Manitowoc was a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) in the United States Navy. Named for a city in Wisconsin, the word is Anishinaabe for “Home of the Great Spirit.”
Calcaterra was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was named in honor of Motor Machinist’s Mate First Class Herbert A. Calcaterra who received the Silver Star posthumously.
Oliver Cromwell was the largest ship in the Connecticut State Navy from her launch on 13 Jun, 1776, until the British Royal Navy captured her in a battle off the coast of Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
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.