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USS Putnam (DD-757), an Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charles Putnam. She was built and saw action in the Pacific during World War II. She was laid down on 11 July 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Division, San Francisco, California and launched on 26 March 1944 ...
A ship with two names. The Navy purchased William G. Putnam, a wooden-hulled tug built in 1857 at Brooklyn, New York, on 24 July 1861 at New York City and renamed the vessel General Putnam soon thereafter. The vessel's name later returned to William G. Putnam while in the service of the U.S. Navy.
Complement. 120 officers and enlisted. Armament. 4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/25 gun, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. USS Putnam (DD-287) was a Clemson -class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Charles Putnam .
Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 – May 29, 1790), popularly known as " Old Put ", was an American military officer and landowner who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). He also served as an officer with Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War (1754–1763), when he ...
v. t. e. Benito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville, a fictionalized account about the revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno, first published in three installments in Putnam's Monthly in 1855. The tale, slightly revised, was included in his short story collection The Piazza Tales that appeared in May 1856.
USS Putnam (DD-287), was a Clemson -class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1929. USS Putnam (DD-537), is a Fletcher -class destroyer, renamed and commissioned in 1943 as The Sullivans. USS Putnam (DD-757), was an Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer, commissioned in 1944 and struck in 1973.
Nathaniel Saltonstall (1727–1807) was a Connecticut militiaman and a captain of Connecticut naval privateer ships during the American Revolutionary War [1] [2] [3] (not to be confused with another Connecticut naval officer with the same surname, Dudley Saltonstall ). Nathaniel Saltonstall was in command of the "old fort" (better known as Fort ...
Nathaniel Bowditch (March 26, 1773 – March 16, 1838) was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, is still carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel.