Union Navy

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:established 1861
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Union Navy
gptkbp:mission amphibious operations
blockade of Confederate ports
riverine warfare
support of Union Army
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_New_Orleans
gptkb:Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Fisher
gptkb:Battle_of_Memphis
gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
gptkb:Battle_of_Port_Royal
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:David_Farragut
gptkb:John_A._Dahlgren
gptkb:David_Dixon_Porter
gptkb:Samuel_Francis_Du_Pont
gptkb:Andrew_Hull_Foote
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:blockade_of_Charleston
gptkb:Red_River_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Cherbourg
gptkb:Mississippi_River_campaigns
blockade of Wilmington
blockade runners interception
capture of Fort Fisher
capture of New Orleans
capture of Port Royal Sound
destruction of CSS Alabama
introduction of ironclads
siege of Vicksburg
support of amphibious landings
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Anaconda_Plan
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:USS_Monitor
gptkb:USS_Cairo
gptkb:USS_Hartford
gptkb:USS_Kearsarge
gptkb:USS_New_Ironsides
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
gptkbp:partOf Union military
gptkbp:peakPeriod over 600 ships
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:successor gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:technology torpedoes
submarines
ironclad warships
steam-powered ships
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:George_Westinghouse
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4