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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 off the coast of North Carolina, the starboard boiler exploded, destroying the middle of the ship.
USS Pulaski, was a side-wheel steamship, in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Casimir Pulaski . Named Metacomet when built for commercial owners in 1854, she served as USS Pulaski from 1858 to 1863, when she was sold by the Navy.
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)
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".
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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.
SOMERSET, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Somerset man is facing charges after police said he held a woman captive at gunpoint in October. In a Facebook post on Monday morning, the Pulaski County Sheriff’s ...
The Discovery of New Mexico by the Franciscan friar Marcos de Niza in 1539. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-0717-7. Chipman, Donald E. (2023). "Estevanico". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Favata, Martin A, and José B. Fernández (1993). The Account: Àlvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación. Houston ...