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Carondelet can refer to:
People:
- Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet (1748–1807), governor in the Spanish Empire
- Ferry Carondelet (1473–1528), Habsburg diplomat and abbot
- Jan I Carondelet (1428–1502), Burgundian jurist and politician
- Jean Carondelet (1469–1544), archbishop of Palermo
Places:
- Carondelet, Missouri, now a part of St. Louis, Missouri
- Carondelet, St. Louis
- Carondelet Park in St. Louis
- Carondelet Canal and Carondelet Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Carondelet Reef in the Phoenix Islands in the Pacific Ocean
- Carondelet High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Concord, California
- Palacio de Carondelet (the presidential palace) in the main square (Plaza de la Independencia) in Quito, Ecuador
Ships:
- Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Carondelet:
- USS Carondelet, a gunboat on the Mississippi River during the U.S. Civil War
- USS Carondelet (IX-136), a tanker in the Pacific Ocean during World War II
- SS Carondelet, a ship active in transporting immigrants between Havana and New York City during 1877 and 1878
Usage examples of "carondelet".
At that instant, almost before Hodges finished speaking, the Union ironclad Carondelet steamed slowly into view.
The advance flotilla was comprised of the fast ram Queen of the West, the lightly armed gunboat Tyler, and the ironclad Carondelet, which was under the command of Commander Henry Walke, an old friend of Brown's before the war.
Staying on course straight up the river, Carondelet and Tyler made ready to fire their bow guns at the enemy.
Spinning the helm, the pilot of Carondelet rotated the ship in the water, then called to the engine room for full steam as the stern gunners made ready to fire.
Standing beside the pilot, Brown was studied the retreating Carondelet with his binoculars.
Before Brown could reply, a shot from Carondelet struck the forward shield of the pilothouse and bounced off, inflicting Brown with a severe contusion on his forehead as he was slammed against the hard iron wall.
His words were broken off as another shot from Carondelet struck one wall of the pilothouse and exploded against the armor.
At the same time, on the opposite side of the Rebel ironclad, shells smashed into Carondelet, heeling her starboard deck underwater and flooding her gun deck.
Leaving the battered Carondelet hanging in the willows along the bank, Brown ordered helmsman Brady to pursue Tyler and Queen of the West.
In its wake it left a dead pilot, William Gilmore, who had volunteered to come aboard as replacement for the two pilots lost fore lodging in the wood backing just during battle with Carondelet, be e pilot who had heroically short of the iron shield.
The gun deck of Carondelet suddenly took on the look of a slaughterhouse.
At the sight of the fierce, one-sided fight, unarinored Tyler and Conestoga quickly steamed away, leaving Carondelet alone once again to suffer the full effect of the fort's firepower.
Her lyrical name came not from an exotic place but from Baron de Carondelet, the last Spanish governor of Louisiana.
As if striving for a gold star on an attendance report, Carondelet was present at nearly every engagement from 1862 until late 1864.
Bolts As if it were an Omen, 'nte jagged shafts, first blue, then yellow, flew from the black heavens in ers on shores Carondelet appeared and then white.