USS Lexington (1776)
The first USS ''Lexington'' of the Thirteen Colonies was a brig purchased in 1776. The ''Lexington'' was an 86-foot two-mast wartime sailing ship for the fledgling Continental Navy of the Colonists during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). History Originally named the ''Wild Duck'', Abraham van Bibber purchased her for the Maryland Committee of Safety, at St. Eustatius in the Dutch West Indies in February 1776. She soon got underway for the Delaware Capes and reached Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9 March with a cargo of sorely needed gunpowder for the patriot forces. Four days later the Marine Committee purchased ''Wild Duck'', renamed her ''Lexington'' after the Battle of Lexington (the first battle of the war), and turned her over to Wharton and Humphry for fitting out.NDAR, vol 4, pg 320 Commanded by Capt. John Barry, ''Lexington'' dropped down the Delaware River 26 March and slipped through the British blockade 6 April. The following day she fell in with Brit ...
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The Lexington Raising The Flag
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant s ...
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