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The Battle of Yerba Buena was an engagement during the Mexican–American War, during which the U.S. Navy captured and occupied the town of Yerba Buena, California (now San Francisco), without firing a shot.
- July 9, 1846
- United States victory
When the American squadron under Commodore John D. Sloat arrived at Monterey on July 1, 1846, the Portsmouth, under Commander John B. Montgomery, was dispatched to Yerba Buena to occupy a position near shore until it could be determined that war with Mexico had begun. This news arrived from Sloat on the 8th.
8. Feb. 2024 · Battle of Yerba Buena. Sonoma, CA, USA. Commodore John D. Sloat, commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Squadron, near Mazatlan, Mexico, had received orders to seize San Francisco Bay and blockade California ports when he was positive that war had begun. Sloat set sail for Monterey, reaching it on July 1.
25. März 2020 · Interestingly, one boot Navy boot camp, Yerba Buena, an island halfway between Oakland and San Francisco, reachable only by tug reported no outbreaks at the height of the epidemic, Secretary of ...
On July 7, 1846, US Navy Commodore John D. Sloat, in the Battle of Yerba Buena, claimed Alta California for the United States during the Mexican–American War, and US Navy Captain John Berrien Montgomery and US Marine Second Lieutenant Henry Bulls Watson of the USS Portsmouth arrived to claim Yerba Buena two days later by raising ...
16. März 2023 · In 1898, the Navy gained control of almost all of Yerba Buena Island – called Goat Island at that time – and established the U.S. Naval Training Station. Thousands of trainees were housed on the crowded island (13,000 in 1917!) before the post was relocated to San Diego in 1923.
27. Juni 2012 · Discover Yerba Buena Tower in San Francisco, California: Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.
