Old Weather Forum

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1862 — The Cairo class ironclad river gunboat Louisville, under the command of Lt. Cmdr. R.W. Meade III, escorts the steamer Meteor, whose embarked Army troops landed at Bledsoes Landing and Hamblins Landing, Ark. The towns are burned in reprisal for attacks by Confederate guerrillas on mail steamer Gladiator early in the morning of Oct. 19.
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1864 — The wooden side-wheel cruiser Fort Jackson captures steamer Wando at sea, east of Cape Romain, S.C., with cargo of cotton.
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1846 — Lavinia Fanning Watson of Philadelphia christens the sloop-of-war Germantown, the first U.S. Navy ship to be sponsored by a woman.
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1862 — The screw frigate Wabash provides artillery support for Union infantry troops at the Battle of Pocotaligo, S.C. One of the gun crew, who was seriously injured, was Ordinary Seaman Oscar W. Farenholt, the first enlisted man in the Navy to reach flag rank. The battery from Wabash took part in artillery operations all along the South Atlantic coast.
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1864 — During the Civil War, the blockade-runner Flamingo, which is run aground off Sullivans Island, S.C., is destroyed by shell fire from Fort Strong and Putnam, Battery Chatfield, and ships of Rear Adm. John A. Dahlgren's South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.

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1862 — A landing party from stern wheel casemate gunboat Baron de Kalb, commanded by Capt. J.A. Winslow, lands at Hopefield, Ark., and engages a small Confederate scouting party. On mounted horses, the sailors then engage in a nine mile running fight, ending with the capture of the Confederate party.
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Nautical Terms and Naval Expressions - Uniform Edition

1824 - USS Wild Cat lost in a gale between Cuba and Thompson's Island

1864 - Steamer USS General Thomas and gunboat Stone River destroy Confederate batteries on Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama.

1864 - CSS Lady Stirling, a blockade runner, was badly damaged and captured by the United States Navy off Wilmington, North Carolina

1814 - Launching of Fulton I (Demologos ), first American steam powered warship

1870 - first USS Saginaw was a sidewheel sloop-of-war wrecked

Savage Coating: NHHC Conservators Team With USNA to Solve a History Mystery

That's a great Halloween-y image I hadn't thought about before.

The Loss of USS Memphis (ACR 10)

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1864 - During the Civil War, Union paddle-wheelers Key West and Tawah encounter transports Undine and Venus, which the Confederates captured three days earlier on the Tennessee River.
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Navy Legend - David Glasgow Farragut

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1898 — A Marine detachment from the cruisers Baltimore (Cruiser No. 3), Raleigh (Cruiser No. 8), and Boston goes ashore in Peking, China, to establish a U.S. Legation Guard in the city.
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DING! DING! History and Heritage Blog on Ships' Bells, Arriving!




USS Ohio (1838-1883). Two old salts on the ship's forecastle, circa the 1870s. Note the rating
badges on their right sleeves. Also seen are a bell, winch, chain, and gratings. (NH 44588)

Manning the Rails: A Navy Tradition

The History of Navy Music


Navy Band director Lieutenant Charles Benter (right) and Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Hutchison (left)
inspecting the Navy Band's new uniform, at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., in about 1926.
This garb was informally known as the Lion-Tamer Uniform.