Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Greenleaf Cilley

"… York in October 1846, and he was ordered to the Naval academy in Annapolis, Maryland. While stationed aboard the Battleship “Ohio”, he participated…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"As a naval reserve officer, Thomas served in naval intelligence in Portland during World War II. In this capacity, he died in 1944 at the age of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"battleships, the USS Utah and USS Florida, naval representation spanned three continents, further demonstrating the First World War’s geographic…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"… powers, and timber aplenty to boost Britain’s naval superiority. Such schemes garnered fierce opposition from Bostonian proprietors and the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… to the navy headquarters and inquired about a naval commission, and they told me all the things I had to do, like taking physical and mental tests…"

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

"Haze Gray & Underway - Naval History and Photography. 01 May 2009 <http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/gunboats/kennebec.txt>."

Porter Memorial Library

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"… her brother, Henry Wadsworth, who was killed in naval action with Corsairs at Tripoli in September 1804."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.” He also received the Purple Heart for wounds received during this engagement On…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… capture British ship Margaretta in the first naval battle of War of Independence 1777 • John Allan appointed Superintendent of Eastern Indians by…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Two months later what is presumed the first naval battle of the Revolution occurred in Machias when townspeople fired on the British schooner…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"On August 13, 1779, American and British naval forces clashed, and the Americans suffered a crushing defeat."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Yeaton, America’s first commissioned naval officer, was sent to the Passamaquoddy region, charged with curtailing the growth of smuggling there."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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