In the 1860’s Queenstown (now Cobh) was a busy seaport and its townspeople were used to seeing naval vessels coming and going. Such was the case on the night of November 2, 1863, when the USS Kearsarge dropped anchor, to the east of the “Spitbank” lighthouse. In pursuit of the Confederate raider CSS…
Added by Liam McAlister on January 25, 2020 at 10:30am — 3 Comments
The Battle of Hampton Roads, often referred to as either the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (or Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads, was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies. It was fought March 8–9, 1862, in Hampton…
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And then when we got to Miami, the Gesu Church, which is a beautiful Catholic church, an old church in the heart of Miami, they had big signs posted as you entered, ‘Colored seat from the rear.’…
Added by Gerry Regan on July 27, 2015 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments
Part 3 of 3 of the Series 'We Will Probably Land Christmas Day’: At War in the Atlantic, 1942
This…
ContinueAdded by Gerry Regan on December 23, 2014 at 5:00pm — 5 Comments
Part 2 of 3 of the series ‘We Will Probably Land Christmas Day’: At War in the Atlantic, 1942
Part 1 of 2, “Getting To Where We Are Going” includes my father's accounts of his first quiet week on the high…
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No large operation in World War II surpassed the invasion of North Africa in complexity, daring, risk, or -- as the official U.S. Army Air Forces history concludes -- 'the degree of strategic surprise achieved.'
-- Author Rick Atkinson,…
Added by Gerry Regan on December 13, 2014 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments
So who the **** was Guillermo (William or Liam) Brown?
Guillermo (William or Liam) Brown (1777 - 1857) was an Irishman acknowledged as the “father of the Argentine Navy.” That’s right, an Irishman founded the Argentine Navy. The Argentine Navy Destroyer,…
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