Sloop+of+war
91Ship naming and launching — The ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old.Methods of launchThere are three principal methods of conveying a new ship from building site to water, only two of which are called… …
92USS Saratoga (1842) — USS Saratoga , a sloop of war, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of Saratoga of the American Revolutionary War. Her keel was laid down in the summer of 1841 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 26 …
93James Alden, Jr. — Infobox Military Person name= James Alden, Jr. lived= March 31 1810 February 6 1877 placeofbirth= Portland, Maine placeofdeath= San Francisco, California caption= nickname= allegiance= USN serviceyears= 1828 1873 rank= Rear Admiral commands= unit …
94Morgan Iron Works — Former type Private Industry Manufacturing Fate Sold …
95Diamond Rock — Diamond Rock, off the coast of Martinique Diamond Rock (Rocher du Diamant) is a 175 meter (574 feet) high[1] basalt island located south of Fort de France, the main port of the Caribbean island of Martinique. The uninhabited island is about… …
96Kidder Breese — Captain Kidder Randolph Breese, USN (14 April 1831 13 September 1881) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican American War and the American Civil War. Early life and careerBorn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was appointed a …
97USS Ontario (1813) — The second USS Ontario was a 16 gun rated sloop of war in the United States Navy during the years following War of 1812. Ontario was built by Thomas Kemp, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1813; blockaded in Chesapeake Bay through the War of 1812; and… …
98USS Aroostook (1861) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Aroostook was used by the Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Built in Maine in 1861… …
99Horatio Hornblower — Admiral of the Fleet Horatio Hornblower, 1st Baron Hornblower, GCB, is a fictional protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester, and later the subject of films and television programs. Ernest Hemingway is quoted as saying, I recommend… …
100USS Monongahela (1862) — was a barkentine–rigged screw sloop of war that served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Her task was to participate in the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America. Post war she continued serving her country in various… …
