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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RZ4_uss-intrepid-cv-11_Norfolk-VA.html
Commissioned: 16 August 1943 Decommissioned: 15 March 1974 The propeller is from the USS Intrepid (CV-11) aka "The Fighting I", an Essex Class Carrier built during World War II. Intrepid was launched on 26 April 1943 across the river at Newp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M4M_fort-wool_Norfolk-VA.html
In the summer of 1834, having supervised Fort Monroe's completion, engineer Robert E. Lee took up residence in Fort Calhoun's officer's quarters. Three years earlier, ominous fissures had materialized in the citadel's stone piers and arches. Unexp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M4J_fort-wool_Norfolk-VA.html
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Presented by the Hampton Historical Society
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMHF_flagship-sarah-constant_Norfolk-VA.html
On April 26, 1607, Captain Christopher Newport and the passengers and crew members of the Sarah Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery arrived near this spot during a storm. They explored the landscape and eventually settled in Jamestowne.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMHE_susan-constant-shrine_Norfolk-VA.html
This shrine commemorates the Susan Constant, the flagship of the fleet that carried the first English settlers to Virginia in 1607. The Susan Constant, a 120-ton vessel, was built in 1605 and made one voyage to Spain before the Virginia Company of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMHB_birthplace-of-naval-aviation_Norfolk-VA.html
On Nov. 14, 1910, man proved that planes could fly from ships when a Curtiss Bi-Plan piloted by E. B. Ely took off from the deck of the cruiser U.S.S. Birhingham, at anchor off Old Point Comfort, flew two miles to Willoughby Spit and landed on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM9C_first-flight-ship-to-shore_Norfolk-VA.html
On 14 November, 1910, Eugene Ely in a Curtiss built "Hudson Flyer," utilizing a specially constructed platform with an uptilt at the end, took off from the cruiser Birminham anchored off Fort Monroe and landed at Willoughby Spit, 2½ miles dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDZY_battle-monitor-and-merrimack_Norfolk-VA.html
On March 9, 1862, the first battle between ironclad ships occurred in Hampton Roads when the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimack) met in a naval engagement which opened the era of the armored warship.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDZG_operation-torch-1942_Norfolk-VA.html
The first major amphibious action of World War II was planned near here in the Nansemond Hotel, HDQ. of Amphibious Force U.S. Atlantic fleet. An Army-Navy staff under Adm. H.K. Hewitt met with Gen. G.S. Patton to plan the movement of Task Force "A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13B_experimental-carriages_Baltimore-MD.html
Funds for developing new weapons decreased after the Civil War, forcing the Army to upgrade the cannon they already had. These three 19-inch Rodman gun tubes were probably made during the 1870's, but their carriages are improved versions develo…
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