USS Somers (1842)
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The second USS Somers was a brig in the United States Navy during the administration of President John Tyler. It became infamous for being the only U.S. Navy ship to undergo a mutiny which led to exec
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Loss of USS Somers off Veracruz
This lithograph, published circa 1843, shows the mutineers hanging under the US flag.
Raphael Semmes
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Raphael Semmes was an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He had served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860.
USS Somers (1842)
…Pensacola, Florida, for logistics, remained in that area on blockade duty until the winter. On the evening of 26 November, the brig, commanded by Lt. Raphael Semmes (later the celebrated commanding officer of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama), was blockading Veracruz when the Mexican schooner Criolla…
Raphael Semmes
Semmes and John McIntosh Kell
1864 engraving of the sinking of CSS Alabama
Raphael Semmes