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USS Somerset was a wooden-hulled, side-wheel ferryboat built at Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1862, which was purchased by the Navy at Washington, D. C., on 4 March 1862 and was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 3 April 1862, Lt. Earl English in command.
The battle of Somerset (or Dutton's Hill) was fought on March 31, 1863, during the American Civil War. General John Pegram led a Confederate cavalry raid into central Kentucky which was defeated by Union forces under General Quincy A. Gillmore .
USS Somerset (1862), a side wheel ferryboat launched and purchased in 1862 and sold in 1865; the rejuvenated Somerset began a career as a New York ferryboat until 1914; USS Somerset, a Maryland State Fisheries Force motor boat that served in World War I; USS Somerset (AK-212), an Alamosa-class cargo ship, launched in January 1945 and struck in ...
Charles Stewart (28 July 1778 – 6 November 1869) was a United States Navy officer who commanded a number of warships, including USS Constitution. He saw service during the Quasi War and both Barbary Wars in the Mediterranean along North Africa and the War of 1812. He later commanded the navy yard in Philadelphia and was promoted to become the ...
This is a list of ships of the Confederate States Navy (CSN), used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865. Included are some types of civilian vessels, such as blockade runners , steamboats , and privateers which contributed to the war efforts by the CSN.
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Circassian, an iron screw steamer, was captured 4 May 1862 by USS Somerset; purchased from the prize court at Key West, Florida, 8 November 1862; outfitted at New York Navy Yard; and commissioned 12 December 1862, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant W. B. Eaton in command. Circassian served as supply ship for the East and West Gulf Blockading Squadrons.
USS Somerset (LPD-25) is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock of the United States Navy. [1] It is the fourth United States Navy vessel and the second warship to bear this name, the first two being a wooden-hulled motorboat and a ferry.