| CSS Virginia CSS Virginia was an ironclad warship of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War (built using the remains of the scuttled USS Merrimack). CSS_Virginia
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| USS Monitor USS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy. She is most famous for her participation in the first-ever naval battle between two ironclad warships, the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862 during the American Civil War, in which Monitor fought the ironclad CSS Virginia of the Confederate States Navy. USS_Monitor
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| Zheng He Zheng He (; Birth name: 馬三寶 / 马三宝; ; Arabic/Persian name: حجّي محمود شمس Hajji Mahmud Shams) (1371–1433), was a Hui Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred to as the travels of "Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean" (Chinese: 三保太監下西洋) or "Zheng He to the Western Ocean", from 1405 to 1433. Zheng_He
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| USS Monitor Talk:USS_Monitor
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| Newport News, Virginia |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID Newport_News,_Virginia
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| Unterseeboot 505 Unterseeboot 505 is a Type IXC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine that was captured on 4 June 1944 by United States Navy Task Group 22.3 (TG 22. Unterseeboot_505
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| Viking ship Viking ship is a collective term for ships used during the Viking Age (793–1066) in Northern Europe. They often had a dragon head or other circular object protruding from the front and back, for design. Viking_ship
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| Sauerkraut Sauerkraut (English: , German: , Yiddish: ) is finely shredded cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria, including Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus. Sauerkraut
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| Brig reported Brig
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| Japanese submarine I-52 I-52, code-named Momi (樅, Japanese for "evergreen" or "fir tree") was a Type C-3 cargo submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II for a secret mission to Lorient, France, then occupied by Germany, during which she was sunk. Japanese_submarine_I-52
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| Battle of Hampton Roads |combatant1 = United States (Union) Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
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| Slavery in the United States Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists first settled Virginia in 1607 and lasted until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865. Before the widespread establishment of chattel slavery, much labor was organized under a system of bonded labor known as indentured servitude. Slavery_in_the_United_States
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| United States Merchant Marine The United States Merchant Marine refers to the fleet of US civilian-owned merchant ships—operated by either the government or the private sector, that are engaged in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United States. The Merchant Marine is responsible for transporting cargo and passengers during peace time. United_States_Merchant_Marine
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| Matthew Fontaine Maury Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806 – February 1, 1873), USN was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, historian, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, and educator. Matthew_Fontaine_Maury
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| Barbary pirate The Barbary pirates, also sometimes called Ottoman corsairs, were Muslim pirates and privateers that operated from North Africa, from the time of the Crusades until the early 19th century. Based in North African ports such as Tunis in Tunisia, Tripoli in Libya, Algiers in Algeria, Salé and other ports in Morocco, they primarily commandeered western-european ships in the western Mediterranean Sea. Barbary_pirate
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| Democratic–Republican Party Talk:Democratic–Republican_Party
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| John Lorimer Worden John Lorimer Worden (12 March 1818 – 19 October 1897) was a U.S. John_Lorimer_Worden
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| Frigate navy Frigate navy is a term describing a nation state's navy that is made of mostly frigates or destroyers as a major combat force. This navy would thus be lacking large vessels such as cruisers, a significant number of effective submarines, or aircraft carriers, but it would also be more effective and deployable than a navy that just maintains corvettes or gunboats. Frigate_navy
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| History of the west coast of North America The human history of the west coast of North AmericaThe term North America has a variety of meanings, including just the United States and Canada, those two countries plus Mexico, or all of the continent from Panama north; this article uses this most expansive definition. is believed to stretch back to the arrival of the earliest people over the Bering Strait, or alternately along a now-submerged coastal plain, through the development of significant pre-Columbian cultures and population densities, to the arrival of the European explorers and colonizers. History_of_the_west_coast_of_North_America
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| Sewell's Point Sewell's Point is a peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States, located at the mouth of the salt-water port of Hampton Roads. Sewell's Point is bordered by water on three sides, with Willoughby Bay to the north, Hampton Roads to the west, and the Lafayette River to the south. Sewell's_Point
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