On Aug. 5, 1864 this hero lost an ironclad, but his wooden flagship the Hartford survived the battle
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Free Flashcards about FAMOUS SHIPS - StudyStack  LORD NELSON'S FLAGSHIP AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR AND THE OLDEST ... ON AUGUST 5, 1864, THIS HERO LOST AN IRONCLAD, BUT HIS WOODEN SHIP THE HARTFORD, SURVIVED THE BATTLE, DAVID FARRAGUT.
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Warfare History Network  Admiral David Farragut and the Battle of ...  Sep 25, 2015 ... Then in January 1864, a recuperated and rejuvenated Farragut resumed .... After the loss of New Orleans, the South's hero of Hampton Roads, Admiral ... But the ironclad ran hard aground in the lower bay after crossing the sandbar .... At daybreak on August 5, the doctor and his admiral were roused by the...
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Aquebogue Health Chiropractic - Facebook  Q: On Aug. 5, 1864 this hero lost an ironclad, but his wooden flagship the Hartford survived the battle. RECENT POSTS ... 13, 1962 battle. Aquebogue Health Chiropractic  June 20 at 4:24pm . Daily Trivia. CATEGORY: BLACK & WHITE TV. Q: In 1951 this Danish pianist with a sense of the absurd had his own show on NBC.
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USS Hartford (1858) - Wikipedia  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. ... Farragut managed to get all of his ships but Colorado across the bar and into...
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David Farragut, the Hero of Mobile Bay - University of South Alabama  Nov 18, 2014 ... summer of 1864, the Union had created a blockade around the South. After the fall of ... By the time the battle of Mobile Bay took place, Farragut was sixty-three years old and ... But Farragut knew he had to attack before the Confederate forces became ... including four ironclads and his flagship, the Hartford.
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USS Comanche: Ironclad of San Francisco | Tramps of San Francisco  Aug 12, 2012 ... The battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack changed the course of naval warfare during the Civil War. ... Previously designated as unseaworthy, the Aquila was the only ship ... gale roared into San Francisco Bay on the evening of November 14. ... The Aquila survived the first blast but, after a lull overnight,.
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The Battle of the Ironclads, 1862 - EyeWitness to History  An EyeWitness account of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac. ... Armed with an underwater ram, these ships were designed to slam into and sink the ... At noon March 8, 1862, workmen completed the final touches of the Merrimac's ... Waiting for her only a few miles away was a bevy of Union blockaders ready...
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Timeline Photos - Facebook  The Battle of Mobile Bay began on the morning of August 5, 1864 when ... to the rigging of the USS Hartford and reportedly exclaimed, "Damn the Torpedoes! ... said, "Damn, torpedoes, full speed ahead", which would have indicated he saw...
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Duel Between the First Ironclads - Texas Christian University  After explaining how both ships were designed and built, Davis next turns to the battle ... Even though the Monitor had defects and brought together some unproven ideas, ... The idea of an ironclad ship came about before the Civil War. .... the Confederacy used the hull of the scuttled USS Merrimack to outfit its first ironclad.
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Ironclad warship - Wikipedia  An ironclad is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century. The ironclad was...
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"Old Ironsides" Earns its Name, 1812 - EyeWitness to History  An eyewitness account of the USS Constitution in battle. ... Old Ironsides ... In addition to destroying the Guerrierre, she also destroyed the British frigate Java off ... ships had been shortened enough to allow the Captain to confirm that his prey was ... A poem written by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1830 praising the glory of "Old...
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The Famed Civil War Ironclad Monitor  When Union naval officials learned that Southern shipwrights had converted ... On March 9, 1862, the Monitor engaged the CSS Virginia in the historic ... during a large storm off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina (House of ... The USS Monitor's wreck site was discovered in 1973 about 16 miles off Cape Hatteras in...
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Remember the Maine - TheTentacle.com  Feb 28, 2007 ... It was on February 15, 1898, that a mysterious explosion sunk the USS Maine in the ... Of its approximately 400 American seamen, 260 died. ... of the Maine and that an internal fire caused the battleship to explode and sink.
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For a 1798 naval victory, he was dubbed The Hero of the Nile # Quiz ...  Jul 6, 2016 ... For a 1798 naval victory, he was dubbed The Hero of the Nile # Quiz # Question. FirstAmVideo. SubscribeSubscribedUnsubscribe 55. Loading.
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Damn the Torpedoes! - Civil War Trust  Farragut, Mobile Bay, Navy, Ironclad. ... The Battle of Mobile Bay ... Along with the clash of ironclads in Hampton Roads and the duel between the Alabama and ... As impressive as that is, David Glasgow Farragut, who commanded the Union...
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Recalling the "Hero of Manila Bay  Cambridge Sentinel 20 ...  For this man was the Hero of Manila Bay and his astounding victory in the far-off ... 1917, he died. ... He was a rare development of the very best Vermont stock. ... to the time of his death Dewey was president of the general board of the navy...
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Ironclad warship - Wikipedia  An ironclad is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells. The first ironclad battleship, Gloire, was launched by the French Navy in ... Altogether, France built ten new wooden steam battleships and converted 28...
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Lewis Wallace (1827-1905). The Galley Fight. Warner, et al., comp ...  The bench was a thing to run from; while if he were to die a slave, who would be the better of the sacrifice? ... whole after-part of the hull broke asunder, and as if it had all the time been lying in ... The galley had passed, leaving the two barely outside the stroke of its oars. ... Sometimes he seemed already dead, he lay so still.
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Capture of USS Chesapeake - Wikipedia  The Capture of USS Chesapeake, or the Battle of Boston Harbor, was fought on 1 June 1813, ... The American crew struggled to carry out their captain's last order, "Don't give .... Captain Lawrence did not in fact receive Broke's letter and, according to .... However, the American crew were well drilled and, despite their losses,...
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Battle of Hampton Roads - New World Encyclopedia  May 8, 2015 ... The principal confrontations took place on March 8 and March 9, ... However, in the haste and confusion, Merrimack was only burned to the waterline. .... to run up on Virginia's submerged deck ends and hopefully sink the ship. ... While in tow by the USS Rhode Island the ships encountered a heavy gale.
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Damn the Torpedoes! - The New York Times  Aug 6, 2014 ... The story behind Adm. David Farragut's dauntless assault on Mobile Bay. ... the South's only admiral, who by 1864 had served a combined 49 years in the ... As Farragut designed it, the larger union vessel would protect its ... Though his exact words are lost to history, Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!