Kearsarge (CVS 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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A picturesque peak in the Southeastern ranges of the White Mountains of New Hamp- shire is called Mount KEARSARGE. The name was tzrkeu from the Abnaki lndian Tribal Lan- guage arid means heaven There are many moiiir-.pi freaks of greater height and grandeur utry but none can detract from the urrounding the name KEARSARGE ie KEARSARGE was destined to play American History and it all began little girl by the name She was the daughter f ites Representative and had been the beauty along the rar J the summit of the mountain 0 r 1861 she was given the privilege ning a warship in the Portsmouth She christened it the M NT MOUNT KEARSARGE was a one first warships to have boilers and 3 400 horsepower engines with an if 7 large guns The entire comple first KEARSARGE was 163 officers 9lune 1864 Captain i 14 19' 1 opponent The battle lasted 65 minutes with the ,nav Department on the 30th anniversary of the battle between the Alabama and KEARSARGE. lil 00' 2. , - tradij- H ' . ' lli-' 'fi .. ' ' 3 UI: g ' . . V . ff! . . in L and of a ' ' of -f' Elleii .ion o a u Unit ' 4 Q imp: with t 'I lean i ' ' . n - R 4 5 A 51+ 0, , ' - A V f of H. . . 1 , li R ,V i X - EL. Na .4 . . ,, UU A 1 ug . V . i . g ,fu gg. ' the liirty-one ton Sloop-o-war. She was . g' irig U out 1 ' ' ' . V 7- .i f 1' --r-s' sew es..r, . i--v'-s. if' . M-Z' Sm- 'NI . . V Viu- A ,x I gr ...I u , arri A Y . ' - ' ' ' me .ue ' ' anti 1 play, 1 . , ' Ralph . ' S911 ' ' I ' Al.. of Cifg . Wie fee the K . X. in tow open a dr her rg the i .iii been .kipper of the Confederate Cruiser .ailed out of Cherbourg on the coast to accept the challenge offered by .rim Winslow of the KEARSARGE. ati finally caught up with the Con- :uckade runner after waiting outside for five days. fito neutral water with the KEARSARGE . Captain Winslow turned his ship enemy. Although the Alabama if a broadside, the ending was of t nature. The KEARSARGE and tclied the Alabama slip beneath After the Confederate cruiser had s-:Leu to accurate fire from her KEARSARGE expending 173 rounds of ammu- nition compared to the Alabama's 370. Upon receiving the news of the Confederate ship, the New York Chamber of Commerce sent a letter of thanks to the KEARSARGE and a reward of 525,000 which was distributed among the crew for sending this pest of the ocean to her merited doom. On 10 February, 1894, wiiile under the command of CDR Uscar F. Hyerman, the first KEARSARGE had the misfortune to wreck on the treacherous Roncador Reef, located off the East Coast of Nicaragua. However, her colors were saved and presented to the Navy The naval career of the first KEARSARGE was so outstanding that the Secretary of the Navy, Hilary A. Herbert, urged President Grover Cleveland that a battleship be designated KEARSARGE, although this plan violated the general policy of naming this class vessel for states. By an act of Congress, the USS KEARSARGE was officially named in 1895 and commissioned in 1898. This was the only exception to this rule. The second KEARSARGE was sponsored by Mrs. Herbert Winslow, the wife of the only surviving son of the Captain of the first KEARSARGE and had a complement of 39