Papers, 1848-1930.

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Papers, 1848-1930.

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This collection consists of papers relating to Rear Admiral Greer's Navy service. It includes correspondence of Greer as commander of USS Tigress on the Polaris Relief Expedition; scrapbooks from his service on USS Independence, Sumpter, Hohongo, Tuscarora, and Benton. A copy of the book My Miss Nancy and items on the 1893 Naval Review complete the collection.

0.5 cubic ft.

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7631444

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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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...

Independence (Frigate)

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Hohongo (Ship)

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Tuscarora (Ship)

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Whaling vessel; out of Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., mastered by Eli H. White on voyage from 1841 Aug. 3-1843 June. From the description of Logbook of the ship Tuscarora, 1841 Aug. 12-1842 Dec. 8. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 74985413 Whaling vessel; out of Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., mastered by Edward Halsey on voyage from 1839 July 27-1841 May 25. From the description of Logbook of the ship Tuscarora, 1840 Feb. 14-1841 May 23. (Old...

Polaris (Ship)

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Sumpter (Ship)

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Greer, James A., 1833-

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Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. Born in Ohio on 28 February 1833, he served in the Civil War and participated in the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. In 1873 he commanded the steamer Tigress on the Polaris Relief Expedition. On 11 August, one month and four hours after sailing from New York, he found the wreck of Polaris at Littleton Island, North Greenland. He was commissioned as Commodore on 19 May 1886 and promoted to Rear Admiral on 13 April 1892. From the descr...

Tigress (Ship)

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Benton (Ship)

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