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The contract to build Stonewall Jackson was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 21 July 1961 and her keel was laid down there on 4 July 1962.. She was launched on 30 November 1963, sponsored by Miss Julia Christian McAfee, great-granddaughter of General Jackson, [1] [2] and commissioned on 26 August 1964, with Commander John H. Nicholson in command of the Blue Crew ...
The film follows the story of Stonewall Jackson from the beginning of the American Civil War to his death at the Battle of Chancellorsville. [5] It stars Stephen Lang as Stonewall Jackson, Jeff Daniels as Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and Robert Duvall as General Robert E. Lee. [6]
USS Semmes (DD-189) (destroyer) 21 February 1920: 2 June 1946: USS Semmes (DDG-18) (guided-missile destroyer) 30 November 1962: 14 April 1991: Stonewall Jackson (Confederate general) USS Stonewall (1863) (tender, blockade runner) February 1863: May 1865: Captured, former confederate name retained. [8] USS Stonewall (IX-185) (tanker) 18 ...
Shipmates Forever is a 1935 American musical film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Delmer Daves. Set at the United States Naval Academy, the film stars Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Lewis Stone, Ross Alexander, John Arledge, Eddie Acuff, and Dick Foran. The film was released by Warner Bros. on October 12, 1935. [1] [2]
Away All Boats is a 1956 American war film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, and Julie Adams.It was produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the 1953 novel by Kenneth M. Dodson (1907–1999), who served on the USS Pierce (APA-50) in World War II and used his experiences there as a guide for his novel.
USS Stonewall is a name used more than once by the United States Navy: USS Stonewall (1863) , a schooner captured by the Union Navy and placed in service as a ship's tender. USS Stonewall (IX-185) , a tanker built in 1921 at Alameda, California , by the Bethlehem Steel Company.
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CSS Stonewall Jackson was a cottonclad sidewheel ram of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Stonewall Jackson was selected in January 1862, by Capt. James E. Montgomery to be part of his River Defense Fleet at New Orleans. On 25 January Montgomery began to convert her into a cottonclad ram by placing a 4-inch (100 mm) oak sheath ...