What the records say
- When
- 28 Feb 1844
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 38.80° N, 77.04° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, USS Princeton disaster of 1844.
Summary
A gun on the USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing U.S. Secretary of State Abel Upshur, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer and four other people. President John Tyler is below decks and is uninjured.
USS Princeton (1843)
American warship
USS Princeton was a screw steam warship of the United States Navy. Commanded by Captain Robert F. Stockton, Princeton was launched on 5 September 1843.
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