Ensign D.W. Mullan Collection, 1861, 1864-1865.

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

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David Glasgow Farragut (also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in U.S. Navy tradition. Born near Knoxville, Tennessee, Farragut was fostered by naval officer David Porter after the death of his mother...

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...

Monongahela (Screw sloop-of-war)

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Naval History Society

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The Naval History Society was established in New York in 1912 "for the purpose of publishing and preserving manuscripts, documents, and writings relating to our naval history, naval art and science, and the surroundings and experiences of seamen in general and of American seamen in particular." Its Collections began with the donation in 1915 of John Sanford Barnes's personal collections by his son, Col. James Barnes. These included library materials now cataloged in the XN classification in the ...

Mullan, D. W.

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USS Monongahela was among 18 Union vessels under Admiral Farragut's command as part of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, bombarding Confederate forts in Mobile, Alabama, and then ramming CSS Tennessee. Combined heavy gunfire from the other Union ships forced Tennessee to surrender, ending the battle and closing the last major Gulf port to the South. From the description of Ensign D.W. Mullan Collection, 1861, 1864-1865. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 4799...