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Raphael Semmes ( / sɪmz / SIMZ; September 27, 1809 – August 30, 1877) was an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He was previously a serving officer in the US Navy from 1826 to 1860.
Raphael Semmes (born Sept. 27, 1809, Charles County, Md., U.S.—died Aug. 30, 1877, Mobile, Ala.) was an American Confederate naval officer whose daring raids in command of the man-of-war “Alabama” interfered with Union merchant shipping during the middle two years of the American Civil War (1861–65).
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Jul 14, 2023 · Raphael Semmes Confederate rear admiral and brigadier general Raphael Semmes (1809-1877) left an enduring legacy as captain of the CSS Alabama, the most famous of the Confederate commerce raiders.
Raphael Semmes began his military career in 1826 when he entered the United States Navy as a midshipman upon graduating from the Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Semmes served during the Mexican-American war as the commander of the USS Somers in the Gulf of Mexico.
Between June 1951 and July 1953 he served as Assistant Head of the Aircraft Logistics Branch, Office of the chief of Naval Operations and as Deputy Director of...
The naval career of the only officer to command this famous raider began just about 36 years earlier. Raphael Semmes was born in Maryland in 1809, brought up in Georgetown, and appointed a...
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Appointed a Commander in the Confederate Navy in April 1861, Raphael Semmes was sent to New Orleans to convert a steamer into the cruiser CSS Sumter. He ran her through the Federal blockade in...
Jul 19, 2024 · Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes. A brother of future Brigadier Gen. Paul Jones Semmes, Raphel was appointed a midshipman on April 1, 1826, promoted to lieutenant in 1837, and to commander in 1855. Between cruises, he studied law and in 1834, he was admitted to the bar. During the Mexican War, he commanded the USS Somers in the Gulf of Mexico.
The SS Raphael Semmes was torpedoed by the submarine U-332 on June 28, 1942 about 875 miles east of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Two torpedoes struck in rapid succession and the ship sank within two minutes. Only eighteen men were able to get away.
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May 21, 2018 · Raphael Semmes (1809-1877), American naval officer of the Confederacy, commanded the Sumter and Alabama in their daring raids on Northern shipping during the Civil War. Raphael Semmes was born in Charles County, Md. Appointed a midshipman in the U.S. Navy at 16, in 1837 he was promoted to lieutenant.
