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The packet steamer Pulaski, bound for Baltimore, Maryland, departed Charleston, South Carolina on June 14, 1838, under Captain DuBois, with a crew of 37 and 131 passengers on board. [4] That night at about 11 p.m., when the ship was 30 miles (48 km) off the coast of North Carolina, the starboard boiler exploded, destroying the middle of the ship.
Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski (Polish: [kaˈʑimjɛʂ puˈwaskʲi] ⓘ; March 4 or 6, 1745 [a] – October 11, 1779), anglicized as Casimir Pulaski (/ ˈ k æ z ɪ m ɪər p ə ˈ l æ s k i / KAZ-im-eer pə-LASK-ee), was a Polish nobleman, [b] soldier, and military commander who has been called "The Father of American cavalry" or "The Soldier of Liberty".
USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), a Polish general who served in the American Revolutionary War.
In October 1859, he sold a share in the ship to a captain named David Martin. Shortly after, Martin shanghaied the crew and the Wanderer sailed again for Africa. The crew mutinied and returned to the United States in December, where the ship was once again seized. [31] An admiralty court found Lamar liable for Martin's actions and the vessel ...
USS Washington (1814) a ship of the line, was the second such to be launched by the Navy, and was on active service from 1815 to 1820. USS George Washington, in commission 1959–1985. George Washington-class ballistic missile submarine, lead ship; USS George Washington (CVN-73) was commissioned in 1992. Nimitz-class supercarrier
“Rising to the Surface: A Summoning of Savannah’s Titanic” explores the tragedy of the SS Pulaski explosion off the coast of North Carolina.
One United States Navy ship has borne the name Pulaski, after Casimir Pulaski. Another ship has borne the name Casimir Pulaski. This ship is sometime incorrectly referred to as USS Pulaski. There was yet another USN ship which contained the word Pulaski. Named for Casimir Pulaski. USS Pulaski (1854) USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633)
Casimir Pulaski ( March 6, 1745 – October 11, 1779) was a Polish nobleman, soldier and military commander who has been called "the father of the American cavalry". He has had hundreds of monuments, memorial plaques, streets, parks and similar objects named after him. [1]