USS Washington (ACR-11)
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The seventh USS Washington, also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 11", and renamed Seattle and reclassified CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser. Commissioned i
USS Washington (ACR-11) off Seattle, Washington, with the Olympic Mountains in the distance, 1908.
USS Washington baseball team in 1911
Naval reserve sailors disembarking the USS Washington.
Boat drill on Washington, c. 1910–1915
Haiti
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Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western side
USS Washington (ACR-11)
…the attempt failed, and the fighting continued. The insurgents were aided by a recent large consignment of guns and ammunition smuggled across the Haitian border that had given them new blood. The revolutionaries soon recaptured the key city of La Vega and were successfully holding Puerto Plata. Government…
Artist's impression of Christopher Columbus landing on Hispaniola, engraving by Theodor de Bry
Saint-Domingue slave revolt in 1791
General Toussaint Louverture
Battle between Polish troops in French service and the Haitian rebels. The majority of Polish soldiers eventually deserted the French army and fought alongside the Haitians.