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Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Cumberland, after the Cumberland River.

  • USS Cumberland (1842) was a 50-gun sailing frigate launched in 1842 and sunk by CSS Virginia in 1862.
  • USS Cumberland (IX-8) was a steel-hulled sailing bark launched 17 August 1904 and disposed of in 1947.
  • USS Cumberland (AO-153) was a fleet oiler launched in 1944 and scrapped in 1972.

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USS Cumberland

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named Cumberland, after the Cumberland River. USS Cumberland (1842) was a 50-gun sailing frigate launched in 1842 and sunk by CSS Virginia in 1862. USS Cumberland (IX-8)...

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Battle of Hampton Roads

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destroy two ships of the federal flotilla, USS Congress and USS Cumberland, and was about to attack a third, USS Minnesota, which had run aground. However...

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CSS Virginia

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sail-powered USS Cumberland, which was first crippled during a furious cannon exchange, and then rammed in her forward starboard bow by Virginia. As Cumberland began...

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USS Monitor

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ironclad had already destroyed the sail frigates USS Cumberland and USS Congress and had run the steam frigate USS Minnesota aground. That night, Monitor arrived...

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USS Cumberland Sound

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USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) was a Kenneth Whiting-class seaplane tender in the United States Navy. Cumberland Sound was launched 23 February 1944 by the...

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Razee

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sloops-of-war because they mounted fewer guns. Such ships include USS Macedonian and USS Cumberland. OED Razee at Dictionary.com A General History of the Robberies...

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Dahlgren gun

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between 1855 and 1864. Pivot mounted on board ships such as USS Cumberland, USS Brooklyn and USS Merrimack (pre-CSS Virginia) with a crew of 20 and a powderman...

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Landing Ship Medium

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include: USS LSM(R)-188 USS LSM(R)-189 USS LSM(R)-190 USS LSM(R)-191 USS LSM(R)-192 USS LSM(R)-193 USS LSM(R)-194 USS LSM(R)-195 USS LSM(R)-196 USS LSM(R)-197...

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William Kennison

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his gallant conduct in the action between the CSS Virginia and the USS Cumberland during the Battle of Hampton Roads on 8 March 1862, in which Kennison...

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Catesby ap Roger Jones

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1862 attack on USS Cumberland and Congress, Jones temporarily took command, leading the ship during her historic engagement with USS Monitor on the following...

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Norfolk Naval Shipyard

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forces and in many historical accounts, sank USS Cumberland, USS Congress, and engaged the Union ironclad USS Monitor in the famous Battle of Hampton Roads...

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USS Cairo

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USS Cairo /ˈkeɪroʊ/ is the lead ship of the City-class casemate ironclads built at the beginning of the American Civil War to serve as river gunboats...

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Andrew Hull Foote

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land he went back to sea, and organized a Temperance Society aboard USS Cumberland. This group developed into a movement that resulted in ending the policy...

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List of Allied ships at the Japanese surrender

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USS LSM-71 USS LSM-101 USS LSM-208 USS LSM-252 USS LSM-284 USS LSM-290 USS LSM-362 USS LSM-368 USS LSM-371 USS LSM-419 USS LSM-488 USS LSM-180 ? USS Monitor (LSV-5)...

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Naval ram

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ironclad with a ram. The quick success of CSS Virginia's ramming attack on USS Cumberland at the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862 attracted much attention and...

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SS Great Eastern

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Feb: USS Isaac N. Seymour 25 Feb: USS R. B. Forbes 8 Mar: USS Congress, USS Cumberland 9 Mar: CSS George Page 10 Mar: USS Whitehall March (unknown date):...

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Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries

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Stringham USS Monticello (1859) USS Harriet Lane USS Minnesota (1855) USS Wabash (1855) USS Susquehanna (1850) USS Cumberland (1842) USS Pawnee (1859)...

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HMS Cumberland

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1942–1943 Sabang 1944 Burma 1945 USS Cumberland p.104, Boniface p.105, Boniface p.106, Boniface "History: HMS Cumberland". Ministry of Defence, UK. Retrieved...

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Project Y

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directors. Two ships were assigned for Los Alamos Laboratory personnel, the USS Cumberland Sound and Albemarle. Operation Crossroads cost the Los Alamos Laboratory...

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Thomas Conover

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serve aboard the Essex, Guerriere, John Adams and was Captain of the USS Cumberland during her service with the African Squadron. He was one of the first...

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