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	John Paul Jones
		In 1773, as the commander of a merchant vessel, he killed a mutinous crewman at Tobago in the West Indies and, rather than stay in prison and wait for trial, he fled to North America.
		At the outbreak of war between the 13 American Colonies and the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1775, John Paul Jones went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and, with the help of two friendly members of the Continental Congress, obtained a Lieutenant's commission in the Continental Navy[?].
		In his first adventure aboard the Providence he destroyed the British fisheries in Nova Scotia and captured 16 British prize ships.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/John_Paul_Jones.html (445 words)

	USS Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group
		Scorpion, a merchant schooner built at Baltimore was purchased by the Continental Navy late in 1776, renamed Wasp outfitted at Baltimore during the winter of 1775 and 1776, and commissioned in December 1776 or January 1776, Capt. William Hallock in command.
		USS Wasp, a 14,700 ton aircraft carrier, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts.
		USS Wasp, a 27,100-ton Essex class aircraft carrier built at Quincy, Massachusetts, was commissioned on 24 November 1943.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lhd-1.htm (2046 words)

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		USS Austin was the first ship named for Steven F. Austin, a Texas patriot.
		She was subsequently sold to Tripoli, renamed Mastico, and used by the Barbary Pirates based there to capture the USS Philadelphia on October 31, 1803.
		Intrepid was captured by USS Enterprise on December 23 of that year and was placed under the command of Lieutenant Stephen Decatur.
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	Namesake Partnership - City of Providence - USS Providence SSN-719
		USS PROVIDENCE (SSN-719) is faster than her predecessors and armed with highly accurate sensors and weaons control systems, and is armed with sophisticated Mk 48 anti-submarine torpedoes.
		PROVIDENCE is the first 688-class submarine equipped with the capability to vertically launch Tomahawk cruise missiles.
		The second PROVIDENCE, a frigate built in Rhode Island in 1776, ran the British Blockade of the Providence River on her maiden voyage.
	www.providenceri.com /uss-providence/history.html (444 words)

	USS Providence
		Providence and her consorts departed Philadelphia early in January but, delayed by ice, did not get to sea until 17 February.
		On the 21st, Providence departed the Delaware Capes to begin an independent cruise, and in a few days took brigantine Britannia and sent the whaler into Philadelphia under a prize crew.
		While Providence was at home, Hopkins appointed Jones Commander of Alfred, a larger ship and the Commander in Chief’s flagship on the expedition to the Bahamas.
	members.cox.net /tdshiflett/ships/data/sow/providence_sow.html (1395 words)

	History US NAVY Key Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		USS Ranger, first ship designed from the keel up as a carrier, is commissioned at Norfolk, Va.
		USS Nautilus (SSN-571) is first ship to reach the geographic North Pole submerged.
		USS Stark (FFG-31) struck by Iraqi Exocet missile in Persian Gulf, killing 37 sailors.
	www.worldsfinestnavy.com /KeyEvents.html (1287 words)

	USS Nassau (LHA 4)
		USS NASSAU (LHA 4) is the fourth of the Navy's TARAWA-class general purpose assault ships.
		USS NASSAU has a closed-circuit TV system which includes 14 cameras, 22 monitors, 14 audio stations, 3 video recorders, 48 TV receivers, 123 TV outlets, and a complete studio with 16mm film/slide display and video recorder equipment for live or taped broadcasts.
		USS NASSAU must stoop to pass under bridges - the tallest mast is 221 feet above the keel, but it will tilt and, when folded, the height is reduced by 23 feet.
	navysite.de /ships/lha4.htm (2241 words)

	The Continental Navy
		The construction of 13 "Continental Frigates" was authorized by the Continental Congress on 13 December 1775.
		Prior to the launching of USS Raleigh, a light frigate of 32 guns, all vessels purchased into the Continental Navy were commercial vessels taken from the trade and outfitted with armaments.
		The second Trumbull -- one of the 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress on 13 December 1775 -- was probably laid down in March or April 1776 at Chatham, Connecticut, by John Cotton and was launched on 5 September 1776.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/sail1.htm (5199 words)

	John Paul Jones Summary
		During this time, around 1775, the Navy and Marines were being formally established, and suitable commanders were in great demand.
		Jones’ first assignment was aboard the frigate USS Alfred (30 guns, 300 men) sailing from the Delaware River in February 1776 to attack British merchant vessels in New Providence.
		USS John Paul Jones and USS Paul Jones are ships named in his honor.
	www.bookrags.com /John_Paul_Jones (3756 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.
		The Lee's flag had a green pine tree on it (a common symbol on colonists' flags) and the motto "Appeal to Heaven!" Certainly, the haul from Nancy, which struck her flag without resistance, was a blessed one.
		ought to be provided for the protection of the commerce of the United States against Algerian cruisers." The resolution, which passed by the slimmest of margins, 43 to 41, eventually led to the construction of six frigates.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/r/robotti-essex.html (4664 words)

	Portsmouth Herald Local News: Sloop won several battles during the Revolution
		The committee chartered the sloop Katy from John Brown of Providence and the sloop Washington.
		Captain John Hazard was placed in command of the Providence, joining a squadron formed by Congress under the command of Esek Hopkins, commander in chief of the Fleet of the United Colonies.
		On Sept. 6, the Providence caught the brigantine Favourite carrying sugar from Antigua to Liverpool, but the HMS Galatea recaptured the prize before she could reach an American port.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2003news/07172003/news/39829.htm (645 words)

	Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State
		Rhode Island's first permanent settlement (Providence Plantations) was established at Providence in 1636 by English clergyman Roger Williams and a small band of followers who had left the repressive atmosphere of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to seek freedom of worship.
		Providence is a major wholesale distribution center for New England; its port handles much of the oil shipped throughout the region.
		In 1775, on the eve of the Revolution, the Rhode Island Legislature appointed Greene brigadier in command of three regiments of militia.
	www.sec.state.ri.us /library/riinfo/know-rhode-island (7297 words)

	USS Warren
		The second Warren—one of the 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress on 13 December 1775— was given that name on 6 June 1776.
		Built at Providence, R.I., by Sylvester Bowers, Warren was probably one of the first two of the 13 frigates to be completed.
		Although the ship was bottled up in the Providence River, Commodore Esek Hopkins broke his pennant in Warren early in December of 1776.
	members.cox.net /shipkiller/data/frigate/warren_frigate.html (2135 words)

	Namesake Partnership - City of Providence - USS Providence SSN-719
		Providence, with other ships of Commodore Whipple's Squadron remained for the defense of Charleston and was one of the ships taken by British when that city fell, 12 May 1780.
		During the Revolutionary War, Providence, a gundalow, was built at Skenesboro, N.Y., on Lake Champlain by the Continental Army for Brigadier-General Benedict Arnold's fleet on Lake Champlain in 1776.
		Provided with modern missiles, command ship facilities and a nuclear weapons capability, she recommissioned 17 September 1959, Capt. Kenneth L. Veth in command.
	www.providenceri.com /uss-providence/history-2.html (4019 words)

	Esek Hopkins Summary
		Before the Revolutionary War he had sailed to nearly every quarter of the earth, commanded a privateer in the French and Indian War, and served as a deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly.
		Appointed a brigadier general to command all the colony's military forces 4 October 1775, he immediately began to strengthen Rhode Island's defenses.
		A few months later, 22 December 1775, he was appointed Commander in Chief of the Fleet authorized by the Continental Congress to protect American commerce.
	www.bookrags.com /Esek_Hopkins (825 words)

	Hudson River Maritime Newsletter
		The Continental Sloop Providence, a 110' fully rigged sailing vessel, is a faithful replica of John Paul Jones' first command.
		Sloop Providence will be touring the Hudson River as part of the 225th Anniversary of the British invasion of the Hudson Valley during the American Revolution.
		Providence caught brigantine Favourite carrying sugar from Anitgua to Liverpool, but H.M.S. Galatea recaptured the prize before she could reach an American port.
	www.ulster.net /~kpanza/2002rivernews/oct2002-1.html (917 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)

	Great Links We Recommend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Meterologist Susan Genett forecasted the weather for the Continental Sloop Providence's trip to and from the Caribbean for their participation in the filming of Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" to be released in the summer of 2006.
		The Pawtuxet Rangers were chartered by the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations on October 29, 1774 to protect the village of Pawtuxet, which was a thriving fishing village and a seaport very busy with commerce.
		The first amphibious landing of U.S. Marines on foreign soil was launched from the Continental Sloop Providence on March 3, 1776.
	www.sloopprovidenceri.org /links.htm (1080 words)

	New News
		USS Key West (SSN 722) raised the first Navy Jack in lieu of the Union Jack today to honor those who died during the attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
		USS Key West left for deployment on Jan. 24, 2003 and was in the Arabian Gulf when coalition forces began the initial strike against various targets in Iraq.
		USS Key West is the 35th Los Angeles class submarine and was commissioned in Sept. 12, 1987.
	members.tripod.com /Shanmarler/id78.htm (2974 words)

	Revolutionary War Campaigns: Captain John Paul Jones of the Continental Navy
		In 1776, he participated in the unsuccessful attack on the island of New Providence, and as commander, first of the USS Providence and then of the USS Alfred, he cruised between Bermuda and Nova Scotia, inflicting much damage on British shipping and fisheries.
		On November 1, 1777, he sailed in the sloop-of-war USS Ranger for France with dispatches for the American commissioners, announcing the surrender of Gen. John Burgoyne and asking that Jones should be supplied with a swift frigate for harassing the coasts of England.
		His flagship, the USS Duras, a re-fitted East Indiaman, was re-named by him the USS Bonhomme Richard, as a compliment to Benjamin Franklin, whose "Poor Richard's Almanac" was then popular in France.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /campaigns/jones_john.htm (1174 words)

	The Deliberate Attack on the Gaspee
		Prominent Sons of Liberty member Silas Downer is known to have given a famous speech to the Providence chapter of the Sons of Liberty at the dedication of their Liberty Tree in 1768.
		Providence newspapers relating the circumstances of the attack do not clearly indicate the name of the ship chased up Narragansett Bay by the Gaspee on June 9th, 1772, but the widely circulated "A New Song Called the Gaspee" refers to Lindsay's sloop as the Hannah.
		This is logical, since according to calculations provided by the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department: , the altitude of the moon in Providence at 9 p.m.
	www.gaspee.org /Deliberateness.htm (5961 words)

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		He then commanded USS Decatur and was court martialed for grounding her, an obstacle in his career which he overcame.
		In 1926 he took command of the aircraft tender USS Wright with additional duties as Senior Aide on the Staff of Commander Air Squadrons, Atlantic Fleet, In January of 1927, he reported to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola for flight training and was designated naval aviator 3368 in May of that year.
		When USS S-4 was sunk in December of that year off Provincetown, however, he was again assigned to command of her salvage operations.
	home.earthlink.net /~jerry_sue/play2.htm (5268 words)

	John Paul Jones
		The American Ambassador to France, General Horace Porter, personally led in the research to relocate the forgotten cemetery, provided the funds to excavate the casket and coordinated the efforts to repatriate the mortal remains of the great naval hero.
		Correspondence, antique maps and other records in the French national library and archives provided Ambassador Porter the information which helped in the discovery of the built-over cemetery.
		Inscribed in set-in brass letters around the base of the tomb are the names of the Continental Navy ships commanded by John Paul Jones during the American Revolution: Providence, Alfred, Ranger, Bonhomme Richard, Serapis, Alliance and Ariel.
	www.nadn.navy.mil /PAO/facts/faqjpj.htm (704 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)

	JAG's Flags of the American Revolution
		This flag was present at the battle of Concord 19 April 1775.
		In October and November of 1775 three hundred such minutemen, led by Colonel Stevens, assembled at Culpepper Court House and marched toward Williamsburg.
		On 20 October 1775, Colonel Joseph Reed, Washington's military secretary, recommended that this flag be put into general usage so that American ships could recognize one another.
	www.nwinfo.net /~jagriffin/revflag.htm (2428 words)

	Dates in Naval History: March (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		1775 - Commodore Esek Hopkins appointed to 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.
		1775 - Congress votes to raise two battalions of Continental Marines, establishing the Marine Corps.
	pages.prodigy.com /gvtu/novhist.htm (2254 words)

	DANFS: USS Nicholas (DD-449)
		Samuel Nicholas was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1744 and received his commission as Captain of Marines from the Continental Congress 28 November 1775, the earliest existing commission issued in the Continental Naval Service.
		The capture of new Providence brought badly needed cannon and ammunition to the hard-pressed Continental Army.
		On the 24th she captured a motor boat being used by 3 Japanese to escape from the island and on the 29th provided close cover for the landings in Zambales Province.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd449.html (2107 words)

	Moonduster Chronicles, Official Newsletter of Operation Just Cause January 2002
		Somewhere between 1775, when Americans were willing to mount any battle, suffer any hardship to guarantee our freedoms, to today, we have become so politically correct that we have taken the Creator and/or God out of the public, including our Public Schools, Universities, Courts and Public Buildings.
		Which means we have the freedom not to believe, but that does not mean that we should be barred from invoking divine Providence; it means that those who do not believe simply do not have to listen to that invocation.
		Fly your flag, recite the Pledge of Allegiance and thank the Creator for His divine Providence that there was not a much greater loss of life in that wanton attack.
	www.ojc.org /NL/jan02/oped.html (1295 words)

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