U.S.S. Swatara at Capetown - Large View

Commander William T. Sampson sailed from Boston in 1879 as skipper of the U.S.S. Swatara. After crossing to Gibraltar the vessel continued to the Pacific via the Suez canal. Over the next two years ports in southeast Asia, Japan and Russia were visited. DDG 102, U.S.S. Sampson, will be commissioned in Boston November 3 to honor this dedicated U.S. naval officer.

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