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 USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27)
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Elisha Kent Kane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 3 February 1820. Though weakened by rheumatic fever as a youth, he was educated as a physician at the University of Pennsylvania and, in July 1843, was appointed an Assistant Surgeon in the United States Navy. In 1844, prior to taking up his duties, Kane sailed to China as part of a U.S. diplomatic mission. His later Navy assignments involved cruises off Africa, in the Mediterranean Sea and off South America. In 1847 he undertook a daring courier mission to Mexico City, traveling through hostile territory, and surviving severe battle wounds.
In 1850-1851, Kane was surgeon and official historian for the DeHaven expedition, sent to the Canadian Arctic in the brigs Advance and Rescue to look for possible survivors of Sir John Franklin's exploring party. A second expedition sailed in the Advance in late May 1853, with the same object and with Kane as leader. Frozen in between Greenland and Canada, Kane and his men endured more than two years of hardship and an arduous journey over ice and open water to Upernavik, Greenland. Hailed as a hero upon his return to the U.S., Kane undertook a program of writing and lectures. After his health failed during a trip to England in the Fall of 1856, he went to Cuba in search of recovery. However his condition became worse and Elisha Kent Kane died in Havana on 16 February 1857.
US Navy Photo # NH 59607
Assistant Surgeon Elisha Kent Kane, USN (1820-1857)
Engraving by T. Pillsbrown, after an 1850s daguerreotype by Brady
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph |
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Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) being side launched, 20 November 1965, at Christy Marine Sturgeon Bay, WI.
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Stern view of Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) in the fitting out basin at Christy Marine Sturgeon Bay, WI., 21 February 1966.
US National Archives Identifier 6931033, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archvies. |
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Bow view of Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) in the fitting out basin at Christy Marine Sturgeon Bay, WI., 23 May 1966.
US National Archives Identifier 6931022, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archvies. |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) on the Anacostia River at Washington, D.C., May 1967 |
Photo by Ramon Jackson |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) underway, date and location unknown.
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from the US Naval Hydrographer's Office. |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) underway, date and location unknown.
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Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret. and Carl R. Friberg Jr. |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) underway, September 1972, location unknown. |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) moored pierside, Plymouth, England, 1980. |
Photo by Richard J. Homovec |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) moored pierside, Leith, Scotland, 1980. |
Photo by Richard J. Homovec |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) crewmen Wilshire and Keyser working on deck, 1980. |
Photo by Richard J. Homovec |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) main deck aft, 1980. |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) entering the port of Bergen, Norway, 1980. |
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Russian tug and AGI shadow USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27)'s keeping and eye on what she is up to, 1980. |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) engine room, 1980. |
Photo by Richard J. Homovec |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) underway, 1 April 1984, location unknown.
US National Archives Identifier 6392666., a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archvies. |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) underway in a Force 12 storm in the GIUK Gap during the 1980’s. Wave height averaged 50’.
Speed over ground was -2 knots. While steering the ship if you fail to read the water correctly, you will lose the heading and capsize. |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) moored in the harbor at Genoa, Italy, 28 April 1987. |
Photo by Carlo Martinelli |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) moored in the harbor at Genoa, Italy, 27 May 1987. |
Photos by Carlo Martinelli |
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USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27), US Naval Oceanographic Office commemorative coin |
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Ex-USNS Elisha Kent Kant (T-AGS-27) in Turkish naval service as TCG Çanadarli (A-588) moored, date and location unknown. |
Yucel M. Umar GMC Turkish Navy Retired |
