#USS Lake Champlain

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"U.S.S. Lake Champlain Navy frogmen place the floatation collar around the Gemini Titan 2 spacecraft. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched the spacecraft from Cape Kennedy, Jan. 19, 1965 at 9:03 and it was recovered by the recovery forces aboard the U.S.S. Lake Champlain some 2100 miles downrange at 10:45 a.m. Flight time was 19:03 minutes. Actual landing was 16 miles short of the programmed landing area. Quoted from the original caption released by NASA with this photograph. Lake Champlain (CVS-39) is in the background. One of her SH-3 helicopters is hovering over the spacecraft."

Date: January 19, 1965

Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 97442

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The Fletcher class destroyer USS Remey (DD-688) taking on fuel from the carrier USS Lake Champlain (CV-39). The photo was taken in the North Atlantic in April of 1962.

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September 11th, and every USAmerican is thinking about the anniversary of the Battle of Lake Champlain: September 11, 1814. At the same time U.S. Navy Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough defeated the British fleet, the U.S. Army triumphed at the Battle of Plattsburgh.

M'donough's Victory on Lake Champlain, 1846 lithograph (Naval History and Heritage Command).

Enemy fire eventually silenced all of the guns on one side of the Saratoga. At this point, Macdonough performed the masterstroke that turned the tide in the battle, winding his flagship around so that he could bring fresh guns to bear on the British ships. Lieutenant James Robertson, who had taken command of the Confiance after Downie’s death, tried to bring his flagship around by employing the same maneuver, but without advance preparation his lines became fouled and his ship immobilized. The Saratoga relentlessly pounded the British ship with broadside after broadside. The fire was so intense that a British marine who had been at Trafalgar claimed that “that was a mere flea-bite in comparison with this.”

— Donald R. Hickey, The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict

USS Saratoga in 1814: a Vermont-built corvette (Wikimedia Commons).

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Sailors clean the 20mm guns on an AD-4 Skyraider of VC-33 aboard USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39)

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The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Eaton (DD-510) making her approach to the aircraft carrier on USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39) for refueling at sea, in September 1964. Nara Image

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May 7, 1961 post-flight MR-3 "Freedom 7" 63 years ago, Mercury 7 astronauts US Navy Lt Scott Carpenter, US Marine Corps LtCol John Glenn and US Navy LtCmdr Alan Shepard still discussed the suborbital Mercury-Redstone 3 flight "Freedom 7" which made Shepard the first NASA astronaut in space. Two days earliern after 15 minutes 22 seconds, Alan Shepard splashed down 110 kilometers northeast of the Abaco islands in the Bahamas - Atlantic Ocean. Recovery was performed by US Navy aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain after which Shepard and a few Mercury 7 colleagues spent two days of debriefings at Grand Bahama island. Since the summer of 1959, the Mercury 7 astronauts were wearing a bespoke LeCoultre "astronaut" watch with black 24 hours dial as NASA STG decided a military-inspired 24 hours time awareness was optimal for manned spacecraft. A 33.5 mm stainless steel wrist watch on lightweight Jacoby Bender bracelet, they wore during training & special events between September 1959 and October 1963. (Photo: NASA)

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Preble’s Boys as the Major Arcana

Isaac Hull The Empress: Hull always took the time to nurture the younger officers under his watch. The infancy of the American Navy benefited greatly under him. Jacob Jones The Fool: Don’t let his age fool you. Jones had the courage to start new careers when the previous did not serve him. His openness to life led him to the sea, meeting influential people and three marriages which he was happy in each one. Stephen Decatur The Sun: Charismatic and influential, Decatur shone more brightly than all his peers. William Bainbridge The Devil: Insecurity leads to jealousy and jealousy leads to destruction. James Lawrence The Hanged Man: Though it was supposed to mean well, Lawrence’s sense of honor kept him trapped with his morales which became a burden for his potential promotions and ultimately his death. Isaac Chauncey The Emperor: Order is what Chauncey prioritized and one must lead by example. David Porter Justice: Not one to let others diminish himself or others he respects, Porter would go to all lengths to ensure integrity is where it should be. William Burrows The Hermit: Such an odd man to be in the navy was said about him. Burrows appeared to be secretive at times but he was a man who knew what he wanted and allowed himself to get it. James Biddle The Moon: In an effort to belong, a person loses themselves to please what does not need to be pleased. How far will one go to realize what they have isn’t what they wanted? Lewis Warrington The Star: Bringing a calm point of view and giving solutions outside the box. Johnston Blakeley The High Priestess: An eternal student of life, Blakeley allowed himself to learn from his teachers and peers. A man drawn to the mysteries of life became a mystery himself with the disappearance of the Wasp without a trace. Charles Stewart The World: What an achievement to go from nothing to having everything. Thomas Macdonough The Hierophant: Who can forget that scene of him kneeling before his God in the presence of his officers before the Battle of Lake Champlain? Macdonough allowed the Divine to guide him in his actions. Daniel Todd Patterson The Chariot: With little to work with but enough foresight and determination, Patterson overcame obstacles and helped secure victory at New Orleans.

More of Preble’s Boys

Charles Morris Judgement: Morris was known to give cold but truthful analysis of his brother officers

William M. Crane The Tower: The bitterness he felt being on the Chesapeake during the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair to being captured on the USS Nautilus lead to his eventual suicide after the explosion of the Peacemaker. Sometimes circumstances are out of your control but you can control how you handle them.

Joshua Blake Death: Dubbed a coward during the first Barbary War, Blake left the navy and found peace of mind as a merchant. The end of one thing always leads to the beginning of another.

Richard Somers Temperance: A quiet spirit who matched Stephen Decatur’s fiery ambitions, Somers waited patiently for his chance to prove himself to be a just as a capable officer as his soulmate.

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Three F9F-5s of VF-111 are seen on board the USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) on 31 March 1953. The third Korean war deployment of VF-111 was on the USS Boxer (CVA-21) which began on 30 March 1953. The squadron was cross-decked to the USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39) on 30 June 1953. Over 80 mission marks can be seen on the side of 127191 in the foreground and on 127173 to the right. The marked up fuselage and right wing of the third unidentified panther can be seen in the background.

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USS Wasp - 1813-1814

Warship

This next American Wasp was very short-lived, being a civilian ship (probably a small schooner) acquired by the Navy to pad out its fleet following the outbreak of the War of 1812. Given a light armament of two 12-pounder guns, she was deployed to Lake Champlain, where she might be able to act as a nimble harasser of any British fleet moving down the St Lawrence. But Wasp proved to be insufficiently agile for the Navy’s needs, and was relegated to carrying messages and supplies. In early 1814 she was retired altogether, and thus missed the actual confrontation with the British fleet on the lake later that year.

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The Flight of Freedom 7

Launched from Cape Canaveral 62 years ago today Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. became the first American in Space, during a fifteen minute suborbital flight aboard the Mercury Redstone 4 capsule Freedom 7. After a successful mission Shepard's capsule splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean and was recovered aboard a waiting Aircraft Carrier the USS Lake Champlain; Taking America's earliest steps in the Space Race which would eventually led to American Astronauts walking on the moon eight years later.

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Escorting Gemini V to USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CV-39).

Date: August 29, 1965

Painting by Luis Llorente, 1965.

Naval History and Heritage Command: 88-162-CO

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August 29, 1965 -- The Gemini 5 space capsule is brought aboard the recovery ship, USS Lake Champlain, after splashing down in the Atlantic.

(NASA)

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An FJ-3 Fury of VF-33 aboard USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39), 1954-1955

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The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39) underway in February 1965. Aircraft of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 54 (CVSG-54) are visible on deck.USN Image/NARA

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I really wish there was more posts on tumblr related to 1812 commodores that I didn’t post. I want to learn more but I guess I gotta do the research myself. And find historical sites to visit.

Makes me want to go on another road trip/field trip but don’t know what the destination will be.

No brainer that USS Constitution is one but I need a trail to follow. As in might as well hit Lake Champlain in New York since I’d be in the northeast.

I’m subconsciously trying to talk myself into visiting the Keys since David Porter and Lesser known Lewis Warrington were down there but I literally have no interest in Florida at all. And feel like if I head down there, I’d need a real good reason and enjoy it.

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210919-N-EF547-1011 by U.S. Pacific Fleet Via Flickr: PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 19, 2021) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi (DD 107) renders honors to Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57). Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Sarah Weinstein)