The Naval History of the United States

Abbot's fighting history of the American navy — privateers and frigates, the Bon Homme Richard and the Constitution, told battle by battle with the smoke still in the rigging.

Commodore Barry

7 pages in this part of The Naval History of the United States.

Commodore Barry

hundred and thirty men were carried, dragged, and driven on board, of all kinds, ages, and descriptions, in all the various stages of…

Commodore Barry: Providence

Off the south-eastern coast of Florida, in that archipelago or collection of groups of islands known collectively as the West Indies, lies…

Commodore Barry: Americans

When morning broke, the Americans saw a large sixteen-gun ship lying at anchor in the harbor, together with five sail that looked…

Commodore Barry: Philadelphia

In February, 1778, the Delaware, along the water-front of Philadelphia, was the scene of some dashing work by American sailors, under the…

Commodore Barry: Middleton

The next day a British frigate and sloop-of-war appeared down the bay. They were under full sail, and were apparently making for Fort Penn…

Commodore Barry: Raleigh

It may be said, that, in general, the naval actions of 1778 went against the Americans. In February of that year the "Alfred" was captured…

Commodore Barry: Pigot

In an inlet of Narragansett Bay, near Newport, the British had anchored a powerful floating battery, made of the dismasted hulk of the…

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