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The first USS Columbus was a ship in the Continental Navy. Built as a merchant ship at Philadelphia in 1774 as Sally , she was purchased from Willing , Morris & Co., for the Continental Navy in November 1775, Captain Abraham Whipple was given command.
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) , a 74-gun ship of the line commissioned in 1819, and in periodic service until 1861 when she was sunk to prevent capture
USS Cabot (1775) USS Champion (1777) USS Columbus (1774) USS Confederacy; USS Congress (1776) USS Congress (1777) HMS Cormorant (1781) D. USS Deane (1778) USS ...
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On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress passed a resolution calling for two battalions of Marines to be raised for service with the fleet. [12] John Adams drafted its first governing regulations, which were adopted by Congress on November 28, 1775, and remained in effect throughout the Revolutionary War. The Rhode Island resolution was ...
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USS Alliance (1778) USS America (1782) USS Boston (1777) USS Bourbon; USS Cabot (1775) USS Columbus (1774) USS Confederacy; USS Deane (1778) USS Delaware (1776) USS Effingham (1777) USS Enterprise (1775) USS Hornet (1775) USS Lexington (1776) USS Virginia (1776) USS Wasp (1775) United States Revenue Cutter Service; Whiskey Rebellion; William ...
USS Alfred was placed in commission on 3 December 1775, with Capt. Dudley Saltonstall in command, as to serve as Hopkins' flagship, becoming the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes) hoisted by Lieutenant John Paul Jones in February 1776; [37] and the brigantine USS Andrew Doria, commandeered by ...