USS Kearsarge, a Mohican-class sloop-of-war, is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama
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CSS Alabama
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When the ship was built, she was under the command of Captain Charles W. Pickering. In 1864, when the Battle of Cherbourg took place, the captain of the Kearsarge was Captain John Winslow.
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CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge off the coast of France.
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It was the Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)
flying from the USS Kearsarge in June of 1995.