USS American (1861)

-

USS American - a barge with a displacement of 329 tons, was a whaling ship. It was purchased November 1, 1861 in Edgartown, Massachusetts for Stone Fleet for $ 3370. He left New Bedford (Massachusetts) on November 20, 1861 and was supposed to be self-inflicted to block the main channel leading to the Charleston port on December 20, 1861. The name of the unit is sometimes referred to as "America." Initially planned to sink in the port of Savannah, but as the whaling units began arriving at this port, they found that the Confederates had been alerted by the capture by the Union Army of Port Royal. They decided to evacuate Tybee Island and transfer batteries to Fort Pulaski. In addition to stopping the North Ships from firing the old fortress close to them, they drowned the old hulls in the key place of the canal and themselves did what the Stone Fleet did. As a result, the unionists sailed with American "sail" and most of the others, 10 and 11 December, to Port Royal. Flag Officer DuPont decided to use them to block the navigable channel leading to the port of Charleston. The units went there and on December 20, 1861 "American" was sunk in the waters of the main channel. Bibliography

wiki

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Association of Jewish handicrafts "Jad Charuzim"

-
The Jewish Handgun Association "Jad Charuzim" - a Jewish craft organization, operating in Galicia since 1875. She was the founder of many synagogues (eg Yad Charuzim Synagogue in Sanok, Jad Charuzim Synagogue in Yaroslav, Zasany Synagogue in Przemysl), burs, self-help and charity activities, libraries, readings and readings. In 1927, in order to enable its members to use small loans, the association established its own credit cooperative "Cooperative Bank of Cooperatives". The Association's activities ceased during World War II. wiki
Read more

Grouping Red Arrows

-
Raggruppamento Frecce Rosse (Red Arrow Group) - Collaborative armed formation of an Italian army composed of Indians, Arabs and Africans during the Second World War. From May to July 1942, an armed formation was formed under the name Raggruppamento Centri Militari, consisting mainly of British Army prisoners of war originating in Arab countries, India and northern and eastern Africa. They were Hindus, Arabs, Sudanese, Tunisians. The officers and the non-commissioned officers were Italian. The formation consisted of three subdivisions: It was about 1.2 thousand. including about 400 Hindus and about 200 Arabs. Colonel Massimo Invrea de Stato headed it. Subsequently, a small number of Tunisians and Indians were sent to Italy to complete their parachute training in Tarquinia. In August 1942, the formation was renamed Raggruppamento Frecce Rosse. After the defeat of the German-Italian forces at El Alamein at the turn of October and November 1942, the Indians and Arabs lost motivation t...
Read more

Catechism of Polish Child

-
Catechism of the Polish Child - one of the patriotic poets Wladyslaw Belzy published in the volume of the Polish Children's Catechism in 1900. The poem is also known under the title "Confession of the Polish Child" or "Catechism of a Young Pole". It starts with the words "Who are you? "Little Pole". His simple form, referring to children's calculations, made him the simplest form of patriotic education of the youngest generation. The work consists of basic questions and answers about the identity features of a young Pole. It made it easier to memorize national characters and symbols. This work was covered in 1951 by censorship in Poland, subject to immediate withdrawal from libraries. wiki
Read more