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Commander Foote complied with all the dash and courage for which he became famous during the Civil War. On 20 November he took the first fort by leading an amphibious assault with 300 men, then silenced the second with cannon captured from the first. Next day he took the third, and by the 24th all
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to protect
American lives and property there. On 15 November, while in the process of withdrawing this force, Commander Foote was fired on while passing in a small boat by the "Barrier Forts" on the
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were recorded in the Navy
Register of 1863 as occurring on 30 June 1861. (This was probably to allow the survivors of the lost men to collect 6 months of their pay as compensation.)
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in keeping the Pearl open to
American shipping. As the forts were being strengthened in disregard of American neutrality, Foote was ordered by Commodore
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passed a law to compensate the widows and orphan children of the officers, seamen, marines and others who were lost with the
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Commodore
Montgomery reported that a violent hurricane had occurred in September 1860 in a part of the Pacific Ocean which
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the announcement of the death of the exiled Philip Nolan while at sea is said to have been while he was aboard the USS
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Statutes at Large, Treaties and Proclamations of the United States of America, December 5, 1859 to March 3, 1863
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On 23 July, Commodore Sloat relinquished command of the
Pacific Squadron because of illness, and sailed 29 July in
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to investigate the disbursement of relief funds to
American merchant seamen. After receiving a state visit by
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for the east coast. Upon arriving at
Norfolk on 28 April 1847, the sloop was placed in ordinary.
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on 12 May 1856. On 1 July she embarked the U.S. Commissioner to China for transportation to
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ports carrying diplomats and dispatches and generally furthering
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was to cross. In June 1861, a mast and a part of a lower yardarm believed to be from
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four were in
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until she departed Hong Kong on 7 December 1857 for home, arriving at the
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and began five months of showing the flag off the coasts of
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778:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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213:West Indies and Pacific, 1838–1845
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92:General characteristics
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678:Literary reemergence
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222:West Indies Squadron
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684:Edward Everett Hale
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606:Secretary of State
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730:14 December
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426:San Jacinto
275:impending,
810:1837 ships
794:Categories
701:References
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506:Portsmouth
489:Portsmouth
432:See also:
416:Portsmouth
385:sailed to
281:California
175:The first
151:Complement
143:Propulsion
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456:Hong Kong
271:With the
226:Caribbean
112:long tons
614:Honolulu
537:Shanghai
474:arrived
464:Shanghai
395:Virginia
298:Savannah
159:Armament
68:Launched
587:Central
582:Saranac
476:Whampoa
186:in the
58:Builder
28:History
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695:Levant
672:Levant
668:Levant
642:Levant
638:Levant
626:Levant
620:, and
598:Levant
573:Levant
553:Levant
533:Levant
529:Levant
502:Levant
494:Canton
484:Levant
472:Levant
454:, and
450:, the
444:Levant
421:Levant
419:, and
399:Levant
383:Levant
375:Turkey
359:Levant
339:Levant
327:Levant
316:Levant
301:, and
293:Levant
285:Mexico
277:Levant
257:Panama
253:Levant
218:Levant
194:Levant
179:Levant
119:Length
52:Levant
561:Chile
492:, to
304:Cyane
146:Sails
135:Draft
783:here
732:2014
646:Hilo
589:and
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