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USS Pawnee (AT-74/ATF-74) was a Navajo-class fleet tug in the United States Navy. Pawnee was laid down on 23 October 1941 by the United Engineering Company, Alameda, California ; launched on 31 March 1942 and commissioned on 7 November 1942.
The first USS Pawnee was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.She was named for the Pawnee Indian tribe.. Pawnee was laid down in 1858 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched 8 October 1859, sponsored by Miss Grace Tyler; and commissioned 11 June 1860, Commander H. J. Hartstene in command.
USS Bowfin Submarine and Memorial Park [9] USS Cobia: United States Wisconsin: Manitowoc: United States. 1943 Gato class: Submarine: Wisconsin Maritime Museum [10] [circular reference] USS Cairo: United States Mississippi: Vicksburg: United States: 1862 City class: Gunboat: Vicksburg National Military Park [11] USS Cassin Young: United States ...
The mines, which were 80-gallon casks supporting a boiler-iron torpedo and enough gunpowder to blow up a ship the size of the Pawnee were spotted by Pawnee sailors as the devices were floating toward them. [20] The mines were later removed from the river by sailors from the Resolute, although one of the mines actually sank into the river. [16]
USS Pawnee may refer to the following ships operated by the United States Navy: USS Pawnee (1859), a screw sloop-of-war that served in the Union during the American Civil War; USS Pawnee (YT-21), a harbor tug from 1898 to 1922; USS Pawnee (SP-699), formerly named Monoloa II, a wooden hulled yacht used for minesweeping until 1921
On 17 March 1948, Texas began her journey to her new anchorage along the busy Houston Ship Channel near the San Jacinto Monument, at San Jacinto State Park, arriving on 20 April, where she was turned over to the State of Texas the next day to serve as a permanent memorial. [8] Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 April 1948. [9]
The museum was born out of an idea by former naval officer Charles F. Hyatt to develop a major tourist attraction on what had once been a dump for dredged mud. [1] Initial plans for the museum called for a large building onshore to display exhibits related to the history of small combatants ships in the U.S. Navy. [2] On 3 January 1976, the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was opened to the public.
Benjamin Swearer (May 18, 1825 – November 2, 1902) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the American Civil War.