1 March 2023 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Yacht of the Month
Reading Time: 5 minutes
USNS Lewis and Clark at Souda Bay, Crete © U.S. Navy photo – Paul Farley
is an American
dry cargo ship, the lead ship of
her namesake class. It was the second ship of the
United States Navy to be named for
the explorers Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark. The contract to build her was awarded to
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of
San Diego, California, on 18 October 2001 and her keel was laid down on 22 April 2004. She was
launched on 21 May 2005, co-sponsored by Jane Lewis Sale Henley and Lisa Clark, descendants of the ship’s namesakes. She was delivered to the Navy on 20 June 2006.
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27 November 2020 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
Reading Time: 11 minutes
Route of the expedition © Victor van Werkhooven
The
Lewis and Clark Expedition from August 31, 1803, to September 25, 1806, also known as the
Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the
Louisiana Purchase. The
Corps of Discovery was a select group of
U.S. Army and
civilian volunteers under the command of Captain
Meriwether Lewis and his close friend Second Lieutenant
William Clark. The expedition made its way westward, and crossed the
Continental Divide of the Americas before reaching the
Pacific Coast (
Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition).
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