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  2. Ship prefix - Wikipedia

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    Seagoing ships Fish and Wildlife Service ships with the prefix US FWS that were transferred to NOAA when NOAA was created in 1970 switched to the NOAAS prefix. A United States Navy ship that is not in active commission does not hold the title of United States Ship with simply the name without prefix used before and after commissioned service. [5]

  3. Continental Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Paris in 1783 ended the Revolutionary War and, by 1785, Congress had disbanded the Continental Navy and sold the remaining ships. The frigate Alliance fired the final shots of the American Revolutionary War; it was also the last ship in the Navy. A faction within Congress wanted to keep her, but the new nation did not have the ...

  4. Enterprise (1776) - Wikipedia

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    Enterprise (20 December 1776 – February 1777), was the second American ship to bear the name. [ 1 ] She was a successful privateer before she was purchased for the Continental Navy in 1776. Commanded by Captain James Campbell, the schooner Enterprise operated principally in Chesapeake Bay .

  5. List of United States Navy ships - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [3] includes much detail on historical ships, and was used as the basis for many of Wikipedia's ship articles. Due to the large number of entries, this list has been divided into the lists to be found in the infobox: Ships in current service; Ships grouped alphabetically by the first letter of the ...

  6. List of hull classifications - Wikipedia

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    The combination of symbol and hull number identify a modern Navy ship uniquely. A heavily modified or repurposed ship may receive a new symbol, and either retain the hull number or receive a new one. Also, the system of symbols has changed a number of times since it was introduced in 1907, so ships' symbols sometimes change without anything ...

  7. USS Trumbull (1776) - Wikipedia

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    A history of the United States Navy, from 1775 to 1893. New York: D. Appleton & Company. pp. 647. Paine, Lincoln P. (2000). Warships of the world to 1900. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 266. ISBN 0-395-98414-9. Dept U.S. Navy. "Trumbull". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER

  8. USS Washington (1776 frigate) - Wikipedia

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    USS Washington was a Continental Navy frigate laid down in 1776 but never completed. Washington was among thirteen frigates authorized to be constructed for the new Continental Navy by an Act of Congress of 13 December 1775, and among four to be built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The act called for all thirteen ships to be ready for sea by ...

  9. USS Raleigh (1776) - Wikipedia

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    Through that day and the next the enemy ships HMS Unicorn and Experiment pursued Raleigh. In late afternoon on the 27th, the leading British ship closed with her. A 7-hour running battle followed, much of the time in close action. About midnight, the enemy hauled off and Barry prepared to conceal his ship among the islands of Penobscot Bay.