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FLAGSHIP USS MINNESOTA WAR MEMORIAL

FLAGSHIP USS MINNESOTA WAR MEMORIAL
FLAGSHIP USS MINNESOTA WAR MEMORIAL Click here to enlarge

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Location: COAST GUARD ROAD

City: HATTERAS

State: North Carolina

Zip Code: 27943

Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: MIKE WINTERMANTEL

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

USS MINNESOTA, A WOODEN STEAM FRIGATE BUILT IN 1855, WAS THE FLAGSHIP FOR THE ATLANTIC BLOCKADING SQUADRON COMMANDED BY FLAG OFFICER SILAS H. STRINGHAM. SEVEN UNITED STATED NAVY WARSHIPS BOMBARDED FORTS HATTERAS AND CLARK, AUGUST 28-29, 1861. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE UNITED STATES NAVY EMPLOYED THE TACTIC OF HAVING SHIPS SAIL IN A SINGLE OVAL FORMATION. USING STRINGHAM’S INNOVATIVE MANEUVER, THE FLEET RAINED DOWN A CONTINUOUS BARRAGE OF SEVERAL THOUSAND SHELLS.


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