July 12, The amphibious assault ship anchored off the coast of Corfu for a four-day visit to Greece before participating in Albanian SAREX (Rescue Eagle), from July 17-21. June 25, USS Kearsarge pulled into Naples, Italy, for a three-day liberty port visit. Made redundant by the general fleet drawdown of the late 1960s and early 1970s, USS KEARSARGE was decommissioned 13 February 1970. May 3, USS Kearsarge moored at Berth 5, Pier 10 on Naval Station Norfolk after a two-day Tiger Cruise, following a seven-month deployment. In 1956–57, Kearsarge received the SCB-125 modernization, mainly incorporating a hurricane bow and an angled deck. USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) is the fourth ship in the history of the U.S. Navy named for Mt. She was decommissioned at Portsmouth, New Hampshire on 15 January 1878. Created by *Alex J. Cavanaugh*, the IWSG serves as a virtual pl... On December 3, 1939, my maternal grandparents, Charles Morgan Tapley April 7, USS Kearsarge pulled into Palma de Mallorca, She cleared Norfolk 7 June 1947 on a midshipmen training cruise to the United Kingdom.

The ship completed COMPUTEX Phase 11, ARGSIT, SACEX and JTFEX 97-2 with the USS John F. Kennedy battle group and its amphibious ready group - USS Ponce (LPD 15) and USS Carter Hall (LSD 50). USS In May John and his brother Andy went to Philadelphia to donate a desk from the Kearsarge Society that was in Captain Winslow's ship cabin. On 19 June 1964, the antisubmarine carrier was deployed on her ninth Far Eastern cruise. February 22, The Kearsarge moored ar Mina Salman Pier for a two-day visit to Manama, Bahrain. Sometimes the scariest stories come from reality. They went down again in July to formally donate it. Is Dr Dixwell a real historical figure? April 11, USS Kearsarge arrived in Malaga, Spain, for a four-day port visit; Inport Alicante from April 24-29; Participated in exercise Destined Glory from May 1-11, that included complete off-load and backload of all 24th MEU vehicles. From June 7-30, USS Kearsarge operated in Aegean Sea in support of Operation Joint Guardian; Commenced off-load of 26th MEU across Litokhoron beach, Greece, for movement to Skopje, FYROM, on June 10.

The Kearsarge then transferred 60 pallets to Bataan to fully stock their ordnance in preparation for their upcoming deployment. John J. McAleer lll inherited the desk from his dad John J McAleer ll who acquired the desk in 1925 from his uncle Billy, John William McAleer, who was the oldest son of John J. McAleer, orderly to Captain Winslow. Don't From 4 September to 13 December, she carried Professor Asaph Hall's scientific party from Nagasaki, Japan, to Vladivostok, Russia, to observe the transit of Venus. first for ... A formal decision and an announcement will be forthcoming in about a Steaming via Hawaii and Japan, she reached "Yankee Station" on 8 August and operated off Vietnam through 24 October. A girl who giggles. (Bureau #165003), suffered a Class "A" mishap after experiencing a catastrophic engine failure during takeoff procedure, while the USS Kearsarge was underway in the Arabian Gulf. Thank you to everyone who entered my 2019 Hug a Medievalist Day giveaway! Halliburton (a Confederate Civil War veteran) was found *Not Guilty* of Terence E. McKnight as CO of USS Kearsarge. Joseph R. O’Brien relieved Capt. Eventually Kearsarge was under way, and the range closed to within 1,000 yards (910 m) when she fired her first shot. Kearsarge was recommissioned on 15 May 1879 for four years of duty in the North Atlantic ranging from Newfoundland to the Caribbean Sea and the coast of Panama. In the early 1830's the neighborhood of Broadway and West 4th Streets was When I mentioned that Andrew served in Afghanistan as a combat historian, his face lit up and he said, " My dad was a photographer during World War II and was responsible for taking the pictures at Nagasaki ". Men aboard USS Kearsarge spotted the incoming Confederate raider, so they turned their ship around to take the impending battle out of French territorial waters. June 24,The Kearsarge arrived in Haifa, Israel, for a twelve-day port call; On July 8, AV-8B Harriers deployed to shore base at Souda Bay, Crete.

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The change is a result of the introduction of the MH-60S Knighthawk, Kearsarge sailed again for the Far East on 1 July 1953 and operated with the 7th Fleet fast carrier force during the uneasy truce in Korea.

of North Carolina, in preparation for it's upcoming deployment. Ironically Captain Semmes accused the USS Keararge of cheating because it used chain armor alongside the ship's exterior. Insecure Writer's Joseph Sensi, Jr., relieved Capt. September 11, The amphibious assault ship undocked and moored pierside at NNSY.

USS Kearsarge was commissioned on October 16. The Kearsarge has been in Santa Marta, Columbia, since Aug. 27, conducting the humanitarian/civic assistance (HCA) mission CP 2008. June 30, Following three years in the Reserve Fleet, she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in May 1973 and sold for scrap in February 1974. They were treated as heroes for man, many years. England; abt. For the next five months, the carrier's planes flew nearly 6,000 sorties against Communist forces in North Korea, unleashing considerable damage on enemy positions. August 14, USS Kearsarge returned to Naval Station Norfolk after a nine-week underway period.

April 28, 2004 USS Kearsarge returned to June 20, The amphibious assault ship moored at Leonardo Pier to offload ammunition to Naval Weapons Station Earle, New Jersey; Returned to Norfolk on June 27. Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 550 pixels : Photo #: NH 67649 USS Kearsarge (Battleship # 5) Members of the ship's athletic teams pose on deck amidships, circa 1904. May 15, The Kearsarge anchored at Lynnhaven Anchorage "A" for a brief stop; Returned home on May 19; Underway again on May 22. USS Kearsarge (Battleship # 5) Members of the ship's baseball team, circa 1904.

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September 17, The amphibious assault ship departed homeport for TSTA III and ITT; Underway for TSTA IV and Type Commander's Amphibious Test (TCAT) from Sept. 30- Oct. 8; Underway for Final Evaluation Phase (FEP) from Oct. 14-18; Underway again for TCAT from Nov. 5-9. June 24, Capt. April 7, LHD 3 departed Naval Station Norfolk for Combat Systems Ships Qualifications Trials (CSSQT) in the Puerto Rican OPAREA. April 13, USS Kearsarge departed homeport en route to New Orleans, La., to participate in annual Fleet Week celebration; Moored at Julia St. Cruise Terminal in downtown New Orleans from April 19-25. However, Sumter's commanding Captain, Raphael Semmes, having returned to England for reassignment, was soon recommissioning off the Azores, in international waters, the newly built British sloop Enrica as CSS Alabama. Don't Miss This New Saskatchewan Database! by merchant, grocer and cooperage owner (*Thomas C. Farris (abt 1820-1891*) The battle between Kearsarge and Alabama is honored by the United States Navy by a battle star on the Civil War campaign streamer. Kearsarge brought on more than 900 pallets of ordnance from Iwo Jima in preparation for the ship’s scheduled deployment next year. July 20, USS Kearsarge entered the BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repairs facility for a four-month Planned Maintenance Availability (PMA). Alabama went down by the stern shortly after Semmes struck his colors, threw his sword into the sea to avoid capture, and sent one of his two remaining longboats to Kearsarge with a message of surrender and a rescue appeal for his surviving crew. J.O.

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USS KEARSARGE and USS MATTAPONI (AO 41) are slightly damaged in a collision during refueling.