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	Andrew Doria - Racehorse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Isaiah Robinson took command of Andrew Doria, and he took her down the Delaware on 17 October for a voyage to the West Indies to obtain a cargo of munitions and military supplies at St.
		"USS Andrew Doria (1775)": "She was part of the first amphibious operation in the taking of Fort Montague as part of Esek Hopkins' fleet.
		USS Andrew Doria (1775): "HBMS Racehorse, built in 1775, was captured by the Continental Navy brig Andrew Doria, Capt. Isaiah Robinson in command, in December 1776 off Puerto Rico and sailed to Philadelphia where she was taken into the Continental Navy."
	jrshelby.com /sc-links/carib/andrewdoria-racehorse.htm (312 words)

	USS Andrew Doria (1775) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The brigantine was named after a 15th century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria.
		Andrew Doria was not affected as its crew had been inoculated.
		See USS Andrew Doria for other ships of the same name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Andrew_Doria_(1775) (186 words)

	USS Biddle (CG 34)
		USS BIDDLE was the ninth and last ship in the BELKNAP - class of guided missile cruisers and the fourth ship in the Navy to bear the name.
		USS BIDDLE and the USS RALEIGH (LPD 1) are slightly damaged when the BIDDLE strikes the moored RALEIGH while approaching a pier in Norfolk, Va.
		In December 1775, Captain Biddle took command of the 14-gun brig ANDREW DORIA and joined the fleet commanded by Esek Hopkins in the expedition against New Providence.
	navysite.de /cg/cg34.htm (489 words)

	NAUTICAL NONFICTION BOOKLIST
		Andrews, Roy Chapman Ends of the Earth, 1929 Adventures of an explorer and naturalist on whaling cruises in the Pacific.
		Moscow, Alvin Collision Course, The Andrea Doria and the Stockholm, 1959 On July 26, 1926, the pride of the Italian liner fleet was rammed by the Swedish liner Stockholm and sank, despite the fact that both ships had radar and were aware of the other's presence.
		Sharp, Andrew Ancient Voyagers in the Pacific, 1956 The Polynesian exploration of the Pacific, written for the general reader by a scholar in the field.
	euler.sfasu.edu /booklists/nautnonf.html (17129 words)

	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : United States history
		1775 · 1790 · 1800 · 1810 · 1820 · 1830 · 1840 · 1850 · 1860 · 1870 · 1880 · 1900 · 1920
		This established Andrew Jackson, a military hero and President, as a cunning tyrant in regards to native populations.
		George W. Bush in a televised address from the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Mission Accomplished banner in the background.
	encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=United_States_history (4758 words)

	Naval History November - Infantrymen's Military Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		1775 - Commodore Esek Hopkins appointed as commander in chief of the Continental Navy.
		1941 - On Neutrality Patrol, USS Omaha (CL 4) and USS Somers (DD 381) intercept the German blockade runner Odenwald disguised as U.S. freighter, board her after the German crew abandoned the ship, and brought the ship to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the boarding party was awarded salvage shares.
		1921 - USS Olympia arrives at the Washington Navy Yard from France carrying the body of the Unknown Soldier for internment at Arlington National Cemetery.
	www.goinfantry.com /forum/showthread.php?t=16148 (1474 words)

	USS William R Rush Association Home Page
		Six months after the congress of the Republic of Texas accepted U.S. annexation of the territory, Texas was admitted into the United States as the 28th state.
		The U.S.S. Monitor sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on December 30, 1862.
		Just nine months earlier, the ship had been part of a revolution in naval warfare when the ironclad dueled to a standstill with the C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimack) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, in one of the most famous naval battles in history -- the first time two ironclads faced each other in a naval engagement.
	williamrrush.org (460 words)

	Stand, Navy, Out to Sea... by Van Lee; military history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		To this day, the USS Constitution is in commission and is the oldest floating commissioned warship in the world today (The HMS Victory is older and still commissioned, but she is drydocked).
		The most common belief is that the shockwave from the explosion of the Housatonic ruptured the Hunley and it sank with all hands aboard.
		The dreadnought was the precursor of the modern battleship and soon all modern navies were clamoring for their own, the first of which were the USS Maine and USS Texas, commissioned on September 17 and August 15, 1895 respectively.
	www.pikerpress.com /article.cfm?form.id=1624 (2160 words)

	NJROTC @ Los Alamos High School - Navy History
		Britain formed a task force to retake the islands; the United States announced its support the islands were recaptured after a land-sea-air campaign in which ships and aircraft were lost or damaged by missiles, and the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano was sunk by submarine torpedoes.
		The USS Ohio (SSBN 726), the first of the Trident-firing ballistic-missile submarines, was commissioned.
		The USS Lexington (CV 2) was lost, as was the Japanese light carrier SHOHO.
	www.lahsnjrotc.com /tm/history (3953 words)

	The Brighter Side of History - December 22
		On December 3, the USS Alfred, USS Andrew USS Doria, USS Cabot, and USS Columbus.
		On December 22, 1775, Esek Hopkins was appointed the naval commander-in-chief, and officers of the navy were commissioned (including First Lieutenant John Paul Jones).
		With this small fleet, complemented by the USS Providence, and USS Wasp, Hopkins led the first major Naval action of the Continental Navy, in early March 1776.
	www.amug.org /~jpaul/dec22.html (2289 words)

	Maritime Reporter - November 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		November 9, 1921 - USS Olympia arrives at the Washington Navy Yard from France carrying the body of the Unknown Soldier for internment at Arlington National Cemetery.
		November 10, 1775 - Congress votes to raise two battalions of Continental Marines, establishing the Marine Corps.
		November 28, 1775 - Congress adopts first rules for reg- ulation of the "Navy of the United Colonies." November 29, 1775 - CAPT John Manley in schooner Lee captures British ordnance ship Nancy with large quantity of munitions.
	m3.digitalwavepublishing.com /pubs/nwm/mr/200611/index.asp?pgno=46 (1127 words)

	History Corner
		Jun 8 USS LIBERTY, a merchant freighter converted to a communications intelligence platform, was attacked by Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats in international waters during the six-day Arab-Israeli War.
		Aug 2 USS MADDOX was attacked by North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin.
		USS HORNET was sunk and the battleship USS SOUTH DAKOTA damaged during battle which safeguarded American forces on Guadalcanal.
	www.hiltonheaddlc.com /history_corner.htm (6942 words)

	USS Providence I
		Late in the summer of 1775 the shortage in Washington's Army besieging Boston became so severe that he was unable to use his artillery and his riflemen would have been unable to repel an attack had the British taken the offensive.
		About 0100, 6 April, Andrew Doria sighted HMS Gkmpow, a 20-gun sloop carrying dispatches from Newport to Charleston.
		She was destroyed by her crew, with other American vessels in the Penobseot River, 14 August 1779, to prevent her falling into the hands of the British.
	www.navyhistory.com /MISC/providence.html (1350 words)

	This Month in History, July
		WW II — A Japanese submarine sank the USS Indianapolis, killing 880 of the 1196 total on board in the worst single loss in the history of the U.S. Navy.
		Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, fire sweeps the USS Forrestal, in the worst US naval disaster since World War II (134 American servicemen are killed, 62 injured, 21 planes are destroyed and 42 more are damaged).
		The fully restored USS Constitution (aka "Old Ironsides") celebrated her 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
	www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/header/month07.html (5478 words)

	Timeline Massachusetts
		1775 Apr 18, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Mass., warning American colonists that the British were coming.
		1775 Nov 17, George Washington was in Boston with his ragtag army facing 12,000 Redcoat regulars.
		Based on strong circumstantial evidence, Sunday school teacher Lizzie (32), Andrew Borden's daughter from a previous marriage, was charged and acquitted of the murders by an all-male jury.
	timelines.ws /states/MASSACHUSET.HTML (15491 words)

	Dates in Naval History: November
		1775 - Congress votes to raise two battalions of Continental Marines, establishing the Marine Corps.
		1962 - USS Currituck (AV-7) rescues 13 Japanese fishermen from their disabled fishing boat Seiyu Maru, which was damaged in Typhoon Karen.
		1856 - CDR Andrew H. Foote lands at Canton, China, with 287 Sailors and Marines to stop attacks by Chinese on U.S. military and civilians.
	www.history.navy.mil /wars/datesnov.htm (2254 words)

	Ghost Recon.net Forums > This Day in History
		John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted murder of President Ronald Reagan.
		Andrew Still became the first to practice osteopathy.
		The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank within 15 minutes.
	www.ghostrecon.net /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t4839-50.html (3104 words)

	100
		At approximately 11:10pm, two great ocean liners, T/N Andrea Doria and MV Stockholm, collided from a dense fog 12 miles off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
		Andrew was responsible for 61 deaths and approximately 32.4 billion dollars in damage.
		On July 3, 1988, an Iran Air A300 Airbus was shot down by USS Vincennes over the Persian Gulf killing 290 people.
	www.angelfire.com /ultra/100disasters (4588 words)

	Samuel Nicholas, First Officer of American Marines
		The MARINE CORPS GAZETTE of December, 1925, reproduced a portrait of Major Nicholas, and mentioned that his commission, dated November 28, 1775, was in existence and possessed by a descendant, Mr.
		Mitchell brought with him, as requested, the original commission of Samuel Nicholas dated November 28, 1775, and it was read aloud to the guests during the reception that followed in Tun Tavern.
		He married Lucy Breck Reed, daughter of Samuel Payne Reed, of Cane Island, Beaufort, S.C. (son of Samuel Reed of Boston, of S.C. and Eliza Manory Dopson of S.C.), and Eliza Breck, daughter of George Breck and Catherine Israel, of Bristol, Pa. The Breck family was famed for its culture, wealth, and charm.
	www.ussnicholas.org /first_officer.html (5935 words)

	The New Editor - Entries from July 2005
		In 1875 the 17th president of the US, Andrew Johnson, died in Carter Station, TN at age 66.
		In 1945 the battle cruiser USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered components for the atomic bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine; only 316 out of 1,196 men survived the sinking and shark-infested waters.
		In 1967 fire swept the USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin, killing 134 servicemen.
	www.theneweditor.com /index.php?/archives/2005/07/C14.html (4700 words)

	French Navy Web Page
		Noticed for his skill at meanuvering, he was summoned to Paris in 1775, where he counseled the Secretary of State in preparing the 1776 orders that reorganize the administration of the Navy.
		This was essentially the first recognition of the American Flag in the form of the ‘Stars and Stripes' by a foreign Government.
		In 1775, he was appointed to the frigate Terpsichore, attached to an experimental squadron, to develop naval tactical maneuvers.
	xenophongroup.com /mcjoynt/marine.htm (6659 words)

	The New Editor - Entries from July 2006
		Historians believe that the munitions, bound for Britain, were blown up by German agents in what was the first major state-sponsored terrorist event in the US.
		In 1775 Benjamin Rush began his service as the first Surgeon General of the Continental Army.
		In 1832 President Andrew Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
	www.theneweditor.com /index.php?/archives/2006/07/C14/P1.html (7258 words)

	The US Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sailors who serve on Individual Augmentee (IA) assignments will now be eligible for several new incentives, depending on time served and whether the deployment was in a hazardous or non-hazardous zone.
		Recovery was by HS-4 helicopters from USS Hornet (CVS 12).
		Andrew H. Foote lands at Canton, China, with 287 Sailors and Marines to stop attacks by Chinese on U.S. military and civilians.
	www.navy.mil /pod/navyPOD.asp?m=11 (4313 words)

	USS Providence
		From early 1775 British men-of-war, especially His Majesty’s Frigate Rose, preyed on Rhode Island shipping and annoyed the colony’s coast.
		The supply of gun powder, an essential commodity scarce in the Continental Army throughout the Revolutionary War, was desperately low during the first year of struggle for Independence.
		About 0100, 6 April, Andrew Doria sighted HMS Glasgow, a 20-gun sloop carrying dispatches from Newport to Charleston.
	members.cox.net /tdshiflett/ships/data/sow/providence_sow.html (1395 words)

	THE GLOBE
		The 22nd MEU is scheduled deploy soon aboard the amphibious assault ships USS Nassau, Carter Hall, and Austin as the landing force for Expeditionary Strike Group 8.
		AL ASAD, Iraq — The U.S. Navy was born Oct. 13, 1775 by an act of the Continental Congress.
		On Nov. 10, 1775, Congress passed a Resolution to raise two battalions of Marines to serve with the new Continental Navy.
	www.militarynews.com /globe/arc_02.2004/10.13.05.html (8287 words)

	Today in History
		1969 -- 25 crewmen of the U.S.S. Enterprise are killed by an explosion.
		1775 -- King George III declares that the American Colonies were in a state of rebellion.
		1835 -- Andrew Carnegie is born in Dunfermline, Scotland.
	home.insight.rr.com /snookems/History/history.html (12413 words)

	City of Waterbury, CT - Interesting Facts
		hen George Washington laid siege to Boston in 1775, 52 Waterbury men were in his troops.
		For his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action" during the Korean War he received the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
		he Naval destroyer, U.S.S. Stetham, is named after Waterbury native, Robert D. Stetham, who was killed by Arab terrorists during the TWA Airliner hijacking in 1985.
	www.waterburyct.org /content/477/498/default.aspx (1996 words)

	Barking Moonbat Early Warning System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Faced with having to heavily subsidize the company if an active Russian presence in the territory was to be maintained, the tsar and his ministers chose instead to sell to the Americans.
		Agreeing to pay a mere $7 million for some 591,000 square miles of land-a territory twice the size of Texas and equal to nearly a fifth of the continental United States-Seward secured the purchase of Alaska at the ridiculously low rate of less than 2ýF an acre.
		His first fleet consisted of seven ships: two 24-gun frigates, the Alfred and the Columbus; two 14-gun brigs, the Andrea Doria and the Cabot; and three schooners, the Hornet, the Wasp, and the Fly.
	www.barking-moonbat.com /index.php/weblog/category/History/P64 (6563 words)

	John Paul Jones a brief biography
		The American Navy at this time consisted of the ships Alfred and Columbus, the brigantines Andrew Doria and Cabot and the sloop Providence.
		The turn of this century was a time of great American naval expansion, encouraged by the President Teddy Roosevelt, and an intensive search was made to find his body.
		Amid great ceremony it was brought back to the United States in USS Brooklyn accompanied by three other cruisers.
	www.jpj.demon.co.uk /jpjlife.htm (2351 words)

	A Short Reader's Guide to the Age of Fighting Sail: Naval History from 1775 to 1815 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The intent of this bibliography is to list some of the best books on naval and maritime history for the period 1775 through 1815, including the War of American Independence, and the wars involving Britain, France and the United States from 1793 to 1815.
		The USS Constitution, Ranger, and Chesapeake, the HMS Victory, HMS Bounty, HMS Endeavour.
		The ultimate in contemporary nitty-gritty, including, for example the two Princeton University students who went out on a spree, were shanghied aboard the Continental (U.S.) Navy brig "Andrew Doria", and carried to the Carribean.
	coastweather.com /html/FSbooks.html (7862 words)

	Jacobson Marine Antiques: Maritime Books
		A Diary of the Life of Jacob Nagle, Sailor, From the Year 1775 - 1841.
		Joined the American Revolutionary War army at age 15 at the Battle of Brandywine: turned to the navy two years later; and went on to a 45 year career...
		Ex-library of the USS Arethusa with its bookplate.
	www.marineantiques.com /books.html (3867 words)

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