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Destroyer tenders of the United States Navy (9 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Destroyer tenders of the United States" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
A Spanish-Cuban slave ship that wrecked on a reef in the Florida Keys after a running gun battle with a Royal Navy anti-slavery patrol ship. USS Helena I United States Navy: 11 September 1919 A yacht that was wrecked off Key West in the 1919 Florida Keys hurricane. Henrietta Marie England: 1700 A slave ship sunk off Florida Keys. Herrera Spain ...
A native of Rhode Island, Joshua Appleby served as keeper of the Sand Key Light in the Florida Keys. Hurricanes in 1841 and 1842 caused considerable damage to the key, destroying Appleby's house and undermining the foundation of the light. The government repaired the damage and built a seawall, in hopes of adding further protection.
Pages in category "Destroyer tenders of the United States Navy" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
United States Navy tender is a general term for a type of U.S. Navy ship used to support other ships, ... USS Florida (1850) USS Fox (1859) USS Frontier; G.
An inland construction tender is a type of ship used to build and service shore structures such as piers and buoy trestles. It is also used to maintain buoys and aids to navigation . [ 1 ] Less frequently, they may be used for law enforcement, environmental, icebreaking, and search and rescue operations.
Hellenic Navy lighthouse tender HS Karavogiannos, A-479. THV Galatea, a lighthouse tender operated by Trinity House. A lighthouse tender is a ship specifically designed to maintain, support, or tend to lighthouses or lightvessels, providing supplies, fuel, mail, and transportation. The work is often carried out by ships which also act as buoy ...
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1913 Ship State Description Althea Franklin United States: The 36 GRT schooner departed Pensacola, Florida, bound for the Campeche Banks off the coast of Mexico with eight people on board and was never heard from again. [2] Epidauro Austria-Hungary: The steamship ran aground at Overton, Glamorgan, United Kingdom ...