- The term
Mosquito Fleet has had a
variety of
naval and
commercial uses
around the world. In U.S.
naval and
maritime history, the term has had
several meanings:...
- The
Puget Sound mosquito fleet was a
multitude of
private transportation companies running smaller p****enger and
freight boats on
Puget Sound and nearby...
-
Atlantic Blockading Squadron,
opposed by
vessels of the
Confederate Navy's
Mosquito Fleet; the
latter were
supported by a s****-based
battery of four guns at...
-
These small ships became known as "The
Mosquito Fleet". Many
different ships were part of the
Mosquito Fleet at
different times. The Palmer, a steel...
- The Coos Bay
Mosquito Fleet comprised numerous small steamboats and
motor vessels which operated in the late 19th and
early 20th
centuries on Coos Bay...
-
States Navy, and
chosen by
Commodore George Hollins for his
Mosquito Fleet. The
Mosquito Fleet was a
group of
riverboats converted to gunboats, and used...
-
defense fleet, also
known as the “
mosquito fleet” in the
local media, on
ships of the
Union blockade squadron anc****d at the Head of P****es. The
mosquito fleet...
- (e.g., the
South Australian "
mosquito fleet", the
Queensland "
mosquito fleet", a
number of
different U.S. "
mosquito fleets", etc.). In 1927,
Irwin was...
-
remarked that the
activity resembled that of
mosquitoes. Two
notable sinkings related to the
Mosquito Fleet occurred in the bay: the Dix in 1906, taking...
- The
Mosquito Fleet was the
fleet of
small ketches and
schooners operating in the
shallow coastal and gulf
waters of
South Australia, from the colony's...
