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Episode 128 - USS Princeton
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This is the story of a ship - the USS Princeton - but it's also the story of Robert F. Stockton and his most precious brainchild - a 12-inch wrought iron naval gun affectionately nicknamed 'Peacemaker'
Invite your friends, invite your co-workers, hell invite the President!
Sources:
Duke, Marvin L. “Robert F. Stockton Early U.S. Naval Activities in Africa.” Naval War College Review, vol. 24, no. 9, May 1972, pp. 86 - 94.
O’Connell, J. Harlin. “The U.S.S. Princeton.” The Princeton University Library Chronicle, vol. 1, no. 4, June 1940, pp. 12 - 15.
Pearson, Lee M. “The ‘Princeton’ and the ‘Peacemaker’: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Naval Research and Development Procedures.” Technology and Culture, vol. 7, no. 2, Spring 1966, pp. 163 - 183.
Shomette, Donald G. Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, 1608 - 1978. Tidewater, 1982.
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Manage episode 401665844 series 2869654
This is the story of a ship - the USS Princeton - but it's also the story of Robert F. Stockton and his most precious brainchild - a 12-inch wrought iron naval gun affectionately nicknamed 'Peacemaker'
Invite your friends, invite your co-workers, hell invite the President!
Sources:
Duke, Marvin L. “Robert F. Stockton Early U.S. Naval Activities in Africa.” Naval War College Review, vol. 24, no. 9, May 1972, pp. 86 - 94.
O’Connell, J. Harlin. “The U.S.S. Princeton.” The Princeton University Library Chronicle, vol. 1, no. 4, June 1940, pp. 12 - 15.
Pearson, Lee M. “The ‘Princeton’ and the ‘Peacemaker’: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Naval Research and Development Procedures.” Technology and Culture, vol. 7, no. 2, Spring 1966, pp. 163 - 183.
Shomette, Donald G. Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, 1608 - 1978. Tidewater, 1982.
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