Charles Dwight Sigsbee si remembered as the captain of a naval ship that sank in which harbor ?
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Charles Dwight Sigsbee Charles Dwight Sigsbee (January 16, 1845 – July 13, 1923) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. In his earlier career he was a pioneering oceanographer and hydrographer. He is best remembered as the captain of the USS "Maine", which exploded in Havana harbor, Cuba, in 1898. The explosion set off the events that led up to the start of the Spanish–American War.
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USS Maine (ACR-1) USS "Maine" (ACR-1) is an American naval ship that sank in Havana Harbor during the Cuban revolt against Spain, an event that became a major political issue in the United States.
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USS Tigress (1861) The second USS "Tigress" was a steamer chartered by the United States Navy at the beginning of the American Civil War. She was commissioned in 1861 and served in the Union Navy until lost in 1862.
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USS Valparaiso (1836) USS "Valparaiso" was a Navy vessel that was given a “second life” in her nautical career. During the start of the American Civil War, she was destined to be used as a “stone ship” hazard to navigation sunk in a Southern harbor, but the Union Navy reconsidered and put her to work as a stores ship, supporting the blockade of the ports of the Confederate States of America.
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RMS Leinster RMS "Leinster" was a vessel operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, served as the Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire)-Holyhead mailboat until she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine "UB-123" on 10 October 1918, while bound for Holyhead. She went down just outside Dublin Bay at a point 4 nmi east of the Kish light. Over 500 people perished in the sinking – the greatest single loss of life in the Irish Sea.
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CSS Gaines CSS Gaines was a wooden side wheel gunboat constructed by the Confederates at Mobile, Alabama during 1861-62. The ship was hastily built with unseasoned wood, which was partially covered with 2-inch iron plating. "Gaines" resembled CSS "Morgan" except that she had high pressure boilers. Operating in the waters of Mobile Bay, under the command of Lieutenant John W. Bennett, CSN, she was heavily damaged during the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. She was sinking as she left the battle and became grounded while still in 24 ft of water, within 500 yd of Fort Morgan. Two crewman died in the engagement, 3-4 were wounded, and 129 escaped to Mobile. Her hull may have been located in Mobile Bay in 1989, but the find has not been confirmed.
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USS England (DE-635) USS "England" (DE-635), a "Buckley"-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign John C. England (1920–1941), who was killed in action aboard the battleship "Oklahoma" during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Her sinking of six Japanese submarines in twelve days is a feat unparalleled in the history of antisubmarine warfare.
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USS Duncan (DD-485) USS "Duncan" (DD-485), a "Gleaves"-class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Silas Duncan, who was severely wounded by enemy fire which caused the loss of his right arm during the Battle of Lake Champlain on 11 September 1814.
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USS Boston (1777) The second USS "Boston" was a 24-gun frigate, launched 3 June 1776 by Stephen and Ralph Cross, Newburyport, Massachusetts, and completed the following year. In American service she captured a number of British vessels. The British captured "Boston" at the fall of Charleston, South Carolina, renamed her HMS "Charlestown" (or "Charles Town"), and took her into service. She was engaged in one major fight with two French frigates, which she survived and which saved the convoy she was protecting. The British sold "Charlestown" in 1783, immediately after the end of the war.
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USS The Sullivans (DD-537) USS "The Sullivans" (DD-537) is a "Fletcher"-class destroyer . She is a United States Navy ship named in honor of the five Sullivan brothers (George, Francis, Joseph, Madison, and Albert) aged 20 to 27 who lost their lives when their ship, USS "Juneau" , was sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. This was the greatest military loss by any one American family during World War II. She was also the first ship commissioned in the Navy that honored more than one person.
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USS Van Valkenburgh (DD-656) USS "Van Valkenburgh" (DD-656) was a "Fletcher"-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Captain Franklin van Valkenburgh (1888–1941), captain of the battleship "Arizona" when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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SS City of Rio de Janeiro The SS "City of Rio de Janeiro" was an iron-hulled steam-powered passenger ship, launched in 1878, which sailed between San Francisco and various Asian Pacific ports. On 22 February 1901, the vessel sank after striking a submerged reef at the entry to San Francisco Bay while inward bound from Hong Kong. Of the approximately 220 passengers and crew on board, fewer than 85 people survived the sinking, while 135 others were killed in the catastrophe. The wreck lies in 287 ft of water just off the Golden Gate and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as nationally significant.
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USS PGM-18 USS "PGM-18 was a "PGM-9"-class gunboat built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was built and originally commissioned as USS "PC-1255, a "PC-461"-class submarine chaser , and was decommissioned and converted in late 1944. USS PGM-18 struck a mine off the coast of Okinawa in April 1945; 13 men lost their lives when "PGM-18" sank.
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SS Georgia (1890) SS "Georgia was a German passenger ship in service from 1890 until 1914. Interned in the United States during World War I she was sold to an American company, converted to a cargo ship, renamed Housatonic", and was sunk by a German submarine in February 1917.
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SS Ellengowan SS "Ellengowan" was a schooner rigged, single screw steamer built by Akers Mekaniske Verksted in Christiania (Oslo) Norway, under her original name, "Nøkken". The vessel was powered by sail and a vertical direct acting steam engine. "Ellengowan" sank at its moorings, unmanned, during the night of 27 April 1888 in Port Darwin and was abandoned. 103 years later, in 1991, she was discovered by divers making it the oldest known shipwreck in Darwin Harbour.
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CS Mackay-Bennett CS "Mackay-Bennett" was a cable repair ship registered in London, England, owned by the Commercial Cable Company. The ship became infamously known for being the ship that recovered the majority of the victims of the "Titanic" sinking".
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Nantucket (ship) The Nantucket was a 350-ton whaler built in Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1837. First master, David N. Edwards, 1837-40 (left ship, replaced by F. C. Sanford), then: George Washington Gardner, 1841–45; Benjamin C. Gardner, 1845–50; Richard C. Gibbs 1850-54 (rescued Captain John Deblois and his crew two days after the ship "Ann Alexander" was sunk by a whale); Richard C. Gibbs (1855–59).
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Herndon Monument The Herndon Monument on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy is a 21 ft grey granite obelisk. It was erected in memory of Captain William Lewis Herndon, who courageously decided to go down with his ship, SS "Central America", and the men left aboard rather than save himself on September 12, 1857. All women and children and many of the men aboard were saved by a nearby ship during the storm.
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H. L. Hunley (submarine) H. L. Hunley, often referred to as Hunley, was a submarine of the Confederate States of America that played a small part in the American Civil War. "Hunley" demonstrated the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare. She was the first combat submarine to sink a warship, although "Hunley" was not completely submerged and, following her successful attack, was lost along with her crew before she could return to base. The Confederacy lost 21 crewmen in three sinkings of "Hunley" during her short career. She was named for her inventor, Horace Lawson Hunley, shortly after she was taken into government service under the control of the Confederate States Army at Charleston, South Carolina.
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William Howard Allen William Howard Allen (July 8, 1790 – November 9, 1822) was a United States naval officer. He was born in Hudson, New York in 1790; appointed midshipman in 1808 and became a hero during the War of 1812 when he served aboard USS "Argus" . Later he commanded the "Alligator", which was sent to the West Indies to destroy pirates as part of the West Indies Squadron. He died while attacking three pirate vessels in 1822. A monument to his memory has been erected in Hudson, New York.
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Franklin Van Valkenburgh Franklin Van Valkenburgh (April 5, 1888 – December 7, 1941) was the last captain of the  . He was killed when the "Arizona" exploded and sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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USS Dennis (DE-405) USS "Dennis" (DE-405) was a World War II "John C. Butler"-class destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy. "Dennis" was named after Radioman Third Class Otis Lee Dennis. He was killed in action 1 February 1942 with Carleton Thayer Fogg (namesake of "Fogg" ) when their Douglas SBD Dauntless was lost during an attack launched by "Enterprise" on Roi-Namur, Kwajalein. It was one of the first offensive operations following Pearl Harbor.