Name this ship, and establish its Berkshire connection.
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March 05, 2008
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Yes, Tourmarm, it is indeed! The first warship ever sunk by a submarine, the USS Housatonic was rammed by the CSS H. L. Hunley on Feb 17, 1864. The Housatonic was an Ossipee Class Steam screw sloop of war, named for the river that drains the western Massachusetts Berkshire towns and continues on through Western Connecticut to Long Island Sound.
Posted by: Tim Abbott | March 06, 2008 at 12:23 PM
USS Housatonic?
Posted by: Tour Marm | March 06, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Good guess, Jessica. I could see a Connecticut link to the Western Reserve, too, but alas this is not that vessel.
Posted by: Tim Abbott | March 05, 2008 at 11:06 PM
I'm thinking it might be the Western Reserve. It was one of the first ships to have steam power, but it also had sails since it was unknown at the time how coal was need to cross the Atlantic.
Posted by: Jessica Oswalt | March 05, 2008 at 10:04 PM
O.k., a couple of hints.
There is an historic first associated with this vessel.
The name of the ship will provide the Berkshire connection.
Posted by: Tim Abbott | March 05, 2008 at 08:23 PM
Greenman, These combination steam-sail ships are interesting, aren't they? I'm trying to make a connection between Commodore George Dewey and the Manila Bay battle 1898 which destroyed the Spanish Fleet. This is not Dewey's flagship, the Olympia -- but it could be either the Concord, the Petrel, or the Hugh McCulloch although the latter is technically not a navy ship but a Revenue Cutter pressed into service.
I'd imagine that none of my multiple choice answers are correct so do I qualify for additional hints? LOL!
TERRY
Posted by: Terry Thornton | March 05, 2008 at 08:18 PM