Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… in Thomaston during 1861 to serve in the US Navy. In the following year, only two ships were produced, one appropriately named “General McLellan,”…"

Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"Hall, a former Navy officer, who checked with the Adjutant General of the State of Maine and he concluded that “Surry is acting with proper respect…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"… I am writing to inform you that I have joined the Navy. I am on The Gunboat Kennebec currently off the coast of Mississippi."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… 28,1942, while serving on the USS Quincy, a Navy cruiser. Surry had been preparing for war as early as 1940, as local citizens raised money with…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"After joining the US Navy as a Sea Bee during World War II, Donald met and married Marguerite Hodgkins in 1946."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… and capture of Saipan Island, he was awarded the “Navy Cross”, the second highest award given by the United States."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Army and Navy with more men proportionately than any other state. Citizens from towns all over the state continued to answer the call throughout the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… and American revolutionaries scuttled much of its navy in the Penobscot River, some settlers withdrew to safer areas in southern New England."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… coasts working at capacity to supply the Army and Navy with three million, one-hundred can cases per year. Seven new factories were built in Lubec."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The Blue and Grey turned into Navy Blue & Gold and Farmington students became Cougars. Farmington High School, ca."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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