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• The first Charleston was a galley mounting one 24-pounder gun, identical to Mars (length 52 ft, breadth 15 ft, depth 5.1 ft, complement 28). She was built at Charleston in 1798, commanded by " Captain-of-a-Galley " James Payne , and used to defend the coast of South Carolina during the Quasi-War with France. The ship was sold in Charleston around 1 February 1802.

• The second Charleston (C-2) was a protected cruiser commissioned 1889 and which captured Guam in 1898 but was wrecked the following year.

• The third Charleston (C-22) was a protected cruiser that served from 1905 to 1923Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 Events January 1 Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larg.

• The fourth Charleston (PG-51) was a patrol boatA patrol boat is a small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence duties. They may be operated by a nation's navy , coast guard, or even police force and may be intended for marine ( blue water) and/or estuarine or river ( brown water) environm used in World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough.

• The fifth(?) Charleston (LKA-113) (originally AKA-113) was an amphibious cargo ship commissioned 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the and decommissioned 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi, and mothballMothballs are small balls of chemical pesticide and deodorant used when storing clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae. They come in two different formulations, one using naphthalene and the other using paradichlorobenzed at Portsmouth, VirginiaPortsmouth is an independent city located in Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 100,565, but a July 1, 2002 Census estimate showed the city's population dropping to 99,790. A Virginia state legislator recently proposed a p.