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65k | Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, USN (1811-1873), was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1811. He entered the Navy as a Midshipman in 1827, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1839 and to Commander in 1855. During the Mexican War, he was commended to gallantry for his activities at Tobasco. Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, Commander Winslow was assigned as Executive Officer of the Western Gunboat Flotilla. He was injured while commanding the incomplete ironclad river gunboat Benton in the Fall of 1861 and spent several months recovering. Promoted to Captain in July 1862, Winslow returned to the Mississippi area for further service, but was detached late in the year. He took command of USS Kearsarge in April 1863. Over the next year and a half, Captain Winslow patrolled European waters in search of Confederate raiders, keeping his ship and crew well-prepared for combat. On 19 June 1864, he led them to victory in one of the Civil War's most notable naval actions, the battle between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama. Winslow was promoted to the rank of Commodore as a result of this action. He became a Rear Admiral in 1870 and commanded the Pacific Squadron from then until 1872. Rear Admiral John A. Winslow died on 29 September 1873, soon after retiring from active naval service. | NHC | |
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33k | USS Winslow (Torpedo Boat # 5) underway, undated, location unknown. U.S. National Archives, RG-19-N-LCM. Photo # 19-N-12400. | Robert Hurst | |
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97k | Photo #: NH 100415. USS Winslow (TB-5) photographed circa 1898, with a small "water taxi" rowing past her bow. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1985. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Terry Miller, Executive Director, Tin Can Sailors Inc. | |
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99k | Photo #: NH 63746. USS Winslow (TB-5) off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1898. The Neafie & Levy shipyard is in the background. The original photograph was copyrighted by William H. Rau, 1898. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Terry Miller, Executive Director, Tin Can Sailors Inc. | |
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83k | Photo #: NH 89287. USS Winslow (TB-5) repairs in work on the ship's "turtle back" bow, "the place where Ensign (Worth) Bagley and companions met their death" in action off Cardenas, Cuba, on 11 May 1898. The original photograph was copyright 1898 by B.W. Kilburn, and published on a stereograph card by James W. Davis, New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Sydney. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | NHC | |
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138k | Photo #: 19-N-14-24-12. Torpedo Boats at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York In November 1900. They are, from left to right: USS Winslow (Torpedo Boat # 5); USS Ericsson (Torpedo Boat # 2); USS Cushing (Torpedo Boat # 1); USS MacKenzie (Torpedo Boat # 17); and USS Porter (Torpedo Boat # 6). Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | NHC | |
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