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Virginia V, last of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet

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Mosquito Fleet

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The term Mosquito Fleet has had a variety of naval and commercial uses around the world. In U.S. naval and maritime history, the term has had several meanings:...

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Puget Sound mosquito fleet

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The Puget Sound mosquito fleet was a multitude of private transportation companies running smaller passenger and freight boats on Puget Sound and nearby...

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Coos Bay Mosquito Fleet

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The Coos Bay Mosquito Fleet comprised numerous small steamboats and motor vessels which operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries on Coos Bay...

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Second Seminole War

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The Second Seminole War, also known as the Florida War, was a conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between the United States and groups of people collectively...

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Battle of Elizabeth City

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Atlantic Blockading Squadron, opposed by vessels of the Confederate Navy's Mosquito Fleet; the latter were supported by a shore-based battery of four guns at...

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CSS Ivy

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States Navy, and chosen by Commodore George Hollins for his Mosquito Fleet. The Mosquito Fleet was a group of riverboats converted to gunboats, and used...

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Battle of the Head of Passes

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defense fleet, also known as the “mosquito fleet” in the local media, on ships of the Union blockade squadron anchored at the Head of Passes. The mosquito fleet...

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Elliott Bay

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remarked that the activity resembled that of mosquitoes. Two notable sinkings related to the Mosquito Fleet occurred in the bay: the Dix in 1906, taking...

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Battle of Roanoke Island

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were a group of gunboats from the Confederate States Navy, termed the Mosquito Fleet, under Capt. William F. Lynch, and about 2,000 Confederate soldiers...

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De Havilland Mosquito

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The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its airframe...

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Battle of Albemarle Sound

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New Bern, Cooke ran into a Union fleet at the mouth of Albemarle Sound, commanded by Captain Melancton Smith. This fleet consisted of the double-ender gunboats...

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PT boat

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gasoline-fueled, liquid-cooled V-12 marine engines. Nicknamed "the mosquito fleet" and "devil boats" by the Japanese, the PT boat squadrons were hailed...

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Vince Irwin

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(e.g., the South Australian "mosquito fleet", the Queensland "mosquito fleet", a number of different U.S. "mosquito fleets", etc.). In 1927, Irwin was...

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Callista

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1982 to 1993 Calista (steamboat), a small steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet RV Callista Southampton University research vessel Calista (disambiguation)...

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Siege of Veracruz

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Patterson's volunteers and then Twiggs' regular division.: 241  Conner's Mosquito Fleet moved to within 90 yd (82 m) of the beach to supply covering fire if...

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Carlisle II

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examples of a Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet vessel. (The other is the 1922 Steamship Virginia V.) They were once part of a large fleet of small passenger and...

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Dauntless

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Dauntless (steamboat), a 93-foot-long (28 m) steamer in the Puget Sound mosquito fleet HMS Dauntless, five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy...

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Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

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with me? / Hallelujah, praise the Lord!" Mosquito Fleet- arrangement, instrumentation and vocals by Mosquito Fleet- Swings & Cloves EP in 2001. Catholic...

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Philippine Navy

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successful missions and raids on enemy ships, the unit was dubbed the "Mosquito Fleet" mainly because of its minuscule size, speed and surprise, it showed...

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David McDougal

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Mexican–American War, McDougal participated in Commodore Matthew C. Perry's Mosquito Fleet Campaign and the blockade and siege of Veracruz. He later commanded...

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