USS Polaris is a name used more than once by the United States Navy: USS Polaris (1871), a converted Civil War screw steamer used on the Polaris expedition...
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USS Polaris, originally called the America, was an 1864 screw steamer procured by the Union Navy as USS Periwinkle during the final months of the American...
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Look up Polaris, polaris, Poláris, or poláris in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polaris is a star, also known as the North Star. Polaris may also refer...
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light, Polaris is a triple star system, composed of the primary, a yellow supergiant designated Polaris Aa, in orbit with a smaller companion, Polaris Ab;...
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carrying such warheads began as Polaris, launching its first shot less than four years later, in February 1960. As the Polaris missile was fired underwater...
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Polaris: Polaris (icebreaker), a 2016 Finnish icebreaker Polaris (motor yacht), a 1930 motor yacht that later became the U.S. Navy patrol vessel USS Amber (PYc-6)...
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USS Polaris (AF-11) was a Type C2 "Liberty fleet" standard freighter and an Aldebaran-class stores ship acquired from the United States Maritime Commission...
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was subsequently renamed Polaris by owners Edward and Kathryn Lowe of San Francisco and home-ported at Juneau, Alaska. Polaris was purchased by the United...
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needed] Stores Ship – AF (11) 3 Aldebaran-class (C2) Aldebaran (AF-10), Polaris (AF-11), Jupiter (AK-43) 2 Hyades-class (C2-S-E1) Hyades (AF-28), Graffias (AF-29)...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to the Polaris expedition. Works about the Polaris expedition at Open Library Polaris expedition lantern slides at Dartmouth...
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Charles Francis Hall (category Polaris expedition)
the U.S. Congress to command an expedition to the North Pole on the USS Polaris. The party of 25 also included Hall's old friend Budington as sailing...
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Kingdom's Polaris programme, officially named the British Naval Ballistic Missile System, provided its first submarine-based nuclear weapons system. Polaris was...
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USS Abeona 15 Apr: El Majidi 29 Apr: Monticello 6 Jun: Tees 24 Jul: America 31 Jul: Lahloo Aug: HNoMS Axel Thorsen 22 Oct: Missouri Oct: USS Polaris 21...
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The first USS Monticello was a wooden screw-steamer in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the home of Thomas Jefferson. She...
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USS Abeona 15 Apr: El Majidi 29 Apr: Monticello 6 Jun: Tees 24 Jul: America 31 Jul: Lahloo Aug: HNoMS Axel Thorsen 22 Oct: Missouri Oct: USS Polaris 21...
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Canaveral, Florida, she successfully launched Polaris A-2 ballistic missiles. On 26 October 1963, she sent Polaris A-3X missiles into space in the first submerged...
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USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), named after the American Revolutionary War figure and Founding Father Patrick Henry (1736–1799), was a George Washington...
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USS Abeona was a mercantile stern wheel steamer that traded on the Mississippi between 1831 and her destruction by fire in 1872, except for two years...
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Emil Bessels (category Polaris expedition)
Nordpol-expedition, an account of the Polaris expedition. This work was translated by historian William Barr and released as Polaris: The Chief Scientist's Recollections...
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USS Abeona 15 Apr: El Majidi 29 Apr: Monticello 6 Jun: Tees 24 Jul: America 31 Jul: Lahloo Aug: HNoMS Axel Thorsen 22 Oct: Missouri Oct: USS Polaris 21...
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USS Abeona 15 Apr: El Majidi 29 Apr: Monticello 6 Jun: Tees 24 Jul: America 31 Jul: Lahloo Aug: HNoMS Axel Thorsen 22 Oct: Missouri Oct: USS Polaris 21...
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summer of that year she transported supplies from New York City to the USS Polaris, which was anchored at Godhavn, Disko Island, preparatory to departing...
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USS Abeona 15 Apr: El Majidi 29 Apr: Monticello 6 Jun: Tees 24 Jul: America 31 Jul: Lahloo Aug: HNoMS Axel Thorsen 22 Oct: Missouri Oct: USS Polaris 21...
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USS Abeona 15 Apr: El Majidi 29 Apr: Monticello 6 Jun: Tees 24 Jul: America 31 Jul: Lahloo Aug: HNoMS Axel Thorsen 22 Oct: Missouri Oct: USS Polaris 21...
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USS Growler (SSG-577) was an early attempt by the U.S. Navy to field a cruise missile submarine that would provide a nuclear deterrent using its second...
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The first USS Mohican was a steam sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the Mohican tribe and was the...
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George M. Robeson (category Polaris expedition)
the first nation to reach the North Pole. On June 29, 1871, at 7 pm, USS Polaris, sailed from the New York Naval Yard, under the authority of Captain...
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USS Abeona 15 Apr: El Majidi 29 Apr: Monticello 6 Jun: Tees 24 Jul: America 31 Jul: Lahloo Aug: HNoMS Axel Thorsen 22 Oct: Missouri Oct: USS Polaris 21...
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system, powered by a two-stage solid-fuel rocket. It succeeded the UGM-27 Polaris beginning in 1972, bringing major advances in warheads and accuracy. It...
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