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.

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

Ties. -the Old Jersey Prison-Ship

O chronicle in full the myriad exploits and experiences of the privateers and armed cruisers in the service of individual states during the…

Ties. -the Old Jersey Prison-Ship: British

In 1777 two American privateers hung about the British Isles, making captures, and sending their prizes into French ports. The exploits of…

Ties. -the Old Jersey Prison-Ship: Hancock

In 1778 occurred an action between a private armed ship and a British frigate, in which the privateer was signally successful. On the 19th…

Ties. -the Old Jersey Prison-Ship: Salem

During the Revolution, as during the second war with Great Britain in 1812, Salem, Mass., and Baltimore, Md., were the principal points…

Ties. -the Old Jersey Prison-Ship: Pickering

One of the most successful of the Salem privateers was the "Pickering," a craft carrying a battery of sixteen guns, and a crew of…

Ties. -the Old Jersey Prison-Ship: Holkar

Philadelphia, though not looked upon as a centre of privateering activity, furnished one privateer that made a notable record. This was the…

Ties. -the Old Jersey Prison-Ship: Savage

One more conflict, in which the irregular naval forces of the United States did credit to themselves, must be described before dismissing…

Ties. -the Old Jersey Prison-Ship: Hyder

Of all the actions fought by the State cruisers, the most hotly contested was that between the Pennsylvania cruiser "Hyder Ali," and the…

Ties. -the Old Jersey Prison-Ship: England

But it is unnecessary to prolong the painful description of the horrors of this floating charnel house. Its name and record must ever rest…

Ties. -the Old Jersey Prison-Ship: Revolution

With this chapter ends the narrative of the naval events of the war of the Revolution. It was not a great naval war, for the belligerent…

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