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USS Panther (1889), the Glossary

Index USS Panther (1889)

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Table of Contents

  1. 42 relations: Armed merchantman, Asiatic Squadron, Auxiliary ship, Banana boat (ship), Battle of Guantánamo Bay, Battle of Santiago de Cuba, Brest, France, Caimanera, Caribbean, Commander (United States), Connecticut, Cuba, Great White Fleet, Hampton Roads, HMNB Devonport, Honduras, Key West, Kirkwall, Lisbon, Merchant ship, New Jersey, Norfolk, Virginia, North Atlantic Squadron, Pascual Cervera y Topete, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Ponta Delgada, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Repair ship, Santiago de Cuba, Ship commissioning, Spanish–American War, Steam engine, Steamship, Troopship, United States Fleet Forces Command, United States Marine Corps, West Indies, William Cramp & Sons, William T. Sampson, World War I, Yangtze Patrol.

  2. Auxiliary cruisers of the United States Navy
  3. Banana Wars ships of the United States
  4. Banana boats (ships)
  5. Destroyer tenders of the United States
  6. Repair ships of the United States Navy
  7. Spanish–American War naval ships of the United States

Armed merchantman

An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact.

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Asiatic Squadron

The Asiatic Squadron was a squadron of United States Navy warships stationed in East Asia during the latter half of the 19th century.

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Auxiliary ship

An auxiliary ship is a naval ship designed to support combatant ships and other naval operations.

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Banana boat (ship)

Banana boat is a descriptive nickname that was given to fast ships, also called banana carriers, engaged in the banana trade. USS Panther (1889) and banana boat (ship) are banana boats (ships).

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Battle of Guantánamo Bay

The Battle of Guantánamo Bay was fought from June 6 to June 14 in 1898, during the Spanish–American War, when American and Cuban forces seized the strategically and commercially important harbor of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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Battle of Santiago de Cuba

The Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a decisive naval engagement that occurred on July 3, 1898 between an American fleet, led by William T. Sampson and Winfield Scott Schley, against a Spanish fleet led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, which occurred during the Spanish–American War.

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Brest, France

Brest is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany.

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Caimanera

Caimanera is a municipality and town in Guantánamo Province on the south eastern coast of Cuba.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.

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Commander (United States)

In the United States, commander is a military rank that is also sometimes used as a military billet title—the designation of someone who manages living quarters or a base—depending on the branch of service.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.

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Great White Fleet

The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the group of United States Navy battleships that completed a journey around the globe from December 16, 1907, to February 22, 1909, by order of President Theodore Roosevelt.

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Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water in the United States that serves as a wide channel for the James, Nansemond, and Elizabeth rivers between Old Point Comfort and Sewell's Point near where the Chesapeake Bay flows into the Atlantic Ocean, and the surrounding metropolitan region located in the southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina portions of the Tidewater Region.

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HMNB Devonport

His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth) and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy.

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Honduras

Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America.

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Key West

Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida.

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Kirkwall

Kirkwall (Kirkwa, Kirkwaa, or Kirkwal; Kirkavå) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.

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Merchant ship

A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in Virginia, United States.

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North Atlantic Squadron

The North Atlantic Squadron was a section of the United States Navy operating in the North Atlantic.

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Pascual Cervera y Topete

Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete (18 February 1839, Medina-Sidonia, Cádiz, Spain – 3 April 1909, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain) was a prominent Spanish naval officer with the rank of Almirante (admiral) who served in a number of high positions within the Spanish Navy and had fought in several wars during the 19th century.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Ponta Delgada

Ponta Delgada is the largest municipality (concelho) and executive capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal.

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.

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Repair ship

A repair ship is a naval auxiliary ship designed to provide maintenance support to warships.

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Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province.

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Ship commissioning

Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.

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Spanish–American War

The Spanish–American War (April 21 – December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Steamship

A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move (turn) propellers or paddlewheels.

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Troopship

A troopship (also troop ship or troop transport or trooper) is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime.

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United States Fleet Forces Command

The United States Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) is a service component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to a wide variety of U.S. forces.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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West Indies

The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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William Cramp & Sons

William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company (also known as William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company) was an American shipbuilding company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1830 by William Cramp.

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William T. Sampson

William Thomas Sampson (February 9, 1840 – May 6, 1902) was a United States Navy rear admiral known for his victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Yangtze Patrol

The Yangtze Patrol, also known as the Yangtze River Patrol Force, Yangtze River Patrol, YangPat, and ComYangPat, was a prolonged naval operation from 1854 to 1949 to protect American interests in the Yangtze River's treaty ports.

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See also

Auxiliary cruisers of the United States Navy

Banana Wars ships of the United States

Banana boats (ships)

Destroyer tenders of the United States

Repair ships of the United States Navy

Spanish–American War naval ships of the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Panther_(1889)

Also known as USS Panther (AD-6), USS Panther (AD6).