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John Barry (March 25, 1745 – September 13, 1803) was an Irish-born American naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War.
The statue of John Barry commemorates the "Father of the United States Navy", Commodore John Barry (1745-1806). Barry was an Irish-born sailor who joined the American colonists in fighting for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Barry became the first commission by the Second Continental Congress.
The province began in 1632 as the Maryland Palatinate, [3] a proprietary palatinate granted to Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, whose father, George, had long sought to found a colony in the New World to serve as a refuge for Catholics at the time of the European wars of religion.
The Province of Maryland was a proprietary colony, in the hands of the Calvert family, who held it from 1633 to 1689, and again from 1715 to 1776. George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (1580–1632) is often regarded as the founder of Maryland, but he died before the colony could be organized.
The Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet (June 29, 1776) was an important, early naval victory for the Continental Navy and the future "Father of the American Navy", Captain John Barry. [3] It was the first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War . [ 1 ]
the rectangular tablet features a portrait bust in relief of barry. an inscription below reads: father of the american navy" / commodore john barry / born in wexford ireland 1745 / died in philadelphia 1803 / received first commission / from the continental congress / to command the lexington 1775 / sailed from boston on the raleigh 1778 / acclaimed in boston in 1780 / for victories on the ...
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On 13 October 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the purchase of the merchant brig Defiance. [2] The ship was acquired in mid-November and moored in Wharton and Humphreys shipyard in Philadelphia where she was converted into a warship by Joshua Humphreys (hull strengthening), John Barry (re-rigging), and John Falconer (ordnance and provisioning) at a cost of £296.4s.6d. [3]