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USS Merrimack, also improperly Merrimac, was a steam frigate, best known as the hull upon which the ironclad warship CSS Virginia was constructed during the American Civil War. The CSS Virginia then took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads (also known as "the Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack ") in the first engagement between ironclad ...
Scuttling may be performed to dispose of an abandoned, old, or captured vessel; to prevent the vessel from becoming a navigation hazard; as an act of self-destruction to prevent the ship from being captured by an enemy force; as a blockship to restrict navigation through a channel or within a harbor; to provide an artificial reef for divers and ...
A. French submarine Achille; USS Adams (1799) Russian submarine AG-11; Russian submarine AG-12; Russian submarine AG-16; French submarine Agosta (Q178) Italian destroyer Agostino Bertani
Greenville is surrounded by potato, corn, dairy, and Christmas tree farms. Greenville was home to Ore-ida's tater tots division, until Oreida consolidated its operation in 1986 [26] [27] and Greenville's farmers were forced to diversify their crops. Greenville has an active 4H program and each summer hosts the Montcalm County 4H Fair.
Scuttling, the deliberate sinking of one's own ship; Scuttle or sidescuttle, a synonym for a porthole, a circular window in a ship. Coal scuttle, a bucket-like container for coal; Shaving scuttle, a teapot-like container for hot water; Scuttle, a fictional character in Disney's The Little Mermaid
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In 1853, John Green and Manning Rutan platted areas of Greenville that included Lafayette and surrounding streets. [4] John Green died in 1855, [2] but when the city was later chartered, it was officially named Greenville in his honor. [3] In the 1850s and 60s, Greenville's business district began developing along Lafayette between Washington ...
While the Merrimack had been used for small manufacturing concerns for decades, in the early 1820s, a group of investors from Boston founded the city of Lowell, to take advantage of the 32-foot (9.8 m) drop of the Merrimack over the Pawtucket Falls. Lowell, the first large-scale planned textile center in America, remained the nation's largest ...