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	USS United States (1797) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first USS United States was a frigate in the United States Navy in 1797.
		United States was the first American warship to be launched under the naval provisions of the United States Constitution, four months before the launching of her sister ship Constellation at Baltimore, Maryland, and five and one-half months before that of Constitution at Boston, Massachusetts.
		She was fitted out at Philadelphia during the spring of 1798 and, on 3 July, was ordered to proceed to sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_United_States_(1797) (2850 words)

	USS Pickering (1798) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		USS Pickering was a (A penal institution (especially on board a ship)) brig in the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy during the (Click link for more info and facts about Quasi-War) Quasi-War.
		She was named for (Click link for more info and facts about Timothy Pickering) Timothy Pickering, then the (The position of the head of the State Department) Secretary of State.
		Pickering was built at (Click link for more info and facts about Newburyport) Newburyport, (A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies) Massachusetts in 1798 for the (Click link for more info and facts about Revenue Cutter Service) Revenue Cutter Service, Captain Jonathan Chapman, USRCS in command.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_Pickering_(1798)2.htm (401 words)

	Quasi-War. Who is Quasi-War? What is Quasi-War? Where is Quasi-War? Definition of Quasi-War. Meaning of Quasi-War.
		The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1801.
		Of the twenty-two prizes captured by the United States between 1798 and 1799, eighteen were taken by unaided cutters.
		The cutter Pickering made two cruises to the West Indies and captured ten prizes, one of which carried 44 guns and was manned by some 200 sailors, more than three times Pickering 's strength.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Quasi-War (255 words)

	George Washington - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In 1798, George Washington returned to military service and was appointed Lieutenant General in the United States Army by President John Adams.
		Within a year of this 1798 appointment, Washington fell ill with acute laryngitis and died on December 14, 1799 at his home.
		Modern day doctors now believe that Washington died from either a streptococcal infection of the throat or, since he was bled as part of the treatment, a combination of shock from the loss of blood, asphyxia, and dehydration.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /george_washington.htm (3970 words)

	Fort Pickering Lighthouse Guide
		In 1798, the fort was renamed Fort Pickering in honor of Colonel Timothy Pickering who served as Quartermaster General, Postmaster General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State under George Washington.
		Fort Pickering was garrisoned for defense during the War of 1812, the Spanish-American and Civil Wars.
		Fort Pickering Lighthouse was relighted as a private aid to navigation during the same year.
	home.comcast.net /~debee2/mass/Pickering.html (945 words)

	RG45: Appendix M.
		The Strout and Hutchings journals are for August 22-December 29, 1798; the Cox journal, for November 2-December 31, 1798; the Beale journal, for August 30-September 30, 1798; and the Story journal, for September 7-November 25, 1798.
		The USS Guerriere was the flagship of the Atlantic Squadron, commanded by Rear Adm. Charles Henry Davis.
		The USS Periwinkle was renamed the USS Polaris prior to the commencement of her voyage on the Hall scientific expedition to the Arctic.
	www.history.navy.mil /library/guides/rg45-m.htm (11750 words)

	1790_1799
		1798 Aug 1, Admiral Horatio Nelson routed the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile at Aboukir Bay, Egypt.
		1798 Nov 16, The British boarded the U.S. frigate Baltimore and impressed a number of crewmen as alleged deserters, a practice which contributed to the War of 1812.
		1798 Benjamin Thompson disproved the caloric theory of heat proposed by Antoine Lavoisier.
	www.shelbyjackman.com /school/timeline/1790_1799.HTML (15553 words)

	Edward Preble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On his release, he served in Winthrop and led a boarding party to capture a British brig at Castine, Maine, and worked it out to sea despite heavy shore fire.
		Fifteen years of merchant service followed his Revolutionary War service and in April 1798 he was appointed 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy.
		In January 1799 he assumed command of the 14 gun brig Pickering and took her to the West Indies to protect American commerce during the Quasi-War with France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Preble (301 words)

	USS Preble (DDG 46)
		USS PREBLE was the tenth and last ship in the FARRAGUT - class of guided missile destroyers and the fifth ship in the Navy to bear the name.
		A plane from the USS MIDWAY (CV 41) is inadvertently shot down by USS PREBLE when it overflies the missile range during southern California maneuvers for the "Silver Lance" exercise.
		USS PREBLE is assisted by the USS ARTHUR W. (DD 968) in the search.
	www.united-states-navy.com /dd/ddg46.htm (442 words)

	USS Preble (DDG 88)
		The head of the lion is derived from the Preble family coat of arms and symbolizes courage and strength.
		The eight battle stars earned by USS PREBLE (DD 345) for World War II service are recalled by the points of the compass rose and by the laurel wreath, which signifies honor.
		The PICKERING sailed in the squadron of Commodore Barry, protecting American commerce against French privateers in the West Indies.
	navysite.de /dd/ddg88.htm (759 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		She was named for Timothy Pickering, then the United States Secretary of State Secretary of State.
		''Pickering'' was built at Newburyport, Massachusetts Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1798 for the Revenue Cutter Service, Captain Jonathan Chapman, USRCS in command.
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article USS Pickering (1798).
	www.mauspfeil.net /USS_Pickering_%281798%29.html (343 words)

	Commodore Edward Preble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Pickering was crewed by men of the U.S. Revenue Marine which made his situation unique as he was a Naval Officer.
		He sailed from New York in January 1800 to afford protection to American vessels engaged in China and Eastern trade and during this cruise had the honor of being the first naval officer to fly the American flag east of the Cape of Good Hope.
		In 1803 Preble, on board his flagship, USS Constitution, sailed against the Barbary pirates as Commodore of a seven-ship, thousand-man squadron.
	www.usspreble.org /commodor.html (390 words)

	Military Readiness
		The cutter Pickering made two cruises to the West Indies and captured 10 prizes, one of which carried 44 guns and 200 men, three times her own force.
		With the exception of U.S.S. Cyclops, whose fate has never been ascertained, this was the largest loss of life incurred by any U.S. naval unit during the war.
		Appreciation of the good work done by the U.S.S. Tampa may be some consolation to those bereft and Their Lordships would be glad if this could be conveyed to those concerned.
	www.cgea.coastguard.org /military_readiness.htm (2126 words)

	DDG 88 Preble
		USS PREBLE (DDG-46) was the fifth ship to be named in honor of Commodore Edward Preble.
		USS Preble’s keel was layed on 16 December 1957 at the Bath Iron Works and was launched on 23 May 1959.
		USS PREBLE was commissioned on 9 May 1960 and completed outfitting on 19 July.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/ddg-88.htm (3102 words)

	SDSU: The Building Period (1775-1815) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		When Capt. Oliver Perry's ship, the USS Lawrence, was disabled, he courageously transferred his flag to the USS Niagara, which then broke through the British line and raked all six ships.
		He commanded the frigate USS Philadelphia at Tripoli in 1803 where the ship ran aground and he was captured.
		He commanded the sloop USS Wasp and captured the British Frolic (1812) and subsequently outfought the British with the sloop Hornet (1815).
	www.sdstate.org /Academics/CollegeOfArtsAndScience/HistoryDepartment/RetiredFaculty/SweeneyJerryK/AmericanMilitaryHistoryHIST365/PartOne/Index.cfm (9489 words)

	Untitled
		Pickering was a political target of the Democratic-Republicans because he had strictly enforced the Federalist sponsored Alien and Sedition Acts.
		Pickering, however, also had emotional problems and unusual courtroom demeanor and that was his downfall.
		The fact that many of those "pressed" to serve were deserters from the Royal Navy (149 of the USS Consitution's crew of 419 in 1807) did not justify, in the eyes of the American public, Britain's heavy handed policy.
	users.gloryroad.net /~cmonte/notes3.html (9562 words)

	The Federalist Navy 1787-1801
		In 1798, Congress established the Navy Department and the Marine Corps.
		In April of 1798 President Adams informed Congress of the infamous "X Y Z Affair," in which French agents demanded a large bribe for the restoration of relations with the United States.
		On 28 May 1798 Congress authorized the public vessels of the United States to capture armed French vessels hovering off the coast of the United States, initiating an undeclared Quasi-War with France.
	198.65.138.161 /military/systems/ship/sail2.htm (4571 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Ten days later, the new frigate, in company with USS Delaware (1776) ''Delaware'', a former merchantship which had been acquired by the Government and fitted out for naval service, rounded Cape Henlopen and stood out to sea.
		The two ships quickly set a course for Boston where they were to add the newly purchased 20-gun ship USS Herald (1798) ''Herald'' and the revenue cutter USS Pickering (1798) ''Pickering'' to their little fleet.
		Several news articles also called the USS UNITED STATES as the first ship of war of this country to affirm her place as the First Ship of the United States (Federal) Navy.
	www.mauspfeil.net /USS_United%20States%20(1797).html (3439 words)

	Historical Perspective
		On 10 July 1798, the RCS schooner Governor Jay and sloop General Greene joined up with Commodore John Barry's Navy fleet patrolling between Nantucket, Mass., and Cape Henry, Va. A month later, four revenue cutters joined to screen USS Constitution on her maiden voyage to the Caribbean.
		Elsewhere in the region the schooner South Carolina teamed with the USS Ganges to guard the windward passage between Cuba and San Domingo and to patrol off Havana, and the USS Delaware was augmented by the aforementioned Governor Jay and General Greene.
		Meanwhile, the Pickering, commanded by Edward Preble, captured four French vessels; the legendary Preble also gained fame for his defeat of the French privateer L'Egypte Conquise.
	www.navyleague.org /seapower_mag/aug2001/historical_perspective.htm (634 words)

	NWC Review, Summer 2000: Fehlings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		For example, in determining liability for the 3 July 1988 downing by the USS Vincennes (CG 49) of an Iranian airliner during the Iran-Iraq War, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cited a law review article asserting that undeclared war is unconstitutional.
		The power to declare war may be exercised by Congress, not only by authorizing general hostilities, in which case the general laws of war apply to our situation; [but] by partial hostilities, in which case the laws of war, so far as they actually apply to our situation, are to be observed.
		The latter course was pursued in the qualified war of 1798 with France, which was regulated by divers acts of Congress, and of course was confined to the limits prescribed by those acts.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/2000/summer/art4-Su0.htm (12963 words)

	The USS Essex
		The USS Essex, a thirty-two-gun frigate built in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1799, was not the most glorious vessel in the history of the American navy, yet she was unique.
		On 19 June 1798, the President administered the oath of office for a position marked by very humble beginnings.
		In November 1798, while cruising off the coast of Guadeloupe, Bainbridge and his crew mistook two French frigates for British warships they had seen a day earlier.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/r/robotti-essex.html (4668 words)

	The Lucky Bag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In that year, the department furnished USS Constitution as follows: For the cabin: 1 sideboard, 1 secretary, 2 sofas (of not more than $30 each), 1 set of curtains, 1 clerk's desk, 1 set of tables, 18 chairs, and cooking utensils.
		When first manning the ships of the new Navy in 1798, nothing was said about race in the orders to recruiters for sailors, and African Americans, at least, were signed on, but the Marines were prohibited from recruiting negroes, mulattoes, or Indians.
		In 1798, USS Constitution was issued 100 pair of pistols, 200 cutlasses, and an unknown number of swivels and blunderbusses.
	www.polkcounty.org /timonier/luckey%20bag/bag.html (8990 words)

	List of all ships of the United States Navy, P - Definition, explanation
		USS Phoenix (1778, 1841, 1861, CL-46, AG-172, SSN-702)
		USS Preble (1813, 1839, DD-12, DD-345, DDG-46, DDG-88)
		USS Princeton (1843, 1852, 1898, CVL-23, CV-37, CG-59)
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/l/li/list_of_all_ships_of_the_united_states_navy__p.php (551 words)

	War of 1812 American ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		United States was the first American warship to be launched under the naval provisions of the United States Constitution, four months before the launching of her sister ship USS Constellation (1797) at Baltimore, Maryland, and five and one-half months before that of USS Constitution at Boston, Massachusetts.
		The two ships quickly set a course for Boston where they were to add the newly purchased 20-gun ship USS Herald (1798) and the revenue cutter USS Pickering (1798) to their little fleet.
		United States, the frigate Congress, and the brig USS Argus (1803) joined Commodore John Rodgers (naval officer, War of 1812) squadron at New York City and put to sea immediately, cruising off the east coast until the end of August.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /War-of-1812-American-ships (2863 words)

	Nothingandall: On this day in History - Dec. 24 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		1798 - L' Angleterre et la Russie font alliance contre la France.
		1910 - William Hayward Pickering, was born, Engineer and physicist, head of the team that developed Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite.
		1968 - The crew of the USS Pueblo was released by North Korea after being held for 11 months on suspicion of spying.
	nothingandall.blogspot.com /2004/12/on-this-day-in-history-dec-24.html (1938 words)

	combatindex.com - US Sea Systems: DDG 88 (USS PREBLE)
		The coat of arms in full color as in the blazon all upon a white background and enclosed within a dark blue oval border edged on the outside with gold rope and bearing the name USS Preble at top and DDG 88 in base in gold letters.
		CREST: The eight battle stars earned by USS Preble (DD 345) for World War II service are recalled by the points of the compass rose and by the laurel wreath, which signifies honor.
		Edward Preble was born at Falmouth, Maine on August 15, 1761 and began his career at the age of sixteen when he ran away to sea on a privateer.
	www.combatindex.com /hardware/detail/sea/ddg88_detail.html (855 words)

	Historical Text Archive: Articles: Jeffersonian Republicans, 1801-1825
		Tension had gotten so high in 1798 that the Virginia assembly under the control of the Jeffersonians began preparing for civil war; the Federalist president, John Adams, secretly brought arms into the White House in case he needed them.
		In March, 1803, the House impeached and the Senate convicted district judge John Pickering of New Hampshire not because he has committed the requisite "high crimes and misdemeanors" but because he delivered political speeches from the bench.
		In the Leopard-Chesapeake Affair of 1897, the British ship Leopard fired on the USS Chesapeake in or near US territorial waters, killing three and wounding eighteen when the Chesapeake refused to surrender four sailors the British claimed were theirs..
	historicaltextarchive.com /sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=665 (4598 words)

	Timeline 1790_1799
		1798 Jan 30, A brawl broke out in the House of Representatives in Philadelphia.
		Lyon was re-elected congressman while serving a jail sentence for violating the Sedition Acts of 1798.
		1798 Feb 20, Pope Pius VI fled Rome to Siena.
	timelines.ws /1790_1799.HTML (14109 words)

	United States of America Congressional Gold Medal Recipient Edward Preble
		- In 1798 he is appointed 1s Lt. In the Navy, and given command of the brig Pickering of the US Revenue Marine (forerunner of the coastguard).
		- After the USS Philadelphia runs up on a reef and is captured by the Tripolians, he leads the USS Intrepid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the Philadelphia, preventing her use by the enemy.
		PREBLE was commissioned on May 9, 1960 as DLG-15 and was one of the first ships built from the keel up to fire Terrier guided missiles.
	www.congressionalgoldmedal.com /EdwardPreble.htm (930 words)

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