Odds and ends; or, incidents of a cruise in the Pacific in the U.S. ship Portsmouth, by Fore Peak, pseudonym for Joseph T. Downey, 1845- 1848.

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Odds and ends; or, incidents of a cruise in the Pacific in the U.S. ship Portsmouth, by Fore Peak, pseudonym for Joseph T. Downey, 1845- 1848.

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A detailed account of life aboard the sloop of war U.S.S. Portsmouth, and the naval conquest of California. 240 p.

1 box.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8012136

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Downey, Joseph T., 1820-

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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...

Portsmouth (Sloop of war)

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The Portsmouth was under Commander John B. Montgomery and sailed chiefly on the coasts of Mexico and California. From the description of Logbooks of the Portsmouth, 1844-1847. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 214990328 U.S. naval vessel launched at the Portsmouth, N.H., navy yard in 1843 and commissioned in 1844; wooden sloop of war; 1,022 tons; struck from the navy list in 1915 and subsequently sold. From the description of Logbook, 1850...