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1785 - Order received to sell last ship remaining in Continental Navy, frigate Alliance. No other Navy were ships authorized until 1794.

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‎1781 - Frigate Alliance captures HMS Atalanta and Trepassy off Nova Scotia.

After spending two days looking for her lost charge, Alliance continued on toward America alone. On 2 May, she took...

1801 - Four warships sent to Mediterranean to protect American commerce.
1815 - Commodore Stephen Decatur (Frigate Guerriere) sails with 10 ships to suppress Mediterranean pirate raids on U.S....

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1775 - Benedict Arnold captures British sloop and renames her Enterprise, first of many famous ships with that name.

The First (US)

The first Enterprise, a British supply sloop, was...

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1801 - Tripoli declares war against the United States.

1780 - Fall of Charleston, SC; three Continental Navy frigates (Boston, Providence, and Ranger) captured; and one American frigate (Queen of France) sunk to prevent capture.

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‎1775 - Force under Ethan Allan and Benedict Arnold cross Lake Champlain and capture British fort at Ticonderoga, New York.
1800 - USS Constitution captures Letter of Marque Sandwich.

1778 - The Continental Navy sloop Ranger captures HMS Drake.

Captain Jones led a daring raid on the British port of Whitehaven, 23 April, spiking the guns of the fortress, and burning the ships...

Good he was on our side

Have no doubt, he was a killer. No humor intended.

Just one of the crew.

Trust me, When the ship is ready to get underway, dont hesitate!

1775 - Lt. John Paul Jones raises the Grand Union flag on the Continental Navy ship Alfred. It is the first American flag raised over an American Naval vessel.