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The USS ''Vincennes'' was a US Navy warship which visited Japan several times in the 1840s-1850s.
The ''Vincennes'' was one of the first US Navy ships to go to Japan, being captained by Commodore [[James Biddle]] to arrive at [[Uraga]] in [[1846]] alongside the USS ''Columbus''.
The ship was used on an embassy to Japan again in [[1854]]-[[1855]], as part of a small fleet commanded by [[Commodore Matthew Perry]]. At least two members of the ''Vincennes'' crew died while on that embassy: John Williams and John Miller, both of whom died in 1854 and were buried in the [[Tomari International Cemetery]] in [[Naha]], on the island of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]].
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