San Jacinto hunts the Alabama in vain.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR) From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: November 5, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 The Washington Times LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: John M. Taylor, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The USS San Jacinto had been one of the great ships of the prewar navy.

Launched in 1852, it displaced more than 2,000 tons, and by the time of the Civil War, it mounted 14 guns. Much of its prewar career had been passed in showing the flag in Caribbean and Asian waters.

With the coming of the Civil War, the San Jacinto returned from Africa to the Caribbean under the command of a famous explorer, Charles Wilkes, who had made a name for himself charting the coast of Antarctica.

Soon the San Jacinto was ...

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