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USS Hannah
The schooner ''Hannah'' was the first armed American naval vessel of the American Revolution, authorized by the Continental Congress and operated by the Continental Army, and is considered by some the first vessel of the United States Navy. She was a fishing schooner owned by John Glover of Marblehead, Massachusetts and was named for his daughter, Hannah Glover. The crew was drawn largely from the town of Marblehead, with much of the ships ammunition being stored in Glover's warehouse now located at Glover's Square in Marblehead before being relocated to Beverly, Massachusetts. Service history The schooner was hired into the service of the American Continental Army by General George Washington. Washington commissioned Nicholson Broughton to command the ''Hannah'' on 2 September 1775 and ordered the vessel to, :"...cruize against such vessels as may be found . . . bound inward and outward to and from Boston, in the service of the ritisharmy, and to take and seize all such ves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Hanna
USS Hanna (DE-449) was a ''John C. Butler''-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. She returned home with five battle stars to her credit after she was reactivated for Korean War duty. Namesake William T. Hanna was born on 23 October 1920 in New York City, New York. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on 14 January 1942. He was killed in action 9 October 1942 while attached to the 1st Marine Division Reinforced in the Guadalcanal campaign. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart, his citation stated: Fighting desperately in hand-to-hand combat against overwhelming hostile forces, Private Hanna refused to be dislodged from his position and after exacting a tremendous toll of the enemy, heroically died at his post. Construction and commissioning She was launched 4 Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Hancock (1775)
The first USS ''Hancock'' was an armed schooner under the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. She was named for patriot and Continental Congress member John Hancock. Congress returned her to her owner in 1777. Career ''Hancock'', was the former schooner ''Speedwell'', hired from Mr. Thomas Grant of Marblehead, Massachusetts, in October 1775 as one of a small fleet fitting out to prey upon British supply ships and support General George Washington's siege of Boston, Massachusetts. This fleet, the first under Continental pay and control, came to be called " George Washington's Navy." In October 1775, ''Hancock'' (not the Lynch ), under the command of Nicholson Broughton, and were ordered to intercept two brigs as they arrived in the St. Lawrence River from England. But the two schooners instead sought easier quarry off Cape Canso where five prizes of dubious legality were taken. They also raided Charlottetown settlement without regard to orders to respect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Battles Of The American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War saw a series of battles involving naval forces of the Royal Navy, British Royal Navy and the Continental Navy from 1775, and of the French Navy from 1778 onwards. Although the British enjoyed more numerical victories, these battles culminated in the surrender of the British Army force of Lieutenant general, Lieutenant-General Earl Cornwallis, Earl Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, an event that led directly to the beginning of serious peace negotiations and the eventual end of the war. From the start of the hostilities, the British North America and West Indies Station, North American station under Vice admiral, Vice-Admiral Samuel Graves blockaded the major colonial ports and carried raids against Patriot (American Revolution), patriot communities. Colonial forces could do little to stop these developments due to British Command of the sea, naval supremacy. In 1777, colonial privateers made raids into British waters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was an important naval shipyard of the United States for almost two centuries. Philadelphia's original navy yard, begun in 1776 on Front Street and Federal Street in what is now the Pennsport section of the city, was the first naval shipyard of the United States. It was replaced by a new, much larger yard developed around facilities begun in 1871 on League Island, at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. The Navy Yard expansion stimulated the development over time of residential and businesses in South Philadelphia, where many shipyard workers lived. During World War II, some 40,000 workers operated on shifts around the clock to produce and repair ships at the yard for the war effort. The United States Navy ended most of its activities there in the 1990s, closing its base after recommendations by the Base Realignment and Closure commission. In 2000, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, on behalf of the city of Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbot Hall (Marblehead, Massachusetts)
Abbot Hall is a town hall and historical museum located at 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts. It is open year-round, though with restricted hours in the colder months. Constructed in 1876 and designed in the Romanesque style by Lord & Fuller architects, the Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property in the historic district. It is the fourth "town hall" built in Marblehead, having been preceded by the First Meeting House(1638, Old Burial Hill), the Old Meeting House(1696), and the Old Town House (1727). Abbot Hall is named after a barrel maker and trader named Benjamin Abbot. When Benjamin Abbott died in 1872, he donated his fortune to the town of Marblehead. In addition to serving as the seat of Marblehead's town government, Abbot Hall has holdings as a museum. It contains the original c. 1875 painting '' The Spirit of '76'' by American Archibald MacNeal Willard, which was widely reproduced; the 1684 deed to Marblehe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marblehead Entrance
Marblehead may refer to: Places in the United States * Marblehead, Illinois * Marblehead, Massachusetts * Marblehead, Ohio * Marblehead, Wisconsin Other uses * Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race, a biannual sailing race on the North Atlantic * USS ''Marblehead'', several United States warships named after Marblehead, Massachusetts See also * Marblehead Light (other) The name Marblehead Light may refer to one of two historic lighthouses in the United States: *Marblehead Light (Massachusetts) in Marblehead, Massachusetts *Marblehead Light (Ohio) Marblehead Lighthouse in Marblehead, Ohio, United States, is th ... * * Marble Head, an historic house in Maryland, United States {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Lynch (1776)
USS ''Lynch'' was a schooner acquired as part of the Continental Navy in 1776. She served for over a year on the New England coast, interfering with British maritime trade when possible. In 1777 she was assigned dispatch boat duty and, after delivering her secret dispatches to France, set sail for the United States with French secret dispatches. The British captured her, but not before she could destroy the French dispatches. Chartered by order of Washington The first ship to be so named by the Navy, ''Lynch'', a fishing schooner chartered by order of General George Washington 26 January 1776 from Col. John Lee of Marblehead, Massachusetts, was commissioned 1 February 1776 at Manchester, Massachusetts, Comdr. John Ayers in command. Continental Navy service ''Lynch'' eluded fire from HMS ''Fowey'' when she sailed 7 February 1776 from Manchester, Massachusetts, to fit out at Beverly, Massachusetts. Shortly after midnight on 2 March, ''Lynch'' slipped out of Beverly and dodged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Fort
Beverly Fort was a fort that existed from 1775 to 1776 during the American Revolutionary War on Hospital Point in Beverly, Massachusetts. It was reoccupied in 1814 during the War of 1812. In 1801, a smallpox hospital was built there, which was used in 1814 as a barracks. The J-shaped earthwork of the fort still exists today. See also *List of military installations in Massachusetts This is a list of current and former military installations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Current military installations in Massachusetts Joint facilities ;Bases * Joint Base Cape Cod (state designation, not federally recognized) References {{Coord, 42, 32, 49, N, 70, 51, 22, W, display=title Beverly[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Tree Flag
The Tree Flag (or the Appeal to Heaven Flag) was one of the flags used during the American Revolution. The flag, which featured a pine tree with the motto "An Appeal to Heaven," or less frequently "An Appeal to God", was originally used by a squadron of six cruisers which were commissioned under George Washington's authority as Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in October 1775. It is the official maritime ensign for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, though the script was removed in 1971. It was used by state navy vessels in addition to privateers sailing from Massachusetts. Design The design of the flag came from General Washington's secretary, Colonel Joseph Reed. In a letter dated October 21, 1775, Reed suggested a "flag with a white ground and a tree in the middle, the motto AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN" be used for the ships Washington commissioned. The following summer, on July 26, 1776, the Massachusetts General Court established the flag of the state navy wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Tucker (naval Officer)
Samuel Tucker (1 November 1747 – 10 March 1833) was an officer in the Continental Navy and the United States Navy. Military career Born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, Tucker began his naval career in the spring of 1760 as a cabin boy in the warship, ''King George''. He subsequently rose to command of a merchant ship in July 1774. Tucker was in England at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, but returned to Massachusetts in the autumn of 1775. Upon his return, Tucker was selected by General George Washington to command a small flotilla of armed schooners which Washington had purchased and fitted out to prey on the British shipping. Tucker also served as commanding officer of the schooner ''Franklin''. In ''Franklin'' and later in schooner ''Hancock'', Tucker cruised off the Massachusetts coast, taking many prizes in the year 1776. His first, taken jointly with the schooner ''Lee'', came on 29 February, when the two Continental ships cornered the 300-ton ''Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Mugford
James Mugford (May 19, 1749 – May 19, 1776) was a captain in the Continental Navy. Life and naval career Mugford commanded the schooner ''Franklin'' in the Continental Navy, serving through 1775 in John Manley's squadron off Boston. He captured British ship ''Hope'' with a large cargo of military stores and powder, and took his prize into Boston, running under the noses of the British fleet lying in the outer harbor. ''Franklin'' was attacked during the night of May 19, 1776 in the company of Lady Washington (a small privateer schooner with a crew of 7 commanded by Joseph Cunningham) by British boarders claiming to be friends from Boston; Captain Mugford was killed in action. The report of General Ward, the overall American commander in Boston, stated: Captain Mugford was very fiercely attacked by twelve or thirteen boats full of men, but he and his men exerted themselves with remarkable bravery, beat off the enemy, sunk several of their boats, and killed a number of their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Manley (naval Officer)
John Manley (c.1733–1793) was an officer in the Continental Navy and the United States Navy. Manley was appointed commodore of " George Washington's fleet." Early life Tradition holds that John Manley was born in 1733 near Torquay, Devon. As a young man, he settled in Marblehead, Province of Massachusett Bay, eventually becoming the captain of a merchant vessel there.Peabody p5 For reasons apparently lost to history, Manley went by the name of John Russell during his time spent in Marblehead, where he married Martha Russell (née Hickman) on September 27, 1764, and by whom he had at least two sons and three daughters. According to his descendants, the reason for two different last names is because he was the illegitimate child of his mother Elizabeth Manley and the Duke of Bedford whose last name was Russell. Outside of Marblehead, John continued to use the surname Manley. Modern fiction writer James L. Nelson acknowledges the above accounts, but suggests that they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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