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The Steamship Pulaski disaster was the term given to the June 14, 1838, explosion on board the American steam packet Pulaski, which caused her to sink 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina with the loss of two-thirds of her passengers and crew. About 59 persons survived, and 128 were lost. [2]
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.
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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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)
Casimir Pulaski ( March 6, 1745 – October 11, 1779) was a Polish nobleman, soldier and military commander who has been called "the father of the American cavalry". He has had hundreds of monuments, memorial plaques, streets, parks and similar objects named after him. [1]
Pulaski's cavalry was poorly trained. The small number of trained cavalry officers available made the task of commanding the forces formidable. On February 4, 1778, Pulaski proposed a plan for the formation of a training division of hussars. In a letter to Washington Pulaski wrote: "There is an officer now in this Country whose name is Kovach.
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. Metacomet was built at New York City.