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Delaware and the United States Navy/Marine Corps
Places
The Navy at Cape Henlopen, A Century of Service, from 1898 to 1996.
Notable sailors and marines
James J. Connell, Lieutenant Commander, Naval Aviator, POW Vietnam, Navy Cross
Rear Admiral Samuel Francis DuPont, Mexican War, Civil War
Rear Admiral Purnell Frederick Harrington, US Navy, Civil War, Spanish-American War
General Thomas Holcomb, 17th Commandant of the US Marine Corps, WWII,
Boatswain's Mate Reuben James, Barbary Campaign, War of 1812
Commodore Jacob Jones, Barbary Pirate captive, hero of War of 1812,
Rear Admiral John Elwood Lee, United States Navy Submariner, Winner of three Navy Crosses
Commodore Thomas MacDonough, Tripoli, War of 1812, Hero of Lake Champlain
Lt. Gen. Robert Houston Pepper, USMC WWII Base Defense Pioneer
Julian Constable Smith, Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps , Nicaragua, WWII
William Tillman, African-American Seaman, A Story of High Seas Heroism
Ships, Shipbuilding
USS Delaware, U.S. Navy Battleship and namesakes
USS DuPont, U.S. Navy Destroyer and namesakes
USS Wilmington, 1897 gunboat
Pusey and Jones, Wilmington shipbuilder, Civil War to WWII
SC-1 Subchaser, Jackson and Sharp shipbuilders, Wilmington
World War II Naval Vessels from Dravo Shipyards, Wilmington, Delaware
Kalmar Nyckel, Swedish warship, 1638
Places
The Navy at Cape Henlopen, A Century of Service, from 1898 to 1996.
Notable sailors and marines
James J. Connell, Lieutenant Commander, Naval Aviator, POW Vietnam, Navy Cross
Rear Admiral Samuel Francis DuPont, Mexican War, Civil War
Rear Admiral Purnell Frederick Harrington, US Navy, Civil War, Spanish-American War
General Thomas Holcomb, 17th Commandant of the US Marine Corps, WWII,
Boatswain's Mate Reuben James, Barbary Campaign, War of 1812
Commodore Jacob Jones, Barbary Pirate captive, hero of War of 1812,
Rear Admiral John Elwood Lee, United States Navy Submariner, Winner of three Navy Crosses
Commodore Thomas MacDonough, Tripoli, War of 1812, Hero of Lake Champlain
Lt. Gen. Robert Houston Pepper, USMC WWII Base Defense Pioneer
Julian Constable Smith, Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps , Nicaragua, WWII
William Tillman, African-American Seaman, A Story of High Seas Heroism
Ships, Shipbuilding
USS Delaware, U.S. Navy Battleship and namesakes
USS DuPont, U.S. Navy Destroyer and namesakes
USS Wilmington, 1897 gunboat
Pusey and Jones, Wilmington shipbuilder, Civil War to WWII
SC-1 Subchaser, Jackson and Sharp shipbuilders, Wilmington
World War II Naval Vessels from Dravo Shipyards, Wilmington, Delaware
Kalmar Nyckel, Swedish warship, 1638