Still another reform of considerable importance has been commenced in the United States navy. The era of non-clads and steamers having rendered obsolete the old sailing vessels, the latter will ...

US Navy ships have some truly unique names that you might think would be chosen by a committee, but the Secretary of the Navy is responsible for naming all Navy ships. In 1862, Congress ...

Instituted by Congress in 1861 for the Navy, then in 1862 for the Army ... while engaged in action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict ...

But some of the descendants of all 16 crew members who died in 1862 attended the burial. U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said it is important to honor those who represent the significant part the ...

US Navy Photo A guided-missile cruiser that was ... a former slave who was conscripted into Confederate service in 1862. The skilled navigator stole the steamer CSS Planter and escaped from ...

On May 13, 1862, Smalls piloted the ship out of the Charleston harbor with his family, other slaves, and military cargo, turning the ship over to the US Navy. He ultimately rose to become captain ...

Orders have been received at the Brooklyn Navy-yard to fit out the United States steamer Circassian as a transport and dispatch vessel, to take the place of the Massachusetts, which vessel has ...