USS Pensacola Collection, 1885-1887.

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USS Pensacola Collection, 1885-1887.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/480059072

The collection consists of the manuscript journal of Admiral Samuel R. Franklin aboard USS Pensacola (Captain George Dewey commanding), describing its recommissioning and voyage to Europe as flagship of the European Squadron. Included in the volume are clippings from the Baltimore Sun about the voyage and a page from an Italian newspaper showing a map of maneuvers completed at Livorno on July 21, 1887, in the presence of the King.

1 v. (135 p.)

New-York Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7587891

New-York Historical Society Library

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Franklin, S. R. (Samuel Rhoades)

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Originally launched in 1859, USS Pensacola saw action in New Orleans during the Civil War as part of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron. Recommissioned in April, 1885, Pensacola operated in European waters until returning to Norfolk in February, 1888, for repairs. From the description of USS Pensacola Collection, 1885-1887. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 480059072 ...

Pensacola (Screw steamer)

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Launched by Pensacola Navy Yard 1859; commissioned in full 1861; decommissioned 1911; burned and sunk by U.S. Navy in San Francisco Bay May 1912. From the description of Ledgers, 1905-1905. (University of West Florida). WorldCat record id: 70961228 ...

United States. Navy

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