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USS constellation : an illustrated history
- Title
- USS constellation : an illustrated history / Stephen R. Bockmiller and Lawrence J. Bopp.
- Author
- Bockmiller, Stephen R.
- Publication
- Charleston, S.C. : Tempus Pub., ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | VA65.C683 B63 2000 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Bopp, Lawrence J.
- Description
- 128 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Accounts the numerous roles, assignments, and restorations of the last all-sail warship constructed by the United States Navy, the USS Constellation.
- Series Statement
- Civil War History series
- Uniform Title
- Civil War history series
- Alternative Title
- United States ship Constellation
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "Published by Arcadia Publishing, an imprint of Tempus Publishing, Inc."--Title page verso.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Connecting the stars : the birth of the ship, her first cruise to the Mediterranean, and her service in the slave-ship interdiction patrols of the African squadron -- The course of the stars : the Civil War years and her post-war service as a receiving ship -- Learning the stars : a quarter century of service training the midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy -- Following the stars : the constellation's service as a training ship at the U.S. naval training station, Newport, RI, her involvement in the Second World War, and her final decommissioning -- The stars realigned : her salvation from destruction, her "restoration" to appear like the frigate, and her most recent restoration to her Civil War appearance.
- ISBN
- 073850582X
- 9780738505824
- LCCN
- 00103694
- OCLC
- ocm45546035
- SCSB-9449551
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library