Uniform item worn by Alene B. Duerk, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps 1970-1975 and first woman to be appointed Rear Admiral in the Navy Nurse Corps in June 1972. She retired from active Naval service in June 1975.
Uniform item worn by Beatrice Truitt, USN, the first woman line officer to be selected to the rank of Captain. She was promoted in 1968. All uniform items were donated by her twin sister, Bernice Truitt per her mother’s (Mrs. J.M. Truitt) wishes.
Uniform item worn by Beatrice Truitt, USN, the first woman line officer to be selected to the rank of Captain. She was promoted in 1968. All uniform items were donated by her twin sister, Bernice Truitt per her mother’s (Mrs. J.M. Truitt) wishes.
Uniform item worn by Beatrice Truitt, USN, the first woman line officer to be selected to the rank of Captain. She was promoted in 1968. All uniform items were donated by her twin sister, Bernice Truitt per her mother’s (Mrs. J.M. Truitt) wishes.
The Revolutionary War privateer Rattlesnake was designed in 1779-80 by John Peck. It was built in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the style of a miniature frigate and was armed with up to 20 guns and a complement of 85 men. While there is little history of this privateer, it is known that it was captured by the British in 1781. It was taken by the Royal Navy and sold soon after.
Date the Monitor sunk off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1862-12-31
maker
Arthur G. Henning Inc.
ID Number
AF.58707N
accession number
235954
catalog number
58707-N
Description
Physical Description
Wood model with plastic parts.
General History
Built by contract with John Ericsson at Green Point, Long Island, and launched January 30, 1862, the USS Monitor saw its first naval action at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862. Despite the CSS Virginia being almost twice its size, with ten guns, the Monitor with its two eleven-inch turret guns held its own. The engagement ended in a draw. The Monitor sank in a gale off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, on December 31, 1862.
USS Carondolet was a 512-ton ironclad gunboat in the style of the Cairo. It was built in Saint Louis and commissioned in January 1862. Within a month it had contributed to the capture of both Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. The Carondolet fought in more engagements than any ship until World War II, including the capture of a Confederate fortress at Island Number Ten, operations against Fort Pillow, near Memphis, and a major campaign against Vicksburg, Mississippi. The only real opposition the Carondolet faced was in the Yazoo River when it engaged the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas. On July 15, 1862, the Carondolet was severely damaged by the Arkansas. After repairs, the Carondolet and the other ships of the army’s Western Gunboat Flotilla were transferred to the U.S. Navy. It was decommissioned in 1865.
On April 21, 1861, Virginians claimed an abandoned navy yard at Norfolk, Virginia. There they found the sunken hull of the burned USS Merrimack. The Merrimack was raised and on June 23, 1861 the Honorable S. R. Mallory, Confederate secretary of the navy, ordered it to be converted to an ironclad. That ironclad was christened the CSS Virginia.
