A Civil War gunboat in Pacific waters : life on board USS Saginaw /
The USS Saginaw was a Civil War gunboat that served in Pacific and Asian waters between 1860 and 1870. During this decade, the crew witnessed the trade disruptions of the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, the transportation of Confederate sailors to Central America, the French intervention in Mexic...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
[2010]
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| Series: | New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
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| Summary: | The USS Saginaw was a Civil War gunboat that served in Pacific and Asian waters between 1860 and 1870. During this decade, the crew witnessed the trade disruptions of the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, the transportation of Confederate sailors to Central America, the French intervention in Mexico, and the growing presence of American naval forces in Hawaii. In 1870, the ship sank at one of the world's most remote coral reefs; her crew was rescued sixty-eight days later after a dramatic open-boat voyage. More than 130 years later, the author led the team that discovered and recorded the Saginaw's remains near the Kure Atoll reef. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813035161 0813035163 |