The Loss of the B. Sewall Shipwreck Tale from Bath Sailor
A Maine mariner recalls leaving Bath in 1865 aboard the bark B. Sewall bound for Galveston. After grounding near Galveston, he and crew endured a harrowing escape by boat, aiding in salvage of rigging and stores, and facing postwar labor, danger, and shifting pay as they moved to New Orleans.
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United States Navy
Maine
Bath
B. Sewall
Parker's
Belize
Mississippi River
Pilot Town
Galveston
Texas
Russell
Mr. Morse
Jamaica
Colonel Hall
New Orleans
Theobald
McDougal torpedo boat destroyer launched at Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works launched the torpedo boat destroyer McDougal at 11:27 am, the tenth such vessel built there. Miss Marguerite LeBreton christened the ship with champagne, amid warm sunshine and a luncheon. The McDougal, named for Rear Admiral David Stockton McDougal, will undergo trials in May and is designed for 550 rpm and 16 000 shaft horsepower with four 4 inch guns and four 18 inch torpedo tubes.
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Bath Iron Works
McDougal
Flusser
Reid
Paulding
Drayton
Trippe
Jouet
Jenkins
Cassin
Cummings
Mexico
Hyde
Iron Works
Marguerite ~ LeBreton
California
Alvert LeBreton
David Stockton MacDougal
Lhamed
Jiss LeBreton
Miss Lellieton
Parsons Marine
Inc
David Stockton McDougal
United States Navy
United States
Sloop of War
Wyoming
Straits of Shimonoseki
Albert LeBreton
Marguerite LeBreton
Bath Tron Works
Officers prominent in landing at Vera Cruz
A World War era photo caption notes prominent officers during the Vera Cruz landing, credited to the American Press Association.
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Vera Cruz
American Press Association
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John M. Clark
Wm. C Chadbourne
Front St. Tel
Roome
C. M. Humphreys
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Maine
A. B. Watson
New York
Federal S
Brunswick
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Cyrus W. Longley
Johnson
Liniment
1. S. Johnson & Co.,inc
Boston
Mass
Maine Central
R. R
Skowhegan
Belfast
Bangor
Bucksport
Augusta
Waterville
Calais
Washington County
Vanceboro
St. John
Foxcroft
Greenville
Mattawamkeag
Eastport
Bar Harbor
St. Stephen
Portland
Montreal
Quebec
West
Fabyans
Lancaster
Worcester
Rockland
Lewiston
Farmington
Woolwich
D. C. Douglass
H. D. Waldron
O. W. Littlefield
the Independent
Independ
Ent
NEW Destroyer
Uncle Sam
Miss LE Breton
Christens Vessel
Seguin
Hyde Windlass Co
Wherry
McDonell
Palmer
Lowell
Jd. Knover
Bias J. M. Seliott
Alwyn
Captain Rush
Florida
Charles J. Badger
Frank F. Fletcher
William R. Rush
Mexican
Johnson Bros.co
Hussey Plow Co
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