Philadelphia / Pittsburg / New York City / New York / Norfolk / /
Company
the Herald / New York Herald / The New York Times / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
Man-Made Disaster / Person Travel / /
Facility
NOAA Central Library / Southern station / Congress Hall / Franklin Institute / John R. Hall / East Carolina University / Mariner’s Museum / port of Louisiana / /
IndustryTerm
machinery / oil painting / /
Movie
The Civil War / /
NaturalFeature
Mobile Bay / Delaware / Gulf Coast / Delaware Bay / /
Organization
Franklin Institute / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Navy / East Carolina University / office of Coast Survey / United States Navy / United States Coast Guard / Revenue Service / U.S. Navy / NOAA Corps / Efficiency Board / Department of the Treasury / Congress / Unites States Navy / /
Person
Michael Boyle / Henry Dick / William Boyes / Henry Hotten / Mays Landing / John Driscoll / George W. Johnson / Charles Miller / Albert Theberge / Peter Decker / William H. Mapes / Michael Allman / CHARLES GIFFORD / Henry Reed / James Farren / L. J. Hudson / John Farren / John Walsh / George Henn / John McMillan / Cannon / Cornelius Crow / Charles Clifford / John Cazmer / John Brown / John Smith / William Logan / James Alden / John Bryan / James Clark / Hellum / Robert Bell / Robert E. Lee / John J. Guthrie / Bernard Carrah / Jeremiah Coffey / John Burton / John McCaffrey / Samuel Philipps Lee / Peter Conway / J. A. Sewall / James Patterson / John M. Brown / Andrew Young / Alonzo Hood / Michael Olman / Thomas Riley / Joyce Steinmetz / Daniel Smith / Charles Marriott / John Driscol / Joseph A. Seawell / Joseph Bache / Patrick Doherty / Daniel Evans / Timothy Connor / Benjamin Franklin Sands / John C. Thompson / James De Courcey / John Taylor / James Wilson / Robert Wilson / Michael Lyons / B. W. Guthrie / Robert J. Walker / Benjamin Isherwood / William F. Jones / Commanding J.J. Guthrie / George Price / Michael M. Lee / J. J. Guthrie / John Rowe / Jefferson Cravens / Edward Lynch / James Harrison / S. S. Hudson / Alexander Bache / Timothy O'Connor / /
Position
executive officer / steamer forward / Captain / guard / Secretary / Superintendent / historian / engineer / Survey Superintendent / author / port guard / Surgeon / Walker in the Gulf Coast / fireman / actor / WALKER / Chief Engineer / District Attorney / 2nd officer / proprietor / Lieutenant / officer / gunner / 1st officer / Governor / schooner R. G. Porter / schooner R.G. Porter / Captain / naval officer / Researcher / Coastal Resources Management / ordinary seaman / R. G. Porter / 4th officer / the author of the accident / schooner R.G. Porter / /
Product
Mariner / /
ProvinceOrState
Alabama / Louisiana / Mississippi / New Jersey / Pennsylvania / Delaware / /
The Story of the Coast Survey Steamer ROBERT J. WALKER With the loss of 20 lives, the sinking of the Robert J. Walker on June 21, 1860, is the largest single disaster in the history of NOAA or its predecessor agencies.