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USS Powhatan or USNS Powhatan, named in honor of Powhatan (1550–1618), an Indian chief in tidewater Virginia; the father of Pocahontas. USS Powhatan (1850)...

The third USS Powhatan was a steam tug that served in the United States Navy from 1898 to 1928, was renamed USS Cayuga in 1917, and was later designated...

The first USS Powhatan was a sidewheel steam frigate in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Powhatan, a Native American...

served during the American Civil War. The tug USS Powhatan, acquired by the Navy in 1898, was renamed USS Cayuga in 1917 and served under that name until...

1875, he took command of the receiving ship USS Colorado, after which he was assigned to command USS Powhatan. As a senior captain, Braine was permitted...

imperiled Washington, D.C. The expedition caused the South to evacuate Fort Powhatan, leaving no defenses on the James below Chaffin's or Drewry's Bluffs, some...

short time. After the strike, Tilley was transferred to the flagship USS Powhatan before requesting to take a six-month leave so that he could marry. On...

1898, to be commissioned as the second USS Resolute, an auxiliary cruiser and transport that saw naval service during the Spanish–American War 1898–1899...

as a landsman on the USS Powhatan. On that day, while the ship was at Norfolk, Virginia, Seaman James Mitchell fell from Powhatan's rigging and landed in...

After four years at Annapolis, Potter was ordered to the steam frigate USS Powhatan in January 1879, which served as the flagship of Rear Admiral Robert...

Train received a special duty assignment aboard the sidewheel frigate USS Powhatan from 1881 to 1884. He was assigned to the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting...

Caperton served at sea for five years, with duty aboard USS Powhatan, USS Constellation, and USS Tennessee. He had three years' service with the United...

of gunpowder and spiked all of the guns. In April Erben reported aboard Powhatan, and was ordered to the Mississippi Flotilla on 5 September 1861. There...

from New York. By June 28, 1878, he was serving as a coxswain on the USS Powhatan. On that day, he rescued First Class Boy W. H. Moffatt from drowning...

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soon joined Hartford. Commissioned as ensign on 16 July 1874, he joined Powhatan—on the North Atlantic Station—on 10 December of the following year. Subsequently...

Honor. In 1877, the ship was ordered to Baltimore, Maryland along with the Powhatan, on a peacekeeping mission following the city's riots, which occurred as...

Nakahama Manjirō (中濱 万次郎, January 27, 1827 – November 12, 1898), also known as John Manjirō (or John Mung), was a Japanese samurai and translator who was...

March 12, 1868. Sea duty came in a succession of ships: the steam sloop Powhatan in the Pacific Squadron (1865–1868); the steam sloop Tuscarora in the North...

January 1870, he was executive officer of the sidewheel steam frigate USS Powhatan in both the Pacific and North Atlantic Squadrons. On 25 January 1870...