Collection 1968-1984.

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Collection 1968-1984.

Photographs and newspaper articles documenting the salvage operations, preservation efforts, and museum exhibition of this Civil War Union gunboat at the Vicksburg (Miss.) Military Park.

1 folder (17 items)

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Cairo (Gunboat)

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Built at Mound City, Illinois, commissioned January 16, 1862; named for Cairo, Illinois; mission was to engage Confederate gunboats on inland rivers; sunk by mine on Yazoo River near Vicksburg, December 12, 1862; discovered 1956; raised 1964; museum opened at Vicksburg Military Park, 1980; restoration completed, 1984. From the description of Collection 1968-1984. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 32117241 ...