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USS Jeannette was a naval exploration vessel which, commanded by George W. De Long, undertook the Jeannette expedition of 1879–1881 to the Arctic.After being trapped in the ice and drifting for almost two years, the ship and her crew of 33 were released from the ice, then trapped again, crushed and sunk some 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) north of the Siberian coast.
The Jeannette Monument is the largest monument in the United States Naval Academy Cemetery. [2] It memorializes the 1881 loss of USS Jeannette while exploring the Arctic ice. Jeannette , with a crew of 33, collapsed and sank under surging ice in the summer of 1881.
Jeannette at Le Havre in 1878, prior to her departure for San Francisco in a trip that would see her round Cape Horn. The Jeannette expedition of 1879–1881, officially called the U.S. Arctic Expedition, was an attempt led by George W. De Long to reach the North Pole by pioneering a route from the Pacific Ocean through the Bering Strait.
Pictures taken of the wreck by navy divers last year show the wreck is still perfectly preserved, despite lying on the ocean’s floor for more than three centuries. ... The 62-gun and three ...
The Jeanette left San Francisco on July 8, 1879 and was held fast in ice east of Wrangell Island by September. The ship drifted northwest in the ice for the rest of 1879, all of 1880 and landed at an island they named Henrietta Island, in honor of Bennett, on May 9, 1881. This was more than 600 miles from where they first became stuck.
Portholes showed the ship originally had two gun decks on different levels, researchers said and photos show. The remains of the Äpplet’s wooden timbers after centuries under water.
USS Jeannette (1878), was formerly a Royal Navy gunboat HMS Pandora, launched in 1861, purchased by the US Navy in 1878 for an expedition to the North Pole, and sunk in 1881 in the Arctic Ocean; USS Jeannette (SP-149), was launched in 1905, acquired by the US Navy in 1917 for service as a patrol craft during World War I, and sold in 1920
A steamship lost in a violent storm while towing Olive Jeanette. Lumberman: 6 April 1893 A schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Oak Creek. Margaret A. Muir United States: 30 September 1893 A wooden, three-masted schooner that sank in a storm off the coast of Algoma, Wisconsin. All six crew, except the captain's dog, survived.