2,633-ton ship originally designed to be the 74-gun ship of the line ''Alabama'', but she remained on the stocks for nearly 40 years, well into the age of steam, before being renamed and launched as a storeship and depot ship during the American Civil War. She was later renamed to USS ''Granite State''. Service history As ''Alabama'', she was one of "nine ships to rate not less than 74 guns each" authorized by Congress on 29 April 1816, and was laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Maine, in June 1819, the year the State of Alabama was admitted to the Union. Though ready for launch by 1825, she remained on the stocks for preservation; an economical measure that avoided the expense of manning and maintaining a ship of the line. Renamed ''New Hampshire'' on 28 October 1863, she was launched on 23 April 1864, fitted out as a storeship and depot ship of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and commissioned on 13 May 1864, Commodore Henry K. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Jamestown (1844)
The first USS ''Jamestown'' was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. ''Jamestown'' was launched in 1844 by the Gosport Navy Yard, Virginia; and commissioned there on 12 December, with Commander Robert B. Cunningham in command. Service history Africa, Ireland, 1845–1850 She departed Hampton Roads on 25 June 1845 as flagship of Commodore Charles W. Skinner in command of United States naval vessels operating off the western coast of Africa to suppress the slave trade. At the end of her first deployment the sloop arrived at Boston, Massachusetts on 6 August 1846. While she was moored at the Boston Navy Yard word reached the United States that for the second consecutive year blight had ruined the potato crop of Ireland, depriving the people of that country of their chief means of subsistence. A joint resolution of Congress approved 3 March 1847 authorized the Secretary of the Navy to place ''Jamestown'' and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Swatara (1872)
As part of the Secretary of the Navy George M. Robeson's plans to overhaul and modernize ships of the Navy, the first USS ''Swatara'' was taken to the New York Navy Yard in 1872, ostensibly for "repairs". In fact, the "repairs" constituted construction of a new ship, for ''Swatara'' was given a new hull and unused machinery which had been in storage since 1865. Embodying only certain fittings and equipment from the first ship, the second ''Swatara'' was launched on 17 September 1873 at the New York Navy Yard and commissioned on 11 May 1874, Capt. Ralph Chandler in command. Service history 1874–1878 Departing New York on 8 June, ''Swatara'' transported five scientific parties to the South Pacific to observe the transit of Venus. ''Swatara'' debarked the first team at Kerguelen Island in September 1874, then at Hobart, Tasmania, on 1 October 1874 before touching at Queenstown, Tasmania; New Zealand; and Chatham Island. She returned all but one of the parties (the Kerguelen part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skipjack EPA
Skipjack may refer to: Zoology * Skipjack tuna, a fish of the family ''Scombridae'' * A common name for Elateridae (click beetles) * Skipjack shad, the fish species, ''Alosa chrysochloris'' * Common name for ''Pseudocaranx georgianus'', also known as silver trevally or skippy. Maritime * Skipjack 15, an American sailing dinghy design * HMS ''Skipjack'', Royal Navy, Halcyon class minesweeper, sunk by bombs in 1940 * Skipjack (boat), a type of fishing boat used on the Chesapeake Bay, USA * USS ''Skipjack'', the name of three United States Navy submarines * ''Skipjack'' class submarine, a class of United States Navy nuclear submarines In computing * Skipjack (cipher), a block cipher, designed by the US National Security Agency * Skipjack, the code name for Linspire 6.0, a Linux distribution * Skipjack, the code name for the VAX 8550 computer system, introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1986 Other * Baltimore Skipjacks, former professional ice hockey team * Skipjack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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