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USS Enterprise (1775) (682 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-146806-0. OCLC 255396879. An Enterprise for the Continental Navy (includes correspondence about Enterprise from Benedict Arnold and

USS Trumbull (1776) (1,506 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The second Trumbull was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sailing frigate and was one of the first of 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress on

Nancy (1775) (770 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Nancy was an American sailing vessel, noted in sources as either a brig or a brigantine, that was chartered to transport war supplies during the American

USS Spitfire (1776) (857 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

USS Spitfire was a row galley authorized and constructed by Rhode Island during the American Revolution, and was placed in service in 1776 in the Rhode

USS Boston (1777) (986 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The second USS Boston was a 24-gun frigate, launched 3 June 1776 by Stephen and Ralph Cross, Newburyport, Massachusetts, and completed the following year

Fort Glover (318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

warship in United States service (hired by the Continental Army, as the Continental Navy had not yet been authorized). A plan dated September 1864 and an armament

USS Washington (1776 lateen-rigged galley) (484 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

USS Washington was a lateen-rigged, two-masted galley in the service of the Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War. Washington was

USS New Haven (1776) (93 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The first USS New Haven was a gundalow built in 1776 on Lake Champlain, Capt. Mansfield in command, under General Benedict Arnold, who was a native of

USS Boston (1776) (311 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The first USS Boston was a gundalow built at Skenesborough (present day Whitehall), New York, in 1776, with a crew of 45 for General Benedict Arnold's

USS Providence (1776 gundalow) (156 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

USS Providence, a gundalow, was built at Skenesboro, New York, on Lake Champlain by the Continental Army for Brigadier-General Benedict Arnold's fleet

USS Spitfire (1776 gunboat) (1,493 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

USS Spitfire was an American gundalow that operated as a gunboat in 1776 on Lake Champlain. She was part of Benedict Arnold's small, hastily built fleet

USS Montgomery (1776) (231 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

USS Montgomery was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sailing frigate and one of the first 13 ships authorized by the Continental Congress on 13 December 1775

USS Liberty (1775) (296 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The USS Liberty was a schooner built at Skenesboro, New York, on Lake Champlain, for wealthy landowner and former British Army Captain Philip Skene. It

USS New York (1776) (745 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

New York (1776) was a gunboat (also known as a Gundalow) built in 1776 at Skenesboro, New York. It was originally called Success prior to launch for service

HM galley Pigot (1,532 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name, HM galley Pigot. Both were acquired in 1778 during the American Revolutionary War, and both were lost

USS Delaware (1776) (1,561 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

USS Delaware was a 24-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy that had a short career in the American Revolutionary War as the British Royal Navy

USS Royal Savage (1775) (1,277 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Royal Savage was a two-masted schooner built by the British in the summer of 1775. She was damaged and sunk by soldiers of the United Colonies during the

James Hackett (shipbuilder) (1,136 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Master Shipbuilder completing an incomparable list of vessels for the Continental Navy. With the assistance of his compatriots James Hill and Stephen Paul

USS Baltimore (151 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to: USS Baltimore (1777), was a 12-gun brigantine that served in the Continental Navy from 1777 to 1780. USS Baltimore (1798), was a 20-gun ship built in

HMS Cormorant (1781) (670 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

HMS Cormorant was probably launched in 1780 at Plymouth, Massachusetts. She was commissioned as the Massachusetts privateer Rattlesnake in 1781. The Royal

USS Warren (1775) (628 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The first USS Warren was a schooner that served in the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1776. She was named for patriot Joseph Warren, who had been

Margaret Manny (327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

American Revolution. She may have made the Grand Union Flag for the Continental Navy. Manny began making jacks and ensigns for ships as early as December

USS Alliance (108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

named Alliance. USS Alliance (1778), was a sailing frigate of the Continental Navy, and notable for firing the last shots of the Revolutionary War. USS Alliance (1875)

USS Trumbull (1776 row galley) (723 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The first USS Trumbull was a row galley built in 1776 at Skenesboro, New York, for service in General Benedict Arnold's fleet on Lake Champlain. She was

USS Sachem (1776) (348 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The first Sachem was a sloop of war in the United States Navy during the American Revolutionary War. The Continental brigantine Lexington, commanded by

USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) (4,055 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

States Navy to bear the name first given by John Paul Jones to his Continental Navy frigate, named in French "Good Man Richard" in honor of Founding Father

USS Mercury (213 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1780 USS Mercury (1781) was a schooner built in 1781 and served the Continental Navy as a packet, but facts of her service are unknown USS Mercury (1807)

USS Mosquito (schooner) (348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

established the ranks and precedence of the commanders of vessels in the Continental Navy. Lieutenant Thomas Albertson, as commander of the smallest vessel,

USS Andrew Doria (112 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the anglicized name of Italian admiral Andrea Doria. Andrew Doria, a Continental Navy brig built in 1775, and served until 1778. USS Andrew Doria (IX-132)

Ceremonial ship launching (3,915 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

come to light of christening a Continental Navy ship during the American Revolution. The first ships of the Continental Navy were Alfred, Cabot, Andrew Doria

List of ships of the United States Navy named Enterprise (215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lake Champlain by Col Benedict Arnold of the Continental Army. The Continental Navy did not operate on Lake Champlain. Enterprise (1776) 25-ton schooner

Raid of Nassau (2,368 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

number by disease, thereafter received a captain's commission in the Continental Navy, where he went on to engage in several naval engagements off Nova Scotia

Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam (400 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

later Governors of Rhode Island, Esek Hopkins was a commander in the Continental Navy from 1775 to 1778, and Founding Father Stephen Hopkins signed the US

William J. Morgan (historian) (531 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

In 1952, he became interested in the officers who had served in the Continental Navy and this led to the publication of his doctoral thesis in 1956 and

Joseph Olney (509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1777 he was ordered to Boston, Massachusetts, to take command of the Continental Navy brig Cabot. Cabot encountered HM frigate Milford (Captain John Ford)

Scituate, Rhode Island (1,832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Independence. His brother, Esek Hopkins, was Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy beginning in 1776. In 1788 Scituate representative, militia general

List of people from Rhode Island (4,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gifted officer Esek Hopkins (1718–1802) – Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War Leon J. LaPorte (born 1946) –

New Ireland (Maine) (1,378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Penobscot Expedition led by Massachusetts general Solomon Lovell and Continental Navy captain Dudley Saltonstall, seconded by General Peleg Wadsworth. Colonel

New Ireland (Maine) (1,378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Penobscot Expedition led by Massachusetts general Solomon Lovell and Continental Navy captain Dudley Saltonstall, seconded by General Peleg Wadsworth. Colonel

Wirt County, West Virginia (1,450 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

European pioneer was William Beauchamp (1743–1808), a veteran of the Continental Navy and a Methodist minister. Beauchamp arrived in 1796 with a claim to

Desegregation in the United States (2,589 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

again until the Korean War. Thousands of Black men fought in the new continental navy, on the side of rebellious colonists in the American revolutionary

William Day (sea captain) (1,994 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

left Boston with a squadron of about 14 privateers, escorted by the Continental Navy frigates Hancock (John Manley, squadron commander) and Boston. For

Warren (450 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

often referred to only as "Warren" USS Warren, several ships of the Continental Navy and United States Navy Warren Abstract Machine, a Prolog (software)

1800 (2,973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(b.1732) March 1 – John Hazelwood, English-born officer in the U.S. Continental Navy (b. 1726) March 13 – Nana Fadnavis, Maratha statesman (b. 1742) March

USS Columbus (172 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

state. USS Columbus (1774), a 24-gun armed ship purchased for the Continental Navy in 1775, and active until she was captured and burned in 1778 USS Columbus (1819)

Nicholas Biddle (disambiguation) (86 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Nicholas Biddle (naval officer) (1750–1778), officer in the American Continental Navy Nicholas Biddle, a First Defender injured in the Baltimore riot of

Action of 12 December 1782 (1,203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bonds given to the President of the United Colonies through Benjamin Franklin Stephen Gregory, Lieutenant - Continental Navy The Luttrells Baudin[usurped]

North Burial Ground (955 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tristam Burgess, U.S. representative Esek Hopkins, The only chief of the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War Jonathan Chace, U.S. senator John Hopkins

Tacumshane (600 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ballysampson, he emigrated in the 1760s and was appointed a captain in the Continental Navy in December 1775. John Meyler (born 1956 in Tacumshane) is an Irish

William Badger (shipbuilder) (458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

1828-1865. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-8645-0. Kittery Historical & Naval Museum The Continental Navy Grave of William Badger on Find a Grave

Rhode Island (15,460 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gifted officer Esek Hopkins (1718–1802) – Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War Stephen Hopkins (1707–1785) –

Hopkins (884 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Elizabeth Hopkins (1731–1801), English actress Esek Hopkins (1718–1802), Continental Navy officer Esther A. Hopkins, American chemist and environmental attorney

Dale (surname) (593 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(1913–1967), American philatelist Richard Dale (1756–1826), American Continental Navy commodore Robert Dale (explorer) (1812–1853), European explorer of

USS Harrison (82 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

may refer to: USS Harrison (1761), was a schooner chartered for the Continental Navy in 1775 and decommissioned in 1776 USS Harrison (DD-573), was a Fletcher-class

Samuel Graves (1,541 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bridget (2002), Devon, p. 221 Miller, Nathan (1974). Sea of Glory: The Continental Navy fights for Independence 1775–1783. New York: David McKay. ISBN 978-0-679-50392-7

HMS Galatea (1776) (664 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

On 21 January, 1778 she captured the Continental Congress owned, Continental Navy officered trading brigantine Chance off Charles Town, South Carolina

Wasp (6,795 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

borne the name USS Wasp, the first a merchant schooner acquired by the Continental Navy in 1775. The eighth of these, an aircraft carrier, gained two Second

Captain (naval) (3,314 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

2019-12-15. Retrieved 2019-12-22. When the U.S. Navy's predecessor, the Continental Navy, was established in 1775, the first set of Navy regulations stipulated

Mosquito (disambiguation) (582 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Mosquito, twelve Royal Navy ships USS Mosquito (1775), a sloop of the Continental Navy USS Mosquito (1822), a barge or cutter in the West Indies Squadron

Saltonstall (201 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

American Revolutionary War Dudley Saltonstall (1738–1796), captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford (1764–1831)

USS Retaliation (83 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Navy: USS Retaliation (1778), was a brigantine which operated in the Continental Navy USS Retaliation (1798), was a French privateer captured by the United

Samuel Chew (72 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Delaware Samuel Chew (captain) (1750–1778), American officer in the Continental Navy Samuel Claggett Chew (1888–1960), American literary scholar Sam Chew

Conyngham (231 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Conyngham (c. 1744–1819), Irish merchant sea captain, officer in the Continental Navy and privateer Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham (1766–1832),

List of guerrillas (6,186 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Irish-born American officer in the continental navy and a privateer who has been called "the most successful of all Continental Navy Captains." John Rathbun –

Sint Eustatius (6,401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

States Brig of War Andrew Doria, Under Captain Isaiah Robinson of the Continental Navy, Here the sovereignty of the United States of America was first formally

USS Dean (82 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

USS Dean may refer to: USS Deane (1778), a Continental Navy frigate in commission from 1778 to 1783, renamed USS Hague in 1782 USS Dean II (SP-98), a United

Great Seal of the United States (6,328 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hopkinson designed these flags, he was running the Navy as chairman of the Continental Navy Board. After two more years, Congress formed a third committee on May

USS Hancock (CV-19) (3,999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

suggest that the carrier was named for the frigate Hancock of the Continental Navy and that no US fleet carrier was named directly for a person before

Mugford (98 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Victoria Cross James Mugford (1749–1776), captain in the U.S. Continental Navy Julie Mugford, a key prosecution witness in the White House Farm murders

John Williams (disambiguation) (2,719 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(1887–1953), Army National Guard general John Foster Williams (1743–1814), Continental Navy officer during the American Revolutionary War John G. Williams Jr.

Lake Champlain (7,796 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

soldiers drafted from the Northern Army. With great contrast to the Continental navy, experienced Royal Navy officers, British seamen and Hessian artillerymen

Chase family (585 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

descended from Aquila Chase II. Reuben Chase was an officer in the Continental Navy and served during John Paul Jones' raid into British waters. Reuben

McNeill (surname) (1,017 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(1934–2017), Scottish footballer Hector McNeill (1728–1785), officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War Hinematau McNeill, New Zealand

Thomas Truxtun (2,278 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hattendorf, John B. (2011). "XII The Formation and Roles of the Continental Navy, 1775–1785". Talking About Naval History: A Collection of Essays. Newport:

William Bell Clark (624 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wars (1938) Captain Dauntless, the story of Nicholas Biddle of the Continental Navy (1949) The first Saratoga; being the saga of John Young and his sloop-of-war

Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature (1,238 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and the D-Day Landings 2016 Tim McGrath, Give Me a Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea 2017 Richard Snow, Iron Dawn: The Monitor

British Americans (5,971 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flag was first flown on December 2, 1775, by John Paul Jones (then a Continental Navy lieutenant) on the ship Alfred in Philadelphia). Birmingham after Birmingham

United States Navy Birthday (411 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Continental Congress passed a resolution in order to create the Continental Navy. This date now represents the official establishment of the U.S. Navy

William Nowland Van Powell (843 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

by the artist published in 1974 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. Continental Navy Ship Columbus signed WNVP) USS Confederacy signed WNVP Lieutenant John

List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients (1,351 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Flamborough Head eight years earlier. Jones became the first and only Continental Navy officer to receive this distinction for his service during the American

Qui tam (5,449 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

severe retaliation by Esek Hopkins, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy. The Continental Congress enacted the whistleblower protection law

Philip K. Lundeberg (799 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

exhibits for the Hall of Armed Forces, including the display of the Continental Navy Gondola Philadelphia. "Working with Howard I. Chapelle, he directed

John (given name) (15,329 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

John Young (naval officer) (1740–1781), United States captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War John Abercrombie (guitarist)

Lambert (name) (2,473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(1875–1956), British politician Lambert Wickes (1735–1777), American Continental Navy Captain Lambert Wilson (born 1958), French actor Adam Lambert (born

Hall (surname) (3,999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

psychologist Elijah Hall (naval officer) (1742–1830), officer in the Continental Navy, namesake of the USS Hall Elijah Hall (athlete), American track and