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Thread #60711 Message #997246
Posted By: GUEST,Q
05-Aug-03 - 01:29 PM
Thread Name: Music of US Civil War & Irish Immigrants
Subject: RE: Music of US Civil War & Irish Immigrants
The USS Macedonian also carried aid to Ireland during the famine. This frigate had an unusual history. It was a British Royal Navy ship, captured by the USS United States 25 Oct. 1812, and placed in American service. Its history is given on these two websites: HMS Macedonian USS Macedonian After 90 years of combined British-American service, the ship became used as a New York hotel ca. 1900, and burned in 1912.