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{{dyktalk|18 April|2015|entry= ... that [[USS Marcellus (1879)|'''USS ''Marcellus''''']] ''(pictured)'' was struck from the Navy list on the same day that her first captain, [[Herbert Winslow]], was retired from active duty?|nompage=Template:Did you know nominations/USS Marcellus (1879)}} |
{{dyktalk|18 April|2015|entry= ... that [[USS Marcellus (1879)|'''USS ''Marcellus''''']] ''(pictured)'' was struck from the Navy list on the same day that her first captain, [[Herbert Winslow]], was retired from active duty?|nompage=Template:Did you know nominations/USS Marcellus (1879)}} |
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 | A fact from USS Marcellus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 April 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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First experiment with coaling at sea
An interesting note regarding the 1899 coaling at sea experiments. While I could find no significant mention of the armored cruiser New York experimenting with coaling at sea, I did find two pictures and one drawing published in different sources that clearly show she did. The November 1899 coaling experiments immediately followed separate testing with a wireless Marconi system, also using the Massachusetts and New York.