Barry, John
naval officer, was born in 1754 in Ireland. He served through the revolutionary war as a naval officer, and at the close of the war, the United States established a new navy, and Barry was named senior officer. In 1776 he commanded the brig Lexington, the first continental vessel which sailed from the port of Philadelphia, and with which he made the first capture of a British war vessel accomplished by an American cruiser. He subsequently commanded the Effingham, Raleigh, the Alliance and other war vessels. He died Sept. 30, 1803, in Philadelphia, Pa. born