USS Chippewa — Five ships of the United States Navy have been named Chippewa , after the Chippewa Indians, and/or the Battle of Chippawa in the War of 1812.*, was a schooner captured from British forces which later burned the ship in the same year.*… … Wikipedia
USS Chippewa (1861) — The third USS Chippewa was a wooden screw steamer gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.One of the Ninety day gunboats , Chippewa was launched 14 September 1861 by Webb and Bell, New York; outfitted at New York Navy… … Wikipedia
USS Chippewa (1815) — The second USS Chippewa was a brig built in 1815 at Warren, Rhode Island, under the direction of Commodore Oliver Perry, and sent to New York City to be outfitted and manned. Chippewa sailed from Boston, Massachusetts, 3 July 1815, with… … Wikipedia
USS Chippewa (1813) — The first USS Chippewa , a schooner, was captured from the British 10 September 1813 and fitted out for service in the U.S. Navy, Acting Midshipman Robert S. Tatem in command. She cruised on Lake Erie as a part of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry s… … Wikipedia
Chippewa (disambiguation) — There are many uses of the word Chippewa, which is an alternate spelling/pronunciation of the Ojibwe tribe. Note that the similar sounding Chipewyan people are an unrelated First Nations people in the Arctic region of Canada. Places named… … Wikipedia
USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30) — was a Thomaston class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Fort Snelling at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, for many years the northernmost military post in the land of the Sioux and Chippewa. She … Wikipedia
USS Kiowa (AT-72) — For other ships of the same name, see USS Kiowa. USS Kiowa (ATF 72) towing a target sled into Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a photograph taken from the anti submarine warfare carrier USS Intrepid (CVS 11) on 27 February 1963 … Wikipedia
USS Tekesta (AT-93) — For other ships of the same name, see USS Tekesta. Career (United States) Name … Wikipedia
USS Fort Snelling — The name USS Fort Snelling has been assigned to two dock landing ships of the United States Navy, in honor of Fort Snelling, a fort at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, for many years the northernmost military post in the… … Wikipedia
George C. Read — Infobox Military Person name= George C. Read born= January 9, 1788 placeofbirth = Glastonbury, Connecticut died= August 22, 1862 (aged 74) placeofdeath= Philadelphia Pennsylvania caption= Photograph of George C. Read taken shortly before his… … Wikipedia
