Showing posts with label USS Wyoming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USS Wyoming. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
U.S. Battleship Division Nine in World War II
From Wikipedia.
This division consisted of four (later five) dreadnaught battleships from the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet which were sent over to help the British Grand Fleet.
These ships arrived December 6, 1917, as mentioned in the World War Timeline on Monday.
The first four were the USS New York, Wyoming, Florida and Delaware. All were capable of doing 21 knots and mounted ten to twelve 12-inch to 14-inch cannons in their main armament. They were accompanied by the destroyer USS Manley on their way over.
While in Britain, the division was deployed mostly in convoy duty and maintained the blockade, keeping the German High Seas Fleet in port.
--Cooter
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Charles Dwight Sigsbee: the Maine's Commander
Well, I was wondering about Sigsbee's desk and bathtub as well as other objects.
From Wikipedia.
(1845-1923) Noted pioneering oceanographer.
He was captain of the USS Maine when it exploded.
Appointed acting midshipman 16 July 1862 from the USNA. During the Civil War, he served aboard the USS Monongahela, USS Wyoming and USS Shenandoah (not the Confederate cruiser of the same name). He was at the Battle of Mobile Bay and both battles of Fort Fisher.
He commanded the USS Kearsarge (which sank the famed CSS Alabama) and was on the European Station 1885-1886.
Sigsbee and his officers were exonerated by the court of inquiry after the Maine sank and later commanded the USS St. Paul in 1898 at the second battle of San Juan and the Texas in 1900.
In 1905, he commanded the USS Brooklyn when it brought home the remains of naval hero and Father of the U.S. Navy John Paul Jones from France for internment at the USNA.
Retired from the Navy in 1909 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
--DaCoot
From Wikipedia.
(1845-1923) Noted pioneering oceanographer.
He was captain of the USS Maine when it exploded.
Appointed acting midshipman 16 July 1862 from the USNA. During the Civil War, he served aboard the USS Monongahela, USS Wyoming and USS Shenandoah (not the Confederate cruiser of the same name). He was at the Battle of Mobile Bay and both battles of Fort Fisher.
He commanded the USS Kearsarge (which sank the famed CSS Alabama) and was on the European Station 1885-1886.
Sigsbee and his officers were exonerated by the court of inquiry after the Maine sank and later commanded the USS St. Paul in 1898 at the second battle of San Juan and the Texas in 1900.
In 1905, he commanded the USS Brooklyn when it brought home the remains of naval hero and Father of the U.S. Navy John Paul Jones from France for internment at the USNA.
Retired from the Navy in 1909 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
--DaCoot
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