Title A Civil War gunboat in Pacific waters : life on board USS Saginaw / Hans Konrad Van Tilburg ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith.

Publication Info.	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2010]
	©2010

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 361 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	New perspectives on maritime and nautical archaeology
	New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	A new ship for a new ocean -- Seasoning on the China station -- The Civil War on the Pacific Coast -- Hard times on coastal patrol -- Exploring Seward's icebox -- Hawai'i and the end of the archipelago -- The castaways of Ocean Island -- Afterword : legacy and shipwrecks.
Summary	In 1870, the ship sank at one of the world's most remote coral reefs; her crew was rescued sixty-eight days later after a dramatic open-boat voyage. More than 130 years later, Hans Van Tilburg led the team that discovered and recorded the Saginaw' s remains near the Kure Atoll reef.
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Subject	Saginaw (Steamer)
	Saginaw (Steamer)
	United States. Navy -- History -- 19th century.
	United States. Navy.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Pacific Area -- History, Naval -- 19th century.
	Pacific Area.
	Naval history.
	Seafaring life -- Pacific Area -- History -- 19th century.
	Seafaring life.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Naval history.
Other Form:	Print version: Van Tilburg, Hans. Civil War gunboat in Pacific waters. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2010 9780813035161 (DLC) 2010020781 (OCoLC)613426140
ISBN	9780813036571 (electronic book)
	0813036577 (electronic book)
	9780813035161
	0813035163

Title A Civil War gunboat in Pacific waters : life on board USS Saginaw / Hans Konrad Van Tilburg ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith.

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