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Algonquin

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Caption: Algonquin (center) and Winooski (left) at the start of the race conducted to determine the relative merits of their machinery, in New York harbor, 13 February 1866, as seen in a contemporary engraving. (NH 57269)

 

An American Indian tribe which inhabited the area of the Ottawa River valley.

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Algonquin, a gunboat, was launched by the New York Navy Yard on 21 December 1863; but poor machinery caused her to fail her trials. Consequently, she was never commissioned and was sold on 21 October 1869.

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El Toro—a tug built in 1891 at Newport News, Va., by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.—was purchased by the Navy on 26 March 1898; renamed Algonquin and commissioned on 2 April 1898, Ens. W. S. Crowley in command. On 15 June 1898, she was renamed Accomac (q.v.).

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Published: Fri Mar 28 10:36:28 EDT 2014