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  2. USAS American Mariner - Wikipedia

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    USAS American Mariner was a United States Army research vessel from January 1959 to 30 September 1963. She was originally assigned to the DAMP Project by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to attempt to collect radar signature data on incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles in the Caribbean, the South Atlantic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean.

  3. Chesapeake–Leopard affair - Wikipedia

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    The Chesapeake–Leopard affair was a naval engagement off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22, 1807, between the British fourth-rate HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS Chesapeake. The crew of Leopard pursued, attacked, and boarded the American frigate, looking for deserters from the Royal Navy. [1]

  4. USS Chesapeake (1799) - Wikipedia

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    Chesapeake only managed to fire one retaliatory shot after hot coals from the galley were brought on deck to ignite the cannon. [72] The British boarded Chesapeake and carried off four crewmen, declining Barron's offer that Chesapeake be taken as a prize of war. [73] Chesapeake suffered three sailors killed and Barron was among the eighteen ...

  5. Chesapeake Affair - Wikipedia

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    The Chesapeake Affair was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War. On December 7, 1863, Confederate sympathizers from the British colonies Nova Scotia and New Brunswick captured the American steamer Chesapeake off the coast of Cape Cod .

  6. James Lawrence - Wikipedia

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    James Lawrence (October 1, 1781 – June 4, 1813) was an officer of the United States Navy.During the War of 1812, he commanded USS Chesapeake in a single-ship action against HMS Shannon, commanded by Philip Broke.

  7. List of maritime museums in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Chesapeake City: Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Museum: Maryland: Havre de Grace: Havre de Grace Maritime Museum: Maryland: North East: Upper Bay Museum: Maryland: Ocean City: Ocean City Life-Saving Station: Maryland: Patuxent River: Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: Maryland: Piney Point: Piney Point Lighthouse Museum: Maryland: Rock Hall ...

  8. USS Mariner (SP-1136) - Wikipedia

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    USS Mariner (SP-1136) was a wooden-hulled tugboat for the United States Navy in World War I. [2] She had previously been the Jack T. Scully of the Neptune Line of New York before her acquisition by the Navy. She foundered and sank in a gale on 26 February 1918 while part of a convoy steaming to Bermuda.

  9. SS Chesapeake - Wikipedia

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    SS Chesapeake was built by the Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Yard at Baltimore, Maryland, and delivered to the Hess Shipping Company on 29 October 1964. She entered commercial service with the company as the tanker SS Hess Voyager. She was renamed SS Chesapeake on 22 July 1980. She is a near exact twin to her sister ship SS Petersburg.