Keywords: Maritime Ships and boats Naval
Item 50307
HMS Calcutta Naval Vessel, Casco Bay, Portland, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 11555
Ships in harbor, Kittery Navy Yard, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.
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Enemies at Sea, Companions in Death
Lt. William Burrows and Commander Samuel Blyth, commanders of the USS Enterprise and the HMS Boxer, led their ships and crews in Battle in Muscongus Bay on Sept. 5, 1813. The American ship was victorious, but both captains were killed. Portland staged a large and regal joint burial.
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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…"
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"Such schemes garnered fierce opposition from Bostonian proprietors and the colonial government they largely controlled."
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Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
