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-;v:v - V ' iiilUam S arArr (jMf fffi: ■ tS74- USS GUSHING is named after Commander William Barker Cushi ' a Naval hero of the Civil War. Born in Delafield, Wisconsin, Novemi 4, 1842, he entered the Naval Academy in 1857. He became lieuten; on July 16, 1862, and subsequently attained the rank of commander i January 31, 1872. After a brilliant service in the blockading fleet off the North Caroli coast, his plans to outfit torpedo boats to destroy the formidable , dangerous Confederate ram Albemarle were approved. On October , 1864, Gushing, in a torpedo boat manned by 15 volunteers, eluded i enemy lookouts and crept up the Roanoke River under defense fire fn small arms and succeeded in disabling the Confederate ram Albetnart For this action. Gushing was promoted and officially thanked by Congre the only non-flag officer of the war to be so honored. In the four years he had risen from midshipman to lieutenant commanc he was under tire perhaps more than any other officer in the Navy a seemed to have escaped without a scratch. After the Civil War he served in both the Pacific and Asiatic squadroi commanded the LANCASTER and MAUMEE; served as ordnance ( ficer, Boston Navy Yard; and from July 11, 1873 commanded the Ui WYOMING until relieved of active duty because of illness. While commanding the USS WYOMING in the Caribbean, he help to free the passengers of a ship detained by the Spanish government j Cuba. Commander Gushing died on December 17, 1874 at the age thirty-two. agg - ' kSi ' ■ r.
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feMi Commander y South Atlantic Force United States Atlantic Fleet Commander of the United States Navy ' s South Atlantic Force (USCOMSOLANTj serves as the main line, between the U.S. Navy and the Navies of South America. USCOMSOLANT was established on I June 1958. The headquarters were first in Trinidad, West Indies; then in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and since December 1973 have been located at U.S. Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads. USCOMSOLANT has participated in annual UNIT AS deployments since 1959 and in addition has deployed to Africa for Operation Amity , and the West African Training Cruise. As a naval sub-area commander, USCOMSOLANT is responsible to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet for the Atlantic Command Area in the South Atlantic between the Tropic of Cancer and the Antarctic Circle. He exercises military command and operational control of all assigned ships and units, and represents CINCLANTFLT with respect to naval matters in the countries in South America and Africa which fall within the Atlantic Command Area. USCOMSOLANT ' s mission with respect to UNITAS deployments is to conduct operations in South American water with the combined forces of the U.S. Navy and participating South American Navies. The navies take part in exercises in the areas of anti-submarine warfare, naval control of shipping, surface and air gunnery, and other naval operations, promoting the continued capability of those forces to ensure the security of vital sea lanes of communications in the Western Hemisphere. The concept of UNITAS was started in 1 959 when Rear Admiral Edward C. Stephan, the first USCOMSOLANT, embarked on combined exercises which were held on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of South America. Plans for the concept and continuation of UNITAS were made at the Second Inter- American Naval Conference, held in June 1960. Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, then the Chief of Naval Operations, headed the U.S. delegation and nine Latin American countries were represented by their senior naval leaders. UNITAS exercises have been held every year since then. UNITAS 33-92 is the first UNITAS deployment to have a PACFLT ship participate.
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