America

This is the yacht that won the race which came to be known as the “America’s Cup”

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Picket Boat No. 1

Using a spar torpedo mounted on Picket Boat No.1, Lt. William Cushing and his crew succeeded in sinking CSS Albemarle at Plymouth, North Carolina, on the night of 27 October 1864.

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Niagra (US Brig)

This American brig was commanded by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, whose fleet defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813.

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Gearing, USS (DD-710)

USS Gearing was the lead ship of a United States Navy destroyer class. She was named for three generations of the Gearing family, Commander Henry Chalfant Gearing, Sr., Captain Henry Chalfant Gearing, Jr. and Lieutenant Henry Chalfant Gearing, III.

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