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| | USS Columbus |
 | | The first Columbus, a 24-gun armed ship, was built at Philadelphia in 1774 as Sally purchased for the Continental Navy in November 1776, Captain A. Whipple in command. |
 | | Between 17 February and 8 April 1776, in company with the other ships of Commodore E. Hopkins' squadron, Columbus took part in the expedition to New Providence, Bahamas, where the first Navy-Marine amphibious operation seized essential military supplies. |
 | | Chased ashore on Point Judith, R.I., 27 March 1778 by a British squadron, Columbus was stripped of her sails, most of her rigging, and other usable material by her crew before being abandoned. |
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