Keywords: War damage
Item 13203
Blowing Up of the Fireship Intrepid, Tripoli Harbor, 1804
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-09-04 Location: Tripoli Media: Ink on paper
Item 22511
Pepperrell letter concerning ship damages, 1747
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1747 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor
Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.
Exhibit
Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900
"Sail damage was guaranteed in the horrendous storms in passages around Cape Horn. The sail loft they built in 1875 still stands in its original…"
Site Page
Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy
"… time, the fire burned out the floor and did much damage to the lower room and the gym equipment, which had been purchased four years earlier by…"
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
